Show J1 HOW MUCH WILE 1 BE DEMANDED Question of Terms of Peace Between China and Japan Discussed AN ALLIMPORTANT QUERY < i THE PECULIAR CASE OP TAI AVON I v KCV r I Vj IKSSHCH of Both Armies Up 10 A ovens ber Japanese Capture an Tnt niennc Anionnt of Plunder Chinese Chi-nese Have Lost Twenty Vessel So Far While About Three Heathens nac Fallen for flue lEach of l-Each Jap I Washington Dec 23Recent newspaper i news-paper mail advices received here from Japan show that the question of the terms of peace that Japan will demand from China Is a fruitful subject of conversation con-versation among the natives Opinions Opin-ions however differ regarding these terms and while some journals condemn con-demn they are more specific in their demand than usual One paper asserts that Formosa so important from a military itary and commercial point of view must at all events be taken After detailing de-tailing what an immense expenditure must be incurred by Japan in supporting support-ing Corea and protecting Japanese interests in-terests in the north of China following the papers declare Formosa will have to be annexed as a resource from which to draw receipts at least equal ni the prospective expenditures I Another paper enters a strong protest pro-test against the claims advanced that China must surrender territory entirely out of proportion to the objects for which the war was undertaken I I Looking Up History ri Assuming that the war is practically 1 over > the Japanese are already discussing discus-sing Japans prospects thereafter Mr ftjvanekow the Viceminister of state jp < I for agriculture and commerce has been looking into the history of the United States after the great civil war and to I Germany after the FrancoPrussian war for light on the subject and the I Nosho Musho has been < holding consultations con-sultations about the matter for sometime some-time but the investigations are far i from concluded I Various ministers are personally of the opinion that the extensions of facilities fa-cilities for direct exportation Is of the greatest ihipontance According to a Seoul correspondent things are becoming serious where there is trouble in which Tai Won Kun who is understood here to be practically i prime minister is involved It had its origin in the surrender of Lei Kai a tJ favorite of Tai Won Kun to the Cor t ean police in whose custOdy he is now held Lei it appears took part in all the celebrations of the factions headed by the aged statesman and is there fore acquainted with the prospects Shortly after he was made a police of ficial and had occasion to meet mem bers of the Japanese police now in the capital intercourse with the latter 1 te him an insight into the real inten ons entertained Tjy the Japanese toward to-ward Corea Saw the Lih1 Thus newly enlightened says the respondent his hatred of crooked I artifices and ignorant devices of the actIons with which he had been connected con-nected grew intense and conscience Sinally drove him to confess to the po i lice what he knew of the factions do ings He was placed in confinement and although Implored by several of I the parties against whom he had informed in-formed not to confess he made a abreast I a-breast of all he knew and had done 1 Some objections were made by the Corcan government to the actions oi the Japanese minister Count Inouye for an examination of witnesses implicated impli-cated in the affair the Corean asserting asser-ting that such proceedings would be contrary to he timehonored usages of the country The result of this collision col-lision was not clearly known at the time the correspondent wrote Letters by means of which the factions instigated in-stigated the Tong Hak insurrections together with other documents hearing I on the same department secret descriptions li descrip-tions sent by the Kai Ko Wun to the 1 Chinese generals in the Phyong Yang If have all fallen into the hands of the I Japanese and the sinister project of I II the old gentleman and his followers I r against Japan the correspondent adds t is now an open secret News has come to the United States I by telegraph to the effect that the Japanese government has dispsnsed with the services of Tal Won Tung and the natural assumption is that this was the result of the occurences jeferred to Factional strife in the Corean court Js said by another paper to be the prime cause of all the evils now hampering the countrys progress Lately another bone of contention has been added to accentuate the political confusion already existing in he field of politics It is a question relating to the parentage of prominent members of the government and the present trouble which had its origin in the old Corlean system of concubinage Loc of DotlL ArnilcM A Japanese paper gives a summary of the losses of ithe Japanese and ChIn Chi-n e army up to November 3 exclusive of the baittles at Fung Wang Chang Kin Chan Talien Wan and at Port Arthur This shows thait the Japanese 1 1J lost about 330 killed and 835 wounded while the Chinese lost 4000 killed and 4500 wounded and 10000 were captives cap-tives tivesThe The Japanese have taken 225 cannons besides many dther arms 43000660 cartridges besides enough ammunition to lat a month firing with 20000 rifles 333 banners have been itaken 3400 tents 1000 horses 3000000 taels worth of gold and silver 11905 amie coins 2413 Icokuof rice 5755 koku of unhull ed rtce and in addition sufficient food to last an army of 20000 men three days The Chinese have lost 13 vessels u torpedo boat five menofwar and one of their war vessels captured which t makes a total tonnage of 9850 The number of killed and wounded on the Japanese side at Port Arthur W I > is estimated at over 400 while the enemys loss is estimated at 9000 Again Rented Yokohama Dec 23General Kasura on December 19 attacked General Lungs position seven miles west of Halt Cheng The position was defended defend-ed by 10000 Chinese who were routed I fter four assaults The losses are not 3fter r Fighting Urns Fierce 1onflora Dec 23A dispaitch from An tons says that the Japanese force consisted o four regiments of infantry asid five batteries of artillery The lat ter bomDarded the Chinese who lad Ier established themselves In the village of Xung Wasaitl The Japanese Charged through the Chinese lines The fighting was stubborn the combaltants meeting h fcarul to hand The fight w the fiercest fierc-est chat ha yet token place The Chinese r Chi-nese loss is est trt at 500 killed and wounded The Japanese also suffered severely r CorcanN Defended 4J London Dec 23A dispatch tr > the J Times from Kobe Japan says rhrtii Jj sands of Tonghaks defeated the Cor can garrison of 300 soldiers at Ohalailo then burned their houses The in 1 C lbbt < f the 4twnfled I i reputed reput-ed that a number of Cliii J among the TonghakB 7 f < To Treat foe Peace Tie TsJn Dec 23 Chan r Yea 1Xi1 Ye-a onemb O Tsung Xt aei Shaoyeolien late governor of 1f have been appointed imperial 16m missloners ito 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