NEWS. OF THE WEEK.
THE news from the Far East is hardly more intelligible this week than it was last. Every now and then a tele- gram disperses for a moment the thick veil of mist, and we see men in the confusion of battle, or ships fighting on the sea. Then the cloud comes down again, and we begin to doubt whether it was not all a vision. Still, it seems an ascer- tained fact that on July 29th the Japanese Commander, General Oshima—an officer trained in Germany—gained a victory over the Chinese, after five hours' fighting. According to General Oshima's telegram to his Government, the enemy's intrenchment at Chan Hon was captured, and more than 500 out of about 2,800 Chinese soldiers were killed or wounded, while on the Japanese side the loss was five officers and 70 soldiers. The enemy dispersed and fled. "We .eaptured," says the telegram, "many flags, four cannon, and a quantity of other material, and, pursuing the enemy, we took possession of their headquarters." It should be added that Chan Hon is near Asan, and that Asan is fifteen miles from Seoul, the capital of Corea.
