The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-27
Ii HUNG CHANG TO GO.
The Famous viceroy to Be Dis
missed From Office.
JAP ARMY STARTS FOR PekINc.


esAsSHu. Sept. c-It In reported that
native officials here received news last
night thar the japanese attacked the
Chinese forces a. Anchcw and Yiichov
simultaneously. and were repulsed At both
Places.
NEW YoRx. Sept IA special dispatch
from Shanghai says: III Hung Chang
will shortly be succeeded - viceroy By
Wa Ia Chang, late governor Of HI Pub
Lord II. late Chinese minister 20 Japan,
has been degraded.
The massacre Of foreigners ~ Picking 10
regarded - imminent The legations have
asked that blue-iackets be landed 70 pro-
tccs them One hundred and eighty thous-
and men. mostly rabbse and small armed
cavalry. have assembled IN defend Mouk-
den- A battle is expected before fort
night has elapsed
LosDos. Sept. %. "A dispatch from
Tokyo says that the second japanese army
for Geld service. which was mobilixed as
Hiroshima and consists of $1,000 men,
under the command of Field Marshal
Count oyama, embarked yesterday amid
intense enthusiasm. Tho emperor re-
viewed the troops. liz IL reported vaguely
that the squadron 10 bound for the Yellow
sea- Daring the absence from Japan OF
Field Marshal 0yama, who is also minister
OF war. the minister of marine will assume
the duties of minister of war in addition
TO his own responsibilities. It is officially
announced NJ Tokyo. says another dis
patch. that the reports that IN armisncs
had been proposed by England and Russia
10 untrue.
wAsHrssros Crrr, Sept. a-Tocay's adj
vices from Tokyo that . second japanese
army Of 80. 600 men sailed from HiroschimA
yesterday, is regarded In official circles
here as the first move In the advance on
the Chinese capital, Psking The Gulf of
Pechili. which the dispatches give as the
probable destination of the army. is at the
entrance of the river leading to Peking.
IL is said that the forts At the entrance of
the river are practically impregnable,
owing to the stretch of mud-fiats around
them. II is not believed. therefore. that
any advance on Picking will be made up
the river, but the 80, 600 men will be landed
at some other port, whence short over
land march would take them to the walls
Of Peking.. The circuit of the forts is 3
strategic move advised BY United States
Officer OF high rank. who has made study
of the proposed invasion Of China
The state department has been advised
officially that the report Of the beheading
OF the two Japanese students accused of
being spies and who were surrendered by
the United States consul general ~ Shang-
hal. to whom they had appealed for pro-
lection. Is untrue. The Japanese are in
Chinese custody. awaiting trial
SHANGHAI, Sept. GA Chinese warship
intercepted the English ship Pathana in
Formosa channel Friday, upon suspicion
that she was carrying munitions of war.
The Pathana vas taken TO Keeling, the
treaty port Of the island of Formosa. where
the cargo was overhauled BY the Chinese
authorities. The result of the investiga-
ton Is not yet known.
NKw YoRg. Sept. @-Tbe Pathana
cleared from New York July 2s for Alden.
Hongkong and Shanghai. She touched at
Alden Angus; IS. arrived Ut Hongkong
September Is. and. II she Is the vessel
seixsd. Was apparently on the way to
Shanghai when she was overhauled.