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PUSHED WITH \ VIGOR
Jnpnn030 Army of the North PUsnes It
Campaign . Most Energetically ,
JUNCTION OF TiE FORCES IS PERFECTED
D11ng Operations Romova the Obatoles to
Oomplete Military Oommunicntion
GENERAL SUNG'3 ARMY nyc \ ; REPUlSED
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Chinese Assumell the Aggressive but Wer :
- Quickly flouted by the Enemy
ACTIVITY DU : TO FOSTER'S ' APPROACH
Comlll of lho AIOrlcl\ \ Ilstlod OLio \
Lie Into the CelesUI1 Lender "ni
. nn EXTort , nt leAIAll\co
Is i I JIclel ,
( Clyrl"lte,1 : 1 : by l'rcrs Publshing Cmpnny , )
TOnO , Japan , Jnn. 18.-Vla ( San I'rnn-
c5CO , I.'eb 2-New York World Corresponll-
cnt-Speclnl Telegrnm.-Tho ) stories or victo-
lies on the Deaoton peninsula toward the
cnl or last year llvertel , publo opInion from
the SItuatIon further north , which has re-
centy been changed by the unexpected acttv-
: Iy or the new Chinese lender , Sun ! The adVance -
Vance of that ofccr from New Chwang to the
t. neighborhood or Inlcheng compelled Marshal
Oynma to extend his lines be'onl Choofow ,
and communlcato directly with the extreme
western dIvIsion of Lieutenant Gen-
oral Nozu's nrmy The maIn strength or
this division Is centered at Halcheng , under
the control or General Kntsura , a. commander
or whom little has been heard unl within
the last few weeks. Although his divisIon
took part In the fght nt Ping Yang , It was
distributed nt various points or ntnck , and
IL oul" the nnmes or his subordinates became
prominent. In the earlier engagements In
Manchuria his two brIgade were scattered
and were not reunited until after the occupa-
ton or ana important town on the road from
New Chwang to Lao Yang. Here Katsur resume -
sume command under circumstances requlr-
leg extreme watchfulness. A considerable
portion or his division was guarding the line
, 4 from General Nezu's hendquarters and not
4 mora than 6,000 men were available for Im-
mediate servIce.
ChINA TOOK TiE AGORESSIVE.
A heavy , though undisciplined Chinese force
maintained a threatenIng attitude nt and near
Lao Yang , and the newly gathered army nt
New Chwang had so Increased In numbers that
Its general , Sung , was tempted to depart
from the Chinese policy at prbdenco and try
. * the elect at a sIege His plans were badly
deranged by the impetuosity or Katsura , who ,
wihout welting to be surrounded , sent four
' , or five regiments to meet the approaching
force and , by n few wel directed blows , shat-
tered it. The braves retreated In various directions -
rectons , but wore presently brought together
at a point about twenty miles vcst. As they
; never had any prcper formation , their defeat
left them In no worse condition than before ,
and It was seen apparent that , relying on their
vast numerical superiority and the chance or
co.opernton from ales nt Lao Yang , they
were preparing for renewal or the enterprIse.
I was then decided to establish connection
between Katsura's army and the Japanese I
army nt Lao Yang. Until the end or iJecom-
bel Ynma's troops had been resting at Kin
chow In expectation or being called on te
take part In the capture or Wei-Ijai-\Vel. A
brigade under Major General Nogl was put
In marching order anti started January 1
from lnchow to capture Kai Ping , the only ;
Chinese stronghold Intervening between the
; two armies or Invasion.
EFFECTED TilE JUNCTION.
General Nogi found the enemy encamped
January 10 south or Kal Pins , 7,000 slrong
lIe attacked ) nt dawn , and nt 9:30 : the defenders - i
' tenders were flying. A body or cavalry sent
In pursuit nearly captured the Chinese General -
oral Nleh , notorious for his adventures In
Coren lIe was wounded and his horse kle .
The Japanese advanced to IIai.Shan.Sal , on
tile New Chwnng road , which they still hold.
Their loss , In the fight was about ffy killed
and wounded. The number Dr Chinese killed
Is said to be 200. One hundred and fifty
prisoners were talten At noon n small de-
tnchment from General Katsura entered Kai
Ping and the junction of the armies was
. , oltected. The e pose position at the ThIrd
. division Is no longer a cause or npprehenslon.
' . Whether General Nogi shah or shall not be
sent against Sung , Is a question still under
cotisideration. A winter campaign Is not re
garded as Judicious , unless great advantage
I
may be expected from It , anti for present '
Purposes the contemplated operations at WeC-
lal-Wel mny be all that Is required. For
title unllertnkha I Is supposed that the First
- Tolto divIsion , tinder General Yamnjl , wi be
asaln Oiflhloyed. ) In the advance on Port Arthur
1 brlb'lo or the Sixth division was added - to
the First , the combined body being led by
Marshal Oyama. This brigade Is now serving
lS the garrison of Port Arthur anti wilt Irob- )
ably not be disturbed for a while. A brigade
of the Second dlvslon : has been sent from
Japan to Talon to be united with the First
In the assault on the naval station .
, ) ONLY H.\LI HEI FOnC ! EMPI.O ED.
"L No one here knows who will be appointed
chief or the new corps , but In my case the
leadership will be nominal Not one of the
omcera holding the highest rank has any comprehension -
t prehension or the principles . or modern mi-
Itary scIence. The lieutenant
lary leulenant generals or
their subordinates do the work and the marshals -
shals get the credit I they can. I will be
a surprise to most foreigners 10 learn that
only halt at the army or Japan has yet been
called \n for active duly In the field. Of the
seven divisions of which I Is composed three
tar and a halt have done all the lighting thus
tar.It
I la not % Improbable that the first departure
) : froln , the sluggishness with which the Chinese -
, , , nese ) Ireparatona have been conducted was
caused by the announcement or Mr. oster's
t departure rrom Amerlcn Until then Chiang
lied been drowsiy lingering In Peking , but , on
bearing that his advisor was on the way , he
posted to Shanghai with slIced , reaching there
on January H , With a comfortable reLlnue
or fyelghaHendants. \ ( . I Is a secret open
here that he has expressed , no little anxiety
Si lest Ill Foster bo subjected to Ihe corrupting .
