The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-25
The WAR IN The EAST.
latest News ny Steamer from China, Ja'
pan and Corea, Strongly Japanese In

Latest News ny Steamer from China, Js.
pan and Corea, Strongly Japanese In
Tenor.
VICTORIA. u. c., Aug. 1S.-When the
steamship Empress OF Japan, which
has just arrived here, left Yokohama,
news of war and rumors of blockade
filled the air. All along the Chinese
coasts beacons and buoys were being
removed and merchantmen,
the Empress of China included. had in
consequence come to grief. Railway
and telegraph lines were being hastily
constructed in both China and Japan
to facilitate speedy transportation OF
troops. Torpedoes had been laid at
the entrance of all the rivers and
further supplies of arms and ammuni-
ton were being ordered. Exception
ally stringent press regulations had
been adopted to prevent any but ofi-
cially corrected news being published.
Hence it is that all advices by the En-
press of Japan are strongly Japanese
in tenor.
The chief items of interest in con-
n~ection with the movement of the
navy chronicle the capture of the Chi
nese dispatch beat Bang-Yang, Ii
Hung Changes favorite; the Smelling of
the Chinese cruiser Tsi-Yuen, with a
loss of sixteen lives, and the sinking of
a Japanese cruiser of the first class by
the Tsi-Yuen, sister ship of the Chen
Yucn, commanded by Admiral Lui
Paitseng. The Japanese newspapers
leave the name of the lost cruiser in
blank, and only refer to her destruc-
of their issues.
Strong efforts are being made by the
Japanese to throwa all the blame for the
kow Shung affair upon piratical Chi
nese troops or board, who forced Capt.
Galworthy to cast himself into the sea
to escape being murdered at their
hands, and assert that England has
the strongest possible claim for dam
ages against China in connection with
the Kow Shungs's los.
The Corean king on the 27th of July
released from Jail five important pris-
ners of state, the sister-in-law and
niece of Boku va; Ko. the mother of
10 Sal Hitou, and the mother and
daughter of 10 no Han. who were
imprisoned in connection with the re-
bellion of 1881.
1t is generally believed that Boku
Yai Ko will be recalled by the king
and appointed to some important posi-
ticn. 1t is reported that the Corean
government has officially intimated to
Japan hat they will promptly sever
all connection with China. Prepare
tions are rapidly advancing for the
bombarding of the Woo Sung forts,
and among the rumors prevailing in
Shanghai, when the last mail left, was
one to the effect that the defenses of
the approach to Shan kai Kaung,
where the great wall of China me cts
the sea, had been greatly strengthened.
Two of the Armstrong alphabetical
boats and two other gunboats were ~
ing in the vicinity, in obedience to in
structions from Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang, while, $500 men are being
added to the land garrisons. This
is strong enough to prevent Shan kai
kaung being crushed by any small
Japanese naval force that may escape
the vigilance of the Chinese cruiser
in the gulf of Pechili.
The sale of coal at Kelurg. For.
mosa, has been forbidden to n out
slider, the Chinese government requir-
ing the whole supply. The Sal Hing
colliery is turning out 1000 tons of
coal per day, and the coal dust at the
mines is now being made into bricks.
The Pei Yang fleet has been divided
into two squadrons, M under Admiral
Ting-In-Yuen, cruising in the gulf of
Pechili, and another under Admiral
Lii Yai Paitscng, in chen Yuen, which
conveyed the transports which left
about the 25th of last month for Corea.
The third division is believed to be at
Talienwen, ready to escort to Corea
the second army corps, under Gen.
Sung, of 10000 men. Most of the
troops appear to have been landed at
the Yalu river. The Foo Chow fleet,
while ostensibly making a demonstra-
ton against Loo Choos, is to cruise be-
tween Formosa and the mainland.