The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
japanese Transports Reported Under
Escort of Warships.


London, Oct. GA dispatch from Shane
hal to-day says the masters of several
Chinese junks which arrived at Cbenoo
Yesterday report having sighted a large
feet Of japanese transports escorted bv
varships Tuesday night. This Japanese
feet was then entering the Gulf of Fechili.
and after steaming westward for some
distance the course of the warships and
transports was altered to about northeast
In all, the japanese feet, warships and
transports included, numbered seventy
ships. Their presence in the Gulf of
TechiIi has caused the greatest excitement
at Shanghai and elsewhere.
In London it is believed that the Jap
anese fleet referred as having been
sighted is the expeditionarv force CON
sitting of 10000 men, which left Heros-
hina. the japanese headquarters, on Sept.
.. Under sealed orders and under com
uand of Field Marshal Count O'Yama.
who was the Japanese minister of war I'M
til upon taking command of the expedi-
ton. he temporarily handed over that
portfolio to the minister of marine, Count
Saigo. This force composed the second
japanese army corps and was escorted by
the Second Japanese squadron.
A dispatch received at New Chwang
gulf of Laotor, says the Chinese are in
full retreat from Moukden which is
threatened by the advance of the Japan
csc troops from Korea, and the Japanese
forces said to have been landed near
Rossier Bay, and not far from the Rus
sian territory bordering on the coast, and
the Chinese province of Manchuria
Another report which reaches London
from Shanghai says that it is believed
at the latter city that the Chinese forces
which have been defending Moukden have
been hastily summoned from that place
in order to oppose the projected Japanese
landing either in the Gulf of Pech1i or in
the Gulf of Loator. The Chinese have
been hurriedly adding to the forces of
New Chwang. in anticipation of a Japan
ese attack on that port and it's neighbor-
hood.
A dispatch from Shanghai says: THE
Chinese warships stationed off the Bogue
forts in the Canton river have been in
structed to exercise the utmost vigilance
and to overhaul any suspicious vessel that
arrives in the river
Native reports from the Korean from
tier say that the Chinese have abandoned
their position at Ngan and retired upon
Keichan.
There is a vague rumor that the
Chinese officials contemplate totally
DlOthlsS lNt w OO~OulS par.
The Chinese government has author
lied a firm in Tien Tsin to raise a loan of
100000 The sum of 100000 has al
ready been placed privately"
1t is stated that the action of the Eng
lish government in ordering a squadron
to proceed to China is approved by the
other European powers, which will
shortly adopt a similar course.
Paris, Oct 6.-The French warships
lsly, Alger, Duguary-Troln and Lulin
have been ordered to Chinese waters The
Lulin is now at Saignon, Cochin China.
1t is semi-oficially stated that besides
the protection of French residents in
China, the French government has in
view possible contingencies arising from
the war.
The Temps says that the naval of
flcials at Brest have been ordered to hold
the warships Arethuhe, Eclairrur and
Fabert in readiness to proceed to China
al a moments notice