Efforts At Peace Fail

Shanghai, Aug. 9.-11 is officially reported from Tien-Tsin that the efforts of Great Britain and Russia to bring about a peaceful pettlement of the disputes between China and Japan have failed. China is willing to pay an indemnity but she refuses to surrender her suzerainty over Corea. ïhe Chinese governmemt has closed the Amping and Takao lighthouses on the island of Formosa.