Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 2 | China and Japan

f CHIA AND JAPAN Tak of FormingAuOffensivc and Defensive Alliance Victoria B C AuS 23lai advices from the Orient brought on the steamer Klnshu lar give details of the negotiations nego-tiations for an alliance between China and Japan w1ch were I progress when the Kinshu Maru l f Shortly prior to her departure a secret mission was sent to Japan by thc empress dowager to invite Marquis Ito to China to re fonn the government and also to ask the mikdo to confirm a proposed offensive of-fensive and defensive alliance and if this could not be accomplished to get Japan to consent to help China In de ending the provinces of CheklanS and Fuken from Italy or any other foreign for-eign power In consIderation of which Japan would bc allowed to have the whole and sole exploitation ot the mIne and a majority of the railway lines In the two provInces The mission was also to ask that Japan should undertake under-take the trainIng of ChInese armIes Inconsideration I in-consideration of whIch Japan should return the fleet captured by her at Wel Hei We besIdes one or two other arrangements for mutual benefit which so far have not yet transpIred I was to prepare the way for these secret ne Sotatons that the Japanese govern ment had to urge the departure from Japan of KanS Yu Wel and other Chinese Chi-nese reformers who had taken refuge I there In order not to gIve umbrage to the empress dowager and her supporters support-ers A ShanghaI report says that Japan has guaranteed the territorial Integrity of the valley of the YangTaeKlanS M de Greer RusIan minister has Issued Is-sued a note to the government war inS them that such an alliance would be very offensive to RussIa Advices are also brought of a battle between Formosan soldier and Japanese Japa-nese garrison troops at KeelunS Ten Japanese and thIrtone Formosans ivere killed In conflagration the village of Ech 1jo a wIped out Four hundred houses were destroyed and 10 Japanese were killed The captains boat of the wrecked steamer Nunobiki laru has been found It is feared all were drowned IS the boat was empty A British pilot boat was looted at the mout of the YangTseKianS by Chinese ChI-nese pirates CptIn Robert was Injured In-jured bj pirates and removed to ShanS la for medIcal treatment