Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-10
Japan BuxInE More Tran.nnrt..

VICTORIA, E. C.. Sept. 1O.-Tho North ern Pacific steamer Sikh arrived from Japan and China
 The quarantine embargo at Hongkong will bc raised today. For week before she left there were no cases of the plague in HongkOng.
 At Foo Choo big SO ton gun burst, killing several men. It was the largest gun in the fort. The Chinese are offering great inducements to foreigners to enter the service.
 Japan Is buying more transports and Captain McAlpinc, master of the P and Q. steamship Ismalia. 2, 900 tons burden the last one sold, was a passenger on the Sikh.
 The reason given by the commander of the Japanese warship Naniwa Kan when asked why he fired upon the Row Shing. seeing she was flying the British flag is now given for the first time and is certain ly Because she was flying un- der false colors, was carrying Chinese troops and had been sold to the Chinese government and fully paid for.
 Japan Win Pay For the Row ShIng.
 Notwithstanding this explanation tho same paper which gives it publicity an- nounces that the sum of $750, 0o0 has been agreed to by the Japanese govern ment as rcparation for the sinking of Cap. tain Galworthy's vessel and compensation to those dependent upon the Europeans lost with her.
 Both China and Japan are at present keenly alert for articles contraband of war, and to this the only delay in tho ar- rival of the Sikh is attributable. Tho government has declined to consider rico as contraband of war, but both bclliger- ents claim 1t to be so and use every en- deavor to intercept rice carrying vessels.
 Tho Sikh was delayed at Shanghai by O Chinese gunboat, which made an effort to gain possession of the rice portion of her cargo The British consul objected, and the merchantmen was allowed to pro- ceed.
 It Is almost impossible to got reliable war news anywhere in tho east, even at Shanghai. This trip the steamer passed very close to the Foo Choo forts and saw the Chinese garrison drawn up in line. They were all attired in flowing sack gowns of gaudy color and had high thrce cornered silk hats and made a curious spectacle
 These forts arc in charge of an English man tho son of naval officer, and are said to be exceedingly strong. One oi their 50 ton guns burst some tine ago, killing several men It Is generally un- derstood this occurred through ignorance in handling 1t. China Is now hurrying an army of hundreds of thousands of mon through northern China to Korea, but as they are subsisting on tho products of the country through which they arc passing and most of 1t is mountainous 1t Is hard | to say with what success they will meet Most of the mon enlisted and drafted into tho Chinese army arc coolics of thG | low order.
 | The Chinese have been offering great inducements to Europeans and Americans | to enter their service and have secured many. On the other hand, the Japnnes, have no outsiders in any branch of tn, service. On the way over on the last triI
 to the Orient the Sikh passed through [
 fleet of 20 Chinese ships. They wero di yided into four divisions, with 1.-Two ship | in each division. They werc we'll han died.
 At the smaller Chinese ports all man