THE COREAN TROUBLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2702, 23 August 1894, Page 1

THE COREAN TROUBLE.

Shanghai, Aug. 19. A number of Chinese troops in Corea are committing suicide owing to sickness. Chinese troops insulted and fired on a number of English employees at Weihaiwai Arsenal because they ceased work upon the outbreak of the war. August 21. General Oshima has sent forward a strong force to meet the Chinese who are advancing on Seoul. Weihaiwai harbour was believed to be impregnable, but the Japanese gunboats forced the booms on several occasions and explored the inner harbor. A Corean contingent assisted the Japanese against the Chinese in the engagement at Asan. Yokohama, Aug. 20. The constitutional reformers of Japan have issued a manifesto declaring that it is the duty of the army to dictate ; the terms of peace under the walls of Pekin. The Japan Mail states that 16,000 men have been mobilised without difficulty. August 21. The Japanese loan has been subscribed in Japan. London, Aug. 20. The British Government have seized a steel cruiser at Newcastle laden with torpedo tubes, grapplers, and other warlike munitions for Yokohama. It is reported that Austrian agents within a few days will land 20,000 Manlicher rifles in China. August 20. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says that skirmishes are reported to have taken place at Penang, and that a great battle is expected. The Japanese position at Seoul, the capital, commands the approaches to the town, and it will be difficult to dislodge them. The Mikado demands the abolition of the Chinese suzerainty over Corea. Lord Kimberley, Foreign Secretary, has seized the Islam at Glasgow* on suspicion that she is a Japanese or Chinese warship. The Japanese Legation is gratified at the measures which have been taken by the Government to preserve neutrality on the part of British subjects. The Islam’s munitions were intended for Japan. The Japanese Legation deny the reported loss of a cruiser, Washington, Aug. 20. Many Japanese officers and students in America are returning home immediately. Four car loads of Chinese have left New York for China via Vancouver. Thursday Island, Aug. 21. The steamer Guthrie has arrived here from Eastern ports. The captain reports that off the coast of Japan he was chased by two torpedo cruisers, which made off after satisfying themselves that the Guthrie was not carrying Chinese troops.