Show 1 T ELEC i APHI C CBINtl AND JAPAN San Francisco 30 Per Oily of Pckin long Kong December 1stPrince Kung continues dangerously ill Li Hung Chang is expected in Pckin from Tientsin to assume the duties of foreign affairs Enomoto envoy from Japan was received re-ceived by Tschung Li Yamen on October Octo-ber 30th His arrival was mad the occasion oc-casion for a renewal inquiries concern ng Japans intentions about Loo Choos lands The United States envoy is constantly con-stantly hiurassed on the subject possibly became he was with General Grant when the matter was investigated three and onehalf yens ago The Chinese government is exasper at the sction of France respecting Ton quin The belief is growing that armed resistance will be made to further French invasions Chinas declaratton is unusually unus-ually defiant Cholera is devastating the cities nnd villages in the interior of toe Kwanlung province The American envoy has been competed com-peted to take action against the reive cution at Nan King against Chinese clerks employed by the American firm of W S Wetmore Co at Shanghai Not long since a lactory for cotton yarn was projected by their firm under the conditions of the treaty of Tientsin The Viceroy claimed the undertaking was a violation of the monopoly given to n Chinese company and issued orders forbidding for-bidding Chinee to participate in the foreign for-eign undertaking ant decreed the arrest ar-rest of NVetmores native clerk The alleged ground of arrest was that the clerk bad been concerned in the Saiping rebellion a quarter of a century ago The real offence was believed to be bill taking shares in the new company The United States directed American officials at Shanghai to prevent the arrest and make such representations to Tsung Li Yamer as will lead to the cancelling of the Viceroys orders Diplomatic representatives at Peking unanimously approve the American envoys en-voys action Yokohama 12The Japanese army ts > to be increased by several infantry Ortiments The navy is also to be augmented aug-mented Theso changes were sanctioned by the Mikado on November tweaty second A large convocation of Buddhist Budd-hist priests is put this month at the famous fa-mous temple of Koyasan in the province prov-ince of Kii for the purpose of abolishing the ancient rules against marriage end eating flesh by the clergy Cholera is reported prevalent in and about the espial of Cores |