The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-03
WHOLE WORLDS WAR NEWS
REPORTED CLASH BETWEEN BRIT
ISL AND RUSSIAN YEsSELS.

An English Admiral Said to Have Fired on
II Russian Man-of-War in Chinese
Waters-British Advance Very Near to
Khartoum-Insurgent Force of 10000
Men Enter Mantanzas Province,
London, Jan. "A sensation has been
caused by a rumor from Plymouth that
the English admiral has fred on Rus
sian man-of-war in Chinese waters.
Nothing is known as to the matter at
the foreign office or the admiralty. The
morning papers publish also a state
ment to the effect that England is press
ing China to declare Port Arthur free
port. 1t is supposed that the presence
of British warships there is intended to
insure free access of trading vessels
A dispatch to the Times from Pekin
says: 1.-THE arrangements with Russia
for the guarantee loan are actively
proceeding and when completed, the
Russians on the plea of supervising the
collection Of land tax will obtain the
right to enter every Yamen In the EN-
pire." The st. Petersburg correspon-
dent Of the Times says: 1T Is reported
that China has given consent to Rus
sian surveys for railway to Port Ar
thur as branch Of the Russian Trans
Manchuria railway and not mere ex-
tension of the Chinese Tien Tsin rail-
way. 1t is also stipulated that the rout
is to avoid Mukden, the capital city
of the Chinese dynasty.
Mukden is the capital of the province
of Lee Tong, Manchuria and is about
$50 miles northeast of Pekin.' 1t was
the last residence of the Manchuria SOW
ereigns by their conquest of China.
London, Jan 3.-The Cairo CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail says: In
the British advance up the Nile they
have arrived quite close to Khartoum.
The British force will be commanded by
Major General Sir Francis Greenfell.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: Il learn from private sourc-
es that the Italian foreign office has re-
ceived information that Emperor Meni-
lik has summoned the Abyssnians to
arms in support of French enterprises
in equatorial Africa and especially the
plans of the Russian count, Leonteiff,
governor of the equatorial provinces of
Abyssinia. hear that Menilik calcu-
lating upon the remissness of the italian
government purposes an advance to-
ward the coast
The Daily Mail, commenting editorial
ly on the foregoing dispatches from
Rome and Cairo, suggests that the Mar
chand expedition has gone beyond
F'ashoda and reached Khartoum. 1T is
impossible, says the Daily Mail, "for
the expedition to have fought its way
there and it can only have arrived in
alliance with the Khalifa, thus creating
very serious situation. A dispatch
from Cairo on Friday announced that
French expedition had occupied
Fashoda on the Nile about 400 miles
south of Khartoum and that 1t was
reported among the natives that the
| French were descending the river.
| Berlin. Jan. 2.-It is announced that
| China has yielded to the demand of
BARN Heyking, German ambassador
at Pekin for the dismissal of the com.
mandant of the Chinese garrison at
| Tsao Chow, province of Shan Tung, be-
cause of the use of threatening Ian
| guage to the German missionaries there
The Chinese government has telegraph
| ed a dismissal of the commandant
| Baron Heyking in making his demand
| for the dismissal of the commandant
| insisted that a copy of the telegram of
| dismissal should be laid before him
next Thursday. The Tsung Lii Camen
requested the ambassador to grant them
until Saturday before making reply
| to the demand, whereupon he threaten
ed to leave Pekin.
Havana, Jan. 2.-The insurgent gen
eral Francisco Garlic, with 10000 men
has entered Mantanzas province, neai
Hanabana, and is supposed to be OF
| the way to reunite with the concentrat.
ed insurgent forces under Brigadiel
Generals Suarez and Cepero in Havana
| province. Three thousand concentra
dos have been returned to their homes
| in Mantanzas province, railroad trans
portation being provided by the govern
ment. The Diario de la Marina calls
the attention of the authorities to the
pitiable condition of the people of the
town of Alonao Rojas in Pinar del Rit
province During the first ten days O.
December one hundred persons died
Whole families of eight and ten person:
| have perished. OF ninety-two volun
| teers only nineteen are fit for duty, the
remainder being sick with smallpox
Four insurgents belonging to the force
of General Jose Gomez surrendered
with load of $4,000 cartridges on tht
| south coast last week.