The War Between Japan and China.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 46, 20 August 1894, Page 2

The War Between Japan and China.

BOTH NATIONS *RAISING MONEY TO CARRY ON THE WAR. [FSB PBKSS AHBOCTATIOK.I London, August 17. Th» Chinese loan is only a million As4-^half, and the interest is 5 per cent. Two thirds of the money will be taken in silver. It is reported that Russia, France, and Japan have agreed to share the benefits in the event of the defeat of the Chinese. A treaty has been concluded plac ing British subjects in Japan under Japanese rule after five years. At present they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Consular Courts only. The Rothschilds are floating the Chinese loan. The Times Yokohama correspondent declares that capitalists have guaranteed a sum of £16,000,000 for war purposes. The Vossische Zeitung, a Berlin paper, considers that lending money to China is a crime against the civilised world. The Japanese bave laid torpedoes at Nagasaki, Tokio, and Yokohama. The German Asiatic Bank in Berlin is floating a Chinese million loan at 5 per cent. Shanghai, August 18. The Court of Inquiry at Shanghai finds that the Kow Shung was sunk by a warship, but no opinion was expressed. Lord Kimberley has seized a tor* pedo catcher, being built at Elswick for tbe Chinese Government, and has signed a warrant detaining her. No engagements have taken place between the Chinese and Japanese fleets, as both sides are playing a game of " hide and seek." At the request of Admiral Freemantle, of the British fleet, Japaa has agreed not to renew the stack on Waibaiwai or bombard Chefoo without 48 hours' notice being given. Japan has authorised a loan of fifty million dollars. The Governor of Formosa has offered a reward of £1500 for the sinking of Japanese warships.