Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-28
AFFAIRSsIN THE EAST.

Peace Negotiations Between China and
Japan in Progress. A Russo-Japanese
Alliance. Attempt to Assassinate Lii
Hung Chang, the Chinese Peace Com
missioner.
NEW YORK. March IA
special to the Tribune from Yoko-
hama says: From officials Of
the State Department it is learn
ed that Japan has decided on
peace, although military and
naval preparations go on as
though the original plans of
marching on Pekin we're still I'M
altered. Both the Emperor and
Count Ito fear the effect Of any
announcement that the Govern
ment is willing to grant peace.
The common people are still in
sane over the war, and they will
be satisfied with nothing short
of the Mikado debating term of
peace at Pekin.
The most important recent oc-
currence here is the alliance be-
tween Russia and Japan. The
US1 Liz VI uLlo Vim pdCu Cooill1oI NC
given defnity, though broadly
they are that Russia will not OPP
pose any cessation Of Chinese
territory to Japan, and that
Japan, in return, will permit
Russia to occupy one Corean
port, with the right of way to
the Trans Siberian Railway and
the use Of japanese dock yards
and coaling stations. If this
alliance has been formed. as good
authorities believe, it puts
Japan in a position to defy Eng
land and refuse any British sug-
gestions during the peace nego-
tiations. One thing which bears
it out is the great friendliness Of
the highest Japanese officials for
Col. Wojack, the Russian mill
tary agent. The favors shown
him have excited comment, as
the Japanese have treated the
British military attaches coldly.
LONDON, March 24.-The Gen.
trail Ne1Us correspondent in Toxic
says that an attempt was made
to assassinate Ii Hung Chang in
a street of Simonoseki this af-
ternoon. Lii was returning from
the peace conference in which
he conducts negotiations in be-
half of the Chinese mission and
was accompanied by several of
his suite. When he was a short
distance from his apartments a
young Japanese ran up to him
and fired a pistol in his face.
The young man was seized and
disarmed by the police. At the
station house he gave his name
as Koyama and his age as 81.
According to the short report
received in Toxic Lis wound is
not dangerous.
LONDON, March pa dis
patch from Toxic says that the
wound received by Ii Hung
Chang is much more serious than
the first reports indicated. The
bullet entered the cheek below
the eye, and the physicians have
not yet been able to extract it.
The condition Of the Chinese
Envoy is critical.
SHANGHAI, March 25.-Twelve
Japanese warships made a con
certed attack on Saturday upor
the forts north of Ma Kong, Pes
cadores. The firing began at L
o'clock and lasted until 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon. The war-ships
then withdrew, but renewed the
attack on Sunday, both by sea
and land. Communication by
telegraph with Formosia has moi
been restored this morning, ano
the land lines communicating
with the Pescadores are still in.
| terrupted.
!, LONDON, March % "A Contra
/ Nea0s dispatch from Toxic says g
| special Gazette has published 9
I message signed by the Emperor
! and the Imperial Ministers de.
ploring the act Of a fanatic
against the person Of the Envoy
under the protection of Japan.
The criminal, the message says,
must be punished according tc
law and the nation must respect
the Imperial orders.