THE STTSDAT OKEGKXKiAI?. POKTIAKTff JjUSTTAUT 13. 1S95.
THE RESTRICTION ACT
IT IS AGAI.V TO COME BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT.
To Test "Whether or Xat a. Chinese
Can Land on n. Certlflcate Is
sued ! a Chinese Consul.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The Chinese!
restriction act and the acts supplemen
tary thereto will be the subject of anoth
er decision by the supreme court of the
United States, in the case jfthe appeal
of Chin Yuen Sing, filed today." Sine, who
formerly lived in the United States, was a
passenger on the steamer Sylvia, which
reached New York October 27, 1S31, from
Nova Scotia, and claimed the right to land
upon the strength of a passport, or cer
tificate, issued to him by the Chinese
consul-general, and vised at the New
York custom-house and by the United
States consulate at Halifax. Collec
tor Kilbreth, however, decided against
him, and refused to permit him to land.
He sued out a writ of habeas corpus be
fore Judge Lacomb, who remanded him
to the custody of the collector, on the
ground that under the provisions of the
sundry civil appropriation bill, of Au
gust, 1SW, the only questions for the court
to consider were, "Was the petitioner an
alien, and had the collector made a de
cision upon his right to land? Thereupon
Chin Yuen Sing appealed to the supreme
court of the United States.
The treasury department is informed
that the yachts Lagcnda and Amandis,
which left New Yorl: early in January,
are believed to be on a filibustering ex
pedition. Assistant Secretary Wike has
instructed the treasury officers at Savan
nah, Ga.. and Fernandina, Fla., and other
points south, to look out for them and re
port any suspicious movements in con
travention of the neutrality laws. .
The decision of Judge Cole, of criminal
court No. 2, with regard to the demurrers
entered to the indictments against Have
raeyer, Searles, Shriver, Edwards and Sey
mour, the contumacious witnesses before
the senate sugar-trust committee, which
was announced for today, has been post
poned until Saturday next.
The department of state has been in
formed by the American minister to Mex
ico that Germany and Mexico have rati
fied a treaty providing for a parcel pest.
FOR CUBAN PATRIOTS.
The Myaterlous Cruixe- of a. Yacht in
Florida 'Water.
FERNANDINA, Fla.. Jan. 12. The
statement concerning the arrival of a
vessel, touching at this port, and bound
for Cuba, has been verified by recent de
velopments, and tbls town is enjoying a
genuine sensation. The steam yacht La
gonda arrived last Monday from New
York, ostensibly for the purpose of filling
her coal-bunkers and proceeding to the
"West Indies on a pleasure cruise. The
next day her charterer invited the collec
tor of the port, a local editor, and Mr.
Borden, the Spanish consul, to take a trip
up the St. Mary's river, hoping by the
very audacity of the scheme to disarm any
suspicion that might arise. It afterward
transpired that Mr. Borden was the agent
of the charterer, a Mr. Mantel, and was
looking after the business of the expedi
tion, having chartered the vessel from her
owner, Rev. W. It. Moore, and purchased
coal and other supplies. A few days ago
a number of boxes and cases arrived by
rail for Mr. Borden, and were loaded tn
the yacht. Today one of the same cases
was found floating In the river, aud, on
being opened, was found to contain cut
losses, knapsacks and canteens. It is sup
posed that all were thrown, overboard,
and 'that most of tlem sunk. The yacht
is boing detained by the customs-honsc
authorities, and the next development will
bo when the steamer Baracoa arrives
from Boston. It is said that the latter
vessel, a Norwegian of 500 tons, is due to
morrow, and is under charter to the
ranio people. The expedition is supposed
to be under the direction of Marti, the
Cuban patriot, and peculiar significance
Is attached to the fact of the Spanish
consul being the agent of the vessel. He
claims to be acting only as a ship-broker
and ship agent, which is part of his regu
lar business, and denies that the expedi
tion is other than a pleasure trip. It is
generally believed that the principals
know of the object of the expedition.
The Lngoncln Seized.
FERNANDINA, Fla., Jan. 12. At 5
o'clock this afternoon the steam yacht
Lagonda, of New York, which arrived
here last Tuesday, apparently on a cruise
for pleasure, was seized by Collector Balt
zell, acting under orders from Secretary
Carlisle, on suspicion of having on board
arms and ammunition designed for use in
an insurrection in one of the Central
American states.
IIAYTPS NEW CABINET.
