The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-23

and of the discovery that United States
consular agents are powerlsss 10 give
practical protection is the sudden suspen-
sion of all japanese trade n Shanghai,
the closure of banks aud other mercantile
concerns. and the departure of the native
body of japanese residents for their own
country.
Proclamation has been issued by the
Government of Hong-Kong that the colony
is now free from plague.
The Governor OF Canton has published a
decree forbldding all people under his au-
lhOrity to purchase or use goods OF Jpp-
anese manufacture.
An insurrection has broken out at
Changshan, in the Shantung province.
sufficiently formidable to beat back the
detachment of troops sent from Wei-H
Wei to quell the disturbance. There is no
evidence that the outbreak has any political
significance, though hints to that effect ap-
pear in the Chinese newspapers. The gen-
eral distress in the DeighDorhood and the
apprehensions OF famine sufficiently ac-
count for popular disorders in more than
one locality.
Fears are expressed in the north of China
that the supply of rice will be insufficient,
not only for the people a. large, but even
for the demands of the army and navy.
The Grand canal route from sthe southern
rice-growing districts is blocked above
Chiu- kiang and doubts have ari sen as to
the practicabi,ity of transporting grain by
sea. By a singular error of judgment the
Picking Government has included rice in
the list of contraband articles, ciIcum-
stance which would be turned heavily to
their disadvantage If European ships had
not since received an order that the grain
shipped in neutral vessels must not be con-
sdered cOntraband.
Even under this ruling the difficulty of
securing ships for the service is great. and
the conveyance of food to the Chinese
troops in Korea across the Gulf OF Pechili
is completely cut off by the Japanese
cruisers. Thus far. however. the Chinese
forces have subsisted mainly upon the
products of the regions they occupied. In
the middle of August 1t was admitted bv
officials in PekIng that the northern gram
aries contained only enough TO meet the
ordinary requirements cf six weeks.
The director OF the KiangDan arsenal
has issued proclamation, copies of which
are posted throughout Shanghai. announc-
ing the following list of rewards for dis
tinRuished services:
Ten thousand taes for the capture and
5000 for the destruction of japanese ship
of-war.
Three thousand taels for the seizure OF
merchant ship.
One hundred laels for the capture of one
japanese spy.
Fifty tael' for the capture of a Chinese
spy liz Japanese employment.
Forty and thirty taeIs to informers
pointing out respectively Japanese and
Chinese spies.
Fifty taels to any soldier who brings in
the head OF Japanese after battle.
The Chinese Imperial family has been
persuaded that the rout of the army at
Asan was brilliant victory, and Mich.
who figured in the preliminary fight at
Song Nwan. has received present of
$4,000 taels direct from the sovereign, and
General Yeh, who was the chief in COM
mand, has been placed in full control of
the troops In Korea, with promotion to the
rank OF field marshal. and has beeo hon
ored by special decree in which the En-
peror eulogizes him 10 these words:
When General Yeh vanqulshed the foe at
Asan the Empress manifested her favor by be.