The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-14
JAPAN FIGHTING IN FORNOSA,
Work of Subduing Chinese Repub.
licans Has Begun.
England Wants to HsIp Furnisb
Indemnity Funds why
France Interfered

LONDON, May 3l.-A dispatch to the
Times from Hongkong today con-
firms the news contained i'm the dis
patches last night from Hongxong
that hostilities between the Japanese
and Chin ese republicans on the island
OF Formosa have commenced.
According to the Times dispatch the
japanese forces landed at Kee Lung,
in the extreme north of the island,
yesterday, and fighting between them
and the Chinese commenced.
The Times will print a dispatch
from Tien-tsin, which says that the
Japanese are rapidly evacuating the
Liao-Tong Peninsula, and that the
movement will be completed i'm ten
days.
LONDON, June 1.-The Paris corres-
pOndent of the Standard is assured
that town dues of Peking will be re-
quired as a partial guarantee of the
indemnity loan.
PARIS, May 31.-In the Senate to-
day, NJ. HanOtaux. the Minister of
Foreign Affairs made an important
statement regarding the foreign policy
of the Government, in which he said
that French national interests were
subOrdinated to the interests of other
powers He explained that the part
which France took in the European
representations in Japan was dictated
by the interest of France in view Of her
position in HindoO China and the
protection she owed TO French relig-
ious missions in China. France could
not see the independence of China
menaced by permanent Japanese oc-
cupation. If the empire of China fell
or was rudely shaken, French inter-
ests would surely suffer from the con-
sequent disorder and anarchy. Russia.
he continued, held the same view re-
garding the necessity of maintaining
the status quo in China In her own
interest, and Germany likewise had
good reason for acting in unison with
France and Russia.
NEW YORK, May 31.-The CONNER
cial Gable Company this afternoon is-
sued notice saying that private tele-
grams from the island of FOrmOsa
cannot be accepted for Kee Lung,
Tamsui and Taiptsfu.
ENGLAND WANTS RECOGNITION.
LONDON (England), June 1.-The
Times in its financial article this
morning, referring to the attempt to
exclude London from "a share I'm the
Chinese indemnity loan, saws Russia
still dOggedly hangs to the idea that
the loan shall be confined TO Russia.
France and Germany, "but,V saws the
Times, son such terms the loan can
not succeed"
"The only plan is for London also
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plan is not politically satifactory, as il
might involve mischievous interfer-
ence with the Chinese customs duties,
to which British vessels contribute
over 50 per cent. in the revenue.
In any case England will not allow
itself to be deprived OF its legitimate
voice in the settlement of far eastern
affairs merely because il wisely re-
fused to join the three powers in a
policy OF hostility to Japan, conceived
in the interest Of Russia, the outcome
Of which is far from clear"
THE CHINESE WAR LOAN.
BERLIN Germany, May 3l.-The
correspondent Of the Daily News at
Vienna wires a report that the Korean
Premier has negotiated treaty with
the Russian EmbassadOr whereby
Russia agrees to protect Korea in Ger
tain emergencies.
Korea would be one Of Russia's
proteges," continues the correspond
ent, without losing her indepen-
dence. The King Of Korea refuses to
sanction the treaty. japan threatens
to recall her representatives from
Seoul if the treaty contains two
clauses.
~ am informed that China has
given Russia a conditional permission
to cross the Chinese frontier at any
time the Chinese Tartars mOlest Rus
sian wOrkmen employed on the Trans
Siberian railway. This may explain
the reported invasion Of ManchuHa.U