The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-04
EUROPH'S WAR CLOUDS
China and Madagascar Disturb
England's Cabinet-Panle
in Pekin.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

LONDON, Oct. 4, 1S94.-The Council of
Ministers for which call was issued
two days ago met in Downing street at
noon. When the meeting opened Sir
William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and Right Hon. Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, Secretary of State for
War had not arrived Right Hon.
Henry Fowler, Secretary of State for
India, was also absent.
The Council closed at 1:40.
The .'St. James Gazette says Lord
Dufferin,e the British Ambassador to
France, who is enjoying leave OF aSs
sence at Clandeboye House, his seat az
Belfast, has been summoned to London.
According to Yokohama despars h
printed in the 'St. James Gazette" the
Japanese Government has decided to
float foreign loan, presumably for the
purpose of prosecuting the war against
China, and a bill authorizing such ac-
ton will be introduced in the Imperial
Diet without delay. The amount of the
loan to be contracted is not known.
The same despatch states that the Jap
anese forces have dispersed the rebelious
Togatukos in Corea.
PANIC IN PEKIN.
The Star today prints a despatch
received by a London news agency to
the effect that the married foreign GUS
toms officials resident in Pekin are hasti-
ly leaving the city with their families.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Central News says great excitement has
been caused in the City of Ning-Po by
the report that five Japanese warships
had been seen near the entrance to the
Ning-Po River. A steamer which ar
rived at the city on October 2 reports
having sighted two Japanese warships
short time previous to entering the
river.
THE PING-YANG FIGHT.
A despatch to the Times from Shang-
hal says that, according to the Chinese
accounts of the engagement at Ping
Yang it was not a pitched btttle. The
total number of Chinese troops, though
nominally larger, was actually only 12.000
General Yen. who was suffering from a
severe attack of dysentery.s seeing that
the troops under his command were out
numbered, withdrew, and General Wei
Jenkwoi adopted similar course, but
General Tso-F'ung, the Commander-in-
Chief of the Manchurian troops, with
2,300 soldiers, stood his ground alone
against the great odds until all but 800 of
his force hal been killed, and these were
taken prisoners.
The despatch adds that nothing is
known in Shanghai regarding the report
ed mutiny of the Chinese army at Wi-Ju
on the Yalu River, and the consequent
panic in Pekin. stories of which have been
eabled back to Shanghai from London.
THE MADAGASCAR ROW.
A despatch from Port Louis to a news
agency here, received today. repeats the
deniaIp reviously made that a blockade
of the ports of Madagascar had been
proclaimed. t
The despatch adds that the report arose
through the misconstruction of the steps
taken by the French warships along the
coast to prevent the landing of arms and
ammunition for the Hovas.
The same despatch states that the
French Resident General in Madagascar
warned the settlers in the island to re
pair to the coast, in view of the possibil-
ity that ilostilities might occur. Many
of them followed mis- advice and went to
the coast towns. but Bishop Cazet and
the Catholic missionaries on the Island
remained at their posts.