It Is Such an to Commend Ifffclf to
Our Minister.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The depart
ment of state has received from Minister
Smythe, at Port-au-Prince, a dispatch
dated December 2S, announcing the termi
nation of the cabinet crisis by the official
announcement of an entirely new minis
try, as follows:
Finance, M. Callstheno Fonchard; pub
lic wbS&s and agriculture, M. B. Prophete;
interior. M. Papllllon: public Instruction,
M. Lobldon; war and marine, T. Simon
Sam; justice and foreign relations, P.
Faine.
"Among the residents and the business
community," the minister says, "the new
cabinet is considered especially strong,
and. from its personal and geographical
selection and the progressive spirit cred
ited to its members, gives unusual prom
ise of success. The nomination of Mr.
Fonchard as minister of finance is re
garded as a pledge for the rehabilitation
of the treasury on a better basis, and
this is emphasized by the Immediate de
crease of 4 per cent In the price of ex
change. I know little of the new minister
of foreign relations, but all that I can
hear is to his credit. He was a long time
a commissalre of the government, and has
recently been a merchant In this city.
He Is regarded as a clear-headed man of
business, and Is universally conceded an
honest man."
AT "WEST POINT.
The Cadet Renlsmcd. Deficient and
Discharged.
"WEST POINT, N. Y" Jan. li The sec
retary of war has accepted the reslgna
tionsof the following cadets:
E. H. Humphrey, of Nebraska; J. J.
Justice, of Texas: E. It. Thomas, of New
York, and C. Lorlng, of California, of the
third class, and T. C. Curren, of Wiscon
sin, and J. It. Waugh. of the fourth class.
The January examinations are con
cluded, and the classes have resumed
sessions. Twenty-two men were found de
ficient, and 16 were discharged. Of the
deficiencies there was one in the first
class, two in the second class, nine In the
third and ten in the fourth clashes. Those
not discharged were turned back into
lower classes. In the fourth class, the
first five cadets highest in mathematics
are Wotten. of North Carolina; Boggs,
of Pennsylvania; Stephens, of Tennessee;
I Brown, of Tennessee, and Karris, of
New Jersey. In English studies the first
five are "Wooten. Boggs, L. Brown, Ste
phens, and Dougherty of New York.
OTHER NATIONAL NEWS.
Hoke Smith's Plain Talk.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. The secretary
of the Interior has given out the follow
ing statement: "The attention of the in
terior department has been railed to a
circular letter, the purpose of which Is
to effect an organization of the registers
and receivers of the local lard ofilces and
the surveyor-general, to raise a fund to
defeat certain proposed legislation. The
Impropriety of subordinate officers
of the department attempting to
counteract by a paid lobby the
suggestions from the department, is
so manifest that it meets with the se
verest condemnation of the secretary of
the interior, and it is not Improbable that
some of the officers who have been most
active in this matter will have no occa
sion in a short time to take any interest
in whether the offices they hold now are
abolished or not."
To Crubie to San DIesro.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Rear-Ad-mlral
Beardslee, United States navy, com
manding the Pacific station, will, tomor
row morning, take the flagship Philadel
phia to Mare island for coal, with the
Intention of returning to this harbor for
a stay of three days. In the meantime,
the Bennington, Ranger and another naval
vessel will prepare for a cruise to San
Diego with the flagship. Admiral Beards
lee will maneuver the fleet at sea.
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Cabinet Council Anxious for the Lib
eral Party's Safety.
LONDON, Jan. 12. The proceedings of
the cabinet council, which was held last
Thursday, and about whose deliberations
there has been so much speculation, were
by no means as vitally Important as was
supposed. The council began with the
arrangement of parliamentary work for
the coming session, the sequence of meas
ures to be Introduced and the manner in
which they should be presented. These
questions being decided, the construction
of the queen's speech was taken up and
the question exhaustively debated. These
topics constituted all of the mattera dis
cussed by the council that were of pub
lic interest. The rumors which have been
widely circulated of grave dissensions
over the questions as to the advisability
of an early dissolution in view of the
parliamentary, situation and the order in
which bills shouid be introduced are ut
terly without foundation, and the stories
that serious differences have arisen be
tween Lord Rosebery and Sir William
Harcourt are exactly the reverse of the
truth. All of the well-informed adherents
qf the ministry know that the cabinet is
united and in thorough accord as to the
policy toibe pursued, though the ministers
have not yet decided upon the line of
parliamentary tactics which will yield
the best results. In minor matters the
cabinet is united, but the leading and
delicate question, how to mention the
house of lords In the speech from the
throne, was keenly debated in council
and the various propositions submitted
were exhausively discussed. If the omis
sion of any reference to the house of
lords from the queen's speech could
thwart the machinations of the opposi
tion, which Is trying to force the gov
ernment Into declaring Itself upon this
question early in the session, the matter
would be gladly ignored, but the ma
jority of the cabinet, in view of the of
ficial utterances of Lord Rosebery and
Mr. Campbell-Bannerman upon the sub
ject, is of the opinion that the government
is already committed to a declaration
and must open parliament with a formal
announcement of its policy in regard to
the upper house.
