3-082-072 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mukden: Temple of the Queen of Heaven, 1895. 'The war in Eastern Asia shows at present no sign of cessation. The one promising feature of later news is the approaching departure of Chinese envoys, who will negotiate in Japan for peace. According to report, they will meet Mr. Foster at Kobe. Mukden continues to be a "warm corner"; the city is said to be in a fearful state of anarchy. The Chinese and Manchu soldiers are continually engaging in warfare, and the inhabitants of the city are terrorised into submission to the greatest insults and assaults. It is stated that recently twelve thousand additional troops have arrived at Mukden. The place swarms with soldiers, and houses are pillaged and citizens killed with impunity. The cold weather is being severely felt, and perhaps may do something to mitigate the strife of arms. The Illustrations of Mukden show it to possess the usual picturesque features of Eastern cities. It is sincerely to be hoped that soon peace will come to restore its fallen fortunes and to relieve its inhabitants of both danger and anxiety'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.