Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-12-31
.ALI OVER THE WORLD
RUSSIA MENACED.
Great Britain Strikes Decidedly Hostile
Blow In the Far East.

Great Britain Strikes Decidedly HostHe
Blow In tho Far East.
LONDON, Dec. 2s.-Great Britain has
struck its first blow against Russia
and the far east. This is nothing less
than compelling the Corean king 70
restore to his office the British adviser
to the Corean customs department
This step also means that, II England
can help it, the government OF the
hermit kingdom shall not pass under
Muscovite control. The exciting news
comes in the shape Of dispatch from
Shanghai, as follows:
ut is reported that seventeen
British war ships are off Chemulpo,
Corea, southwest of Seoul, supporting
the British consul's protest, really
amounting to an ultimatum against
the kings practically yielding the
government of Corea into the hands OF
the Russian minister. The protest is
especially directed against the dis
missal of McLeavy Brown, British
adviser to the Corean customs. in favor
of the Russian nominee. The news
has produced CONSERVATION at Seoul,
which is heightened by the knowledge
that Japan has fleet of thirty war
ships awaiting the result OF the British
representation that Japan fully sup
ports. Japan is irritated by the
arrival of Russian troops at Corea, and
it is believed that she will oppose
them. According to advices from
Toxic, Japan has offered to assist the
officers at Pekin in drilling the Chinese
army and to consent to q postpone
ment of the war indemnity. Many OF
the v,ceroys and Pekin officials favor
the proposal"
According to dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai, it is reported
there, from reliable sources, that a
British force landed at Chemulpo on
Saturday aad caused the reinstatement
of McLeavy Brown. The same dis
patch refers to "a native rumor that
the union jack has been hoisted on an
island in the mouth of the river
Yangtse-Kiang."
LONDON, December ga dispatch
from Shanghai says: ut is re-
ported that Japanese fleet OF
twenty warships is waiting near Goto
island outside Of Nagasaki, fully
equipped for war, and only waiting
instructions. This includes the Yash'
ina and the Full, two of the finest
vessels in the Japanese navy, and the
Chen Yuen, that was captured from
China. The Japanese feet, it is un-
derstood is acting in touch with the
British squadron under Vice Admiral
Sir Alexander Butler, commander'in'
chief of the China station Japan
will certainly oppose a permanent
Russian occupation of Port Arthur,
1t is expected that the Japanese fleet
will attempt to to prevent the landing
of achievements from Odessa for the
protection of the Russian trans-Asl'
attic railway in Manchuria.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 3O.-lt is reported
here that the admiral of the French
feet has hoisted the French flag on
Hai-Nar Island. The Chinese offered
no opposition. Hai,Nan Island is of
the south coast of China and separates
the Gulf of Tonquin from the China
Sea. 1t has an estimated area of
H. 900 square miles and population
of 1000, 900 Chinese, exclusive ,of wild
tribes in the interior
LONDON, Dec. 31.-The Daily Mail
has received kilograms from Hong
Kong and Tonquin denying the report
of the French occupation of the island
of Hai-Nan, but it regards 1t as
morally certain that Hai-Nan was
occupied about fortnight ago, when
Port Arthur was occupied by the Rus
SLAMS, the other coincidence forming
the suspicion that France and Russia
were acting in concert.