The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-18
cVINEs DEFEAT COMPLETE.
II HUNG CHANG AUTHORIZED TO
SIGN A TREATY OF PEACE.

RevoIutiOn Against the ReigninE
Dvpasty Expected TO Break Out To-
morrovv-The Russian Press More
ou,spoIsen in Opposition 10 the
Terms of the Treaty Than the Pa
,ers of EngIand-The Island of
rormosa Coded to Japan.
london. April IA dispatch to the Star
I'm Tien-Tsin says an imperial procla-
-,srion has been issued. authorizing Ii
14Yng Chang to sign a treaty Of peace with
rsnsn. guaranteeing the payment OF 2O0.-
.ao0 taels indemnity.
Nv the proclamation Ii Hung Chang is
uncovered to cede to the Japanese the
8rslaud Of Formosa and the Peninsula of
lao Tung. TO the fortieth degree of lati-
. ,5s TO sanction the opening of FIVE new
7 numerical ports. including Pekin, and to
rive Japan power to open cotton factories
nd other industries in China.
Bv he terms of the proclamation the
4mport dues at open ports are not to ex-
eed per cent.
s Another imperial proclamation has been
8 ssued. guaranteeing sick leave to the
ficeroy of Canton and ordering him TO
stire to his native province.
The Pail Mall Gazette, commenting on
he terms of peace between China and
1 apan. as defined by the imperial edict
ust issued in Pekin. says the conditions
re better than those mentioned in the
ftmes dispatches yesterday. but the ces-
ion Of Formosa will surely displease Eng
and. while the cession of Port Arthur will
l. objected to by Russia. "Our govern
,nent." the Gazette says. may safely be
epended upon to do nothing. however, I'M
tss other powers take action"
The Russian journals. according to dis
catches from St. Petersburg, are more
gorous in their utterances than the Eng
i sh papers, and sound warning that the
Signing Of such a treaty of peace as indi-
fatei by the dispatches of the last twenty
bur hours will be only prelude to
der. though unnecessary, armed con-
ficts.
A dispatch TO the Globe from shimono-
fFki says Ii Hung Chang will start for
bone today having conceded all of
Napan's demands.
The ST. James Gazette says: IF Japan
4echnes TO be frightened. Russia may
<pme TO the conclusion that she would
Fl
#nd is benevolent and has no feeling
anger toward Japan. The opening of
III ctories in China by Japan does not
Hean that she will have a monopoly
such industries, as England could also
men factories if she chose"
A dispatch from Toxic says the peace
Lihe2tio3ls be EXCHANGED within
Zen extended to midnight, May s.
dispatch from Toxic says the Chinese
NC ENJOYS started for Tien .Tsin this
Haries will return to Hiroshima to-mor-
A dispatch from Hong Kong says it
Il expected there that a revolution against
IN reigning dynasty will be begun Friday.
II aiding Chinese of Canton are coming
|8 Hong Kong in large numbers.
The CentEl News correspondent in
IOkio learns that the Chinese indemnity
Il Japan is 10 be paid in silver in five
#arly installments, also that by the terms
u the treaty of peace Japan is to re-
Five possession of Formosa, the Pesca-
are Islands, the peninsula of Lao Tung,
.rom Yin kow to Au Ping, on the Yalu
.rver, and an indemnity of 200, 600 taels
silver Several important commercial
*Nncessions are also made by China, but
Desc Japan is to share with other ma
Ions. no territory is to be occupied by
"a pan as temporary guarantee, except,
*Hrhaps. Idu Kung Toa.
The Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state
4 foreign affairs, who has been spending
Easter recess in the country, sud
ID ienOon, and the Globe, on the authority
the Exchange Telegraph Company, says
is understood that his return is con-
g "A cted with the conclusion of peace nego-
"a ions between China and Japan, and
situation of the Nicaraguan dispute.
The Standard publishes interviews with
number of merchants in the eastern
ade, all of whom express themselves
pleased with the terms of the settlement
tween China and Japan. They have no
ubt that the conclusion of peace will re-
We the stagnation of the eastern trade
d express the conviction that the open
Of cotton factories in China will not
riously affect the cotton industries of
ncashire.
The Times correspondent in Kobe says:
he rumor that the Japanese pienipo-
uaries abated their demands created
lch excitement. Seven Toxic newspa-
have been suspended An imperial
finance Will be issued shortly enacuHg
lnsent measures against the disaffec-
pn'
rom Hong Kong the Times learns that
cession of Formosa to Japan displeases
British there. The Chinese soldiers
reaten to take the lives of the COMMAND
if the island be ceded.
ne Central News says that Japan will
ICE in England at once orders for sew
warshps. to be built on the lines
sgested by her experience in the war.
erlin. April 1.-THE st. Petersburg
respondent of the Frankfurter lei
g telegraphs that the French and Rus
governments are about to convoke
Meeting of the powers for the purpose
revising the terms of peace agreed
IN by the Chinese and Japanese repre-
tatives.