THE WAR IN THE EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9628, 28 September 1894, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

THE REPORTED ALLIANCE DENIED.

SEIZURE OF A BRITISH STEAMER.

EMBARKATION OF 30,000 JAPANESE TROOPS.

THE NAVAL BATTLE.

ACCOUNT OF AN EYE-WITNESS.

BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS FOR

HONGKONG.

ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING IN CHINA.

Press Association.Electric Telegraph.—Copy light.

Shanghai, September 26. Japan officially denies the statement than an alliance has been formed with Russia.

The Chinese seized the British steamer Pathan, alleged to be carrying munitions of war.

It is reported that Japan has borrowed five millions in Russia.

The Emperor of China has issued an edict eulogising the heroic conduct of General Tso, and decreeing him posthumous honours.

Shanghai, September 27.

An eye-witness of the recent naval battle between the Japanese and Chinese warships declares that Admiral Ting, of the latter, disposed his ships in such a wedge shape, with the flagship as an apex, that half of the fleet were inactive for fear of hitting friends. The Japanese were thus enabled, he says, to focus the force of their fire on certain vessels.

The Chinese warship King Yuen had 200 shot-holes in her, chiefly from bullets fired by machine guns, and her armour was pierced to a depth of three inches. The Chin Yuen had 120 holes in her bulwarks.

It is estimated that several months will elapse before the fleet is repaired.

The Kuanshi stranded after the engagement, and was blown up. The Yuen accidentally rammed and sank a sister vessel.

The report that a Japanese warship was sunk is re-affirmed.

It is stated that the Japanese ceased the attack owing to a deficiency of ammunition.

A Chinese captain was executed on a charge of cowardice.

The Europeans residing in the Chinese treaty ports are forming a self-defence corps, owing to the hostility displayed towards them by the populace. Loudon, September 27. A draft has been ordered from Aldershot to re-inforce the British force in Hongkong. Tokio, September 26. A second Japanese army of thirty thousand (not eighty thousand strong, as previously reported) has embarked at Hiroshima. Its destination is unknown, but there is a general impression that it is intended to operate independently of the forces at present in the field.