. : Ing influences of the Japanese. and that his
' t chief incentive In hastening his journey was
? to guard the Ingenious American from e\1
communicatons In Toklo or Hiroshima Dy
coincidence , which , though doubtless ccci-
dental , haa un omlnJols aspect , the laotal ot
t 1hlnghal , simultaneously with Chang'a arrival -
' ? rival , decorated the city with n brand new
plcard , repeating the offers matte by the
other maglstrales , guaranteeing a reward for
every Japanese bead brought 10 the local an-
Iliorltlee , The destroyer of I Japanese boat
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containing ten or more men Is promised
1,000 taels , and any Chlnnman' or foreigner
Ingenious enough to find a way or killing
several thousand , Japanese nt a blow may
expect 1,000,000 tnels
10W TILE FonT WA TAI ( S.
.JAII' hail R \ol Arranloll Plan nOi
Carrlell It OIL In lietitil.
IHOSI IA , Feb. 2.-Tho ofcial dispatches -
'
patches received here show that the ca'plure
or the forts nt Wel-lal.We was due to the
skillful combined movements or the Japaneso.
1 Is added that the defense or the place , In
vIew or the strength or I , was reeble. The
chief forts nt Pal Chi lyn Iso were taken after
n few hours of fighting ; but soma others were
stubbornly Ilorendell.
The Japanese sixth division was under
arms nt Z o'clock In the morning and the
Ih'anco , was Immediately ordered The ns-
vault on the Chinese defenses began nt dny-
Ight At ! o'clock the outlying trenches
were almost tnken. In the meantime the
second army corps was assaulting the Pal
ChI Iynl5 forts on the south These defenses -
fenses were or great strength and had pre-
cipitous sides 100 feet high The attack was
made under cover or a furious bombardment
from the Japanese fleet. hero was the
main point or the Chinese rcslstance.
After the fighting hInd proceedell some
hours , the Sixth division having driven back
the enemy , made u detour anll advancing
behind Mount Ku , which hid the Japanese
troops , mndl a strong attack from that side
on the Pnl Chi lyn Iso forts , which were cap-
turcd by 12:30 : p. m.
The Japanese feet then , by llreconcertcd
arrangement , proceeded to take posses510n or
the outer entrance or the harbor and by 3
p. m. all the torts about Pnl Chi lynlso to 'I '
the southwest were captured , and the Chinese
were retreating toward Ftiiig L'n Chu.
At 4:30 : p. m. , when these dispatches were
sent , the battle was still raging. The Chin-
ese fleet and Forts Yntao , Tsnmao and Wang
Tao were furiously replying to the Japanese
whoso ships were maneuvering so us to block
the entrances or the hnrbor
YOUNG I ) NU10 l : 1'10:1 ChINA.
S"ys : the Ja11 IRVO Tou 1.0nl n March to
n."ch I'olul by I.and.
NEW YORK , Feb. 2-Charles Denby , jr. ,
secretary of the United States legation nt :
Peking , arrived here today on board the Paris '
from Southampton. lIe has been away front
Peking on leave for the last three months.
To a reporter o'r the Associated press Mr.
Denby said : "The overwhelming defeat or the
Chinese armies Is a great surprIse. However ,
I do not think ) the prospects of the Japanese
army reaching Peking are very bright. I
the troops went by land It would be a long
march of 200 or 300 miles around the gulf or
' their situation anti
Pe-Chl-LI from present situaton ,
It would take eighteen or twenty hours
steaming for the transports to reach Tnltu ,
the seaport of Peking. ) And to take Tnlm
would be a serious undernklng for It Is very
strongly fortified. This Is the post where the
British troops met with a rev1sro on one or
their invasions of the country. "
Mr Denby thought the prospects of foreigners -
eigners getting away ! from Peking In case of
a sudden attack was not very bright lie
'
said there was no distinction made In the
mldns at the Chinese between nationalities.
All foreign residents came under the same
head with them. lr , Denby was asked I he
thought the United States was well repre-
sented by war ships 10 Chinese waters. Ho
said : "Thero are more United States men-
or.wnr oh the stnton now that there have
been for years. The loncancy Is there , the
Dalimore , Charleston and Concord are on the
staten , and so Is the Petrel , though the lat-
tee vessel Is frozen up at New Chwang where
she will likely stay until March. The Detroit
Is also bound for China. I saw her at Port
I SaId when I was there. "
Mr. Denby declined to discuss ' the probable
elect of the war In China and Jnpnn.
CHINESE STOlY Or"I'II O.SLAVUIT.
One Jllanese Gunboat SaId to lave ne.n
unk-Woatlier Is Severe ,
CHE-FOO. Feb. 2-Tht , western forts of
Wel-lIal-Wel were taken by the Japanese on
January 30 In spite of the good resistance
made by the Chinese. One Japanese gunboat
was sunk after having been badly dnmnged.
A shell burst In the magazine of aie or the
Chinese forts and the whole store of powder
blew up and Is believed to have caused great
mortality.
The easter forte were bombarded for
hours by the Japanese cruiser Nanlwa ,
Alttsushlma and Katsura , The Japanese
fire was wel directed and dismounted several
guns north or the eastern forts or Wel-Hal-
Wel which were cnptured The authorities
or Che-Foo are seIzing and beheading Chinese
soldiers who ran away from 'Vel-Hnl-Wel.
Further operations are impossible for the i
moment , owing to the severity or the weather
Chinese Fleet StIll In the ( hut.
YOKOHAMA , Feb 2.-Omclai ndvlees from
tile scat or war are to the elect that the
enemy's ships are still In the gulf There
has been severe lIghting with heavy less on
both sides. At Shanghai It Is reported thnt
one or the Chinese warships was disabled
and two torpedo boats sunk by the forts In
1.lnung ) Toii
The Chinese fee Is still inside the harbor
nt Wel-Hnl-Wel. .
ChIn" luyllg Cnnlon Iron l.ruJp ,
BERLIN , Feb. : -I I reported hero that
China has bought guns and war material to
the value or 6,000,000 marks from herr
Irullp. The crews of the steamers that
will convey this material to China arc to
receive triple wages on account or the dun-
ger. _ _ _ _ _ _
JUJI " ' "ut II l11lurn the 1"leot.
