THE WAR IN THE EAST.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2409, 15 January 1895, Page 2

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. Shanghai, January 13. It is reported here that the British Government ordered Admiral Freemantle to use the entire force at his command, it 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. . Received January 14, 5 p.m. St. Petersburg, January 14. The Novoe Vremya declares that if China and Japan persist in ignoring Russia’s friendly counsels, Russia will he compelled to support her claims in Corea by arms. Received January 1?, 10 p.m. Shanghai, January 14. The defeat of the Chinese at Kaiping.was due to a flanking movement. Two hundred Chinese were killed. Ten thousand troops intended to reinforce the Chinese at Kaiping, have now retreated to Yaing-stu and Port Nowohaug. The negotiations for peace between China and Japan begin at Hiroshima on February Ist. Received January 15, 0,50 a.m. Shanghai, January 14. 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 it is reported that the entire population has perished, the region being reduced to a solitude, though, full of food. . Five thousand Mahomedan cavalry have arrived at Tientsin.