The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-12
FRoM THE ORIENT.
China 20 Bald . BIG Fleet Of War
yesneIs.


Advices from China UP to October II and
from Japan TO October /! are as follows:
The North China Daily News refers TO
the receipt OF information from Picking
that fl Is the intention OF the emperor 10
appoint Ii Hung Chang to the post Of re-
organizer of the whole imperial navy.
Then the News adds that the programme
is to build within five years time six large
battieships. twelve first-class armored
cruisers. and twenty second and third
class fast cruisers. Ii, 1t is said. was
greatly struck with the torpedo-destroy-
ers he saw in England. and the result will
be that the government will be advised TO
buy regular fotilla of these fast boats
for the new Chinese navy. IL is further
asserted that Ii received promises from
bankers in England TO provide this money
In return for railway concessions. The
emperor will therefore be advised TO give
up his policy of exclusion and permit for
eigners Especially English) to invest in
Chinese railways.
Fighting In Formosa.
The Hiogo News OF Kobe says: Reports
from Formosa bring matters up to the
end Of September. They are still of the
same nature-heavy firing by considerable
bands of rebels upon dozen or twenty
Japanese. strenuous struggle for varying
periods fight of the former. leaving two.
four or six dead. These rebels bands APP
pear. are pursued by forced marches. are
stricken as above. and disappear again.
The enumeration of lengthy names where
these occurrences take place Is useless,
and to know which particular garrison de-
tached the gallant victors is OF no particu-
lar interest. One point can be added:
The natives of Unrin are fast reoccupy-
ing their houses, are renewing their regu-
lar avocations. and are displaying more
confidence In the ability of the Japanese
to protect them.
Insult to the French Flag.
The Daily Herald of Kobe says: Some
thing extraordinary In the way of DEM
onstration of ignorance regarding inter-
national etiquette occurred this (ThUrs-
day. forenoon. when the n. Y. X. Satsuma
Maru gaily Haunted the Japanese flag at
her fore. with the French tri-color under
II. for the space of about an hour. The
singular combination of bunting awoke no
hostile sentiment for a while as luckily
there was no French man-of-war in har-
Dor: but the apparent insult TO a friendly
nation was spotted by citizen of France
who was bidding farewell to another citi-
zen of the same on board the Northern
Pacific steamship Victoria No sooner did
he see the alien banner iuttering above
the red white and blue than he called q
sampan. wrote a chit demanding on ex-
PLANTATION. and awaited results He
watched the sampan as far as the side Of
the Japanese steamer. and expressed him
self as ready 10 go off and settle matters
at once. IL no conciliatory action were
taken forthwith by Capt. Sommers. Sixty
seconds after the arrival of the sampan
the flags came down. and a moment later
the French flag alone was hoisted. The
honor of la belle patrie was INDICATED.
n.s>~toV Nrs~.
The Hiogo fKobeD News .ays:
Thirty students were injured In a COLI
sion between the Kumamoto and Kago-
shina Middle school scholars on the 10Th
The fracas arose out Of certain combined
outdoor exercises. and police interference
for the time was useless
Nine new banks opened their doors dur
ing September. bringing up the total OF
japanese hanks to LIS. with an aggregate
capital of about s-S 30 600 yen.
The italian minister at Peking tcheva-
lier Bardn who only returned from his
vacation on the 18th ult. succumhed to
dysentery at 10 y. on the Sth
The village OF Shinkairyo. within four
and half miles OF Kelung was raided by
rebels on the 9th uit. Everything was
carried of or destroyed and many uer-
sons were killed. A force of police was
dispatched from Moko In pursuit.
Two sly Portuguese. who since early IN
July have made $is.o by frsudulen. hank
ing operations between Formosa and
Annoy. are badly wanted by the Japanese
police. Hongkong has been secured In
vain. Japan itself won't hold then, long.
The Iiioxo News. published AZ Kobe.
Japan. says:
To the end OF August this year the value
OF the 14S74 bales OF yarn exported 70
China exceeded e2s.o"aoso yen-nearly four
times as much as in tire corresponding
period OF last year The cs-aka ros.nr,
Spinning Company was the largest EXPORT
er. aud the kanegafuchi min second.
Dys~ntery IL Epidemic.
DySentery Is ravaging Motorsshima. I'm
faraguchiker. The island IS some eieh-
teen ri from HaSi on the mainland and
contains n population OF sgS perxors
Their mode Of life Is poverty-stricken. and
there are no means OF combating the dis
ease. Ninety-two cases Occurred bA.ween
September ~ and October 6