Deseret Evening News | 1908-10-15 | Page 1 | Peace Threatened in the Far East

NEO 1 l i J 1 If IfS Serious S riou Arise Ari e Result Engagement Between B Chinese se and Japanese J CROSS JAPS JAP MAY FRONTIER p lIn S t Jl tO o Situation Is lie Hc IS Grave Seoul Oci od 15 l Serious Sellous com c t the tho peace peace of China I and il aS 03 tile result r of o an nn engagement eni between t h nes Japa Japanese I nese noso troops in III which killed or ed cd The llio s iI Chinese arof lice tic to pe 1 lt tl c s t of f a detach detachment ment who are said lo to I been the may Ina result li crossing of or the thc frontier by troops troop i soldiers arb al reported ed to t haYe I opened hostilities 1 by b l upon a po police lice station occupied by b the j ipa troops wiio v to were Into J ia as asa a for the s ct tHere I The fighting that lasted d several s hours h rs and the tho exact t n t a number humbel killed or 01 wounded The commander comIna del of the th Japanese Japan sc garrison garr on Immediately I c lJ for per pel ss the Into Chi Chinese nese riEse lahd ants ats who IO appear tb have enDor cd Iti In the engagement The request vaa ref used se by tho war wal e The rh Japanese J panes foreign has made mader representations r pl Ec to the gov nt at t and an the tho situation to assume a serious s aspect ed e s Chino China takes tak s prompt pl ac tion satisfactory to the Japanese tho l may lI o tive and closs tho frontier in order oder to lo afford rifford protection pO to Korea