China and Japan.

Manawatu Herald, 11 April 1895, Page 2

China and Japan.

Japan claims that China should open for trade with the world disV^ rricts of 1000 pqnare miles ia eitetlfc which contain 200,000,000 people. She also claims the cession of Formosa and Southern Manchuria (including Port Arthur), the indeppndpnce nf Corea and an indemnity of 2.000,000 francs. The Times considers the terms imposed by Japan on China are reason* able V . " Li Hunsr Chang has recovered from the wound recently inflicted by a Japanese frantic The districts which Japan insists shall be thrown open to the world include the course of the Yang-tse* Kiang, as far as ChungkingfgDja|o« t < town^Jn far interior), the ma|!]ipo|p tion of the Shanghai and^EMmMß* Rivers, and the main portion of the Shanghai and Canton Rivers, and the Woosung Canal. Chungking, Quchoofoo, Soochow and Hungchu are to be free cities. Forty ..Japanese transports-are at Pescadores, andilsfis ref>orred%h(^; ? an attack on Canton kratenaea? Trouble in Chitral. The: news has been received that the first Chitral brigade entered Swat, and .drove back a force of 5000 natives, who barred the road. The guides corps and the cavalry subsequently charged 1200 of the enemy, cutting up 80 of their number. The rest fled to the hills. A large force of the enemy had collected at Thana, in the Swat Valley, but they quietly dispersed when warned to do so. Umra Khan's forces have evacuated the Shahkot Pass, and are collecting at Thana. Umra Khan, with a large force, is preparing to resist the advance of the British troops at Talooh River. It is estimated that the Swatis have already lost at least 1000 men in the recent engagements. The First and Second Brigades united at Alidand, and captured Thana. Umra's cavalry and tribesmen resisted the passage of the Swat River, and after a lively skirmish 100 of thorn were killed and Chakrat occupied. The enemy, who numbered 6000, remained at the other end of the valley, waiting for the British advance. Some 1200 took up a position ■on the hills, and fired from their sides. The Sikhs clambered up the slopes and fiercely engaged them, while the guides and the cavalry charged and dislodged the main body. The Bedfordshire Regiment repulsed an attack directed upotv. the > stores. The British loss is reported under 20. Four thousand men, led by Umra himself, were waiting at the Alidand ford in a strong position. Despite the constant fire from the heights, the British troops proßied the ford with a brilliant dash, the Bengal Lmcers being the first over. Umra fled, and was pursued bjr the r ca"valry ; for nine miles. \ The attempts to open communication between Gilgit and Chitral are being renewed. ; .-k)HQ The Third Brigade has reached the Malakund Pass. Thirteej Sepoys were wounded^ In the Swat River engagement.