The record-union., 1894-08-16
Pitch.

Feeling at Yokohama at Concert
Pitch.
! [For the RECoRD-UNIoN.l
| LONDON, Aug. 15.-Private kilograms
from Yokohoma say that seven Chinese
vessels were sunk in the recent engage
ment with the Japanese. This report
lacks continuation and probably arose
from the statement received from Yoke
ceived of battle on the 11th between
Chinese and Japanese fleets, and that the
Chinese were driven off. Inquiries at
the Japanese Legation here fail to obtain
confirmation of the report.
A dispatch to the Times from Tien-
Tsin says the British Minister has issued
a notice enjoining strict neutrality upon
British subjects in the far East during
the war between Japan China.
The French gunboat Lion has arrived
at Tien-Tsin It is announced that a
warship flying any flag which attempts
to cross Taku Bay will be fired upon.
unless their intended arrival has previ-
! ously been announced to the officers in
command of the fort
| The French gunboat Lion will be re-
membered as the warship which was re-
ported to have been present at the sink
/ ing of the transport Kow Shung, and inn
! portant evidence is expected from her
| commander
! a Yokohama special to the Chronicle
i says rumor has reached there of an i'm
pOrtant naval engagement between the
! Japanese and Chinese naval fleets of
| Wei-Hai-Wei on August 10th. Several
| Chinese vessels belonging to the northern
squadron were sunk, according to the re-
port.
POPULAR FEELING AT CONCERT PITCH.
steamer Tacoma. fifteen days out from
Hongkong, arrived at this port shortly
after noon to-day. Her weather log is
| brief. She left Hongkong July 18th,
/ Shanghai July 9th, Kobe July 29th. So
far ascould be gathered popular feeling
| in Yokohama is at concert pitch. Numer-
Gus of the leading merchants have made
contributions of rice and saki and all is
! hurry and hustle and fighting talk.
/ Lieutenant-General TakaShima eX-
pressed himself as follows at Osaka:
'The military equipment of the coun-
! try became perfected by degrees since the
organization of divisions in 1885. At
present the Japanese army need not fear
any country in the world, with the ex-
ception of three or four powers. In COM
pairing her navy with that of China, Japan
/ is inferior in point of tonnage by some
! 5000 tons, but China has vessels with
speed of only twelve knots, while Japan
has vessels of eighteen knots. AS to
skill and arms China is no match for
Japan. Moreover, she has only thirty
vessels of the China Merchants Steam
| Navigation Company as transports, which
she requires for the transportation of rice
| for the interior. But Japan has about
sixty steamers of over 1000 tons for that
purpose, if recent purchased vessels be
| added. As it is the first occasion ON
| which steel armored squadrons engage in
combat, foreign powers will regard with
attention the issues of a naval engage
ment. This present occasion is worthy
| Of our full exertion, and it will be good
/ opportunity to show the world our mill
| tary strength"
Since the naval fight off Fusan the run
ming of Japanese steamers between
/ Jinsen and Fusan has been suspended.
! General travel on the smaller oriental
| lines is very much broken, and news of
authentic nature is difficult to obtain.
| In Yokohama it is believed that China's
| plan will be to march troops into Corea
| by way of Wiiu, and the Japanese Gov
ernment is said to be taking steps accord
ingly.
The report that the Chinese Minister
was to start for home on July 2Sth is de-
MED. He is said to have received in
structions not to leave until the with
drawal of the Japanese Charge
| d. Aflaires at Peking.
| From Hongkong reports on the Corean
difficulty are still less satisfactory, the
news being Of wild and contradictory
nature.
The plague appears to be abating rap
| idly, though danger is now apprehended
from the action of the sanitary board in
allowing the return of large number of
coolies 10 the colony. The total mum Der
of deaths from the plague in Hongkong
since the outbreak on the 9th of May is
reported at Z,372 up to date. Strong eff
forts are being made to keep out coolies
from Canton and the cholera districts of
the mainland.
The Fokien authorities have ordered
some Lok Chink battalions to proceed to
Foo Chow, and "bravesn are being en-
listed to strengthen the forces in Fokien.
Garrisons of the Ming Ngan forts arc
daily practicing with their big guns, and
are prepared to give a good account Of
themselves should the Japanese warships
make any attempt on the arsenal at
Pagada anchorage.
Intelligence is said to have been re-
ceived in Toxic that the Chinese man-of-
war Kootsu, which fled eastward to the
Corean coast after the engagement on the
25th, has reached Gasan, where her crew
abandoned her and landed; that a Japan
ese man of-war followed and captured
her.
The Queen of Corea Is reported as i'll.
She is under medical treatment for ma
larial fever.
At Rysan, while the Japanese soldiers
were proceeding toward Suigen Flu lay
ing their line of defense, over 800 Chinese
soldiers assembled and entered the lines,
whereby collision occurred between
them. The Chinese troops opened fire,
which was responded to by the Japanese
soldiers. Field guns put the Chinese to
flight, and they sustained a loss of 1SG
killed and 10 wounded.
Weilman Exploring Party.
TRoMsoE Norway, Aug. 15.-Walter
Wellman and party have arrived from
the Arctic regions, where their steamer,
Ragnyald Jarl, was crushed in the ice,
compelling them to abandon the attempt
to reach the North Pole.
Yacht Race Postponed.
FRESH WATER isle of Wight. Aug.
15.-The match between the Vigilant and
the Britannia was postponed indefinitely
this morning, as the gale made it I'M
possible for the yachts TO put to sea.
King OF Siam Dead
VICTORIA (B. ca, Aug. 15.-Dispatches
per Tacoma announce the death OF the
King of Siam. FL. M. S. Rather has been
dispatched to Siamese waters IN the event
of trouble over the succession.