New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-04
nrc1SIVE BATTLE EXPECTED
v.s SCATTERED FORCES REPORTED
TO BE CONCENTRATING.
,n,s,Sc FEARED AT HAN-KOw-LORD
KIMBERLEY TAKING MEASURES 10
STRENGTHEN THE DEFENCEs
OF THE TREATY PORTS,


OF THE TREATY PORTS
,,,don oct 4-"The Post publishes a dis
-.,ob from Shanghai, saying 1t is reported there
~. Tho Chinese soldiers who escaped from
pt,gYang have taken position at Ngan, where
.tnv were Joined by the troops who were landed
. the bank Of the Yaoo River and by others
sror, the Province Of Shrinking They are said
% no intrenching themselves and 1t is possible
,ha, decisive battle n.oy be fought there
The Chinese officials at Shanghai, the dispatch
o,so SAYS made an att empt day or two ago
% arrest a Japanese traveller who had arrived
TIN Nanchuria on suspicion of being spy.
The police were informed Of the fact and the
,roveller was turned over to the United states
Consul. x.. 1900 .ho. Ohio
,onen Herald announces that the M.kado has
rsnuested Captain Richter, a German military
omcer to pay him a visit. Captain Rlchter was
Tor several years attached to the Chinese Army;
The German warshps which were assembled
a. Yokohama during the last few days have been
ordered to ports in Northern China
A dispatch from Shanghai to the Central News
.avs that the Province Of Hope has been de-
rIeted Of troops The VcerOy in antic!pauo" OF
rebellion is causing the construct on OF FORT II "a
,,ons at oo-Chang. The British Consul advises
mai all women and children should be sent 10
nIacas OF safety volunteer corps has been
formed in Han-Kow for the protection or the
clty should trouble arise there.
The Earl OF Kimberley, secretary Vi ota'e iOi
rnreign Affairs, has opened comm unicati"ns
with the Indian Government with a view of max
ING drafts upon the English troops now serving
IN india for the purpose OF Strengthening the de-
rances Of treaty ports In China in anticipation OF
on uprising of the natives. The sanction OF the
cabinet must however. be obtained before any
such step can be taken
THE Central News says that the arrangement
made bv the Foreign Office with the Indian Gov
nrnnent with a view Of drafting English and
fndan troops to strengthen the defences OF treaty
norts in view of a Chinese uprising, were all
set,led before there was actually any outbreak
between China and Japan.
n p OConOr the British Minister 10 China,
has cabled to Lord Kimberley. urging upon him
the necessity for taking steps 10 protect the
lives and property of British residents in Pekins
and Tien-Tsin. ,,,. ,,o
The General commanding the soldiers VINO
murdered James Wyle. a Scotch missionary IN
cine-Yang by beating him so brutally that ne
S,ad in few hours. has been appointed 10 the
,mnortant post Of General commanding the Tar
Tor troops in the Fuh-Kien Province.
uan.Kow is one Of the principal commercial cities
~ china 1t is on the Yang-tse-Kiang River. at Its
junction with the Ham, and is about 500 miles from
shanghai with which IT is connected by regular
steamship lines 1t has large foreign commerce
exportng great quantities of tea. hemp and tobacco
WnoChang is on the opposite bank of the ang -tse-
Kiang The three towns of Han-k oW, Woo-Chais
mos destroyed in the Tapping war. before which
they had an estimated aggregate population OF 5m
90 The present population OF Han-how Is est!-
mated al about NV,Vp