Lord Rosebery" and Professor James
Bryco are to speak at the universal suf
frage congress at Cardiff, January 18,
when it is understood that the premier
will promise the executive committee of
the National Liberal Federation a full
statement of the government's programme
in regard to the house of lords. The con
gress will afterward wind up its session
with the passage of a resolution reaffirm
ing the anti-lord's declarations of the
Leeds conference. ",
In regard to dissolution, the leading
members of the liberal party recognize
the fact that the uncertainty of the gov
ernment's position may precipitate Its fall
within a fortnight after the resumption
of the session of the house. The minis
terial whips report that, according to the
most reliable information obtainable, the
government's majority of 10 in the house
depends upon the adhesion of the radical
wing to the ministry, the full vote of the
McCarthyites and the abstention of the
Parnellites from voting with the conserv
atives. Still the government is confident
that it will be able to hold out till the
main measure and a popular budget are
introduced, and these are relied upon to
gain sufficient adherents to enable it to
pull through. Sir William Harcourt ex
pects that the showing of a substantial
surplus will enable the government to
shape the budget so that it will appeal
successfully to the people in the next
election, and it is believed by the liberal
leaders that their internal discords will
not prevent the McCarthyites from meet
ing in parliament with a united front.
Mr. Healy, when the party meets in
February, will resume his fight over the
constitution of the Irish committee for the
session, hoping to overthrow the vote or
last March, when Arthur O'Connor and
Florence O'Driscoll were ejected from
the committeo at the meeting of the com
mittee in Dublin. The repeated attempts
to readjust the squabble between the
Dillonites and the Healyites have not
yet been successful, but whatever the
outcome of the feud may be, the-existing
differences will not affect in the slightest
degree the presentation of a compact front
by the McCarthyite party.
The conference of the federation of
miners has decided not to support the
coming trades-union congress, which has
been projected and summoned on the eve
of a creneral election. The congress was
initiated by Keir Hardle. John Burns and
other labor leaders, with a viaw of com
mitting, the trades-unionists to the sup
port of the socialist candidates for par
liament and the decision of the miners'
congress Is a serious blow to the hopes
of the socialistic unionists.
The Harland Ship Building Company of
Belfast is in negotiation with a Liver
pool ship-building company for the con
struction of two Atlantic line steamers,
each to be 1000 feet long.
MATTERS OF FINANCE.
Nevr York's Associated Banks.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The weekly
state of the associated banks shows the
following changes:
Reserve, increase $3,930,130
Loans, decrease 3,707.4X)
Specie, decrease 354,300
Legal tenders, increase 6.923,20)
Deposits. Increase 2,555,000
Circulation, increase 21.400
The banks now hold $41,792,200 in excess
of the requirements of the 25 per cent
rule.
Neiv Evidence Discovered.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Counsel for
the contestants of the will of Mrs. Anna
L. Murphy, which involves the disposition
of about 5S0.OM, have filed formal notice
for a new trial, on the ground of newly
discovered evidence, and errors In the. re
cent trial. The supreme court a short
time ago rendered a verdict against their
claim.
The Montserrat's Captnln's "Will.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. The will of
Captain David O. Blackburn, of the lost
Montserrat, was filed for probate today.
It was executed September 19. He left
an estate valued at $5009.
Brazilians nno Urojrnayans Fljht.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 12. A detach
ment of Brazilian troops, which was
hotly pursuing a number of insurgents in
the province of Rio Grande do Sul, crossed
the Uruguayan frontier. A force of Uru
guayan troops opposed the advance of the
Brazilians, and the two detachments
opened lire on each other. One Uruguay
an officer and three Uruguayan soldiers
were killed.
CAI TSEY MAKE IT?
