THE POWERS AND THE EAST.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1212, 24 May 1895, Page 34

THE POWERS AND THE EAST.

Yokohama, May 14. The Japanese are excited over the cession of the Liao-tong Peninsula, and intensely disappointed at the action of the Government. The Mikado has issued a warning to his subjects to be moderate in their behaviour. Shanghai, Ma.y 18. China objects to European control of her Customs revenue as security for the loan. France, Germany and Russia oppose the proposals of an American syndicate that the latter advance the amount of the indemnity demanded by Japan from China in return for certain railway concessions in China. The Japanese Imperial Guards proceed to Formosa, in consequence of a revolt which has broken out iu the north of the island. A rebel King has been proclaimed, and thousands are said to be flocking to his standard. Chinese soldiers broke out in revolt a,t Shanhaikwan, and are looting the city, from which the residents are fleeing. St. Petersburg, May 18. Kussia has laid torpedoes at the entrance to Vladivostock.

The Russian press demands that a protectorate be established over Corea. Shanghai, May 19. Japan has refused a Chinese request for an extension of time for the transfer of Formosa pending further proposals. Shanghai, May 20. Li Hung Chang’s sen, the Governor of Formosa, has been instructed by the Chinese Government to hand the island over to the Japanese.