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Show 1 CHINESE SEIZE JAPANESE SHIP Mikado Demands Punitive Measures and Portugal, too, is Incensed at Action of Chinese. Steamer Was In Chinese Waters, Awaiting a 'Pilot to Get to Portuguese Portu-guese Port, When Custom Officials Placed Armed Force Aboard. Victoria, B. C. China has seriously Involved horsolf with both Japan and Portugal by tho seizure of tho Japan-cso Japan-cso steamer Tatsu Marti No. 2, ten miles off Macao, according to ndvlccs received by tho steamer Empress of Japan, which nrrlved Sunday night from Yokohama, and unless Immediate Immedi-ate nnd substantial reparation Is made Japan Is disposed to consider the matter a casus belli. Arrivals by tho Empress of Japan say considerable consider-able excitement prevails In Japan regarding re-garding tho seizure, especially following fol-lowing upon a number of questions which havo recently nriscn between Japan and China. Tho viceroy of Cunton's ofler of n settlement was refused re-fused by Consul Uycno nt Canton, nnd Minister Haynshl at Pekln has mado a strong protest. A British warship was sent from Hongkong to tho Bceno and n cruiser was being sent by Japan. Tho Toklo government states In a noto that it will not bo satisfied .with less titan tho rclcnso of tho steamer, punishment of tho offlcors who seized her for hauling down tho Japanese flog, and compensation.. When tho Tatsu Maru left Japan telegrams In cipher "wero sent to tho Chinese govornmont, In conscquenco of which tho Chlneso gunboat Po Blk, with a number ot foreign-drilled troops on board, put to sea under sealed orders, and tho Chlneso rovo-nuo rovo-nuo cuttor Lung Tslng nnd thrco gunboats gun-boats Joined her. Tho Tatsu Maru was found hovo to ten miles oft Macao Ma-cao In Chlneso wnters awaiting a pilot to got to tno l'ortugucso poru Tho schooner wob seized and 1500 rifles and 40,0000 pounds ot ammunition ammuni-tion which wero manifested, nnd G70 rifles not manifested which woro so-crotod, so-crotod, woro taken. Tho Chlneso commnndnnt, Captain Wo, hauled down tho Japanese flag and replaced it with tho dragon Hag, and placed aimed forceB aboard. Pekln. It Is announced that tho Chlneso government will suVrcnder tho Jnpancso steamer Tatsu Maru, which was seized on February 7 by tho Chlneso customs cruisers outside of Macao whllo unloading a largo consignment con-signment of rifles and ammunition, the rifles numborlng sovornl thousand. thou-sand. It wns originally charged that an attompt was being mado to bring war supplies into China for revolutionists. |