PEACE C03IMISSIONERS ON THE
"WAY TO JAPAN.
No Notice Given. Thnt Shao Will Not
Be Received by- the Japanese
G o vcrnm cnt.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Mr. Kurino,'
Japanese minister, says he expects the
peace negotiations between the plenipo
tentiaries of China and Japan will begin
about February 1. The Chinese peace
commissioners left Peking the 7th inst. It
Is expected that ex-Secretary John W.
Foster, who Is to assist the Chinese en
voys in the negotiations, will be on hand
February 1. Minister Kurino has not yet
received any direct information as to who
will conduct the negotiations on the part
of the Japanese government, but he
naturally presumes Mr. Mutsu, minister
of foreign affairs, will be the Japanese
representative. The minister says the
newspaper reports to the effect that his
government had given notice it would not
receive Shao, one of the Chinese pleni
potentiaries, because of the tetter's procla
mation offering rewards for Japanese
heads, is incorrect.
Chinese Retiring to the Great "Wall.
LONDON, Jan. 12. A Tien-Tsin dispatch
says the Japanese are steadily advancing
upon Kin-Chow, and the Chinese are
slowly retiring to the great wall, where
they Intend to make a stand. The prog
ress of both is impeded by the snow.
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Complete Details by Steamer of Af
fairs in the Orient.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The steam
er Belgic arrived today from Yokohama
with the following advices to December 23:
The Japanese government has publicly
announced that the emperor of China has
signified his desire to terminate the war
and has appointed one of the members
of the tsung-li-yamen of the highest of
ficial rank, named Chang Ying Houen, to
proceed to Japan and arrange terms of
peace. The Japanese were by no means
sure that China was acting in good faith
and they still have doubts as to her sin
cerity. In any case, they are far from
being confident that the first negotiations
will progress satisfactorily. It may even
be said that they more than anticipate
the possibility of a failure to agree. It
was not with absolute unanimity that the
Japanese authorities consented to receive
a suppliant for peace at this juncture.
The cooler heads in the cabinet have for
some time been favorable to a speedy
suspension of hostilities, and Count Ito
and Viscount Mutsu, who lead the minis
try Intellectually, will be ready to con
clude a peace at once with Chang Ying
Houen on terms which, while honorable to
their own country, would not be con
sidered illiberal to the enemy. But the
war party is represented to some extent
In the administration, and its influence
is much too powerful to be disregarded
or, for the present, held in control.
Many of the military leaders look upon
China's submissive proposals as a-mere
incident of the struggle, which will not
be permitted to impede the advance of
the army or prevent the occupation of
Peking. The government means to act
candidly and straightforwardly. If the
Chinese commissioner is authorized to
treat on the basis which the conquerors
consider indispensable, a settlement may
be made without excessive delay; but the
Japanese do not think it probable that he
will accede to their conditions or come
anywhere, near them. That he will not
do o Is the scarcely concealed hope of
th.e,AtallIfarj 'leaders; and, ,with the un
certainty of the cabinet on the one hand
and 635 the other the determlnatlon'o the
army" and navy and their powerful sup
porters that the fighting shall go on until
a heavier chastisement shall have been
inflicted, it would be premature to assume
positively all warlike operations are about
to end.
Altogether, China's condition is misera
ble. Union and concord seems to be quite
impossible to her officials at a time when
the safety of the state demands the most
thorough co-operation. A great many
people have been puzzled to understand
how forts so powerfully armed and skill
fully disposed as those at Port Arthur
were captured by the Japanese with so
little difficulty. The explanation is sim
ple. The strongest fortress in the world,
if it has to depend for its defense upon
artillery fire alone, becomes compara
tively weak. The Chinese had 10,000 in
fantry at Port Arthur, yet they did not
put a single rifle into the forts. They left
the gunners to keep out the enemy as best
they could, and the result was that the
Japanese, moving rapidly out of the zone
of artillery fire, entered the forts with
trifling loss. It "was a singular specimen
of generalship on the part of the Chinese.
They massed their infantry outside the
town and made a brief show of re
sistance in the open, but it did not, ap
parently, occur to them that 10,000 rifles
distributed among 20 forts might have
made the position invincible.
After the capture of Port Arthur,
there were found among the archives
copies of letters addressed by Admiral
Ting to Sheng, the taotai of Tlen-Tsin.