LONDON , I eb. 2.-A dispatch from Che-
Foe Bays that the bombardment or the island
or Lui.Kung-Tau , oft Wel.lul-Wel , line been
resume The Chinese are replying steadily ,
The Japanese appear to avoid firing at the
Chinese fleet , with a view 10 capturing It
undnmaged. _ _ _ _ _
ChiI"IIhell to II"ko Toinue.
SHANGHAI , Feb. 2.-1 Is stated on good
authority that the British , French and nus-I
sian ministers nt 'foklo anti at Peking have
received instructions from their goyermen ts '
'
to advise Japan and China to arrange terms
or peace
.
Two lundred l'auc"&cr lu Hanger.
COLON , Fob , -Tho general transatlantic
steamer Amerique from St Nazalre for way
ports und Colon , reported as having stranded
off Cape Agoust" , near Savanla , department
or Uolnr , Colombia , remains In u bad position -
ton , and It Is expected she wi become a
total wrek , There are 200 ) Iersons on belull
Dr bier and they are II a position of great
verii. Two steamers have gone 10 the
scene or time wreck to . render assistance.
u'uth or I Unvarhul J'rluco
BERLIN . , Feb. I 2.-Prlnce Wolfgang or Da-
vara : , fourth son of Prince Luis , eldest Boner
or the king regent or Havana , J dead.
Prince WOlfgang was born , - - In 187 !
81'RUl.h JlIIJ.t 1IIIf is Ioiot.
MADItID , I eb. 2-The Spanish bUdget for
1891 and 1&95 shows a deficit or 6,979,6
peetl8.
STORY IS T'VO-SIDED ' )
Asoointet Press Oore pendent Investigates
Armenian Oulrages
REPORTS OF TIE BU felRES ARE TRUE
Evidence of Their Extent Buried Beneath
the Dap Snows
BROUGI r ON BY RLVJLUTIONARY INTRIGUE
Turks Were Exasperated by Orelties Pec-
ticea by the AIm.ninm
AS USUAL TiE INNOCENT SUFFER
610tle , nA to tile Number or Ylctlnn May
no J Jnllernled , but Thieve Cuu lie No
loubt of the ComnIAAI" . of
Horrible Atrocities.
( Copyrighted , 1S9. by lie Associated IreFR , )
LONDON , Feb. 2.- ' letter has been reo
celved here from the special correspondent
or the Associated press who was sent from
London to investigate the reported Armenian
atrocities . and who Is nt present In Armenia.
For reasons that will b readily understood
the name or this correspondent Is withheld ,
but ho Is a newspaper man well known In
America , and was Instructed to mae ) nn 1m-
partial investigation or the stories told or
Turkish cruelty. The Associated press correspondent -
spondent spent a week or more In Constnnt-
nellie before starting for Aremnln , during
which time ho investigated the reports cur-
rent ( lien ? , and continued his journey. ills
first letter has just reached here , after being
posted by a trusted messenger nt Thus , Hus- I
sla. I contains the first authentic news Cram
Armenia dIrect , anti says :
"Whnlevcr secrets may Ito under the snow
on the Armenian mountains , It seems beyond
dispute Cram what I have heard front many
lips that the published stories or ferocious
butchery and red' ' horror In the Snssoun VII-
lagos have at least a reasonable foundation
of truth , and that any change authorized
by further investigation w1\ deal mar wIth
numbers than with the degree or horror "
But , from what the correspondent or the ,
Associated press says In , a later part or his '
letter , there are two sides to the Armenian
story , as ho remarks : "Dut no mater what
light WD throw upon the spasmodic wickedness '
or the Turk , or upon the Ingenious deviltry
of the revolutionary conspirators , we find
that It Is still the Innocent that suffer most.
The Turk declares that the Armenians have
Inflicted shocking outrages upon TurkIsh men
and women , and from what Is already known
or conspiracy methods It Is quite likely that
the assertion Is true.
nsserton
EXCITING TURKS TO FnENZY.
"For instance , It Is reported that ns a
means of exciting the Turks to commit out-
rages that will bring down upon them the
wrath of 1 civilized world , Armenians have
thrust gun cartridges Into the bodies of living
Turkish men amid women and have exploded
them , and thnt II tile case or one man a
halo was made just below the bones of the
chest for the Insertion ot I quantity or gun- ,
powder , which was then ignited ns a sort at
bomb. These facts arc known nt the ein-
hassles In Constantinople , nnd' ' possibly they
have been transmitted to the various govern-
ments "
The correspondent alDo remarks : "The 1m-
partial truth of the Sassoun massacre will
probably never be known , for tile dead tel
no tnles. A careful sifting or all the facts
obtaInable from trdstworlhy sources In Con-
atantnople , Sassoun , Kerlsund , Trebltond and
Dtls Indicates Utt thlD Is what happened :
Certain Armenian peasants , to the number at
several thousand , were tendIng their herds
and flocks In their summer pastures In the
Sasoun mountains , along the borders of Kur-
dlstan They were living In lucre temporary
villages , whIch they InhaIIid dlrng : the aunt-
mer pasture season , their winter home3 being
far down the valleys. They vera under comitr..ct
to defend them , against cattle stealers and
Kurdish bands. A short tune before the vii-
lagers were ready to return to their homes
In the valleys with their fattened cattle a
band or KurJlsh bandits , industriously searching -
Ing for a winter's slpply or provisions , raided
theIr ! stock. The villagers and theIr Kurdish
protectors made a vigorous defense , They
would have won the fight anti driven off the
thieves , and that would have ended It , but
beroro the fighting was over the Turkish
government cameo Into the affair , and then
the real trouble began Some or them tele-
graphed that a conspiracy was In progress
among the Armenians In the mountain vii-
lages , end the order came straight from the
palace : 'I'UimiSil fhe villagers 10 the utmost ex-
treunity . '
NEVEI INVESTIGATED TIE CIIAItGE.
