China and Japan.

Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1895, Page 2

China and Japan.

The Japanese have captured all the ports in the Pescadores. Telegrams from St. Petersburg assert that Li Hung Chang has been authorised to offer Japan an indemnity, the payment of which if to be guaranteed by the temporary occupation of the Chinese territory now occupied by Japanese troops. He is also empowered to offer cession of Foochow, Magicosinaa f * Batan Baduya and Formosa, but is instructed to oppose the cession 0f ..., the Lia-tong Peninsula, although. China will agree to its being Greatatl „ a buffer State if it is placed under the joint protection of Bussia, France and Great Britain. ■'[ : Li Hung Chang's assailant belongs to the party known as the Soshia, composed of political bravoa. Li Hung Ohang declined to per* mit the Mikado's own surgeong to extract the bullet. The Empress of Japan sent nurses to attend the wounded statesman. The Bubonic plague, which ravaged parts of China last year, has made its reappearance in Hongkong. Cholera has made its appearance among the Japanese at Port Arthur Forty cases are reported daily. The Japanese are willing to agree to an armistice provided the Chinese surrender Shanhaikwan and other points not yet reached. To this Li Hung Chang has refused to consent. Li Hung Chang will not allow j» Japanese doctor to operate for the extraction of the bullet from his* cheek, and as he is unable to leave ghis room the peace negotiations arej^ in the meantime at a standstill.