The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-02-07
THE CREDENTIALS
OF the Chinese Peace Enjoys Arc
Not Satisfactory.
The ENJOYS Are Requested TO Leave Japan
as Soon AZ Possibie-The Battle at Vel
Neutrality-suspicious. Captured and
Carried on by Chinese Natives.

LoXnoN, Feb. 4.-Thc Central News
correspondent in Hiroshima telegraphs
under Sundays date.
Premier Count Ito and Viscount
Matsu, minister of foreign affairs, had
second interview with China's peace
ENJOYS Saturday afternoon. The main
object of the meeting was to exchange
credentials. The ministers found the
credentials of the enjoys to be very ru-
perfect, and to leave them absolutely
powerless to conduct binding ncgotia-
tions. They refused ut once to con-
tinue negotiations, and requested the
ENJOYS to leave the country as soon as
possible. The ENJOYS will sail Mon
day on the steamship Owarimaru for
Nagasaki, where they will await the
arrival of the mail steamship for China.
They will be accompanied until they
depart by the Inspector general OF po-
lice and several assistant inspectors,
who will prevent any hostile demon
STATIONS on the part of the people.
The parliamentary resolution to ap'
prove all expcditures, regardless OF
amount and date, is prefaccd with the
declaration that the object Of the war
has not been realized yet.
a dispatch sent Sunday by the Cen
trail News correspondent in Chez
Foo says that Japanese have
captured the island of Ling-Kung-
Tau, the last stronghold Of the Chi
nese at Wci-IIai-Wci. The bonn bard
ment was terrific and lasted for hours.
The Chinese answered it with unusual
spirit, but many Of their guns were dis
nbled early i'll the engagement To-
ward the close of the bombardmen. six
Japanese ships landed marines, who
captured the batteries. The lighting
was severe, and many were killed and
wounded on each side. As this dis
patch Is sent the two fleets are kotly
engaged.
The Central News correspondent. in
Wei Hai-Wei telegraphs under date OF
February /, via fallen Wan: "Th}
Chinese warships were much damaged
in Thursdays fight. After the Paichi
yaso forts capitulated, the japanese
turned the captured guns against the
Chinese warships, hitting them repeat
eddy, and forcing them to change thcii
position. A violent snowstorm in the af
ternoon OF January 81 compelled the
japanese fleet to remain inactive, anc
thus frustrated the japanese plan tt
bring on general naval engagement
The Japanese still hold the entrance
to the harbor."
A Central News dispatch sent from
Hai-Chong on Friday says that the
Viceroy Liu Kung Ii has arrived al
New-Chwang, and will have supreme
command of the Chinese operations il
Manchuria. Gen. Nodsu, the japanese
commander, expects to be attacked
Monday or Tuesday. His spies report
that there are about $4,000 Chinese
troops in the neighbornood OF Yeng
Kow and New-Chwang.
The Central News has this dispatch
from Shanghai: "a ChinKiang dis
patch dated February says that a
small hunting party from the Amer
can warship Concord accidentally sho'
a native on Friday and was overpow
cred and carried off by other natives
An armed force was sent to rescue the
party. Nothing further was known OF
the affair when the dispatch left Chin
kiang."