From these letters it is apparent that
the celebrated Pel Y'ang squadron was
so terribly mauled in the naval battle
of September 17 as to be incapable of re
newing the fight, unless extensive and
tedious repairs were effected. The Chi
nese admiral urged that two powerful
ironclads and eight cruisers be immedi
ately purchased. Without an addition of
at least that strength, he declared that
to engage the Japanese again would be
merely to lose his ships. He observed
that the difficulty of purchasing men-of-war
from neutral powers during the ex
istence of a state of hostilities need not
prove serious, if only a sufficient amount
of money be put up. These utterances,
coming from such a source, explain the
extraordinary Inaction of the Pel Y'ang
squadron during the Japanese operations
against Tallen and Port Arthur, and
show also that nothing serious need be
apprehended from the Chinese northern
vessels throughout the campaign.
There was at one time a strong dispo
sition in Japan to send troops into winter
quarters and defer further military opera
tions until spring. Climatic obstacles are
almost insurmountable and it seemed
questionable whether results could be ob
tained commensurate with the expense
and suffering Involved. But the idea has
been abandoned, chiefly in recognition
of the fact? that any cessation of activity
would Inevitably weaken China's sense
of what she has suffered and render her
more obdurate than ever. Japan means
to fight on unremittingly. Preparations
for the dispatch of a third army corps
have been completed and troops are ex
pected to embark within a few days.
Their destination is kept profoundly se
cret. Wei-Hal-Wei has been talked of
very generally. But Wei-Hai-Wei is on
the opposite coast of Pe-Chi-Li gulf from
Port Arthur, and is. moreover, isolated
from the inland districts by mountains
difficult for an army to cross. If Japan
sent a corps there her forces would be
dangerouhly scattered. The disposition
of troops at present is as follows":
One division of the Japanese army being
at"Chlu-Lien and Feng-Hwan; one at
Hal-Cheng and New Chwang, 100 miles
away: two at Port Arthur and KJn-Chlw,
on the Llau-Tung peninsula, and one on
the opposite shore of the Gulf
of Pe-Chl-LI, the difficulty of pre
ferring communication with the va
rious forces would be very greaz.
It is doubtful whether Japan has
sufficient transports for the purpo3a
or sufficient men-of-war to convoy the
transports. Besides, a. corps d'arme
landed on the shores of Shan-Tung
would have no objective" but Wei-Hai-Wei.
It Is true the loss of Wel-Hal-Wel
would deprive China of every fortified
port of refuge in the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li.
But. on the other hand, Wei-Hal-Wei
once taken, the 'troops engaged in the
operation would he quite out of the arena,
so far as an advance upon Peking is
concerned. To take part In that opera
tion they would have to be retransported
over sea. These considerations lead
many to doubt whether the third army
will go to Wel-Hal-Wel. The alternative
is that it will be united with the second
army, now on the Llau-Tung peninsula,
and that the two will make descent upon
Shan-Hai-Kwan, thence ultimately to
march upon Peking. From Kaiping, near
the head of the Liau-Tung peninsula, to
Shan-Hai-Kwan is 230 miles, and from
Shan-Hai-Kwan to Peking ISO miles. Some
predict that the secend and third army,
moving northward, will combine with the
left wing of the first at Kaiping, and that
the three will together march overland to
Shan-Hai-Kwan. It would be a tremen
dous undertaking to move 40.000 men over
400 miles of country in midwinter. Yet
to land 25.0&0 on a shallow shore at Shang-Hai-Kwan,
where the Ice is already thick,
is an equally formidable task. Hence
the public awaits with keen interest
Japan's next move.
An official report from the commander
of the First corps dfe'arme, dated Decem
ber 22, giving details of the capture of
Hal-Chlng and Tuk-Muk, have been pub
lished in Hiroshima. It is nearly the
same as the Yomlurl's report. Following
are the main points of the report: Two
thousand five hundred koku of cereal3
were found at Hai-Chlng; the commissary
road to this point was completed Decem
ber 15; the telegraphic wires running to
Hai-Ching have been cut in various places;
the cold there is Beyond comparison, se
verer than that at Antung, though the
snow is less than a foot deep. Many are
having swollen ears and sore feet. The
frost and snow- of many days became
hard, slippery and bright as glass, -and
walking was very difficult. According to
the official report from the Third division
at Hai-Chlng. dated December 2T, in the
battle of Kung-Wa-Sai, December 19,
Sub-Lieutenant Tanaka, of the Eighteenth
regiment, and sub-Lieutenant Miura, of
the Seventh regiment, were killed, while
Major Okadoto, Lieutenant S. Chiakl and
Shibayama, of the Sixth regiment; Lieu
tenant Miyake, sub-Lieutenants Omuro
and Kajawari, of the Eighth regiment:
Captain Uno, sub-Lieutenant Igarashi, of
the Seventh regiment; Captains Morikawa
And Tsukamoto, and Lieutenants Hira-
oka and Takashima, of the Nineteenth
regiment, were wounded.
