THE WAR IN THE EAST.
By (Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). Received April 6, at 11.30 a.m. Shanghai, April 5. The Chinese at Haicheng fired on the Japanese officers who held the flag of truce with the view of communicating in regard to the armistice. Five transport vessels, crowded with cavalry and infantry, left the sea port of Shimoniseki in Japan, before the armistice was arranged. Owing to a fear of a Japanese invasion, the Chinese in the southern part of Formosa are fleeing to the northern portion of the island, which is garrisoned by 50,000 experienced, well-found, and wellarmed troops. Additional booms and torpedos have been laid for the protection of Swatow and Canton. I
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6225, 6 April 1895, Page 3
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