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| | Abstract: In December 1894 a purported massacre of Chinese civilians, including women and children, by Japanese troops ... |
 | | New York World, and to a lesser extent those of other correspondents working for European papers, regarding a massacre of Chinese civilians by Japanese troops at Port Arthur in November 1894 were a foretaste of the methods of sensationalist journalism that would reach full blossom during the Spanish-American War. |
 | | Accounts of Port Arthur’s fall and aftermath may be roughly categorized into three types: those that purported a wanton and indefensible slaughter; those that steadfastly denied any massacre occurred at all; and those accounts that fell in the middle, acknowledging some excesses but more or less excusing them as either limited or justifiable, or both. |
 | | Upon the fall of Port Arthur, de Guerville countered, not only had there been no massacre, but Japanese troops had acted with restraint and beneficence towards their Chinese foes - which is much more than could be said of the Chinese, or even the British, in past engagements. |
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