San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-26
WILL INVADE CHINA.
THE JAPS PREPARING
FOR GRAND BATTLE.
EVERY EFFORT MADE TO KEEP
THEIR PLANS SECRET.
Treaty With corea-offenses Against
Natives Punished - China .
Waking Up and Noble
izing Troops.

YOKOHoMA, Sept. 15.-Nia VIC
toria, b. c., Sept, 25.-No one now
doubts that the long delay in the
Japanese military movements is
to allow time for the completion of
great plan of invasion. Any day
may bring news of a battle in
northern Koen and outsailing of
$4,000 troops for some point on the
inner coast of the gulf of Pechi Lii,
but as the decisive time APP
proaches the Japanese authorities
grow more and more deaf to APP
peals for information. They frank
ly declare that secrecy is one Of
their chief conditions of success.
This belief is not agreeable to the
| newspaper correspondents who
have recently arrived from San
Francisco and who strongly desire
| to be admitted to the confidence of
the government. They are offered
transportation to Corea, passports
| authorizing them to visit any port
of the peninsula and letters OF in
| PRODUCTION to the civil officers at
Seoul and the generals OF the
| fields. But they are of the opinion
that these privileges will avail
them little unless they are told
where they shall be to look for adj
ventures and guaranteed the right
to accompany all important eXpe-
ditions. This is more than the
government is at present willing
to concede and the telegraphs cor
respondents have left for Shang-
hal in the expectation of finding
better opportunity among the
Chinese. Two American journal
lists, one representing the New
| York World, are now in Hirsch-
ina, on their way to Corea. A
| writer for the San Francisco
Examiner prefers to remain
in Toxic. An impression has
has been conveyed by the English
| newspapers in eastern Asia that
an abundance and trustworthy
supply of news can be obtained in
China. An examination of the tel
egrams sent from Chinese port S
| to Europe ard America does not
| sustain this belief. For in the va
| rious accounts of the events place
| the fight at Asan there is scarcely
| any foundation. The Japanese, IL
silent, do not attempt to mislead
on vital points. One error and one
only, is laid to their charge. They
are accused of circulating doubt
full reports to the effect that Adj
mieal Freemen exculpated Japan
from all technical blame in the
matter of the sinking Of the Kow
Shing. The Japanese aver that
they had, and still have reason to
believe that the statement is true.
If the imperial government de-
sired to create sensation by
means of Admiral Freemantle's
name, there is strong conviction
that they could easily do
so by calling attention to
that officers correspondence with
Admiral Ito and pointing the way
to an inquiry as to British admir-
atty opinion on the subject, but
the Japanese ministry is an en-
bodiment of official discretion and
popular curiosity will never be
satisfied from this end Of the line.
The Japanese military headquart-
ers are now centered at the imperi-
al palace at Toxic, but will be
transferred September 10 to the
town of Hiroshima, in the Inland
sea, from which troops and sup
plies are shipped to Corea. The
emperor started thither on the
18th, accompanied by Count Ito.
1t is not expected that any other
department will be transferred and
the general business Of the govern
ment will continue at Toxic. The
average daily expenditure OF the
Japanese government in connec-
tion with the war is estimated at
three hundred men, about Sl5O,OOO.
On the 10Th Of August voluntary
contributions to the army fund
from all parts Of the country had
reached Toxic to the amount of
more than 100000 yen. The con-
tributions to the fund on the same
date amounted to over 100000 yen.
At the summit of one of the
most prominent hills in Toxic is
the Shinto temple which has been
erected to the memory Of the
soldiers who were killed in the
Satsma rebellion of 1877. In this
edifice is an exhibition which was
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