The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-05

! Japanese soldiers are now marching TO
! Gazan, where 5000 Chinese soldiers are
4 encamped and an engagement is hourly
! expected. A number of Japanese troops
are stationed at Pyengan, near the
| German Consul that the Japanese were
! here with pacific intentions. Forty
| American marines have been sent to
| Seoul The battle at Seikwan opened at
| three o'clock in the morning on July 20,
and after five hours of hard fighting,
the Japanese army was completely VIC
torious and gained possession of the
Met BY CHANGE.
The Chinese troops numbered over 1880,
of whom over 500 were killed or wounded
| while the Japanese lost five officers and
| seventy men. There is q little river called
| fled in the direction of Koshu. The Chi
nese army had planned to assault the
Japanese under cover of darkness, and
the two armies suddenly came into col
| lision about midway between their res
pective camps and the firing was opened
at short distance.
The Chinese were soon driven back to
| the intrenchments, with the loss of about
seventy men, There is little river sailed
An Song that runs from the site of the
| Japanese camp to SeikWan. The Chinese
| had partially destroyed the bridge over
the river and had constructed a dam
overflow its banks. This caused the
death of about fifteen soldiers belonging
TO, the Japanese storming division and
| to the Commissariat, who fell into the
river unaWares and We're drowned. The
Chinese were soon attacked on three
sides and were compelled to flee. When
the Japanese army entered the camp all
the Chinese troops had fed, apparently
in great confusion for arms, provisions,
ETC., We're left behind. Leaving the camp
under the care of a small detachment
the main body began to pursue the flee
| Ing enemy.
The firing of artillery was heard with
out interruption till late in the afternoon,
and the fight resulted in the death of
more than 300 Chinese.
THE ATTACK ON GAZAN
The attack on Gazan by the japanese
also resulted in a victory, the Chinese loss
being very heavy, although the exact
figures We're not known. On the evening
the Japanese officers at a banquet The
Chinese troops who were routed at Sefk-
wan are fleeing homeward through Chus-
hua, Russian and KelSho.
A CHINESE OUTBREAK.
On August 8, when Mr. ;Arakawa of
the Japanese Consulate at Tien Sien was
board British steamship with officials
of the Consulate and about 20 Japanese
women, the Chinese soldiers, taking adj
vantage of the temporary absence of the
where the women were, and took them
away BY, force, together with the. bag
were wounded. That night they were
confined in the Chinese barracks, and
| set free on the following day. On re-
ceipt of the news of the outrage by the
| Japanese Foreign Office the authori
| ties at once transmitted a message to
the. American Minister asking him to
make urgent representation to Ii Hung
Chang. The American Minister acted
promptly in the matter, for the Foreign
Office. which is said to have received
a message from the American Minister
that the Viceroy signified his great re-
grets for what the Chinese soldiers had
done, and offered repeated apologies; and
seized articles to their owners, and intiict
punishment the soldiers who were
guilty of such misconduct
| JAPANESE ASSAILED.
Feelings of hostility towards the Jap
anese residents in Shanghai have al
| ready been manifested upon he part of
the Chinese. The Japanese have been
molested in Hong Kong by angry groups
of natives and the police mad to inter-
| fere A serious riot occurred recently at
WI Hu. A Chinese mob gathered ABOUT
the doors of the japanese shops and be-
gan to attack the proprietors and their
assistants. There We're six japanese men
and one woman in the settlement. All
were roughly handled and but for the
interference of the Customs stsG they
their shops were looted and abou- half
of their goods stolen before they received
any assistance. II is said that the
| Chinese authorities made no effort to
'io'' TO BOUNCE FOREIGNERS
The Chinese Government is contemplat-
ing the wholesale reduction Of its for,
eign employees, the money thus saved
to go to meet the expenses of the war
| The Government has prohibited the ex-
port of food stuffs to Japan as a retail
a.tory measure. The Japanese papers
suggest the prohibition of the export of
coal to China. which would inflict
great obstacle to the free operations of
the Chinese navy. Japan has in view
the raising of loan to defray the war
expenses.
The work of administrative reform in
Corea is making steady progress. A new
official organization is about to be pro-
mulgated. 1t is said to be modelled after
the Japanese Government, and the Cor
can King will in future bear the title
of Emperor of Great Corea.
CHINESE IN YOKOHAMA.
Though a majority OF. the Chinese in
are great many who have determined
to stay among the merchants who deal
extensively with Europeans and Ameri-
cans as employees of foreign firms. These
Chinese and their property win be pro-
tected by the United States so far as
international law and usage will allow:
but. China being no longer regarded as a
treaty power, the Japanese law court
will have have jurisdiction over them.
The Japanese merchants are very eau
tious and refuse to deal with the Chin
ese except a cash basis.
1t is the intention of the Chinese Gov
ernment, says the "Kollumin. to make
Corea the seat of war, SO that the effect
of a defeat may not be felt in China it
self. The Chinese Government will rely
mostly its navy. Everything Will be
done to prevent Japanese warships from
munication between Japan and Corea, SO
as to isolate the Japanese troops in
Corea
Violent shocks of earthquake visited
Kulmamoto, Miyasaki and Yamaguehi,
Japan, from eleven o clock to midnight
on August 8. Weaker shocks were ex-
perienced at about the same time at
Laga and Balkan. Many roads were rem
dered impossible, and much damage done
to stone walls. and some houses were
partially destroyed, but no loss of life
occurred.
LEWIS WO0D,S GREAT SAFE.