The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-21
Japan and China Still Continue to
Squabble.
A CHINESE GENERAL IS REWARDED.
he and 200 othor omeers said to Have
Received HOnors for n Victory over
the Japanese - The Cholera - More
Trouble I'm Central America, Etc.

TIEN-TsIN, Sept. S.-An imperial
edict has been issued, rewarding Gen
eral Yeh and 700 Chinese officers for
the victory over the Japanese at Ping
Yang August 18th. General Yeh re-
ports the japanese lost 5000 men in
the engagement at Ping Yang, during
the day the Chinese were in pursuit of
the enemy, while the casualties of
the Chinese were small.
LONDON, Sept. 3.-A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai today says that
the Japanese Marquis Saignone land
ed at Chemulpec, Korea, August 2Sth,
and congratulated the King of Korea
upon having attained his independ-
ence.
The dispatch adds that the Japan
ese hold at present the Provinces OF
Seoul, Hwango and the country
around the treaty ports. The re-
mainder of the country is said to be in
possession of armed bands of Koreans.
1t is stated that the feeling against
the Japanese in Korea is increasing,
and the natives are beginning to wage
a guerrilla warfare against them.
The officials of the Chinese Legation
here discredited the dispatch from
Tien-tsin of current date, which says
that an imperial decree has been is
sued, rewarding General Yeh and 700
other Chinese officers for their victory
over Chinese troops at Ping Yang.
They assert that If 700 officers directed
operations at Ping Yang, the total
force engaged must have been at least
Sc, 900, instead of 1000, as originally
reported.
A dispatch to- the Times from Chez
Foo SAYS the Japanese fleet Is assem-
bling ia Nautilus Harbor, In Southern
Korea. The entrance is guarded by
torpedoeS. The Chinese feet Is NOV
ing between the gulf ports. The hos
tile armies, in the vicinity of Ping
Yang are quieScent.
Skirmishes between the Chinese and
japanese troops are occurring ut sew
eral points in Korea. The Importance
of these collisions is being greatly
rnagnified by both sides, who dignity
them with the title OF battles. In
every case victory is claimed by each
side.
The British Government has in-
formed the Government of Japan
that the Japanese gunboat TRtsuta
must be detained at Alden under the
foreign enlistment act, until the war
between China and Japan is over,
The Central News has received
dispatch from Shanghai stating that
five war steamers will convey the
troops which are to he dispatched at
once To FormOsg. This preCaution is
taken through fear tlist transports
will be attacked by Japanese war
ships, which ore lowering about Ia
the hope ri destroying Chinese troop
ships.
The work of extending Chinese for
tificatiOus ou the coast IA being pushed
with all possible haste.
fnvDoN, Sept "a special dispatch
fo the Times from Shanghai states
that the Chinese report that on Thurs
day last the Japanese troops made a
reconnaissance ia force on Port Arthur
They found the landwafl defennes too
strong, and retired without making
an attack.
a dispst tcl from Shanghai says that
AZ imperial decree las beer issued at
Pekin ordering a forced loan n ealls
upon four native banks 90 loan the
Government, II possible, lO,0OD,oOO
taels
IoNboH, sept. 2. the Standards
correspondent ~ Berlin teleGrapis 80
fplloWa The war rarty. ~ which
Prince Tching ~ the leader has, !
learn, rot THE upper hand iii China,
which means that the stfueelt with
Tapan viii be prosecuted with yleef
large army u now gathering ~
peklnp
Half ~ thls army viii riarl liir
capitai. and tlc uttct half viii march
~ Rdrea hefOfe winter owing ib
the freezing ~ the guli ~ Ptchlli. the
Japaucae will then not derive au iutrh
hencGi frrfu thrir navy 80 they hav.
heretofore, aud vii le dobturd innte
br lcae ~ inariiph
The correspondent siatrs That 80
mota ~ negotiations between tile
tuited ststca, Gfeat llfitain, Busaia
and Geruany for thr holding ~ u cbp
terence - pavc the way iuf reace is
denied
St pErfRsruRu, seri. 9 lhe
l}ueaiau auundfun dcatincd fOt Khtra
ga tudcr ofdefa 80 pforced witt the
utmost expedition ~ II bnltinlly
stnted that 'he 1isrpttl ~ tlip Ieti
does uot iuply l'uasluu military lu
icrvontiou in the chinrae iapauesp
dipputc. bat ia trefcty lutcnlpd as
pr6fctt Ruaai9n 'fade
snA~dnAr, Sep Clilntse re-