The War Between Japan and China.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 114, 8 November 1894, Page 2

The War Between Japan and China.

FURTHER JAPANESE VICTORIES. CHINA APPEALS FOR PEACE. | Per Press Association. l London, November 7. Prince Kuug assured the Foreign Ministers in Pekin that China was unable to withstand tho Japanese invasion, and appealed for their intervention to bring the war to a close. Ho said China was willing to abandon Corea to Japan, aud to pay a war indemnity. Neither England nor France will take initiative steps in procuring the cessation of hostilities, although they are willing to unito with other Powers in doing so. The Japanese have captured Foochew, on the Gulf of Liatong. Li Hung Chang has been ordered to Pekin. The Chinese Embassy has consulted Great Britain, France, aud other Powers with a view to immediate restoration of peace. Tho Times thinks that the terms offered by China for the declaration of peaco are inadequate. The Telegraph's correspondent wires that Japan demands tho evacuatiou of Corea, tho creation of a buffer Stato between Corea and China, the paymeut of a war indemnity of £'40,000,000 sterliug, and the cession of Formosa or its equivalent. The Chiueso 7 per cent loan in London was over subscribed. Shanghai, Nov. 7. The Emperor has issued a decree making his uncle, King Kung, chief controller of the military operations. ! The War Board at Tientsin, has j abandoned tho hope of stopping tho j Japanese advance in Manchuria, and is mobilising the forces around Pekiu. Tho Japauese have vested Port Arthur by land and sea. Tokio, November 7. The Japaucso arrested two American interpreters 1 , belonging to tho Chinese Logatiou at Washington, aboard the Messageries Maritimos Steamer, Sydney, at Yokohamn.