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which is threatened by the advance
of the Japanese troops from Corea
and the Japanese force said TO
have been landed near Possiel bay,
not far from the Russian territory bor-
dering on Corea and the Chinese prov
ince of Manchuria. Another report
from Shanghai says it is believed at
the latter city that the Chinese
forces which have been defend
ing Moukden have been hastily
summoned from that place in or
der 10 oppose the projected Jap
anese landing either in the gulf of
Pe-Chi-Li or in the gulf of Lao Ton.
The Chinese have been hurriedly add
ing to the Qualifications of New
Chwang in anticipation of a Japanese
attack upon that port OF landing in
its neighborhood.
LONDON, Oct. s.-China is threatened
from within and without The walled
empire, with its 400, OO0, 900 people and
its history of thousands of years,
seems in the throes of dissolu-
ton. The empire is threat
ened within by intrigues against
the present Tartar dynasty, by plots
TO depose the emperor and place
Prince Kung's son on the throne and
by rebellions in the provinces. From
without comes invading Japan, with
an army of $4,000 in the province
of Manchuria advancing on the
capital, Moukden, and another army
of 10000 being conveyed across the
gulf of Pechili To form junction at
Moukden with the other branch, aud
move on Pekin. the capital of the Chi
nese empire. japan is bent on con-
quest and partition and Great Britain
and Russia are seeking an interna-
tional council to decide the fate of
China.
LONDON, Oct. s-A dispatch received
here from Berlin says that il has been
learned on high authority that the
meeting of the British cabinet was
called to discuss a proposal for com
bined action on the part of the powers
to interfere and prevent the overthrow
of the Chinese dynasty, which. it is
claimed. would result in anarchy in
the empire and the massacre ot
Europeans One power. ii is said, ia
vored a compulsory settlement of the
Chinese-Japanese dispute. The dispatch
adds that Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
chancellor of the exchequer, supported
this view of the action to be taken,
but Prime Minister Rosebery and a
majority of the cabinet believed that
active interference would be more
dangerous than ton, and
it was decided that Great Britain
should not interfere.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Secretary Her
bert has been forehanded in taking
steps for the protection of the lives
and property of American residents in
China, believed now to be endangered
by rebellious and unrestrained troops.
Three weeks ago the secretary suggest
ed to Admiral Carpenter TO confer with
the commanders of the foreign ships in
Chinese waters and arrange to cooper
ate with them, if possible, in a plan
to have one or two ships at each of the
treaty ports and other coast towns
where foreigners reside, to give pro-
lection to the citizens or subjects OF
the nations party to the agreement. In
this way the eight United States vessels
assigned TO the station would be equiv
alent TO many more Tor protection pur-
poses. The Charleston has arrived at
Yokohama. There are now five United
states warships in the east-the
Charleston, Baltimore, Monocacy, Con-
cord and Petrel-and this force will be
increased to eight vessels by the addi-
ton of the Detroit. Machias and York
town as soon as they can be made
ready