"The palace had not paused to Inqure ! Into
time truth or the rumor , and lie ofcers entrusted -
trusted with the execution of the order paused
not to investigate the facts when the troops
arrived on 'he ground The Kurdsh ! bandits
Joined forces with the Turkish regulars , and
even the Kurds who had been defending the
Armenians turned clrlight over and swelled
the numbers or the Kovernment tros , The
poor Armenian peasants were then leI at the
mercy or 1 force or Turkish regulars end
two bands of Kurds Then the massacre be-
gan. For the Armenians It was a fight without -
out hope , but at1 ! they fought as' only men
can light who defend their wives and chi-
dren tram outrage and death , They took re-
ruge In their houses and barricaded tiein. '
elves In , but the Kurdish cannon made short
work or these , and wh.n they ran In te-
roe from their hIding places they were slaIn
without mercy , man , woman and child . The
assaulting at Armenian women by the Turks
In that Iart or the country Is so common n
th'ng , even In times of absoiie quiet , that
there can le no doubt that this massacre was
attended wIth outrage and atrocity too hor-
rUde to thInk of.
"Tbe Armenians In Athens and Comtant-
nople assort that forty-two villages were destroyed -
slroyed , and nearly 10,000 persons massacred ,
but more impartial and equally well informed
persons - put time number at twentyI\'o vI-
lac-es and from 1,000 to 3,000 persons killed .
1'he exact number will never be known ,
"As for the Turkish commlslson"lt Is such
I fraud that It Is a waste or breath to tall :
about I , This assertion may Beenl to be
or the nature of hanging I mal before he
Is tried , but In Constantinople no European
or ordinary intelligence hiss un ) other view
or it , II Iho foreign embassies there
Is , or course , a disposition to give time Turks
a chance to show whut the commlslson will
do , with the hOllo that the European deic
gates \\1 have a geol elect toward creating
It least a semblance of al investigation , but
us the foreign delegates kayo no power to
- direct In the course of the In'ulrr , and are
little more than ordinary s'pctAtora , there Is
not much hope that anfhtnl or consequence
will be done What the atqpenn residents
or Constantinople are ritlIy looking forward
to with confidence Is' the investigation at
the whole affaIr by a European commission.
They believe that the Turkish commission
will bring In such an' unsatisfactory report
that the Christian nations will appoint n
commission and make nn investigation
whether the Turks like \t \ or not.
PLANS OF Tim I VO.UTIONISTS.
"Tho sultan's promise oC reform will not bo
binding "UPOI the Armenian revolutionary
agents , no matter what may come , anti until
the revolutionary agitation Is provllcll for
one way or another by the Christian ) olers
or the world there \I be no ell to the
disturbances In Armenia This Is tht re\'o-
Iltonar ) ' pnrly's opportuniy , and I wi
mall the most or it. I Christianity docs
not step In and put nn end to the question
once for nil crimes , massacres and the nnme
less atrocities will continue unl It Iloes.
I Is , or course , Impossible to sa ) 10 what
extent radical Ideas prevail among the revo-
Iltonary Propagandists , but the Plaits or
soma of the lenders are shocking In the ex-
treme. In brief , their plans are to commit
atrocities upon Turks ill order thnt the in-
rurlnled Turks shnl shock tile Christian
world by the fiendish outrages or their re-
taliation. When
talaton. remonstrnted with In regard -
gard to these unchristian plans the men
who are responsible for them merely say :
'It may seem 10 you cruel nml barbarous ,
but le know what wo are doing and why :
wo mire doing it. ' - :
"The financial methods or these meu are
almost ns ingenious ns theIr plans or political
agitation. Certain Arllenlans or a lower
grade or mCItnlty are requrell ! to furnish so
mitany tholsand pastres : t" the committee
anti the "
means or obtnlnlng the money are
plainly maped out. hero Is i a case In point :
"A wealthy Turk In the service of time gay-
ernment nt Constantinople received
Constnltnople a letter
the other morning stating thnt unless he deposited -
posited 12,000 plastics In n certain place
within twent-rour hours tieould be killed.
An Investigation led to the discovery or the
fact that the letter wits , written by nn Armenian -
menian who had been In his employ ns n
trusted servant for se\'crnl years. 'fho servant -
ant confessed his gui , bu assorted In selr-
defense that the revolutionary agitators had
compelled him to write the letter under pen-
city or death I wascase or choice or
evils , and the per wretch , saved his life at
the expense of a long term of ImprJsonment.
"I Is believed that i ' great deal or money
Is raised In thIs way , , but whether or not
this money gets beyond' the pockets ot the
revolutionary agitators no man ' pretends to
know There Is a theor1 that thIs money Is
use In the purchase or rife nnI ammuni-
ton , but this Is a matter Imown only to
lie leaders themselves. _
FACTS SENT TO WASHINGTON.
"I have the hIghest authority for saying :
that all or the facts , kii&wn to be facts , In
the case or the Snssoun massacre have been
sent to the State department at 'ashlngton.
Not only are Innocent women anti children
made to suffer hideous cruelty amId unspeakable -
able ouhag as a rezut . or the Armenian
plots and Turk1tretalatl0n " \ : but the revo
lutonary agitation nni d ! turbd condilon\or ;
the country are used bcr wickej.anium ' -
scrupulous to ' ' to ulid satisfy
oppress } ) , poor satsfy
the thirst for potty vemie nce.
"Here j nn lustrahon { picked up at rnn-
dam train a mass of stories or false arrests ,
u ' Just Iin'prisonnients cud other petty persecutions -
tons :
"An aged Armenian has been In prison
In the city or Treblzonde for several months ,
and Is there yet unless ho has been released
within tha past four da's , on a charge of
being concerned In a revolutionary con-
spiracy. The specific charge Is that lIe was
acting ns a messenger ! the lenders or
the conspiracy , Common sense should have
told the Turks that n man 85 years old was
not likely to bo employed ns a messenger ,
but the TurkIsh officials seem to be slngu-
Inrly free from common sense. At this
trial after a most wretched Imprisonment ,
the old man proved his innocence by conclusively -
clusively establshing nn alibi , and four days
ago the Indications were that ho would be
released unless there was some newly
trumped up charges against him , l was
shown nt tie trial that the charge against
time Qld mean was n piece or religious spite
not of Moslem against Christian , but of
Presbyterian against , Baptist . There had
been a denominational dispute or some sorter
or other , and .thls was the way In which
It was settled . The man In prison Is Onr-
rib I Dumblyim , Ills' accuser Is Solomon
Papndzynn.