When the third Japanese army is in the
field, Japan will have 75,000 men fighting
her battles beyond the seas. It is an im
mense military undertaking. Great Brit
ain is generally supposed to be best cap
able of such efforts, but Great Britain has
never sent over seas an army of 75,000
men, or even one-half of 75,000 men,
equipped according to modern standards.
When Japan commenced her Meiji re
forms, her military ambition did not ex
tend beyond playing a subsidiary role in
the drama of war. She hoped some day
to demonstrate her ability to plant and
maintain a corps d'armee of 25,000 men upon
any point of Asia's littoral, and to support
it by a fleet of 30 vessels. That degree of
competence established, she thought that
her alliance might be welcome to any
great power engaged in an Asiatic cam
paign. She has now far exceeded the lim
its of her original aim. Has her ambition
grown, other things being equal, with
her capacity to satisfy it?
The New York World's war correspond
ent has returned his passport to the Jap
anese government, and announced his in
tention pf C'jyfc&to China and perhaps
attaching himsii&rlto the Chinese army.
His act is already .cqnstrued into a moral
demonstration lagalnst the Port Arthur
excesses. But the truth is that, after his
sensational, writing, no Japanese general
woiKd help him to the front, even if he
made the attempt. To abstain from tak
ing the field again with the Japanese
troops becomes, therefore, a necessity, and
naturally its victim will seek to convert
It into merit All other correspondents
are hastening back to the scene of oper
ations, after a brief spell of rest and com
fort in Japan.
The Japanese parliament, after organiz
ing December 24, listened to the reading
of the emperor's speech by Count Ito. On
the 25th, the replies of both houses were
voted, and an adjournment was taken over
the holidays to January 8.
Subscriptions to the second war loan
arc close upon 100,000,000 yen nearly double
the amount called for.
"MUST NOT BE KILLED."
The Label Pnsted on the Inhabitants
of Port Arthur.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Japanese
newspapers, of dates up to December 19,
received at the Japanese legation in this
city, discuss at great length the killing
of Chinese at Port Arthur, after that
stronghold had fallen. The vernacular
press is practicaly a unit in vindicating
the conduct of the Japanese soldiers. The
atrocities are not denied, but are excused
on the ground that the Japanese were
so wrought upon by the sight of their
dead comrades that they gave no quar
ter. One journal says that so furious did
the troops become when thus incited that
the officers were obliged to resort to past
ing labels on the inhabitants of Pogti Ar
thur, bearing the words, "This person
must not be killed."
The reason for the retirement of the
tai-won-kun, the king's father, as regent
of Corea, is given in an account of an In
terview between the regent and Count
Inouye, the Japanese ambassador at
Seoul, in which the letters sent by the
regent to Chinese generals were produced
by the count The letters were of a seri
ous character. They promised the Chi
nese generals that, on the approach of the
Chinese troops at Seoul, the regent would
instigate the Tong Haks, an organized
body of merciless Chinese guerrillas, to
attack the Japanese in the rer. The tai-won-kun
apologized heartily to Count
Inouye and declared that he would show
his repentance by not taking any further
part in the active politics of Corea. Count
Inouye has placed before the king of
Corea a programme for the reform of
the kingdom, with which the king has
expressed himself satisfied. Some of the
reforms which the king Is called on to
make are reported to be as follows:
To manifest that Corea has disclaimed
the alleged suzerainty of China; to place
the independence of Corea on a firm
basis; to remedy abuses in the collection
of taxes and salaries; to dispatch prom
ising men for study in foreign countries;
to establish a civil service to set up a dis
tinct line of demarkatlon between the
court and the executive, and to determine
the national policy of the country and to
proclaim it throughout the kingdom.
