The War Between Japan and China.
♦ THE RECENT BATTLE. 25,000 MEN ON EACH SIDE. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION ) London. August 22. In the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey said he hoped the belligerents in the East would respect the treaty ports in both Empires. Great Britain would not move till the occasion arose. Shanghai, August 22 Mr N. O'Connor, British Minister to China, has had a long interview with the Viceroy, at Tientsin, and afterwards accompanied the Russian Minister to Cheefoo. Both officials Are trying to settle the dispute. It is stated that 25,000 troops were engaged on each side in Friday's lighting. Besides the loan publicly raised the Japanese nobles hare subscribed eighty million dollars to the expenses of the war without interest. Li Hung Chang has ordered the Chinese fleet to mobilise and eject the enemy from the Gulf of Pechili. Beblin, August 29. Germany has further reinforced her squadron in the China Sea.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 50, 24 August 1894, Page 2
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156The War Between Japan and China. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 50, 24 August 1894, Page 2
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