The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-07-13
THE TROUBLE IN coREA.

From an obliging Japanese resi-
dent few particulars Of the war in
Corea are obtaiued. II appears
there il . joint protectorate OF
China aud Japan over Corea, the
treaty forbidding either to make
any military demonstration in the
country without notifying the other.
Japanese papers claim that the Chi
nese Government has violated this
provision. Both countries are, Al
ell events, now sending large bodies
Of troops into Corea. The Chinese
army there about June q numbered
$1,000, aud were shortly to have So
600 in the country. Japanese papers
ct the same time reported 10000 Of
their nations troops in Cores. Both
armies have contingents in the capt
tai, where the king Of Corea is shell
tered At the Japanese consulate.
There is great excitement through.
out Japan over the affair All
Japanese msn over seventeen years
Of age are being registered for
three years military service 10 the
home guard. Chinese residents in
Japan aud Japanese residents in
in China are respectively ordered
home. Fifty Japanese women in
Chemulpo, Corea, have taken flight
for their native country, and 800
Chinese residents at the same port
have fed home. The Chinese com.
msnder-in chief has left for Corea
with three war vessels. All Of the
Chinese merchant steamers have
changed to German registry, which
Is interpreted by Japanese papers to
mean that China il resolved to fight.
Chinese telegraph Offices refuse to
transmit any Japanese dispatches.
There was an important meeting OF
the Japanese Cabinet al Count Ito's
house about June q, but the result
Of the deliberations had not trans.
pired excepting Is could he surmissd
from subsequent wsrlike movements,
The British warships Centurion and
two Others At Hakodate had order.
TO prepare within n hours to go u
Cores, aud . Russian warship lsf,
suddenly for the same scene OF prob
able war between the two gres,
Oriental powers. In addition to thu
foregoing culled from Japanese YER
nsculsr journals, . few items ar,
found in the Shanghai Celestial EN-
Pirs, an English paper. The follow
ing paragraph shows how Chimes,
interference in Cores came about:
A native paper says that the lead
ers OF the Corean rebellion managed
in about ten days, TO muster 1000
followers, and when the Government
soldiers were sent against the rebels
the latter defeated them, aud il
their retreat they left all their arm
aud ammunition on the field, which
the rebels took possession Of. Aftel
the engagement Tsun-chow, thu
capital OF that province, was taken
when many thousands more joined
the ranks OF the rebels. This S,
frightened the King that he imme
diately appealed to China for help
which was promised at once. l.
Hung, chang despatched his Provin
cisl Commander in chief with al
army, rs we'll as the Tai Yusn Briga
der. General Nee Kung.ting, to rs
sist him. The latter started on tn,
9TH inst, for Corea, with troops, an,
landed on the 9th, when they ~
ceivsd hearty welcome from tn,
people. Nee issued proclamation
aud sent officers to post them up a
Tsun-chow to warn the rebels /,
disband themselves immediately
He was about to take his troop
there to exterminate the rebels y
soon as Yeh arrived
From the same paper il is Learned
that the Nippon Yushen Kaisha, thu
company owning the steamers tina
bring Japanese labor immigrants t.
Hawaii, is adding seven steamers /,
its heet-by purchasing instead O
chartsring--in consequence OF il
cosstwise traffic being cripplec
through the detaching OF sevsra
steamers from the lines for publ,
service in connection with tb,
CorsAp trouble,