The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-25
THE YELLOW SPECIALS.

( IN the form OF 4 QlSpdICI II Oi4 d u
: respondent who was-as the Advertise
5 anticipated-no nearer the scene o
events than Chefoo. How far from
the facts the news diverged, may b
seen in the following:
/ CHEFOO, February 12.-That {
f great land battle is being waged today
| on the banks of the YaIu is the belief
of those who have been in constant
receipt of dispatches from Korea
f More than 5000 Russian troops have
: been sent from Mukden toward the
! Yalu, while the Japanese have been
rushing troops aggregating $4,000 from
four ports toward Win.
l Between Sunday and Tuesday night
so, 900 Russian troops were landed at
Reicheng, on the Chinese railroad. All
the Russian cavalry between Foo
Chow and Port Arthur, 10000 strong,
started on Monday and Tuesday north
east to meet the Russian regiments Of
infantry and artillery already bound
toward the Manchurian side of the
Yalu. All the small camps along the
Chinese railroad have been ordered to
break up and join the force moving
towards the YaIu. which by this time
would number fully 10000.
Fourteen thousand troops were land
ed at ChemuIpo on Wednesday and
these have been rushed forward to
join the force gathering north of Ping
Yang. A twenty-four hour march to
/ Ping Yang was the program, and by
this time they should have joined the
main body of the Japanese army in
Korea.
More than 10000 Japanese troops
| have proceeded through Chinnampo
| toward Ping Yang, while troops have
also been pouring in from Japan
through Chemulpo, Fusan and Gensan.
In all 80, 600 Japanese troops of all arms
| will have been concentrated north of
Ping Yang. in the neighborhood of
Win, by this time.
The railway of Win will be made
the headquarters of the japanese
army. The Japanese army was sent
to Sieu Chen north of Ping Yang. and
has been moved from that point to
Win.
The Russian army, 10000 strong.
should have crossed the Pei Ho on
Thursday night, and by this time
should be within striking distance of
the japanese force Within a short
distance of the banks of the YaIu bat
tie is probably taking place at this !
time. Should the actual battle have |
been delayed, it is certain to occur |
within a short time.
Within a semi-circle, with a radius I
of thirty miles and the mouth of the |
Yalu for a center the first great land !
battle between the Japanese and Rus
slams must occur, since all their forces
are being concentrated within that
area.
The above dispatch was sent thirteen
days ago. No battle was waged that
day nor has one been reported and
confirmed since, near the Yalu There
is no sign of large bodies of troops be-
ing in that neighborhood 1t is not be-
on the Liaotong peninsula, nearly all
the Cossacks being busy guarding 1000 {
miles of railroad. Had such a force |
started for the Yalu it would hardly $
have gone through a roadless country
1875 miles overland when the railroad |
route was handler.
That Japanese troops could march
from Chemulpo to Ping Yang, $50 miles.
over a roadless and mountainous coun-
Try, in twenty-four hours, is a suppo-
sition quite worthy of yellow war
If the japanese want
ed to make that trip why shouldn't
they have taken their transports?
The statement that $4,000 Japanese
troops were in the neighbornood of Wi
ju on the 18th, and that some of them
had already taken the place, does not
comport with the quiet occupation of
Win by the Russians on the 18th
The railway of Win will be made
the headquarters of the japanese
army" There is no railway at Wiju-
only survey.
THE Russian army, 10000 strong
should have crossed the Peiho on
Thursday night, and by this time S
should be within striking distance of
the japanese force" Heavens. what
ignorance! The Peiho river is in China !
proper, entering the sea at the Taku
forts and is 100 miles from the Shan t
terminal of the railroad :
If the Russian army crossed the Peiho.I I
it must have been going West, away ;
from the seat of war. From the Yalu
river the Peiho is 800 miles as the crow t
flies. Furthermore how could an :
army leave Mukden, cross the Peiho, c
and ever expect to reach the Yalu? i
The whole story-the basis of scare 7
head specials sent here's the work of :
a man who merely picks up rumors in G
chefoo, mixes them with his own igno-
rance and sends them on to make SEN
sations in a yellow journal
ADULTERATION. .