Corea.

Manawatu Herald, 31 July 1894, Page 2

Corea.

The scene of the fighting between the Chinese and Japanese troops, is in Coma, a large peninsula lying to the north east of CBnaa^df e|^a®l from Japan by tße -iwwaiti. The country "is subject to,vj#p suzerainty of China, but the itftefpfcl administration is under the. 4uso(; control of the King (Li Hi), with a constitution modelled on tiuUL of China. ■ • ~r:«PM£ The financial state of .^^ ii said to be in a very bad <^di<aon, and Government B&larier|toa^ payments are constantly in The peninsular is 600 n^t«4png and some 135 miles population is aboii^o^^flailjhins. The soil is veiy ftrtib^jhflfc. «soly partially cultivate^ , •: v&W*& W« have not jret : ''W^^^^P^ oU " lars as to the cause of #l^> tndn^i it has been published that senou.9 disagreements had arisen bel^een two countries, though they ilVtirMalso understood, were to be settled:l)y the arbitration of England^ '^w The Chinese navy consist of 8 ironclads, 7 cruisers, and 9$ ironclad gunboats, 9 torpedo boats, and 100 other vessels. The army'in^ull strength would number 1,200,000 men. , . , , . , ■ The Japanese pavy. consist qf a ironclad, 17 vessels for coast defence, 2 despatch boats, 6 gun vessels, 20 first-class torpedo and 1 sea-going torpedo boat, a &\v:">edjit© £ndTs unarrnoured ships! The army numbers 245,521 men in time of war.