The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-02
In a Bad Plight.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Secretary
Gresham today received three cable
grams from the seat of war in the
Orient. One from Minister DENLY,
dated today, reads:
"There was naval engagement off
the north of Korea on the 18th. Five
Chinese and three japanese vessels
are reported destroyed. The fleet is at
Port Arthur"
Another from Minister Denby, dated
yesterday, reads:
"Telegraphic communication be-
tween Peking and the Chinese army
in Korea has been cut off by the Jap
anese.n
a dispatch from Minister Dunn at
Toxic, was as follows:
"ToKIo, Sept. 19.-The following
has been received from the United
States Minister at Seoul: Please ca
ble the Department that the Chinese
army was totally annihilated at Ping
Yang"
The coufirmatory news received to
day by Secretary Gresham of the de
feat OF the Chinese on land and sea,
with the further notice that tele-
graphic communication between Pc
king and Korea has been cut off by
the japanese, is taken here as an evil
dence that the Chinese forces are in a
miserable plight. The small remnant
Of an army in Korea is cut off from
reinforcement by sea as a result of
the defeat of the Chinese fleet at the
mouth of the Yalu river; they cannot
communicate with their own Govern
ment by wire, and as their escape
from the Korean peninsula by the
northern overland route is prevented
by the seizure of the mountain passes
by the japanese, their surrender ap-
pears TO be inevitable.
The japanese, therefore, are now in
force on the border and coast of their
enemy, and a transfer of the scene of
war from Korea to China is looked
for by army officers, unless the move
ment should be prevented by the
early advent of winter. The military
experts believe that as soon as the re
manning Chinese troops have surren-
dered the japanese will transport the
main body of their troops by sea from
Ping Yang to the Manchurian coast,
and making another rapid advance on
Mukden, the capital of the province,
will soon be in a position to organize
a campaign on Peking itself. 1t is
believed here that the Chinese forces
are almost demoraliZed, and that the
only obstacle to the triumphant cam
paign of the japanese, apart from the
inclement weather of Northern China,
is to be looked for in the interference
of the great powers. There is reason
to believe that the feeling is growing
in Europe that the war bids fair to go
beyond bounds unless some influence
is brought to bear To check it, and some
nations having large interests in China
have taken the alarm already. They
fear the result on their own interests
of so overwhelming a victory by Japan
that must be followed by the domina-
tion of japanese interests, and anima-
ted by commercial territorial jealousy
they are seeking way to terminate
the war.
Means Future Freedom.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 2.-The revised
treaty between Japan and England
was ratified at Toxic August 25. For
the first time the United States has
failed to take advantage of Japan's
desire to deal primarily with the great
Republic in important international
transactions.
The opinion expressed in Japan is,
that negotiations at Washington
might have been concluded long ago
if the State Department had been dis
posed to act upon japanese proposals.
AS it is, Great Britain stands ahead in
he IF fha froafu which the