Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-23
THE WAR m the EAST.
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Tenor.
VrcroEIN. r. G. Aug. is-when thu
steamship Empress of Japan. which
has Just arrived here. left Yokohama,
news of war and rumors Of blockade
dlied the air. All along the Chinese
coasts heacons ant buoys were being
removed and numerous merchantmen.
the Empress of China included. had in
consequence cume - grief Railway
and telegraph lines were being hastily
constructed in both China ami Japan
10 facilitate speedy transportation of
troops T0rpei'ss had been laid a.
the entrance Of all the rivers and
further supplies q arms aud ammuni
tion were being ordered Exception
ally stringent press regulations had
been adopted To prevent any but Off
eially corrected news being published.
Hence it j. that all aaivicss by tie Em-
pres Of Japan are strongly Japanese
in tenor.
The chief items of interest in CON
nection with the movement of the
navy chronicle the capture Of the Chi
ne>e dispatch boat Bang Yang. Ii
Hung Chang's fsvorite. the shelling of
the Chinese cruiser Tsi-Yuen- with a
lO>s IT sixteen lives, and the sinking OF
japanese cruiser of the first class by
the Tsi-N Nuen. sister ship Of the Chem
Iuen. commanded by Admiral Lui
Paitseng- The -5Pauesc newspapers
leave the name Of the lost cruiser in
blank. and only refer to her destruc-
tion in the Enost casual wsy in obscure
CORNERS 0f their issues
strong efforts are being made by the
japanese to throw all the blame for the
kow Shung affair upon piraticaI Chi-
nese troops on boar,i- who forced Capt
sialwurthy ~ cast himself into tbs. sea
- escape being murdered at their
hands. and assert that England has
the strongest pp>sihsi claim for dam
ages against China il connection with
the Kow >hun-s's los
The Corean king on the 18th % July
released from Jail i've important pris-
ners of state, the >ister-in-law and
niece OF Boku Iai Kc. ,he mother OF
10 Sal Hitou. and the uother and
daughter Of 10 No Han. who were
imprisoned in connection with the re-
bellion of Iss4
II Is generally believed that Boku
Ysi Ko viii he recalled by the king
and appointed II ,aule important psi.
tion- II Is reported that the Corpan
government has officially intitnatesi q
Japan that they viii promptly sever
all connection with China. Pr~para.
tiuns arr rapidly advancing for the
bomhariing Of the Woo sang forts,
and among the rumurs prevailing IN
Shanghai. when the last mail left. wa.
one to the effect that the ds-f-n~es oi
the approach to shan kai kAuux
where the great wall q Chiua meets
the sra. had t-s.n greatly strengthened
Two Of the Armstrong aiphah~tica
hnatS and txp other vnah.,ats we're =.
ing in the vicinity. in sipedienee ta in
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chang. while. :. 80 men arr h~ing
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kzung h~ing crushed hv anv snal
japanese naval fsrrr that NAV cap
th~ vigilaucr II the Ehine~e cruis-i
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