China and Japan.

Manawatu Herald, 18 September 1894, Page 2

China and Japan.

A message received at Shanghai states that Fusan rebels recently killed 1200 Japanese. It is reported in Fusan that the people of Southern Core* have risen against the Japanese, and an attack on Fusan is feared. Two thousand Japanese reinforcements have arrived there; The Chinese fearing that the Japa-m-.-se intend "to ibvade the country, are Mobilising a great force on the frontier, and trying to induce the native troops in the British garrison at Hongkong tc join the army. The Japanese headquarters troops ut Pingyang defeated the Chinese advance guard, killing 400 men. The Chinese, however, claim the engagement as a victory for them. It is stated that the Japanese sunk the Kow Shing, knowing that there were 1200 picked artillerymen on board. Great Britain is sending four medical military officers to watch the I armies in Corea. I It is reported that during the attacks on Waihewai, and while the .lapanese fleet was approaching, the British fleet fired a salute to warn the Chinese forts, and applied the search lights. The Japanese fleet retired firing. The Mikado has removed his court to Hiroshima.