The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-04
PEACE ENVOYS SENT HOME.
OHINA'S PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE
 THE PROPER CREDENTIALS.

London, Feb. S.-The Central News correspondent In Hiroshima telegraphs under to-days date:
 Premier Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, minister of foreign affairs, had second interview with China's peace envoys yesterday. The main object of the meeting was to exchange credentials. The ministers found the credentials imperfect and to leave them absolutely powerless to conduct binding negotia- tions. They refused at once to continue negotiations and requested the envoys to leave as soon as possible. The en- voys will sail on the steamship Owari- maru for Nagasaki, where they will await the arrival of the mail steamship for China. They will be accompanied by the inspector general of the police and several assistant inspectors, who will prevent any hostile demonstration on the part of the people.
 The parliamentary resolution to ap- prove all war expenditures regardless of amount and date is prefaced with the declaration that the objects of the war have not been realized yet.
 The Central News correspondent in Wei Hai Wei telegraphs under the date of February 1:
 The Chinese warships were much damaged in yesterdays fight. After the Paichiyaso forts capitulated the Japanese turned the captured guns against the Chinese ships, hitting them repeatedly and forcing them to change their position. A violent snow storm in the afternoon of January 31 com pelled the Japanese fleet to remain in- active and thus frustrated the Japanese plan to bring on a general naval en- gagement.
 A dispatch sent to-day by the Central News correspondent in Chee Foo says:
 The Japanese have captured the Ling Kung Tau, the last stronghold of the Chinese at Wei Hai Wei. The bonn bardmept was terrific and lasted for hours. The Chinese answered it with unusual spirit, but many of their guns were disabled early in the engagement Toward the close of the bombardment six Japanese ships landed marines who captured the batteries. The fighting was severe and many were killed and wounded on each side. As this dispatch is sent the two fleets are hotly en- gagged.
 A dispatch from Hai Cheng on Friday says that Viceroy Liu Kung ri has ar rived at New Chwang and will assume supreme command of the Chinese opera tion in Manchuria. General Noduz, the Japanese commander, expects to be att tackled tomorrow or Tuesday His spies report that there are about 50, ,O0o Chinese troops in the neighborhood of Yeng Row and New Chwang.
 Washington, Feb. 3.-The Hiroshima dispatch stating that the Chinese peace envoys had been sent back under es- cort, because of the insufficiency of their credentials, exactly accords with antic- ipatory advices received by Mr.' Kurino, the Japanese minister to the United States. It has been the expressed opin- ion at the Japanese legation from the beginning that the Chinese government was simply pursuing it's customary poll icy of delay in this matter. Its first at- tempt was to place Japan in the atti- tude of suing for peace by giving the proposition made at the suggestion of the United States by Minister Dun at Tollio precedence over the proposition | made by Minister Denby at Pekin. This l subterfuge being rejected and Japan in- sisting that China must take the initia- tive in asking for peace, China request | ed an armistice. This being refused, on | December China appointed Chang Hin | Huan and Shoa, governor of Formosa, | as peace envoys.
 Japan served formal notice on China | that unless these envoys came accredit- ed with plenipotentiary powers they would not be received and for the time being Japan, in the interest of a peace full settlement, waived it's objection to the personality of Shao who had set q price on the head of every Japanese captured or slain. Although the Chi nese envoys were appointed on Decem- Der 8, it was not until January that Chang Hin Huan took leave of the en- peror and started on his mission.
 In the meantime came the selection of ex-Secretary J. w. Foster as advisory counsel. This again was looked upon by as an attempt at delay. It was ap- parent that MT. Foster could not be admitted to the peace negotiations ex- cept in the capacity of a secretary to one of the Chinese envoys and that was position his high rank as a diplomat and an eX-secretary of state of the United States would of necessity debar him from taking. Two months ago Count Ito, Count Inonye and Field Mar shal Yamagata were all in favor of peace upon the basis of an indemnity and the recognition of the independence of Korea. Now it is said these terms will be impossible and that Japan will exact accession of territory.
 Just here, as viewed by experienced diplomats of other legations than the Japanese, the elements of danger comes in. There is nothing now left for Japan to do but to pursue their ad- vantages until eventually Pekin falls into their hands. The inevitable re- suits of this, it is thought, will be the fall of the present dynasty. Then there will be no treaty for peace and will occur which will threaten the total dismembernent of the Chinese empire and involve the al- most certain intervention of European powers. The outcome of such a complication it i would be difficult to foresee and it's is giving much uneasi- l ness in diplomatic circles here ( Nothing had been received at the navy department tonight as to the $