The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-17

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Hong Kong and Yokohama bringing
Japanese advices to September 9. Little
or no intelligence was brought from
China direct and tho following notice
which appears at the head Of tho edt-
torial In the China Gazette, news-
paper published In Shanghai, sccus to
indicate the difficulty Of obtaining rcIia-
bic information from Chinese sources:
"In tho present situation Of Gdhirs it
Ia utterly useless to attempt TO get any
reliable information over the Chinese
wiros or from Chinese sources aud we
arc compelled, therefore, to walt until
the Japanese official accounts Of the
progress OF the war between China and
japan are 1rst published in the press
OF tho lnttcr country and then get thcm
teIenraphod hero. Tho Chinese have
by their disgracetul mendacity In the
Kow Shing affair, aud their refusal 70
transmit any telegram which docs not
glorify theim aud misload the public as
TO their true condition, cut themselves
otF from all chance Of their reports be.
Ing believed by people who want to
got OF the truth"
WHERE OUR ADMINISTRATION FAILED.
Tho Oceanic brIngs tho following cor.
respondenoe:
[CopyytOhtod 1891, BY he AISoettttd PrtIEl
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 2-The revised
treaty between Japan and England was
ratified at Toxic, August %.
For the first time the United States
has failed TO take advantage Of Japan's
desire TO treat primarily with the great
republic in an International transac'
tlon.
Tho opinion expressed in Japan Is
that negotiations at Washington might
have been concluded long ago II the
state department had been disposed TO
act upon Japanese proposals. AS 1t 10,
Grent Britain stands ahead in the enact
ment of the treaty. which the Asintic
ompire had been urgently striving for
for more than twenty years. The
treaty confors no immediate advantages
on Japan.
A HIDE AND SEEK GAME
Chinese and Japanese fleets continue
10 play the game Of hide aud seek at
tho mouth Of tho gulf Of Pachili, while
the ships OF tho "middle kingdom" con.
ceal Themselves go etfectually that for
eIRuers 10 the open ports cannot specu-
late as to their position. The japanese
can accomplish little moro thnn 10
check tho transportation OF Chinese
troops to Korea, and In this they have
go far succeeded that further reinforce
ments, II undertaken at all, will 90 by
land. But it appears to bo doubted
thnt China intends 10 strengthen her
forces In the peninsula further. Most
OF tho bodies now In motion arc said to
bo making their way towards Tien Tain
and pekiu, tho defense to approaches
to tho capital being considered Of the
first moment
The whole country between the capl-
tai and tho gulf IL in groat agitation.
Correspondents from the interior write
to tho China Gazette that intense terror
pervades tho entire north OF tho em-
piro.
The report Is circulated that Ii Hung
Chang, though now soventy-four years
old, will be ordered to tako personal
command Of tho armies on the Gonti-
nent, Notwithstanding tho dissatistac.
tion OF tho court at tho results OF his
management up TO this time
APPROACHING A CRISIS.
Tho inactivity Of tho armies in Korea
givcs rise to various surmiscS, particu.
larly in Japan. whore approximations of
reverse arc freely Expressed. Tho
armies have beon within days march
Of ono another for some time. Tritling