The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-22
ORIENTAL WAR
INTELLIGENCE
Story Of Japanese Commanders Wanton De-
StruCliOn Of Lie Confirmed.
MINISTER KURINO IS Confident
Japan's Diplomat Says the People of
China Do Not Care IF the Tartar
Dynasty Goes to Pieces An Ameri-
can Officers Services Are in De-
mand with the Mikado.
LONDON, Aug. %

LONDON, Aug. %.
| n dispatch to the Times from
IAN Shanghai today says that the
I1\ court Of inquiry has established
II u the fact tuAt the comm ,ndsr Of
Tue Jtpansss War ship N ,niw. ORDERED
tho destruction uf the drowning men
from the Chinese transport Kow Shin,
which was sunk by tur j JtpAnsse T d
ispstch adis that Vice Admiral
Honorable Sir q. r Frstnantls, in
command Of the BrilIsh-Cnina station,
is collecting detailed evidence on this
sn' CT
SHANGHAI Aug. 21-No news Of any
importance has D-eu received here re
Gently in regard to the movements Of
tDr fl Its or concerning tue military
operations. In fact, it may be dis
| tinctly asserted that no real news has
reached Shanghai concerning tho war
between China and Japan, since Aug
IL The two japanese spivs who were
arrested in the French settlement OF
SnAngai are under the p o ection Of the
United States consul, and will remain
81 uutiI Il Charge is clearly formulated
Ak inst them,
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81 Minister
Kurino, oil J,p,u. is ks-p,lG vary
Keen eye on the newspaper dispatches
from Seoul and YDkonama. H said
last night that he could not believe all
Of them were Correct for there was an
understanding between himself and his
government that when thvre was SER
ious fighting he should be apprissd at
once. II have cons' qurntly ueen ex-
p~cting csbl.gr4ms." he said, but
since my arrival l have not received
one. Consul Chinda has not received
any either.
NOT IN NEED OF AID
I'm connection with this. | want to
com umt the impr ssion that | am here
10 raise loan or possibly to get Am.r-
ican troops and officers. Ny coming il
in no way in reference 10 the war. We
are in need Of no guns. money or men,
We have siandi army of 80 900 man
md reserves sufi i.It to In * 30 900.
All are well tr,ilrd. Even in ,ap.n W,
ave far more app icants for places TO
tgrt than wsr q nre. Our p-ople are
anxious to vOludtsrr. but we do not
need tuem Tn volunteers would b.
In the way Of the trained troops. Our
people, too are # ring money to IN
government. but We do not uesd it, and
steadily refuse it
'Since my srrivl number Of Jap
anes- and others bav- ff red their sri-
vices, but | have X ,lalned tue real
con itiun and end-avnr 4 to discourage
them. Besides the 200 900 trained In n
we have forty-ssven war ships. We
are thus well equipped.
Il think the policy of China Ia to
move slowly. but il is q discovered,
lismembe country. and even tim
will avail nothing. Tue people are no,
patriotic. 1t is \ Tartar dynasty aud
they do not IRE If tns country go-s TO
pieces. Why. in 1868, when the F ench
and English suug 4 to open Canton,
the Cniuvss would not stand by Cuina.
Il is the same way all over the country.
Ii Hung Cuang cannot hold the Chinese
together.
THE MTKADo WANTS HIM
RIVERSIDE c /. Aug 81 Colonel
j. r Wassou, OF SD lila. M. formerly
we'll known officer Of the Uuit.d
States army. has ben summoned by
the japanese Rovernm mt to repair NJ
once 10 Korea and there take c mmand
Of the Mikado's forcrs. This inform T.
tion Is given out by personal frieni
OF Colonel Wasson's who resid-s In this
city and who 10 In receipt Of letter
from the colonel giving the above facts.
Colouel Wasson was At oue tim. con
nscted with the japanese army as mil
itAry instructor aud it il said tn
Japanese off ials have a high regard
for bis ability as com mandrr.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l,-TG- japan
sss legation has received q telegram
stating that IL has been reported in
Toxic on reliable authority that the
finding Of the British val court Of in
ouiry, which VS. held ut Shanghai to
Investigate the facts OF the sinking of
the British steamer Kow Shing, wner
acting 10 q transport Tor Chinese trohps
to Korea, by the japanese cruiser Ma
miva Kan, 10 favorable to Japan. Itis
also reported that the British admiral |
has officially stated to his government |
that he considers TIE sinking OF the |
Knw Suing under the ciroumst noes ss
equivalent to the sinking Of n Chinese |
vessel and that he has cons, gu ntly |
,dvised the British government 10
make no claim.