The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-20
MORE FIdHENG AT PING YAM.
soon.a Great Battle Is Expected
to Occur There.
BLACK FLAGS TO REoRdANIzE.
Patriotism in Japan Is Shown by
:. the Domestic Loan of Fifty
49, Millions.

LONDON, Aug. 20.-A special dispatch
to the Times from Shanghai says it is
rumered that instead of large Chinese
army only a small force was routed al
-Yashan by japanese. The remainder of
the army, it Is said, has gone north 10 join
the northern forces. Skirmishes are re-
=. ported to have taken place at Ping I an,
province ct Snanye. ard a great battle is
= expected to be fought there shortly.
e.. Another dispatch from Shanghai says
-~tlle Chinese there are suffering from a spy
mania that has developed among Chinese
Officials. All vessels arriving at Too Sung
River are boarded by Chinese naval officers
and searched for spies and contraband
munitions of war. Two prominent Jap
:: anese have been arrested within the French
GoncesBion on an unfounded charge Of
spying. They are still detained for trial.
The dispatch further states that a num-
beT. of Englishmen and Scotchmen have
been obliged to leave the arsenal at Wei
Hai-Wee owing 10 the war. They had
been fired at by the Chinese guards, and
some. of them would undoubtedly have
been killed had it not been for the protec-
ton afforded them by Chinese officers.
:@It. is: added that on three successive
nights Japanese torpedo boats forced the
water: entrance to Wei-Ha-Wei. They
.eitheT:e evaded or countermned the torpe-
does that had been laid by the Chinese
and effected an entrance TO the port, the
+. defenSe. of which mad heretofore been sup.
: =posed*to be- .impregnabIe. The Japanese
]<did#n OF: engage. the. ferts, as it was said
: they* were in:search of information as to
.#the; ;lineseto. be followed in the event of it
: beng decided to make an attack in force
I .upqt the place. "
= SICKNESS prevails in both the Chinese
:. an d:Iapanese armies. China has accepted
1.-The. offer of :Lni Yung Fl, the celebrated
+ exSehfef Of the Black Flags at Tonquin,
< Wh0sis now a naval commodore at Canton,
TO reoTgaDize the Black Flags to fight
]. against Japan. ~:
+ Adviens from China show that the Chi
ii use: 60 0xernneht has forbidden the ex-
:: porta tioh Of horses. Horses are regarded
- IS coatrzhand Of war by Japan. Urgent
!. orders have been sent from the northern
= to the southern arseHats for powder and
:: other mutations. Recruiting for the army
us progressing actively. The Japanese
have fertiied the passes leading from
4 China into Korea and have established
#.els1orape defenses at Seoul. One hundred
:'zand SIXTY thousand men have bsen mo bill
ICED by Japan and the services have been
called upon for service in Korea. .
..-.:<. .-.= i ST. PEfRRsBURG. Aug. 19.-It is stated
{. here that Russia and other powers con-
+: ttnpe to endeayoT TO restore peace between
::* ChIna and Japan:
81. NAsHINGTON. Aug. 19.-The japanese
legation has received a telegram annOunc-
:. ing hat Japan has decided to issue do
mystic loan of $50 OOe,000. The dispatch
*statesa 8tfopg outburst of patriotic feeling
?. has-beeu: evoked by this proposition and
:. the people .in"aff .parts Of the country are
eagerly subscribing TO the loan.