China and Japan.

Manawatu Herald, 27 September 1894, Page 2

China and Japan.

The success of the Japanese has caused a panic in Pokin and among the Court officials. The Empress of Japan personally raauages the Red Cross Department, and provides the remedies, lint and bandages required by the Medical Service. She is. assisted by the whole of the Court ladies. The ordinary railway traffic in Japan hag been entirely suspended, and the whole of the rolling stock handed over to the military authorities for the transport of men and material. The Mikado will review the reinforcements before they embark at Hiroshima. The Government has decided to prosecute the war vigorously before winter sets in. Reinforcements to the number of 80,000 men have been ordered to the front. The Japanese estimate the Chinese losses prior to the Pingyang and Yaln engagements at 3000, chiefly in small actions, the news of which was suppressed. The Chinese are pouring reinforcements into Moultden in anticipation of the Japanese attack, and the place is being rapidly reinforced. The Empress of China furnishes a further sum of 3,000,000 dollars towards the expenses of the war. The Russian fleet in the Easfc, including the transports at Vladivostock, is prepared for immediate action. The Japanese at Roebuck Bay subscribed £1000 towards the war fund. The Chinese are sending reinforcements to fortify Moukden. A vigorous defence will be made, as large quantities of treasure are stored in the city. The missing Chinese transports have arrived at Taku. The Japanese newspapers state that the Russians have sent 5000 troops to Northern Corea upon the pretext of recapturing escaped Siberian convicts. The Japanese Government refuse to pay an indemnity in connection with the Kow Shing incident, and state they were justified in sinking the vessel. Thirty-eight thousand Chinese troops are in an entrenched position at Yalu, but are badly armed. A British steamer has landed a cargo of munitions of war in Taku.