Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 196, 27 August 1894 — THE COREAH WAR. [ARTICLE]

THE COREAH WAR.

1 Tbe w-.r between China and ! J*pau contiuues. The Jnps are . m*ss'.og troops at Cbimnlpo and Gen»ra in Corea. Tbe Chinese Emperor is levying a war tr.bute of men and i monev on tbe Vicerovs of different provmcess. and propose« to raise a fortign loan for tbe expenses of tbe war. Ofters of mediations by Rnssia and Englaud have been refased by China. Russia is displeased at £nglish firms offering assist anee to Chinese. At the invita tion of Great Brit un. France will remnio neatntl. Three Gennan w«rshipa are in Corean waters to prolect nat onal interests. J«;>an lias 13 warsbips in Cotean waters. Promise h«s been ! made that the Cbinese port of ! Shanghai wiil not be atlHcked. The fa!ling in tbe Yang-t»e-kiang and other rivers, remove& the possibility of raids by tbe Japs upou our porta. Ou the 8tb iust., after a sharp| engagemeut of fivo hours, the Japs captured S«ikwau with a loa'i to the Chinese of 500 killed. The Japanese tioops npw oecnpy a strong po«ition at Yashau. j Great rejoicrngs at Tokio and ! Yokahama. over Japanese vic- | tories. The Chioose tleet are reported! • I to hayp obtiined a decided vic-! tory over tbe Japanese deet near Cbusan. The “Takachiho’’had! arrived at Coton Luets in disIfress Japunese subjects belonging to tho army aud navy reserve have been recalled frora America. Foreigners in China are fearful oi the effectson themselves of! j further disaster to tho Chinese| forces. Great Britain has issuedi a mauifest of neutrality. Tbe Japauese authorities have I volnntarily offered to fully eom- f pensate the British owners of the ; Kow Sbiug if the officers of the Japanese oruUer whieh sauk her , aro to blame. Tho feeliug of the residents at 1 Chinese treaty ports strongly I warlike. Amenean Minister in Japan and Ghiua are protecting Jap anese residents in Ohina, und i Chinese rosid«nfs in Japan. The Eroperor of Ohina has issued an edict ordering the viceroys aud coramanders to “root out the pestilential Japane.se from their lair.” The Chinese Emperor desired to reraove his court to Tien-tsin to enab!e him to pcrsonaIIy direot the military operutii us, but wa’g dissuaded from takiug that step. Tbo Chiuese authorities at Tieu tsin seized 13 Japaueso sailors, the crew of a British! steamer, but subsequently the' mon were releused, an<l the! necessary apologies wore made. j The Faris “Figaro” reports ! that a treatv is about to be eoncluded between Great Britain and Japan. permitting tbe Brit:sh oeeupalion of Port Hamilton, whieh commands tho Straits of ; Coiea. The U»sagreemont between tho Emperor of China, and Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy, is attributerl toocnrt iotrigues, promoted by religious funatics. Twenty thousand picked Chinese troops have crossed the Yalu River, and are raarching upon Seoul, the capital of Corea. Owmg to the disastors attending the transport of Chinese soldiers by sea to the seat of war, ' • _ 1 £urther reinforcements will not ( be dispatched for the present by water. It is reported that King Li Hi ' has abdicated tbe tbroue of | Corea in f*vor of Pnnee Dal- ; knnsa. , ! London. Ang. 7—Capt. Lang. 1 a former director in the Chinese I navy and snpervisor of the bnild- j ing of many forts, said in an in terriew to-day: “The Cbinese are well trained aud excellent , marksmen. Ohina’a navy is aboat to Japau’s. The Japanese hav« more (lasb and j spirit than the Cbinose have, bnt , ali depends on how the Chinese a*e !ed. lf tbey bave coofidence . in tbeir leaders tbey will face , anythicg withont fear of death. i II Admirai Ting led tbem they would prove themselves a splendid fotce. Some of tho Cbinese otfioars, particolarly ihoae trained

in Amēricn. «re urtgbt examples o i everTtbmg that tbey aLoaki be. Tlte laek of apml is a greal drawback to the Ohiaeee troops. Hegarding tbe Ci>iBe«e forts tbev are well to the fiont. Weī-Hai Wei is impivgnabie. and no Japanese will dare approach iL” Capt Lang said tbat bis opiniocs were based npon tbe eondition of : things in 1300. wben ho left China. He feared that diācip!ine bad beco?ne lax since the Euro{>ean inhaenee was witbdrawn. “There is now.” he said, “no high Enropean offieer in tbe navy ; aIthoogh. there are one or two Englisb officers at Wei-Hai-Wei. j If the powers allow a war a' | l'ouinmoe, Japan mast eveutoa!Iy | be utter!y ornshed.' Taeoraa, Ang. 7—Capt. W. R. Bridgman, U. S. N. t who bas coraraandod tha crniser •Balti- ! raore” for tbe last two years. retnrned bere to-n»ght on two mouths’ leave of absence. having left the “Ba!timore“ at Chemolpo, Corea, Joly 12. Ile rt-gitd3 ihe Or!eptal war a» au uneqaal contest, with the odda largely in favor of Japan. whieh he says. has a splendid navy, and an army as well organized as that of any Earopean coantiy. Japan, bo thiuks, is sure to win, unlDss Cbina is given time to make war preparations on a gig,mtic scale. In his opinion the J >panese Government bas bceu endeavoring, to force a war in order to distract atteution from interna! politioal ; dissensions.

The case o{ keeping a disorderly house whieh has been preferred against certaiu foreiguers was called iu tho District Court this morniug.The developments of the case, so far, shows np the poliee departmeut in a more uneuviable positiou than we formerly bavo [ pictured it. The persond is now so lowtbatany person with any . pretensesof beinga manor geutle mau will resign and refnse to holda commission or wear a badge disgraced in the manner now on rocord by the pets of tlie Sraith —Hitchcock coir.biuaticu.

The precantion takeu in regurd j to the stearoer Belgic whieh arrivcd tbis moruing from China and Japan aie to the credit of the { Board of Health. All mail was fumigated nnd the steamer whieh carries a ven’ sraall number, of passengers for this port,was kept ontside during the forenoon. i Under our present sauitary circurastauces the govemment ean not ba foo careful, and it is,proverbially, too late to close the well after tiie cbild is drowned !