The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-28 00:00:00

JOURNALS,

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officers appears to stand on a similar footing --
vritir
of Mr. Richardson, and, like it, to have bee fact"
out the slightest provocation. • Both crimes, lund
may be distinctly referred to national jealousy, a
a,
it is this circumstance which gives them their Pares
mount importance. With the actual circulnataullircl
under which Major Baldwin and Lieutenant i.vtile
met their deaths we are still unacquainted ; 1311" on.
events immediately preceding the crime throw coo
siderable light on what subsequently follow officers
the morning of the 21st of November the two into
left Yokohama on horseback on an excursion lac'ic
the interior, and at about half-past ten &clew
arrived at a village called Enosima. This Place ce
left at mid-day, and on the same night intellgen,„
was received at Yokohama that the two gentlen!74
had been found murdered near some cross roads
which they would have had occasion to pass on theythe
intended route. Shortly after daylight two of
the
foreign Consuls at Yokohama, the Interpreter t0,,0i
British Legation, several of the residents, aautil.
English officer in command of some mounted 'giro
lery, arrived at the place indicated, and folio,as
bodies of the murdered gentlemen, mutilatelo
Orientals only mutilate their victims, lying ,chose
couple of miserable sheds. A pistol, one of ide
barrels had been discharged, was found lying be?otit.
one of the bodies ; but beyond the fact thathced
Bird had, notwithstanding his serious injuricaVileci
for a few hours, the most searching inquiries ..,%j
to elicit any information from the natives fowpda.
the vicinity of the Spot where the crime was -nest
mitted. From the evidence adduced at an incloer,
held under the presidency of the English Cfla at
it appears that when the two officers Or" their
Enosima some difficulty arise in respect t°,,,
at
obtaining places for breakfast in a tea-ho'neso
that place. At this time a party of five JaParn-ple
officers passed by, and proceeded to visit a oiled
near at hand, which seems to have been all %ere
of interest to the excursionists, of whom severatrog
at the time breakfasting at Enosima. Acc°
raed
to the evidence of one of the witnesses it see,ot.
that the Japanese officers were desirous of pr,tioe
ing the English gentlemen obtaining accomn; the
at the tea-house ; but, however this may `l,o'lte3
t
Japanese, on their return from the temple,
so angrily at the excursionists that one of heim
Italian officer, was on the point of drawing his,,fter
volver. Major Baldwin and Lieutenant Bircl,:ye
visiting the temple, returned to the tea-house,' to
the Italian officer endeavoured to persuade t"elineJ
return with his party. This, however, they oec,,-13ce
to do, and proceeded in the direction of 'nlc,o
called Daiboots, which they declared they were iac,
anxious to visit. They left 'Enosima at 12 .°l'l,
and were murdered at a place about five nn""nbo'
taut, on the road to Daiboots. M. Beatto, 3„30,
tographer, who breakfasted with them at Ent $
stated that after they had departed he wen the
village called Fusisawa, and in the course 00'
evening his servant apprised him that the two t
lisp officers had been killed. This statentellog
however discredited, but on the following rile„1001
someYakonins orJapanese officers came to Fug'itille'
in search of some men whom they stated laau„,oieg
the English officers, at the same time el)„"
their regret that the crime should have heelres
1
mitted. Meantime, however, as we have ,'tect t,
observed, the intelligence had been transli'''-nf th
Yokohama, and the several representatives ache
foreign Powers had proceeded to the placenclif
the bodies were found. From the evidence Prs'acill'
before them, the coroner's jury came to the
apart
that the murders were committed by aft,
swordsmen, and that in all probability the tle;i:‘
officers were attacked by a party of five Or,(1
the very least. It had, however, been Rat wele
possible to discover who the actual murdere'Lerd
1/
and those who saw the party of Japanese ~ejtnt,
i
Enosima in the morning had been unable to 1"o
them. From the country people Evil crib
neighbourhood of the spot where tl'em
was committed no information could be. tstlle"
and the Japanese Government had decin 0.;
inability to discover the assassins. It„a re',4t
possible, however, that the matter sla°l7,, Oi"
here. One thing is quite apparent—nanleve'ooo;
the murdered gentlemen were not the aggiv gsl;
It is not pretended that when at Enosima hs
any cause of offence other than what Seeln,S,;ir tbv
arisen from the mere circumstance of t.""for
sence at that place. In fact, the motive
do
crime was precisely the same which pron3l!",e
murder of Mr. Richardson. The Japan tliew;
like Europeans, and accordingly they Oa- pat'
selves of what they consider a seasonable oP nter
nity for murdering them. If, however, the ntll:
cial relations, not only of Great Britain, bil" of
tP'r
other European States which have entered i° ontft
ties with Japan, are to subsist with that co tileP,
the Imperial Government must enforce ifinlllo,s
subjects respect as well for municipal of
the laws of nations. It is the busilierrA
Japanese Government to punish the offend
if they fail to do so, they must make sucy-,4,-fyiPv
ment as will probably have the effect of 0,5:30.6
the Japanese nation that the subjects of a P_,T,atly
Power cannot be murdered without some vi""
retribution being exacted for the crime.