Evening journal., 1894-09-10
llEG Lust HIS FEaTHER
Chinese Admiral Degraded For
Cowardice.
mHUNa CHANG WOULD LIKE PEACE

The Emperor and Empress Dowager Fn-
rious When Foreign Mediation Is Mem
toned 4sumurs Of a Recent Battie-An
Eighty Ton Gun Burst.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 1o.-It is reported that
Admiral Ting, commander Of the Pei
Yang squadron, has been degraded for
cowardice 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 yiceroy,
IL Hung Chang, has been working to
procure the mediation Of Great Britain
and Russia in the war with Japan. The
emperor and the dowager empress it Is
said, are furious at tho suggestion and
refuse to listen to it.
Mr. O'Connor, the British minister,
has returned to peking
The country arsand Picking - flooded
Tho government has given orders that no
attempt TO lower tho waters on the plain
shall be made Tie object Of the order is
TO prevent japanese advance.
News has been received that on Sept
at New Ghwang, d port OF China on the
river Liaou, the British steamer Feilung,
which was taking on a cargo for Japan,
was ordered by the authorities TO stop the
work Of loading, The order was obeyed.
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. The
women told the captain that their houses
had been attacked and destroyed by goo
Chinese soldiers and that they had been
| robbed and maltreated. They had been
rescued by Europeans and kept in con
cealment until an opportunity was offered
to take them aboard the British steamer.
Fight sept. Z.
The women were brought to the vessel
/ two and three at a time and in disguise.
4 1t 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. Tive Chinese soldiers
actually boarded the vessel, but they werc
promptly driven away No further at.
tempt was made to get aboard
On the afternoon Of the 2d a Chinese
military official went Of 20 where the lei
lung lay and advised the captain to leave
port with his vessel the same night
Otherwise he told him, the authoritie.
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 China. The mission will pro
ceed to Peking
A collision between Chinese and Japa
nese forces occurred near Ping Yang ol
Sept z. The result is not known.
| The growing crops have reached such
height as To make military operations al
most impossible.
A dispatch from Tien- tsin SAYS that th
British minister has signed convention
with the vioeroy providing for the eonncc
tion Of the Chinese telegraph lines will
those Of Burnah and other parts of India
The United States warship Monocac
has arrived at Tien tstn.
The war news which has been receive
at Tien-tsin thus far is considered worth
less
Chinese Troops Starving.
1t is reported that tho Chinese force
ara oornered in northern Korea withou
supplies and are killing their cavalry Dc
nies for food.
All the foreign employees IN the Japf
neso dookyard have been dismissed Thi
was done in order that the extent OF th
injuries to various warships OF the Jap,
Heso navy ahoulu hot bNt1iht Known, IN
japanese forces north Of Seoul are suaei
ing from the effects Of rain Much siol
ness is also reported to prevail in tho Oh
nses camp.
It is rumored that 8s, 600 Chinese troor
are enoanped on the north bank of I'll
river Imchim waiting for fayorab
weather to attack the japanese position
few miles south Of the Imchim
It is reported on good local authorit
that the mikado of Japan, accompanie
by the ministers of war and marine an
his general staff, is proceeding to Herr
shima, point where the troops Of Japa
gather to embark.