The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
TAKING A HAND
England to Show Her
Teeth.
WILL TAKE A SHARE
When China Comes to Be
Divided.
FEAR OF THE VICEROY.
He Has an Army Bound to Do
His Will.
MAKING HIS HEAD SECURE.
If the Worst Comes Ii Lung Chang
Will Take the Field
in Person.

LONDON, Nov. 30.-A dispatch from
Shanghai SAYS great excitement prevails
in naval circles there in conse uuence of
the departure of British warships from
that port under sealed orders. The pres
ence of three British cruisers opposite the
estuary OF Lien Tang Kiang is considered
to show that Great Britain has decided TO
more than forestaIl her rivals in the East
and obtain a voice in the settlement be-
tween Japan and China.
The dispatch adds that fears are iucreas-
Ing that Ii Hung Chang will place himself
at the head of the army which he has
created for his own purposes. Troops are
reported to be arriving from different
parts of The country to serve under Lii
Hung Chang.
a dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
from Chefoo says terms OF peace between
China and Japan have been almost ar
ranged through the Intervention of the
United States. 1t is added the feeling of
security is now so strong that foreign
ladies are returning to PekinR.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 13. THAT Great Brit
ain has assumed an extremely threatening
attitude toward China is asserted with
great emphasis and directness 10y corre-
spondents in Peking aud Tientsin. The
apparent neglect of the former power to
demand reparation for the Chung KIM
affair has never vet ceased to be matter
of surprise. but if reports now current are
well grounded, it is even betting that the
English Government has not been slum ber-
ing for a moment. II will be remembered
that body of sixty or more armed chi
nese soldiers boarded the British mail
Staamer Chung King while that vessel was
lying at her wharf nepr rientsin. and COM
mItted a series of outrages upon several
OF the passengers upon their way to
Shanghai These passengers were mostly
Japanese officials of considerable rank.
Among them were the Consul at Tientsin
and his family and a number of attaches
Of the legation at Peking. all of whom
we're returning home in consequence of
the declaration of war. Men and women
alike were hustled from their rooms,
bound, forced On shore, and at
O'Clock in the morning dragged TO
an extempOrzed guard-honse In which
they were cOuf1ed until daylight,
when they were brutally driven back to
the steamer after having been robbed of
valuable articles of property. AS crown
ing display Of in science the ruffians fred a
voley of Rusketry over the ships side
TIE circumstance that the sufferers from
theee acts OF violence were Japanese did
not especially concern the English au-
thoTities. Their business was to exact
atonement for the insult TO their flag. and
until within the past week ii has not been
publicly known that any steps toward Sc
curing redress had been taken. Now.
however, we hear of formidable prepara-
tIons for the enforcement of satisfaction.
Admiral Freemantle has summoned the
entire British feet to meet at Shanghai
tn await the arrival of a strong military
force from India, tine landing of which, at
Chm San, is 10 be effected without DELAY.
to demand the degradation ami dismissal
ot the chief magistrate holding Office al
Teutsin and an avowHl Of regret accom-
panied hv a salule to the flag from the guns
of the Taku forts. II these conditions are
moi promptly fulfilled the troops and war
ships will commence reprisals.
Startling as this intelligence sounds. II
is repeated from various quarters and on
alleged official authority. The lates' sd-
ditiou to the story is that England has
already strained the point OF forbearapce
in consequence of the agitated condition
of Chinese affairs. but a warning was
given at the beginning of November that
further extension of time would not be
rermtied, and that nothing but imme-
date and decisive action on Chlna's part
could avert heavy retribution.
Extraordinary stories have been pub
lisbed to the effect that Major Won Hanne-
ken was recently summoned to Peking by
direct order of the Emperor, whose pur-
pose was to learn from him the exact
truth OF The present situation. So remark
able a deviation from pr tcedent would
naturally excite CONSERVATION among court
officials. if there was any likelihood of its
occurrence, but the fact appears TO be that
the foreign advisers attendance was re-
oured by the Tsung Ii Yamen only, and
that his business at the capital concerned
only members Of that body.
Telegrams from Shanghai announce that
the Emperor has yielded to a demand
from the Russian and French Ministers
that they be hereafter admitted in audi
ence to the interior state ball of the palace,
from which agents of foreign powers have
hitherto been excluded. The apartment
allotted to messengers from tributary
States has hitherto been considered suit
able for the diplomatic representa- tives.
Two of the French gentlemen who were
seized by bandits in Tonquin some months
ago were released on October %. Their
names are Chssnay and Logiou. Nine.
Chaillet and her daughter and Nj. Cartere,
also kidnapped. are still in captivity.
japan has requested the Korean Gov
ernment to open for foreign trade the ports
of Mok Pho, on the southwest coast of The
province of Cholla Do. and Kok Won. on
the Tai Tong River. Arrangements to
this end will be carried out as soon as the
disorders of the war are quieted. Former
Cbfnaea rasidauts of Saoui who disap-