The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-03
JAPAN,s DEFEAT CONFIRMED.
News Received BY the Chinese L,
CATION at Washington.

News Received BY the Chinese lie.
CATION at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. 1S94.-A dspatch
received at the Chinese Legation here from
the home Government confirms the recent
repulse of the japanese by the Chinese al
Asian.
The message is very short, and simply
gives the result of the battle and an esti-
mated loss tie the japanese of 1900 persons.
There is every reason to believe that the
State Department is keeping close watch b
upon the developments of the japanese
Chinese war, and IS possessed of much more
information as to the inside diplomatic
phases of the struggle than any authorized
public statements heretofore made would
imply.
There has been no relaxation in the efforts
of all the great powers through concerted
governments to accept the voluntary pro-
posal of the United States to arbitrate the
Korean dispute.
The assertion is made at the State Depart
ment that never in the history of the oiplo-
macy have such strenuous efforts been put
forth TO settle an international difficulty as
have been made in the present, instance.
Great Britain. Russia, Germany and
France united in protest OF the most em-
phatic kind and asked that the United States
should unite with them in this action.
The United States, while declining joint
intervention made a separate representa-
tion which, in the strongest terms, suggested
in the interests of general peace and COM
merce that hostilities be avoided until dis
Interested consideration of the questions in
volved could be had
The alternative presented to the principals
in the quarrel was the reservation of the
right by the great powers to treat the
belligerents as common enemies to modern
civilization.
cred ineXtricable. Hostilities are necessarily
confined to a small territory where the
treaty ports are unaffected.
AS long as neither Russia nor England
takes sides. it is believed that solution is
possible that will not involve any European
as opponents of each other
The feeling of the belligerents towards the
Unitedi States as shown by both countries
placing their legations and affairs in
the hands of the American represen-
tatives at Peking and Toxic, is
taken as indicating perfect confidence
in the impartiality of the United States, and
augering well for the probability of submit
ting all differences to the United
States for adjustment. State Depart
opinion that further passages at arms
will occur until the Japanese, to their own
satisfaction, have demonstrated their su-
premacy on sea, which will have an import
ant bearing on japanese domestic affairs,
and until the Chinese have proven their in
vincibility OIL land, which may be expected
to dissipate some revolutionary movements
that have recently disturbed the govern
ment.
1t is stated by officials possessed of ac-
curate knowledge of the facts that the troops
which Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy,
has sent against Japan, were themselves on
the point of rebellion. They are Mantchoor-
ians, who, though paying tribute to
the Viceroy and the Emperor,
claim a partial independence They are the
best fighters in the Chinese service, and may
be expected to give a good account'of them
selves in any contest with the Japanese
land forces, as they did at Asian.