Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-25

HEAVY JAPANESE RElNFORCEMENTg
A Fresh Army Of $4,000 Men Ready DO
Take the Field.
Commenting on a dispatch stating that a
fresh Japanese army 5000 strcng is ready
to take the field. the London Daily News ex-
presses the opinion that Corea is not their
destination. IL this is true there can be
only one other objective point. and that 10
a dash on Pekin. With an unnecessary
frankness the Japanese general has ex-
pressed his intention Of seizing Moukden.
but as he is known to be a past master IN
the art OF deceiving, IL may be assumed that
he does not intend to do anything OF the
kind. He could easily send an army TO
Pekin. a great part OF the way by sea-
The London Times publishes a leading are
ucle. I'm which IL says that japan has al
ready Effected enough to convince intelli-
gent men the world over that hehceforth
they must reckon with a new power in the
lar east Ping Yang and Yalu have opened
tne eyes OF all nat willfully Indifferent OF
tiind that new state has taken her rank
IN the hierarchy of nations. and that her
ellis.
In another article discussing the war the
Times calculates. that the japanese will GER
tainly reach Wi-Ju from Ping Yang at the
END OF this week. and that they will meet
Sorean bank OF the Yalu river by Admiral
Ting.
1T is not clear" the Times adds. .wheth.
er the Chinese transports had time to disem-
bark their stores. At any rate the condition
OF the Chinese column must be precarious
ana there seems to be nothing 10 prevent
the japanese squadron from reyisiting the
mouth OF the falu river and destroying any
chinese transports that remain there. Fur
ther, IL would be easy for the Japanese 70
move troops by sea from Ping Yang TO Yalu
and to shift their base of operations further
north. thus supplying reinforcements to
The column marching northward from Ping
Yang. This almost certain TO be done II
an advance into Manchuria is intended"
The Central News has Information that
Capt Galsworthy. the commander OF the
Chinese transport Kow Shing, has stated
under oath, that the charter of the Kop
Shlng to the Chinese government contained
a clause, 10 be kept secret, that in the event
OF hostile movement against the ship by
the japanese the Kow Shing should be re-
garded as Chinese property
The correspondent of the London Tele-
graph at St Petersburg telegraphs a denial
OF the report that the Russians have entered
Corea.
The Chinese Emperor Eager.
The Shanghai Mercury of recent date
said it was rumorcd in Pekin that the en-
peror has expressed his desire to personally
take charge Of the operations i'm Corea, and
to leave the throne under the regency Of the
empress dowager. When his majesty made
known his desires his hearers are said to
have knocked their foreheads and prayed
his majesty not to let his anger drive him
envy. but to let his officers drive on the
| barbarians.
The ,fenses of Mukden. or Moukden. the
home of the Ting dynasty. are being
strengthened. the garrison having been re-
| inforced by 5000 trained troops
1t was rumored some time ago SAYS a
japanese journal. that Chang Use Tung and
others were going TO impeach Ia Hung
| Chang, but nothing has resulted II Is even
said that the appointment was made to de-
ceive the Pekin government.
That government, continued the same
paper. considered II most inauspicious that
Ii Hung Chang should declare war when
| the empress dowager was about to cele-
brate her sixty-first birthday. The emperor
was especially angry. and threatened to
humble the power of the Tien Tsi Yamen-
Plots i'm China.
Though the emperor could have easily
effected this. his councillors warned him
that in that case the viceroy might do the
country infinite harm by allying himself
with foreign ministers, and advised him to
appoint an Impeachment commission to
keep him in subsection. The emperor. who
| is afraid of foreign ministers. reconsidered
| his resolution.
Ii Hung Chang. who got scent Of this
Il
Gated with Chang Use Tung, who was re-
ported to be hostile to himself, so that Ia
| Hung Chang begged permission TO form a
commission. TIE reason of Chang Use
lungs consent to become Ii Hung Chang q
aCcuser at the latters request is that ne
possesses the largest iron mandatory in
China, and. being short of money and the
works being threatened with ruin. he
means to set them at work again through
| the viceroy's assistance. The Pekin gov
eminent ignorant of all this conspiracy,
has already gi~en 2,5ooO0o taels toward
war expenses. and will even abolish the
| empress dowagers celebration to defray the
cost of the war.
Mediation for nm Armfstice.
The British and Russian ministers az
Pekin lately met Ii Hung Chang and Of
fered to mediate for armistice. for the
reason that II tie Chinese army. which had
| been massed with SO much trouble at W.
Ju, were defeated II would be a great dis
grace to China. Id Hung Chang, who had
been frightened by defeats at Fung Tong
| Tao and Asan, and had secretly been
| hoping for mediation. eagerly seized this
| opportunity ana requested the two minis
| tiers to mediate. The ministers then made
| the same proposal to the Japanese govern
ment, which firmly declined, as Il had en-
| tered upon the war with great deterrnins-
ton. and was not to be turned aside by
| such q proposal.
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