Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-10
TING LOST HIS FEATHER
Chinese Admiral Degraded For
 Cowardice.
LIHUNG CHANG WOULD LIKE PEACE
The Emperor and Empress Downger Flu rious When Foreign Mediation Is aTen- tioned-Rumors of a Recent BattIe-An Eighty Ton Gun Burst.


 SHANGHAI, Sept. lO.-It is reported that Admiral Ting, commander of the Poi Yang squadron, has been degraded for cowardico and incapacity. and that he has been deprived of the peacock feather and ordered to leave the fleet and take a shore command.
 The native papers say that the viccroy, Ii Hung Chang, has beon working to procure the mediation of Great Britain and Russia in the war with Japan. The emperor and the dowager empress, 1t Is said. are furious at the sugges ton and refuse to listen to 1t.
 MT. O'Connor, tho British minister has returned to Pcking.
 The country around Peking Is flooded. The government has gwen orders that no attempt to lower tho waters on the plain shall bc made. The object of tho order Is to prevent n Japanese advance
 News has been received that on Sept. at Now -Chwang, a port of China on the river Liaou, the British steamer Feilung which was taking on n cargo for Japan, was ordered by tho authorities to stop the work of loading. Tho order was obeycd. On the following day l2 Japanese women and the Japanese consul went on board the Feilung and asked for protection, say ing that their lives were in danger. Tho
 
 had been attacked and destroyed by 900 Chinese soldiers and that they had been robbed and maltrcated. They had been rescued by Europeans and kept in con ccalment until m opportunity was offered to take them aboard the British steamer
 Fight on Sept. :.
 Tho women were brought to the vessel two and three at a time and in disguise It was not long after their arrival that the steamer was surrounded by boats full of Chinese, who were seeking to get hold of the refugees. I've Chinese soldiers actually boarded the vessel. but they were promptly driven away. No further at tempt was made to get aboard.
 On the afternoon of the 2d a Chinese military official went of to where the Eel lung lay and advised the captain to leave port with his vessel the same night. Otherwise, ho told him, the authorities might not be able to prevent trouble. Word has since been received of the ar rival of the Feilung at Kobe, Japan.
 An extraordinary mission has arrived at Tien-tsin conveying birthday presents from the king of Korea to tho empress dowager of Chinn. The mission will pro- ceed to Peking.
 A collision between Chinese and Japa- nose forces occurred near Ping Yang on Sept. :. The result is not known.
 The growing crops have reached such a height as to make military operations al most impossible.
 4 dispatch from Tien- tsin says that the British minister has signed convention with the yiceroy providing for the connec- tion of tho Chimes" telegraph lines with those of Burmah and other parts of India.
 The United States warship Monucacy has arrived at Tien-tsin.
 The war news which has been received at Tien- -tsin thus far is considered worth less.
 Chinese Troops Starving.
 It Is reported that tho Chinese forces are corncrcd in northern Korea without supplies and arc killing their cavalry po- nies for food
 All the foreign employees in tho Japa- ncse dockyard have been dismissed This was done in order that the extent of the injuries to various warships of the Japa- nese navy should not become known. The Japanese forces north of Seoul are suffer. ing from the effects of rain. Much sick ness is also reported to prevail in the Chi nseS camp.
 It is rumored that 3S, 900 Chinese troops are encampcd on the north bank of the river Imchim waiting for favorable weather to attack the Japanese position a few miles south of the Imchim.
 It is reported on good local authority that the mikado of Japan, accompanied by the ministers of war and marine and his general staff is proceeding to Hero. shima, n point wherc the troops of Japan gather to embark.