THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1661, 15 January 1895, Page 2

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Fbr Elrltkio Telegraph—Copyright, Per Press Association. St. Petersburg, January 14. The Novoe Vremya declares that if China and Japan persist m ignoring Russia's friendly counsels Eussia will be compelled to supporther claims m Corea by arms. Shanghai, January 14. Negotiations for peace between China and Japan will begin at Shiroshuma on February Ist. The defeat of the Chinese at Kaipang was due to. a flanking movement. Two hundred Chinese were killed. Ten thousand Chinese, intended as a reinforcement for Kaipang, have now retreated to Yainghstu and the port of Neuchang. The Manchurian Princes have taken the defence of the country into their own hands. Southern Manchuria is said to be m a ghastly condition. The entire

population has perished, regions being reduced to solitudes, through fuel and food being exhausted. Many families have been frozen to death. Five thousand Mahomeden cavalry have arrived m Tientsin. Special to Press Association, 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.