The National tribune., 1908-04-16
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS

Z. McC., Washington, D. c., asks:
Please lei me know If Japan and China
have had a war between them recently,
and also the date of the Boxer war?
In. 1894 Japan took advantage of dis
orders in Korea to revive certain old
claims to rights in that country, and
sent an expeditionary force into that
peninsula. China. which had always
claimed suZerainty in Korea, sent an
imposing force, and after minoy COLI
sions Japan declared war After Vig-
orous campaign. in which occurred the
famous naval battle of the Yalu River.
on Sept. IS. 1894, and the capture of
Port Arthur by the japanese, China
recognized the full independence of
Korea, ceded to Japan the peninsula of
Liao-Tung. the island of Formosa and
the Pescadores. and agreed to pay an
indemnity of 200.000.000 taels
In reply to your second question, the
unexpected weakness of China, shown
in the war with Japan, led various for
eign powers to demand and secure con-
cessions and a territorial foothofd, of
which the most important was the lease
to England of Wei-Hai-Wei, on the
south shore of Pe-Chili. opposite Port
Arthur, which commanded the water
approach to Peking. 1t was then, early
in 1900. that the Boxers, led by Prince
Tuan, revolted against the Emperor.
made u concerted attack upon the for
eign legations in Peking.
A. w. T., East Stroudsburg, Pa,
asks: What are the addresses of o. o
Howard and Daniel Z. Sickles. both
commanders at Gettysburg, if they are
still living?
Both of these distinguished officers
are still living, Gen. Oliver o. Howard
at Burlington, VT, and Gen. Daniel E
.f4I-f . Ava sNrl-
A. T., Lost Springs, Kan, asks: Was
the new Senator. Bradley, from Ken
lucky, Union soldier during the war?
Some say he was Colonel.
Senator William O'Connell Bradley
of Kentucky, Joined the Union army in
1851, when he was only Ia years of age,
first as recruiting officer in Pulaski
County and later as a private soldier
at Louisville. Being under age, his
father secured his release, and he be-
gan the study of law, to the practice of
which, under special act of the Legis
lature he was admitted to the bar be-
fore he attained his majority.
l.. S. G., Chatham, n. Y, writes:
During April or May. 1865, a steam
transport loaded with soldiers started
from Baltimore for Fortress Monroe.
During the night the vessel collided
with another transport. The boys, or
many VI tIitHl- SURPRISING iHt Sltdllt1
hey were on was going down, sprang
overheard and succeeded in getting on
BOARD the northbeund boat, which soon
went down. Can you give me the
names of those who were lost, and the
aames of the steamers?
We presume that you refer to the
catastrophe which occurred on March
81, 1865, when the steam transport Gen.
Lyon, on its way from Wilmington to
Enrtr6cc Monroe with hpfwppn S(l0 and
500 persons on board. caught fire off
Cape Hatteras and was entirely con-
sumed with nearly all on board. For
list of those lost you will have to con-
suit the files of the daily papers of that
date or else write to the War Depart
ment
l.. NJ. NJ, Mobile, Ala, writes: What
is all this talk about ST Patrick being
a Scotchman? Everybody knows he
was Irish. Please explain
st. Patrick lived so long ago that the
information concerning his early life is
very unsatisfactory. The best authori-
ties seem to agree that he was born in
Scotland, and when 16 years old he was
captured by pirates and carried to Ire
land, where he was sold to Miliuc.
chieftain of North Dalaradia, in the
County of Antrim, North Ireland. He
lived as slave for six years, during
which his sad condition led him to seek
consolation in God. Some authorities
trace his origin to France, but of his
existence there is but little doubt and
it IS said that when he began his mis-
sionary work in Ireland .he found no
Christians" and when he died "he left
no heathen." He is supposed to have
died in the year 463.
c. A. NJ, Calais, Me-, asks: What
are the Roycrofters of East Aurora,
n. Y?
The Roycrofters. to use their own
| words, ''are a community who make
| beautiful books and things 1t was
| founded by Ebert Hubbard some time
| in the '90.s, and began operations by
making limited editions of books that
were hand-painted, and which were
eagerly sought by bibliophiles. The de-
mand increased, thus advertising the
community, which was added to by the
publication of The Philistine, a monthly
journal of protest" which was exten-