*ifWe War in Corea.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, 2 October 1894, Page 5

*ifWe War in Corea.

OdiHfiSS) TJJOOPB EVACUATING CORHSA. ■'.".'.■■ PANIC *AT* PEKIN. . Jftbm officially denies the statement thai Ml alUWace has been formed with Bussia. tw^j Chinese eeiaed the British ateamei Pathaoj alleged to be carrying manitiona ol • war. ;■■ Ik W reported that Japan has borrowed X^-000,000 io Russia. "^^TTbe tCmperor of China has iasaed an edict •BJogiiing the heioic conduct of Genera] Tlo< And desrecing him posthumous honors. A/Jjjraft has been ordered from Alder^hot to reinforce the British force in Hongkong.' • Afl eye-witness of the recent naval engageJpeftt between the Japanese and Chinese wjrfchips declares that Admiral Ting, of the Wst% dispoted of hi* ships in such a wedge Write, with tht flagship as apes, that half of we fleet were inactive for fear of hitting ■ trfejftif. the Japanese were tbas enabled, he s1»y», to focue the force of tbeir fire on iertato yefltete* , . '•'< tie Chinese warship King? Yuen had 200 '• ihWfiolea in her, chit fly by bullets fired by ftaOtyine gnns, and the armour was pierced to tMlep'h of 3in. The Chen-Yaen had 120 ioftt lo hor bulwarks It is estimated that pvikm months will elapse before the fleet is -fewM* The Knan*Ohi stranded Utter the and wai blown op, The Isy> y^flMMoideatally rammed and eaek a sister . ;lti|i believed that the Japanese ceased the ftttack owing to a deficiency of atjmuni- • tiod. * A; Chinese captain was executed on a charge of cowardice. ,' ) The treaty between Japan and Corea binds the latter to supply provisions for; jfche' Japanese army and navy. It V spires when ' peace with China is eigne^. Bepoits have reached Washington thati the Jabanese army which embarked at Hir^ffhtma is intended for the invasion of Obina, . and Hfill march upon Pekin. The details of ttoilpeditton are said to have been planned bj Aaaeiican officers. The Obina Merchant Company are selling ,theif «hips to neutral flags. There is a panic in the Chinese mercantile world. Pnrtbpr reports frtm Yaln state. that the , LaafToeb sank by the stern with her bows epirigbt in 90 seconds, A shell burst in the Li -Fein 'a cockpit, killing those in it and wounding a number of the crew, The vessel left the action, ex tin>goiabed the fire, which was the result of the' ihell bursting, and, after transferring the . woofided, re-engaged the Akajes, Tin . captain himself worked the vessel from tbe lopf) iratohiog the torpedos, until the mast; wm«hot away. \ A Chinese coirt>martial is ioquir n; ioto the cowardice alleged fegaiort tue c-ptains. Admiral Ting charges three of the vessels «Hlb leaving without engaging the enemy, Sdthe oaptains of these vessels make as *XOOIB the suddenness of the Japanese Mk. -', ' ;#ke«Tiniea r epecial cotre-pondent eta'ea ,tilu tfcs ooqeussion from the first discharge « the guns capsized everyone oil the bridge, and that the execution of thu Japanese quick-firing guns wae marvellous, !; t?oe of the Japanese vessels w»s sunk and ftoeotheni badly damaged by the fire, aud .« fourth i» iaid to hay.; been so badly injured that her bows wero submerged while Berpfopeller was in tbe air. The Russian -newspapers propose that S&glattd, Kusais, and France should partition and eccupy China aod cause civilisation «od trade, The ' Times' correspondent B»jstb*Uhe v Chioe»i at Yalu tri«d to come "to close quarter*, iv order to ust tbHr hf»vy guos With ifttoc, bu!. the Jipanese dodved and circled round the Chinese chips. They ap ftroaohed sometimes within a thousand yardp, but gener*Hy k^pt mwny at a distance nf from two to four thousand- yard. The quiok'firing guns, throwing a lurge number 01' prt'jectilee, were those which inflicted the ereafett damage,' The rawji wisre not used. The barbettes proved an effective protection, eteel shot making no impression on them. An envoy has arrived at Tokio from Admiral Itb, bringing to the Mikado details of the fight at Yalu. He states that the flagship Matsusima is the only vessel which wiM be compelled to go into dock, The titters are repairing their damages at eea. Admiral Ting tslegrapbs to tbe Emperor of China that the Japanese developed th« Bain attack so suddenly that he was snr> Bounded before he discovered their inten* ' wnv The. filmperor of China is very indignant sit the deception practised in concealing the totieooadition of the army, and is proposing to dismiss tbe mandarins connected with the war. The Chinese troops are evacuating Corea aft} er« being mobilised on the weti bank of the Tala river, The panic in Pekin is increasing, and tbe situation is regarded as nearly hopeless. The Russian consul reports that a dynaßtic war is inevitable. It is expected i that the captain of the Ofaineßa cruiser Kwan^-Yai, which fltranded while fleeing from the enemy, will be be* headed, A Chinese junk incautionsly entering Shanghai harbor was blown to pieces through striking a torpedo. It is reported that Li Hung Ohaog will take tbe field and command in person.