China and Japan.

Manawatu Herald, 7 August 1894, Page 2

China and Japan.

The ChlaesS are beheading rium Ibers ot aeserfceii; it is reported that the .Emperor has censured Li Hung Chang for l-emissness in preparing for the | The feeling in the. .Chinese treaty ; ports is strongly warlike. The Emperor blames Japan for unjustly forcing on the war, He desired to ipipfe fclie Court fed Tientsin 1 , with a view to personally direct ttie mMlitavt preparations; Mb «Je Tiberc'j SiiS suaded him, The Emperor has ! withdrawn Li Hung Chang's honour? j for his remissness, and ordered all the daserters on the march to Taku to m beheaded.: 1 The. American Ministers . are protecting: the. '-Chinese residents in Japan and the Japanese in China. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated in the House ofjConinidds that the Japanese Had voluntarily offered to pay full compensation to the owners of the Lowshung if their officers proved to be guilty. Lord Kimberley demands a Strict .dncliiiryY The Japanese are said to" possess ari affidavit by Captain (joldstforfciiy, p| the . Kqwshurigi deriyirig Cap'taiti Hennekin's statements, and blaming the Chinese 3oldiors for not permitting him to surrender. At the Tientsin . court-martial, witnesses .confirmed Captain 1 Hennekin's version of the incident. Franco has accepted England's invitation to remain neutral in tho Coreun trouble-. Pnltx.ee intriguers and fanatics who dppose Li Hung Chang's pro Christian 1 p"dli<Jy are alleged to be at the bottom of securing his disgrace at the Emperor's Court. , Twerity" tHoiisands picked riieri ol the Chinese troops have crossed the Yaku River, and are marching on Seoul, the capital of Corea, on which it jis intended to make a decisive attack; Japan sends additional troops to oppose them. The Japanese, after their defeat at Chemulpo, assembled their entire force and defeated the Chinese. Eight thousand Chinese troops are proceeding to Coi-ea. Three German cruisers will shortly arrive id Chinese waters to protect German interests. The Emperor places all military authority under Li Hung Oliarig. The Japanese who imprisoned Captain Goldsworthy and two of the survivors of the transport Kowshung, have complied with Great Britain's deiiland and released them. Though a number of Russian tieWspajJers display an aggressive attitude towards England, .Russia and Great Britain are in perfect accord as regards Corea. The Japanes=?e lost 100 men in the last battle at Yasan. The Chinese seized 13 of the Japanese crew of the Chun King, a British steamer at Tientsin. The Viceroy has apologised for the action. The Japane?e defeated the Chinese in a fresh battle in Yasan, and also defeated the latter in a battle at Ckunking, on the 29. h, killing over 600, besides capturing a large quantity of stores and several guns. The King of Corea has appointed Prince Daikunsn to administer affairs in the peninsula. The Prince favours the reforni3 demanded by Japan. The Chinese fleet of thirteen warships has returned to Chefoo.