The War Between Japan and China.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 48, 22 August 1894, Page 2

The War Between Japan and China.

' JAPAN ORDERING MUNITIONS OF J WAR. A 810 BATTLE IMMINENT. > (PBK PRESS ASSOCIATION ) J Yokohama. August 20. 5 The Constitutional Reformers of Jap;in have issued a nmnifesto declaring that it is the duty of the army to dictate the terms of peace under the walls of Pekin. The Japan Mail states that one - hundred and sixty thousand men have been mobilised without difficulty. London. Ausu«t "JO Lord Kimberly, Foreign Secretary, 3 has seized the Isliitn ht Glasgow on ' the suspicion that she is a, Japanese or Chinese warship. July 21. - The Japanese Govrrnment has orde- £ red one hundred thousand stand of P arms and a large quantity of amn.u- , nition from Now York. -, The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says that skirmishes are reported to have taken place at Pinrang, and a 1 great battle is expected. The Japanese position at Seoul, the ' capital, commands the approaches to the town, aud it will be difficult to dislodge them. ' The Mikado demands the abolition of the Chinese suzerainty over Corea. Washington, August 21. Many Japanese officers and students • in America are returning home immediately. Four car loads of Chinese left i New York for China, via Vancouver. Shanghai, August 21. 3 General Oshima has sent forward a . strong force to meet the Chinese, who - are advancing on Seonl.