| Show CHINE E CUMP1tY RO TED ONCE MORE Enlistment of Europeans for the Chinese Service Stopped r f PRESS CENSORSHIP HAS BEEN RELEASED NEWS HOWEVER IS HELD AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE 1 Leading Chinese Bitterly Complain of the Manner In Which the War is Being Conducted and Especially Espe-cially Do They Condemn III Hung Change Who They Allege Has Made Their Ration Lose Caste J London Sept 15A dispatch from Seoul Corea dated September 10 says the Japanese forces moving from Gen san completely routed the Chinese at Sing Chuen Both sides are reported to have lost heavily No More European London Sept 15A dispatch to the Times from Hong Kong today says the enlistment of Europeans for the Chinele Chlnee service has been stopped r Seven men belonging to the southern department of the custom service have returned to their former duties The whole southern squadron has been ordered or-dered north Press Censorship Yokohama Sept 15 The vigorous press censorship has been relaxed but I the local newspapers are still prohibited ed from publishing news regarding the progress of the war or the movements of the army or fleets The mikado accompanied mfmdo by mem bers of his court left Tokio September 13 for Hiroschimo the point of embarkation em-barkation of the Japanese troops sent to Corea Two Hnndrcd Were Drowned London April 15A Shanghai dispatch dis-patch announces that six survivors of the Chinese transport Chien which I stranded in Che Tung pass recently i with 1400 troops on board while on its to the island Iwayo of Formosa have arrived r rived there They estimate that about 200 soldiers of the Chien were drowned LI Hung Chanjc Condemned Shanghai Sept 15 Leading China men > bitterly comniain of the manner in which the war Is being conducted They specially condemn Viceroy Li Hung Chang who they declare hast has-t made China lose caste The navy they say remains Idle and the army is no good pertain prominent officials are supposed to keep a number of soldiers i i in regular training for war and it is now declared they make up their quota i of men by enlisting coolies who will not submit to discipline and who cannot can-not endure hardships of troops in service ser-vice Blockaded With Torpedoes Washington Sept 15A dispatch was received at the state department today from Minister Dunn announcing announ-cing that the Japanese government has blockaded with submarine torpedoes the entrance to the gulf of Tokio and the harbor of Nagasaki The United States minister was notified August 17 that the blockade would take effect on August 25 and all vessels be prohibited prohibit-ed from entering or leaving without the conduct of a pilot and the vessel having on board an officer of the imperial im-perial navy No vessels will be permitted per-mitted to leave between sunset and sunrise Those arriving from a distance dis-tance will be notified by government i boats stationed outside the harbor Notice was given by the minister to masters of American vessels I The action was taken for protection against Chinese flets I is the most serious step of war up to date in the II effect upon foreign commercial Interests |