HORRIBLE TALES OF DEPRAVITY.
"Not only should thoSassoun _ massacre bo
probed 10 the bottom , but all the attending
circumstances should be carefully considered.
For one thing , the Itlto or morals In Ar-
menia , and especially along the Kurdish
frontier , should receIve time closest scrutny ,
The facts that are now and then told as
merest matters of course are most appalling
In the depth of their , depraviy , When nn
Armenian girl Is to be' married she Is taken
from her ' homo amid assaulted by bands of
Turks and Kurds , anti any member of her
family who lifts a hnnd In defense or her
honor Is shot down On the Iurdlsh Iron-
tier these brutes do not even walt for the
npproach or n girl's wedding , but they seIze
her when Silo has reached a certain ago antI I
carry her oft 10 the mountains , where she :
Is most shametnly trateih. In u few days I
she Is allowed to return to her home
"This infamous praeJcQ Is so common that
It Is declared there 11 ' ; tt I young Armenian
woman living along ' thq I\urlsh frontier who
has not been ! vIctImnt . of It , Even chidren
or tender
years are
pot eempt amid some
have actually died hi ) : lie most frightful
agony Any attempt ot the Armenians 10
combat this custom Ot ; punIsh the perpetrator -
trator Or the outrug II met by bevere
nleasures '
"Tho Turlsh ( commlh/o / ' will not investigate -
gale such cases , anti yet the state or society
which makes these t6hig ) Possible ' Is re-
sfonsllle not only for the Sassoun massacre ,
but for the hundreds or ! Jwlated cases or
outrage , munler and false ImprIsonment
which the outside world knows nothIng of
l Is a significant fact that \asauls \ are never
perpetrated by Turk up other Turks or
by Kurtis upon their telol\ tribesmen I Is
always upon time ArmeqJap Christian that the
Turk antI J\urd let loose their depravity , I
Is the difference or religion that Is the basis
or all tile Injury , oppression ! amid wrong ,
WHAT WI.L CHIS'rAN NATIONS 1)0
"What wi the practical Chritanly ( of
England and Amerlqa ( do about I , Will It
help the Armenian rel'plutoliist party to
form an Independent tate hI order that the
Inlocmt women al' children may be pro-
lecled against outrage mind death 1 Will It
give Arnenla 10 christian Russia , where already -
ready many thousands p1 Armenians are living -
Ing In peace and prosper'f Will it I drive
the Turks from power and divIde their empire .
plre among the natons ot lurope1 . Whatever
practcal Christianity dfcldes 10 do , It will
not do as a result or the report ot the 1'urk.
isis commlulon or Inquiry. Already time
( Continued oq ; Second I'DGe. )
KAISER IS GRATIFIED
People of Lowestoft t Be Remembered
for Their Kindness ,
INQUIRY INTO EB WRECK PROGRtSSIG
Notable Increase in Voluntary Decorations
on William's Birthday ,
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PENALTY FOR DIVULGI STATE SEC1ETS
.
Prof Plellerer Congratulated by the
Emperr for ills Inaugural Atdre3s ,
FRENCH AGITATION IN ALSACE-LORRAINE
l"orty Tholsn"t 1'101110 II the Conquered d
l'rovllN'S Emigrated : 10 I'runee Uur-
leg the 1'ust , \cI1r-l . mperor
In'c8 n IInn.s Life.
( Copyrighted , IS9 : . by the . \ ocnt1 Ir Rs , )
BERLIN , Feb. 2.-The loss or the mbe ,
with snch n terrible sacrifice or life , has
created great sorrow II Oermlny. The res-
cued members or the crew of time Ebe arrived -
rived nt Bremen today , anti their exnmlnn-
ton by the proper authorities was Immediately -
diately eOlmcnced In the offices of the North
German 1.lod amId Is proceeding there A
commlteo has been formed under the presidency -
dency or the secretary or state 10 provide
1 means oC relief for the famies or the
Poor people who were drowned.
Emperor Wiiam has given repeated Proofs
of his sympathy with time sufferers. On
Thursday his muJesty sent al nitie.de-camp
to the omee or time North German Lloyd
campa to express his condolence , anti both
he and the empress huve sent a telegram
or smpath to the directors oC time coin-
pan nt Dremen. I Is understood that-
he wi also give practical testmony or his
appreciation or the kindness the survivors
received nt Lowostoft.
The emperor , In a letter published In the
nelchs Anzelger , thnnks the nnton for the
proofs of sympnthy and devotion furnished
him on his birthday. It Is a notable fact
In connection with the emperor's birthday
anniversary that there was u considerable
decrease In time extent or Ito voluntary ii-
luminatons and feasting , whIch were mostly
or un official character. Some or tile Der-
In newspapers , commenting on this , spoke
sharply against whut they termed "Increased
Dyznntsm , " nnd advised the emperor to
rely emi the good will or the nation rather
than on the number or bayonets
FINE FOR DIVULGING STATE SECRETS
In view or the recent disclosures of official
secrets by means of private circulars which
havc ( alien Into the hnnds of the Vorwnerts , '
the socialist organ , and which have been pub-
lehed by that paper , an amendment to the
penal code has been Introduced In the Reichstag -
tag by Count van Boon and"otherconstv -
I 1 tiv s , ' t r t " It a felony for any ' govern-
ment or public officer to give information
without permissIon upon any official mat-
ters , time penalty to be Imprisonment and n
fine up to 6.000 marks.
Emperor William warmly congratulated the
now rector of the Berlin university , Prof
Pfelderel' , upon his address lust Sunday , In
'which ho spoke or Catholicism and socialism
ns the two great national dangers to Ger-
many.
The quarrel between Baron yon Stumm anti
Pror. Wagner bias occupIed public attention
during the weelt. The baron made offensive
remarks about the professor before the Chris-
tan society In a recent speech In the Relehs-
tag. Prof. Wagner took him up and branded
his statements as willful slanders. Stumm
thereupon challenged Wagner , who olred 10
submit the matter to a court or honor , which
time baron refused to do. Since then both
sides have continued the fght In the newspapers - I
pers , and lie district attorney or Derln has
been requested to proceed against the baron ,
for feloniously issuing a challenge. This
has caused mich Interest , ns Stumm Is nn In-
( imitate friend or the emperor ,
ALSACZ-LOHRAINE STILL AGITATED .