The Japanese have acknowledged the
neutrality of the Red Cross Society in a
practical manner. A Chinese steamer, fly
ing a white flag under the colors of the
society, entered Port Arthur just after it
had fallen and asked permission to carry
away the wounded Chinese for medical
treatment in Tien Tsin. Field Marshal
Oyama refused the application, because
the wounded Chinese were prisoners of
war and were receiving medical attention
like that given wounded Japanese. It is
said that a .number of foreigners, includ
ing an American, were on board the
steamer directing the mission in behalf of
a branch of the Red Cross Society estab
lished in Tien Tsin. apparently through
the efforts of the United States consulate.
The establishment of the Red ross in
China is under the immediate auspices of
I LI Hung Chang.
The Chinese are making great prepar
ations for defending the Island of For
mosa, which the Japanese may demand
as part indemnity. Several Chinese men-cf-war
have been sent there.
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THE AMBITION" OP THE EMPEROR
OF GERMANY.
As His Grandfather Mndc a Powerful
Army, So He WIslics to Found
a. Powerful Xavy.
BERLIN, Jan. 12. The great social and
political function of the week was "the
emperor's party at the new palace in Pots
f,m int TiipsIjiv Avrminir. Amontr those
present were Dr. Miquel, Herr von Iev
etzow, members of the civil and military 1
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perlal household and 25 deputies- The
company gathered In the great hall. Af
ter cigars had been handed around, the
emperor took the party to a salon. The
guests were seated In a semicircle fac
ing a wall covered with numerous maps
and sketches of maritime defenses. The
emperor wielded the pointer and spoke
VJz hours on the necessity of strength
ening the German navy. In the opinion
of the deferential listeners it was a mas
terly address. At the supper which fol
lowed the lecture there was a copious
supply of beer and cigars to stimulate con
versation. The emperor, as usual, did a
large part of the talking. He was en
thusiastic in his praises of Japan's mil
itary prowess, and discussed with hardly
less gusto her great naval victories. Be
fore the evening was over he had talked
with every deputy present concerning his
pet naval plans. The Hamburgische Cor
respondent, which gets occasional hints
from the Wilhelm Strasse, says:
"The emperor's design Is to reinforce the
navy with a number of swift cruisers. As
Emperor William I. made a powerful
army, so the present emperor will found
a powerful navy of the first rank."
The position of Dr. Carl von Boetticher,
vice-president of the Prussian council of
ministers and the imperial secretary of
state of the government, is declared to be
shaken. This information, in view of what
is credibly said to have occurred at the
cabinet council early this week, need not
cause surprise. During the debate on the
anti-revolution bill in the reichstag, Tues
day, Prince Hohenlohe presided at a meet
ing of the ministry, and the question of
dissolving the reichstag was for the first
time discussed at the instance of the
chancellor. Dr. von Boetticher. who, like
Freiherr von Blebersteln, has thus far not
lifted a finger on behalf of the passage
of -the bill, declared that it was his con
viction that the measure was sure of be
in lofontorf in th reichstasr. Freiherr
von Blebersteln expressed the same opin
ion, and hence the reports of further
changes m the ministry.
The statements of members of the cen
ter party, during the debate on the anti
revolution bill, bear out the previous un
derstanding that the support of the cen
trists in the attempt to pass the measure
will only be given if the government con
cedes their demands, notably the retun
of the Jesuits to Germany, and after im
portant modifications have been made in
the bill itself. That some legislation in the
agrarians' Interest will be submitted by
the government appears now to be pretty
certain. In view of the utterances of the
emperor during the last few days and
other incidents. His majesty is known
to have impressed the ministry at a recent
meeting with the necessity of providing
for the needs of husbandry and Wednes
for the needs of husbandry, and Wednes
ner with the officers of the Hussar body,
"ivpn at Potsdam, the enmeror being the
guest of the Hussars, he remarked:
"Something must De aone ior our imers
of the soil, or the prosperity of the whole
country will be seriously affected."
It is a significant fact, in connection
with the agrarian question, that the ag
rarian leader. Count von Morbach, whose
name, it will be remembered, was struck
from the list of the emperor's guests at
the banquet at Konlgsberg last autumn,
has just issued an electoral address, in
which he says that he was greatly pleased
during his recent stay in Berlin to per
ceive that the high authorities are now
convinced that oqly by working in unison
with the views of the conservative party
can they accomplish any gobd for the
fatherland.
It was announced this afternoon that
Chancellor Hohenlohe will start tomorrow
on his long-talked-of visit to Prince Bis
marck, who is now at Friederlchsruh.
This visit had been postponed during the
Christmas recess, owing to the fact that
Prince Hohenlohe has been suffering from
an acute attack of neuralgia in the face.
