China and Japan.
The Japanese captured the entire effective staff of the Chinese troops, including Commander Fonk Wai and four generals. Great piles of rifles and a large quantity of warlike stores were also taken. The Japanese are arranging to ship 14,000 of the prisoners taken in the battle to Japan. Several Chinese towns are showing signs of panic, as a Japanese invasion is feared. On the news of the victory reaching Tokio, there was great rejoicing. Bells were set ringing and salutes fired. A strong patrol is searching the field of battle for Chinese officers who are alleged to have been secreted by the Coreans. It is doubted whether the Japanese will engage in war with the Coreans before the winter. Japanese spies have for some considerable time swarmed in the arsenals, forts, and camps in Pekin and the provinces. . The Chinese are dealing severely with spies when captured, whether Japanese or Chinese. The Japanese are advancing on I Mon'tden. I The report as to the suicide of Li Hung Chang is not true. Upon the receipt of the news of the Chinese defeat at Pekin, there
was a great outcry against Li Hung , Chang* who was deprived by the Emperor of his last peacock's feathev. The arrivals of Chinese reinforcements in Corea, reported in August, were merely official fictions. The Chinese Government has appointed two Censors to watetl Li Hung Chang's plans. A crisis is expected. The Japanese attapW the Chinese at the mouth of the Yalu Rivei\ ahd there was desperate fighting for six hours. Four ships were lost on each Bide, the Chinese warship Chen Yuen being included in the number and almost all on board drowned. The Chinese officially admit their loss in the engagement at Ping Yang* Admiral Ting was wounded. Twelve Chinese warships took refuge after the naval engagement in Port Arthur all badly damaged. The Chinese report that they lost 1500 men and the Japanese 1000. Sixteen Chinese and nineteen Japanese ships were engaged in the battle, besides a flotilla of torpedo boatSi _
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Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1894, Page 2
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341China and Japan. Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1894, Page 2
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