New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-06


,cndon. Nov. 5.-The Central News says:
orssre is reason to believe that China
-. resolved formally to ask the Powers
~so have immediate commercial interests
=. stake 10 stop the war The Chinese
,r,,s,er is said to have communicated the
rocuest TO the Foreign Office in London this
o,,ernoon This evening he started for Paris
% sock inter Jews with NJ. Hanotaux. the
r..rcb Minister of Foreign Affairs. and Presi-
dent Casir'.r-Perier
THE Graphic" has this dispatch from Rome:
.,ccordnr t1 a telegram from Pekng China is
disposed 10 conclude peace upon the basis Of the
o,trowlelemen, Of Corea's independence. and
,,e nsvncn, Of an indemnity to be fixed by The
p,rers The Powers who are willing to support
h;s arrangement are requested to Intervene.
Tn DAILY News" has information that China
l. sning for peace-in fat. has instructed hor
"rvovs in Europe 20 submit To the Powers the
,orms which shc is willing to offer 1t Is
formal renewal or repetition. on larger scale,
Of the over,ures made H. the british Govern
- Va n month ago The News expresses aSGin
,.s annroyal of Lord R1sehcry's effort for joint
;nterfsrcnce and speaks Tegre fully Of the re-
luc,ance OF the Powers TO ste the matter III the
same light ..,,., ,.
srs n scs this disastrous conilic, prolonged.
Tven the United States. despite the Monroe doc
,rne must be concerned for the regularity ami
gf IN slr trade with Japan. S1''!tI 'l
Is,er-ani better sooner than laier-there must
no an international settlement. II VIII be diff
cult 70 contend that interference VII be pre-
mature now.
Gazette" saws that Chinese troops under General
sung have evacuated Chin-Lien-Chang and now
occupy the mountain pass on the highroad TO
Peking Orders have been given 10 all the mill
tsrv commanders q defend Peking az all haZ-
sris The japanese are marching northward,
aiming to get behind General Sungs army 1t
,s exnected that all foreigners will be requested
TO leave Pek.ng within a fortnight.
The "Tmo-'' correspondent in Ten-Tsin tele-
graphs under to-day's date:
The telegraph to Port Arthur was cut yester-
day probably on the narrow isthmus between
Por, Adams and Talien-Wan This indicates
that the japanese are within DAY marcn IN ooo o.,
the Talen-Wan forts 1t Is reported that VoVo
Siberian troops have been concentrated at Nlad-
The Times" hears from Yokohama that before
the capture u Fang-FongCheng the Chinese
fired the citadel and fled in the night.
A Shanghai dispatch to the Central news
saws that an edict has been issued appointing
Prince Kung. uncle of tic Emperor. TO the su-
preme control of the military affairs or emma;
and Prince Ching who was recently succeeded
as president OF the Tsungli Yamen by Prince
Kung as next in charge -.
The same edict announces the degrada'ioh o'
General Web on charges OF coWaroice ID VIZ ~
drawing from Ping-Y and of embezzling the
pay OF soldiers in his command Admiral ing
also will be deprived of the honors recently De-
slowed upon him. ,, D,
The feeling of unea siness which has prevailed
In Peking for some time is increasing
The Central News correspondent at Snanghai
cables that the Government. seeing that all al
tempts 10 stay the progress Of the japanese III
Manchuria are futile. has stopped discnaIglns
supplies Of rice for Chin troops al New
Chwang According TO this correspondent many
more Chinese merchant steamers nave ~ y
placed under the protection OF the German ia : x
Central News dispatch from TOXIC ui@'rrI @
date Of to-day says that nothing mas N,t -"
heard there regarding the operations oi the Jap
anese al Port Arthur. All idea that the Chihese
will ravage the japanese coast has preh dpai'
doned Orders have been issued u remove IN
torpedoes from Toxic Bay, and Navigation haS
been declared free. The decree promulga.e"
some time ago fOrOiddinS the sale or guhpJ"uo'
in japan has been cancelled.
Neither the Foreign Office. the AdmlraIty' 'n'
Chinese Legation nor the Japanese Legation II
IHndon has heard anything 70 confirm the pup
lished report # the bombardment ana cap'urr W
Talien-Wan and KabuyOnO. The Cehtrdl NV
suggests that the report has the same Nld6''d'
basis As the story Of Port Arthurs idA.
The "C;' he" prints dispatch from OK mama m,
70 a news agency in this city saying thdt .n'
Occidental and Oriental Steamship COMPANY
steare~ Gaelic Captain Pearne, from san fiaH
cisco October 16. was seized to-cay just as 3A'
was about 10 sail for Hong Kong on suspiC.oi
that she was engaged in carrying articIes con
traband os war. \ search was maze o. ny
Steamer and no contraband articles being louhu
She wa allowed TO proceed for her destination.