New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-30

~.xohama July 29-The army and navy re-
'as have been summoned into service. Chi
~. residents Of Japan are fleeing in large num-
W. Trustworthy news has reached Toxic that
~. main body Of Chinese troops crossed the
..,restern frontier Of C0rea on July %. In
a,,.l circles everybody is convinced thlt ChinA's
' ,aeoriations were a mere .roterfuge -
time and concentrate her forces with v!ev'
oonblninr with the Coreans for an attack.
:. !. rsnortea hat the japanese ships have been
s,.a on again nom the shore
s,o,ghai July e9-The British cruiser Por-
-. saued from Che Foo to-day 10 protect
p-,,sh interests IN Corea.
~. 1,nanese minister in Seoul requested the
,,.r hefor, his capture. 10 demand the with
,.,waI Of Chinese troops from Corea. lie re-
,..oa and thereupon the japanese troops ad-
-.,ood pn,n Seoul After a 5rief encounter they
..r,sa the Coreans and occupied the royal palace.
re King appealed TO the representatives, OF
r,,o,san Powers to intervene. but in vain
,o,aon Julv 2s-The Central News has this
nsnstch from Shanghai: The Chinese warship
r,.o-Khan. which was captured by japanese
-..-sb,n of the coast Of Round Island. is a
,ssssl Of an obsolete model and was equipped
,oo,,v for fighting Although completely out
orered some resistance. and lost fully 100 men,
tued and wounded. before she yielded. She was
.,,irs,v disabled when the japanese boarded her
oThe troopship Kow-Shung tried 10 get away
o, soon as the japanese warships began their
attack and made only weak running nsht.
Tho Jananese guns swept her decks and carried
m the Chinese soldiers by the score. The latest
estimate of the number aboard OF her Is loo
Only forty survived the laundering OF the ship.
rbev say that all her officers were killed before
she went down.
The announcement that the rest Of the Chinese
,ransnorts arrived safely at Corea and landed
ths,r mon is confirmed on July q the japanese
susn,aded heavily those who had landed on the
n-eced,ng day al Yachan. The Japanese officers
toned thus TO prevent the junction OF the Chl-
nese with the Coreans near Seoul: whether or not
they accomplished their object Is not known,
"No news OF the h0sttics can be ootained
from peknr Code messages are refused az the
telegraph Offices, and no other messages reiet-
ring 70 current affairs are accepted. Inc OUT %
living battalions O. the Northern Army are con-
centratng rapidly al Taku. the rendezvous from
which the regiments are embarked ior Corea
THE work Of preparing harbor detences mere
advances rapidly. Torpecoes ar being iaid III
the north channel at the entrance Of the Yang
1se-Kiang Great quantities Of ammunition nave
been purchased by the Government and are
being collected at the ports for shipment. The
expectation OF nee ana gram mas Otc"
-hibfted Trade Is paralyZed The coastng
steamers and small craft afraid 10 leave the
harbors. While everything looks and sounds
ike war. the Chinese officials continue TO main
tain that war has not beer declared.
The Central News says that in official circles
here there is a strong feeling in favor Of media
ton on the part Of the United States. although
few believe that Japan and China would accept
arbitration unless under considerable pressure.
Yokohama July "a long statement has been
sent out from an authoritative source explaining
Japans position. II Is asserted that Japan mas
never gone beyond the rights given her by 'he
treaty Of 1855 The statement rehearses Japan
demands as presented TO the Government al
Peking and declares that II war results the pOhcy
o. China Will be answerabie for II. II Is iin-
possible saws the statement in conclusion. 10
conjecture what caused Chnas attitude. in the
lace Of Japans indsputabe treaty rights.