DurIng the discussion at the question or
the governorship or the nelchslnnd In the
Relchstag , Prince van Hohenlobe and Dr van
Putknmer , the secretary or state for AIsne
Lorraine , made interesting statements , which
tended to show that the atempt 10 roster agitation -
taton among the inhabitants at time two
provlncls Is still kept under by a number or
nntGermnn societies or France. I Is estimated -
mated timat , 30,000 men and 17,000 women were
Induce to . emigrate Into France In 1894 by
one society alone , which spent 3,000.000 francs
In the work Moreover , Hohenlohe announced
that the Llgue dc Patrlotes was reorganized
In Paris a week ago and time speaker urged
that it was Impossible to abandon the dlctntor-
.
iiip.Under
Under the protection or the emperor , a
company hn been formed to erect n large
theater In Berlin , In which classic dramas and
first-class concerts will bo given at popular
prIces . It wi be called the Deutches Voltes
tIm eater.
Time emperor n few days ago saved n mnn
from being rrczen to death lie picked him
tip whlo out sleighing at Charlotenhurg , ly-
leg insensible by the roadside , and he toolt
IIhn ; into his sleIgh and delivered him nt the
nearest police station , where tile man was
restored ,
According to advices from St. Petersburg ,
time Hu&slan finance department will shortly
promote a Russian slenmshlp line between
the Russian ports on the Baltic anti the Black
sea and New York and BaltImore ! , 10 further
direct connections with Russia and the United
States , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
vIi ITESVV WI.I , ills l'IU llm. I
Outcome of lho Ueldloek : II Newfuutsti-
luII I In Ihigim
ST JOHNS , N. F" , I.'eb. 2.-Tho political
deadlock was broken In the house when Sir
Wiiam Whleway secured a commission appointing -
pointing him to a seat In the executive coun-
cii . At 100n lon , D. G. Oreen , prIme mIn.
later , and his executive colleagues tendered
their reignatons to tile governor The
governor called . In Sir William Whltelay ,
who will undoubtedly ! attempt to form a minIstry -
Istry , The rolowlng Is n forecast of the
,
new mlnlslr : ,
Prime minister , Sir William Whltway ; ;
leader of time leglslntyo council , lion . A. W.
harvey ; without portfolio , 11. 1. Morris ; reo
celver general , James Fox I ; surveyor general ,
Henry WOOds ; colonial secretary , Robert
holed , _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _
i'ruiitlvv SUnc'or Siurl' for Amtrc : 1 ,
GUATEMALA I , I'eb 2.-Miles nock , the
clva elglner : who surveyed the frontier lne
for this country , amid over whobe lmit hue
suryey the trouble between M.xlco and
Gualemala occurred , Is reported as having
left hero for the United States ,
" " , - ' , - . , - - ,
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Wcl.er . ' 01ll for 1'bra1a _
l'ngc. Fair ; Slightly tcr ; Northerly Whets.
IR Jt.
1. JI1I'RI.A01,0 Wlntcr ( : R"\Atl"III
, \nothrr Sllo nt Site Armcllln ? ttIry.
UrrnllY , Sm'r.lu for 1'lho''INI18. .
luu o l"Cl11lA I he 1011 , ll ,
2. "I'Irol'fhtun ltit $ II Ito ! CI\t. .
\hl ky TrUAl 111lcrK In CCurt ,
hlctiiii . Ir "ylur'A Crlmlun Cliluct.
3 , "x'OI l"lleclnr II1un 811,000 Shunt ,
N."lf 1111,10 Suffer from lc111'
1"1'\11tnr , \CCI nt nt liitt'uhii.
tm'lhl1 ' InlkA Ire loarull ; ( mlii .
.1 . I.ns " 'cl < In lie Sotmut " 'orlt ,
.l IiIo . \111 : (1"lm Amniotic.
1 , " 'IUt 111'I'e1A It tha TheltCr ,
O. CouncIl 1111 Inmit Mitttrrs.
I"u 1,1(1) ( ' ' 'llu'hl'r I uijumu'il.
' . UUC.I 1.1 1rlIhA Iltl , )1t1 .
111Ir. II SCull tl'\I.\ ,
Irlul " 'lr"nlene , ' by ! 4ncimiiiun.
url"crn ( 'ucille llrA the Trae
8. lomhl : : .r time 1'lUI iI'rhtIm Meeting.
I'tiiuime or New 1'olltlcmtl ' ' ' .
l'ruluAe 1I'W I'ollcll l'lrl )
1 I " 'Iel"y Urht II "llrln , UmAll' ,
I I. S"'llh'l Mrl 1 In Urtnt C'tles ,
Aultaucrim's l xhlhltCI UI time % Ynne.
COllnl.1lCI . nA 1\ Free l'ort
I 2. EditorIal Ind ( 'nmnmutuit .
13. CnnnhlJhl1m I. Scult' l'lrlcr ,
11. Ihlt time Church J'eullero Uulll.
Rout liltrrtws' Tllo of lie Sea .
I fi. C Clitun I Cr Omnhn'A , Johhlll Trade .
Cummercl,1 unit 1'1Ich11 Nu ,
. l"'lturcA nr the 1.0 Stock Market .
10. I'ouy J'UtOltltlA or Corezi.
Slury or Urine . 'llr.111 .Noy .
II , Ihl" , ' antI line' ' J111"rtmtlt
Its ' 'n""n : Her W'nys 111 tier \orhl ,
2 0. " . . hrullcics or Count . \ltullu"-l.
