THE WAR IN THE EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9719, 15 January 1895, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

BRITISH INTERFERENCE.

EXTREME MEASURES THREATENED.

A FRIENDLY HINT ACCEPTED.

RUSSIA AND COREA.

THE RECENT ENGAGEMENT.

TWO HUNDRED CHINESE SLAIN. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph,—Copyrteht.

Shanghai, January 13. It is reported here that the British Government ordered Admiral Freemantle to use the entire force at his command, if necessary, to prevent the Japanese entering the Yang Tse Kiang River. A friendly hint of this was conveyed to ' Tokio, which explains the inaction of the Japanese fleet since the encounter at the Yalu River.

Shanghai, January 14.

The defeat of the Chinese at Kaiping was due to a flanking movement. Two hundred Chinese were killed.

Ten thousand Chinese, intended as reinforcements for Kaiping, have now retreated to Yangtsu and Pore Neuchang.

The negotiations for peace between China and Japan will begin at Hiroshima on February 1.

The Manchurian Princes have taken the defence of the country into their own hands. Southern Manchuria is said to be in a ghastly condition, and the entire population has perished, some regions being reduced to solitude through the failure of food. Whole families have been frozen to death.

Five thousand cavalry have arrived in Tientsin.

St. Petersburg, January 14.

The Novoe Vreraya declares that if China and Japan persist in ignoring Russia's friendly counsels, Russia will be compelled to support her claims in Oorea by arms.