CHINA. 



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.1 Ting committed suicide by poison- 



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oommander of tbe military K 



Yang. Gea. Xodxn. now promoted field mar- 



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 uaeaf the 



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 -war in order that th.- 



home in *taie. ami when tbe vessel steamed out deft 

 harbor the Japanese thine, manned their hal 



or Itactfb 

 ing given 



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nd ami a salute in 



Tbie^OMMf>TI 

 g about 600.no quarter be 

 anta. Gen. Wu with tOjOOO 



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of tbe bree 



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v gunboat that rrmaine*! 



Chinese fleet. Tbe foreigneri in the fort 



wie,en American dtiien who had 



been taken off a French merchant vessel at 



1-04. while on the way t., 



Ouna to employ a new explosive against tbe 



Ja|u<ee fleet roken his parole, be 



Jaine~ 



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whrrr thr armaniriit wa. left in |-*iti..n. 



Th.- < 4|>t i Vu.hiianir. Ifc 

 portions at H^Tdbeng andTaiphing 

 Insecure after tbe Chinese had been re- 



from Mongolia, of better fighting qualities than 

 most of tbose that tbe Japanese bad 

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he forces that had been engaged at 



nn. to assume the aggressive again. On 



:nese were driven 

 advanced positions in thr .1 traction of Uao- 



depot of war material, wee burned to tbe 



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\ Negotiations, In spfte of tbe con- 

 Tiumphs of Japanese arms and tbe 

 military helplessness 



timment preatrved it* attitude of proud supe- 

 rionty. ft assumed to place Japan in the posi- 

 tion of suing for peace by giving precedence to 

 tbe proposition of Minister Dun at Tokyo over 

 that made by Minister Denby at Pekin. After 

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reouested an armistice, which waa refused. 

 Chang'Yen-HuaiL late minister to tbe 1 

 States, and Sha, 



hen named as envoys. Wbentbey* 



and met tbe Japanese Prime 



at Hiroshima 



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menuthat thev brought did not *Ule U*t *b- 



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TMnrU-Yamen for iMtrnctiona, ^Tbe J.,*- 



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snip on Feb. 8 mtw f sent lUfwM. 

 After Wei-Hai-Wei had fallen and tbe Japa- 



t tbe cost of 110 Jaoaneee 



us rendering the nght flank secure, 

 and on March la general advance was made upon 



.o united forces of Gen. ' 

 : :imajio. The attack was made simul- 

 taneouelv on the north and southeast at dawn 

 on Mar. li 4. Aft-r a bombardment of two hours 

 tbe Japanese infantry entered the citv. where 

 i fought desperately, hut w. n 

 frradually .Invm Uirk from street to strr 



the Japaneee were in possession of 

 M were blown up with torpe- 

 does, and the town was burned and totally 

 ruined. The Hunan troope of Gen. Wu-Ta- 

 Cbeng fled at the first encounter, leaving tbe 

 bnint of the fighting to tbe forces of 



and wounded, 600 prisoners, 18 guns, many 

 banners, and great quantities of rifles, ammuni- 



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he same day the Chinese from Yin. 



maii k '. attacked 



Gen. NWi's position at Kau.hing. with 10.000 

 men. Tbe Japanese repulsed them eaeih 

 :ncthrm l and capture 



n March 6 wit h trifling lorn Tbegarrisoa 

 of tbe town fled at first sight of the Jananese : 



. few ineffectual 



abota. Tbe troope of Gen. Sung retired arras* 



Mwanl. The first ami second 



armies were now joined at last. IJcnU-Gea. 



Kataura on tbe right advanced toward Uao- 



nese army waa preparing to advance to tbe 

 Urrat Wall and onward to Pekin aa soon as tbe 

 ice should break, the autboritiea at Pekin first 

 listened to tbe enemies of U-Uung-Cbang. who 

 laid to his charge tbe political dasjmUiatioa 

 and n 

 Empress DowagerTbsi old political ally. could 



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not save nun irom ojsgrece, tie wue suippeu 

 of his honors and of all his offices save tbe Vice- 

 roy :ie! 



>nce repealin 

 in th- bandaol < 

 they should be armed with jingak. with wvlab 

 they bad conquered U*tir eaSsaTof old. Tbe 

 * not know that tbe Chinee* 



court at IVk did 



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Flan to save the 

 'rineeKuaf.tbi 

 recall*! to tbe bfsxf of tbe 

 was made chkf of tbe Board 



a*an weU versed in tbe f 



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intrrnatkal dealings, with full 



dude rsaci OB tbe most honors 



could oe obtained. \ 



Japanese aMaiaUaionen might meet Li-Hunr 



t Port Arthur, to which tbe Japanese 

 enl replied with a refusal to treat any- 

 where but on Japanese soO. Accompanied by 



to Japan, after 