IHVT.llTIUN U1 WAi lCXl'lVTlU' : .
l'resilent )11. " 'Il 1inko Mexico's , \ IAwer
l'uhlolomIY ! ,
CITY o MEXICO ( Via Laredo ) , Feb. 2.-
President Diaz will give out on Monday , I
February 4 , what Is expected to be Iexlco's
final ultimatum In the dispute with Gnale-
inala I current rumors and the state or
puble reelng are to be believed , It will be
u declaration of wnr. I Is stated tonight ,
upou what Is beloved to be good authority .
that the Iexlcan' cabinet will not deviate
from its original policy. Tile cabinet lucIda
a lengthy session this afternoon , at which
most or time diplomatic corps wns preseut ,
amI another session Is being held tonight
In prlvnte. The sentiment or the people
seems to be strongly against Iny receding
by Mexico from the original contentiomi . I ,
Is rumored that Ouatemnla will not recede '
or accede to Mexico's demand. The sentiment -
mont among the American colony here seems
to be unanimously In favor or Prfsldent
Dlaz' course. Guatemala has 13,700 troops
on time frontier , and 6,000 more started rrom
Guatemala City. A report Is current here ,
hut , or course , not substantiated , that the
Iothschlds have agreed to loan the Central
American country 1,000,000.
, " , -
, CLAUENCE ' WILL NOT \COEl'T AINEST1
Late ChIef of , iho liiegqullos Enjoys his
Exile nt Engmatuti's RXIolse.
( Copyrighted 15113 by Prers Publishing Company. )
KINGSTON , Jamnlc , Feb. -New ( York
World Cablegram-Speclnl TDlegram.-Clar- )
ence , the deposed chler or the Mosquito In-
diana , has been officially directed to formally
decline amnesty under the conditions Im-
posed by Nicaragua. The proffered amnesty
depends on his confessing lImit he wes In
rebellion and waiving all his claims to chieftaincy -
taincy of the Indians or to anything else on
the reservation. Drltsh support Is promised
hhn. Clarence was brought here on a DrlUsh
war ship when Duefelds got too hot for
him , and has been maintained In luxurious
laziness ever since on a liberal pension pro-
vided by the British govcrnment.
Italian Olcer 'Vcmt inpane
ROlE , I eb. 2.-Major Oddl or the general !
stnr of lie army became sUddenly insane
lie was In the war office when ho sUddenly
cried In a loud volco that hD saw murderers
and thieves nt a window. With his face dls-
lorted with rear he rushed out of the rooms
and ran to the Quirtnal Ho passed the
sentinels without difficulty and proceeded to
the department or police , where King Hum-
bert was receiving the provincial prefects
As ho opened the door and entered the room
Major Oddl cried "Thieves h Murderers I" !
The king started with surprise as he heard
the cry and saw the wild look upon the face
or the unfortunate ofcer , The attendants
seized Major Oddl and took him from time
room and summoned physicians to attend
iminu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All Swear The ) Saw Nothing ,
nOTTfRDAM , Feb. 2.-Cnptnln Gordon ,
master or the Crathle , the steamer which Is
alleged 10 hnve slnt ) time Elbe , the man who
wns nt tIme wheel or the first namell steamer
when the collision occurred , and the members
or the crew or that vessel , whose wntch on
deck It wns nt tile time or the collision , have
been examined Judicially and they have all
affIrmed that they did not see the vessel with
which the Crathlo collided. They add that
they did not see a vessel sink and that they
did not hear any cries or distress.
Inclelort Ielrlln ! tu I'urls.
LONDON , Feb 2-M , Henri noherort ,
Ilroprietor or time Intrnnslseant or Paris , who
lies been exiled front France since he left
that country for England , with time late Oen-
eral Boulnnger In 1889 , lies left London for
Paris , the amnesty bill having : been passe by
both the Senate and time Chamber or Deputes ,
M. Rochefort has arranged to arrive nt , time
French capital tomorrow. lie wi be ac-
cordell nn enthusIastic reception by his
friends _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IOVIAtncl ( l l.ly JeJulcl' ' .
IAIS , Feb 2.-A dispatch received here
from Tamatave , Madagacar , via Zanzibar , i
announces Ihat tile Havas recently cOlmenc d ,
to lombar 'famatave , which has for some '
tme past been occup'ed hy the French troops .
The shell lire from the I'rench cruiser Papin
and the fire or the French land battery , however -
ever , silenced and dlsmanted : Ihe liovas' guns
"olllsts , clr" A tint imur l'lllt.
DEH.IN , Feb 2-Tho commitee or the
n , to which was referred the ant
revolution bill , has aropted ) , by a majority of
one , a clause muklng glorification or dueling
, Time radicals and socialists
punihable toclalsts SIJ'
ported time nmendment as a Ilrolest against
clan prIvilege II dueling ,
Vletl " itlmutut lmrlng iliot ,
1".1 "lllut l'lrln/ us Slal
10 IiI ) JANIIIRO , I.'cb. 2-General Iego ,
commanderln-cher : In Parana , who was recently -
centy courlnlrlale ! and acquitted , has
lied wih the governor of the state or Vleento
Mlchado without firing n shot , leaving arms ,
ammuniton , I.rovlslons . und everything tu the
enemy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Only I Unl Wnr' ' hil 11 ( 'imlan
COLON , Feb. I 2.-'he American cruiser
Atlanta II the emily warship here ,
. . . .
" ' - ' - - '
SENT TIlE BILL BACK
OppJnent of the l'lnding Mcnslr core 1
Decided ( Triumph
: Y SCHEME MUST BE MODIFIED
-
Dy n Vote of7 to 100 the loUSJ Eays the
Present One is Not Satsfactory ,
-
DEBATE UNDER TiE FIVE MINUTE RULE
Oalforin Members Bitterly Assnl the
Pending Mcnsurc
COVERNMNT DEBT IS NOT SECURE
-
: lllly ( I'el'llm1 18" leltl1.e tl 11111 .
toll , the :1 1 I flrl Estate ' nlil 11horl
tumtupusltmg . lImo Urlthml
Corporistinu . *
WASHINGTON , I eb. 2.-The PacIfic railroad -
real flndlng bill was recomml\ell to the com-
mlteo on Pacfe railroads late ths ! nfernoon
by n vole of Ii In lOS , showing nnnex -
Ilrctely large majority , ngalnst the measure.