Prince Bismarck, in spite of his Intense
grief at the loss of the princess, his wife,
remains in fair health. The reports pub
lished in some newspapers that his men
tal powers are falling are quite unfound
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the emperor, returned to Berlin today,
after accomplishing the imperial mission
of presenting Prince Bismarck with a gift
of flowers, yesterday being the anniver
sary of the prince's memorable speech
in the reichstag, advocating an increase
of the strength of the German army. The
emperor's aide-de-camp brought back
from Frlederschsruh a letter, in which
Prince Bismarck heartily thanked the em
peror and expressed great regret that
the state of his health prevents him from
coming to Berlin in person. A certain
newspaper of Berlin professes to know
that the emperor Intends to visit Prince
Bismarck, at Schoenhausen, at the begin
ning of March. This statement, however,
lacks confirmation.
The American consular reports from "he.
various districts, of Germany for the last
quarter are favorable to Germany's export
interests. The Hamburg' district shovs
an increase of $500,000 over the same
quarter of 1S91; Breslau shows an increase
of $350,000; Mayence, $150,000; Mera, $1,700,
000: Magedeburg, $600,000; Chemnitz, $300,
000; Galuchaus, $523,000; Berlin, $250,000.
From nearly all of the other districts a
great increase is reported.
Lieutenant Hoffman has mysteriously
vanished from the garrison of Harburg.
He is supposed to have committed sui
cide, although he had his baggage and
400.000 marks with him. The reason for
this supposition is that part of his bag
gage was found on the banks of the Hal
ensee In the Gruenewald.
Thirteen cadets 'belonging to the ord
nance school, at JIadgeburg, who were Im
plicated in the recent acts of insubordina
tion, were taken today to the fortress of
Spandau. where they will serve long terms
of imprisonment, after having been de
graded. Emperor William has caused a huge
lawn-tennis court to be erected for win
ter use In one of the largest halls of the
exposition, near the Lehrte depot. It will
be used by the whole court for the next
three months.
It is rumored here that Count Herbert
Bismarck, eldest son of the chancellor,
will be appointed German ambassador at
Washington, tQgucceed Baron von Saur
ma Jeltsch.
The socialists continue making a hard
fight against the government. The Vor
waerts announces that during the past
month 40 socialist editors have been sen
tenced for various offenses.
Two hams, imported from America,
have been seized in this city, because
they were strongly infected with trichinae.
A Russian hog has also been seized for the
same- reason.
Henry Villard has announced his inten
tion of residing In Berlin in the future.
Lately he has been living in Munich.
BERLIN. Jan. 13. It is now said that
Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe will start
for Friedrlchsruh to visit Bismarck today.
A TURBULENT CHAMBER.
The French House Attacked By One
of Its Members.
PARJS, Jan. 12. Several deputies have
issued a manifesto protesting against the
rejection by the chamber of deputies of
M. Miller, and the motion to release M.
Gerault Ricard from prison, in view of
the fact that he had been elected a
member of the chamber. M. Gerault
Ricard is undergoing one year's imprison
ment, to which he has been sentenced for
making an attack upon President Caslmir
Perier In L'Echonmard. The manifesto
make3 a violent attack upon the minister
and chamber of deputies. It also accuses
the government of compelling the major
ity of the chamber, by threats, to vote in
a manner opposed to the sovereignty of
the people.
In the debate on the budget today, D
puty Rouanet, socialist for a metropolitan
district, caused a tumult by making a
general attack upon the character of the
house. The majority of the members, he
said, were morally unfit to perform any
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For Plotting: Agralnst the Kins.
BELGRADE, Jan. 12. Ex-Minister
Tauschanovies, Deputy Tajeios and three
other persons have been sentenced to
three years' imprisonment, and ex-Deputy
Gublnatz to two years, for plotting to
dethrone King Alexander.
The Antl-Revolntion. Bill Referred.
BERLIN, Jan. 12. The preliminary de
bate on the anti-revolution bill was con
cluded in the reichstag today, and the bill
was rpferre1 to a cqmmitte of, 28 mem
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BRISBANE, Jan. 12. Official .returns of
the production of sugar In Queensland for
the past year show the output exceeded
that of 1893 by 10.000 tons.
Another Storm in EnRlnnrt.
LONDON, Jan. 12. A terrific gale, ac
companied by a heavy snow storm, is rag
ing over South Devonshire. The snow is
several feet deep.
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