Alholgh the drit has been lnlnt the bill
trout the hlcelltol or the debate , Its advocates
were not wihout hope , even today. 'r ! ex'
lent or their defeat wns a great surprise to
both slle $ . The debate today was cr 1 brisk
anti lively charncter. Only three of tii3 eighteen -
teen sectous or the bill hal been read when
the hour for tltug the vote arrIved But
the substantial nmemlment ( to ) Ire\'elt Iho
Illa'lent or dividends on the steel : mulct the
gOl'erment debt sholli hnve ben fully II . -
charged ) wns adopted. Mr. Ihaluer's substitute -
tute to foreclose the govermummtemmt's mortgage
In ! of default was cut out. by mt iarlia-
mnemmtary maneuver , so that vlmoiu ( ha voting
began in time huouso lie leaved to rec'm&tunit
tIle hilt , a imtotlmt equlvahint to its uIect tie-
feat. A uroliosltlomu stmbmmiltteti as an : umicimd-
unent to coumlliroulmlso time debt ( agmp'egnttng
130,000,000) ) for $7fl,000,000 was defeated , and ,
as sttted above , tIme biil was sent to Itii doomut
by an overwllelmuing mimajority , The npiomuents
of tlm nieastmre signalized the victory with
shmotuts of Jlmbiiation ,
A bill called uiu by Mr Outlmwalt , dento-
crat of 01mb. temporarily , to create time rank
of lieutenant. general of tIme army , mimCt. with
sonic OplOsltioll front Mr. Gillette , republican -
lican of MassachilmsettB , but it. WflS Passed.
Time purpose of time lull is to autllorlzo the
promotion of Major General Schofield to that
rank ,
TOOK UP TIlE FUNDING BILL.
Time house tiletl liroceeded in committee of
time whuole undar time special order to resume
tue comisideration of the I'aclflc railroads funding -
ing bill. An attempt was mactie to secure an
agreement to contimiuc general debate until 2 iL
o'clock , but It falled and tIle bill was read
for mimentimnent under tue five-minute rubl.
fr. Boatner , democrat of Louisiana , do-
clareul that some of the section of the bill
were faulty , and in his opiniomm if tile corn-
panics filed timeir written accetamice of Its
conditions tile hands of thmo government. woui
be tied for fifty years.
Mr. Hepburn , republican of Iowa , contested
timis , pointing out tile language of time stipuia-
( ion and the contiuulsory payments the bill
conjoined on time companies.
An amnenilmuent was adopted making the
debt duo the United States bear 3 per cent
interest.
Mr. Magtmire , democrat of California , challenged -
longed thio statements of Mr. Kyle , demo-
crat. of Mississippi , that time bill authorized
time government to retain ill its treasury alt
moneys due for mail transportntiouu anti appiy
tiled to the extinguishmunent of the debt.
Mr , Grosvenor , republican of Obmie , paid a
high tribute to time late Senator Stanford ,
one of tIle mcmi being constnntiy denounced. .
in connection vithm these roads , but admitting -
ting fraud in time past , lie contemilleli thmat it.
was now the duty of time government to adjust
timis debt. so that. it could realize as imiucli 08
possible.DENOUNCED
DENOUNCED BY MAGUIRE.
Mr. Maguire denounced bitterly the metilocl
ptmrnued in this debate , wimicll lied excluded
from participation , except tinder tIle five-
minute rule , the members from tIle Paciflo
coast , wimo imad given more attention to the
imtatter than any other. lie contemmded timat
time peuidtng bill contained no provisIon for
time paymemut of the debt , but it did discharge
all tIle debts of time "incorporated pirates"
who had raided the treasury of tile roads
dimming ( Ito last tlmirty years.
A long controversy followed over time , goes-
tion as to whether the bill would extinguish
the debt in fifty years , Mr. Reilly , who wac
standing close to Mr. Breckinrimlge , wile so
emphatic in imis gesticulations tlmmut seine of
time members crnwded mtbaut and tile galleries
craned tlmeir necks thiiuuking they were to
witness a repetition of time Ilenrd.flreckln-
ridge row of yesterday , At this poInt an
attempt was made to stop debate until Monday -
day or Tuesday , Time leaziermu on hiotlm imle *
agreed tlmat it was necessary to tIme intelligent -
gent understanding of time bill , but Mr. Lane ,
democrat. of Illinois , objected , amid Mr. Lock-
wood , democrat of New York , demnanded
time regular order ,
Mr. Maguire accordingly proceeded , devot-
lug most of imis tiuuie to time discussion of the
alleged frauds by wlmicbm 110 claiummcd iiuntmnd-
toit , Cracker , Staumford and llopkimis , as
directors , turned over to timomnselves , as stock-
hmuldermu , G2,000,000 of profits.
Tim timmie was at hmand wimen tIme ieee or
estates could be reaeimed. Fifteen millions
of Iiuntimugten'a muunuuuy and $15,000,000 of the
estate of Leland Staumford could be secured.
Fifteen ntiliiomms of time estate of Stmuiufor4
ivas how tied up to satisfy tIle statutory ,
obligation. Tile main objects of tlmls bill waste
to release that prouerty by operation ot
law , J
Mr. V.'eamloek , democrat of Michigan , in
reply reiterated tue assertion made previously
iru time debate that time bill reservell all the
rigimts mimi remmiedles against time "lug Fomor , "
'Fime huh , hue said , luresemuted a reasonable
anmi husimuemms.lIko mactimed of collecting the
debt due frommi time roads ,
Mr. Terry of Arkansas offeremi amu aunendq
meet requiriimg time holders cut tIme first mortgage -
gage bonds to vaivo their priority in favo
of the Umuited States , whuemm time comimhuanlee
muuamhe Provislomm forUms payment of this flrs
mutorigago bonds , tis required before tue corn.
panics aimmuli have time benefit of tue act ,
Mr. Reilly denied tue assertiomi timt the
aimioumut of tIme payments by time Iteilly bill
did not equal the imiterest on ( lie debt fort
tIfty years at 6 per cent ,
iEhRASED TilE COItUORAT1ONS.
Mi , lielttiioover of l'munsylvanla rephieti
( list the effect of tile hull was to extesmd the
debt for fifty years at iuer cent and release
tIme corilorallons ( rout payimmg time principle ,
The gQvernm1lt'B selfisiummess aim a credltg4
, ' Z - . 'c - .