The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-22
G II + N "A
The Foreign Diplomatic Audience Question Still
Unsettled-The Youthful Emperor stickler
for Imperial Routine-C Court Positivism
and Courtier Prostration-An I'M
lucky Time-Server-Awkward a.
sh-Handler and Dis
graced Rebellion a.
Means Of Speculation.
SHANGHAI, May 10, 1873.


SHANGHAI, May 10, 1879
The London Times says that the audience ques-
ton has been conceded by the Chinese emperor.
Several statements have appeared In Europe
lately to the eject that there was now further
question between the Chinese officials and the
foreign diplomates on this matter. These state
ments are false. Personal audience has not yet
been conceded and nothing less than that Will
satisfy the foreign Ministers; on the contrary,
there Is every reason to believe that there will be
considerable difficulty before the matter is finally
settled. On the 10th OF last month the foreign
ministers received a despatch from the Chinese
Foreign ONCE, In reply to their joint application,
made some time previously, to have audiences
or the Emperor, to the effect that the
Emperor could only grant audiences ION the
condition OF the foreign officers kneeing while in
His Majesty's presence As the foreign Ministers
win not agree to any such arrangement the ques-
ton is still as far from being settled as ever.
meeting of all the foreign Ministers has been called
10 discuss which line of operations they shall fol
low IN this emergency.
CANARDs.
Two absurd rumOrs have just reached Shanghai
One Is to the effect that the French Minister re-
quested passport TO Ten-tsin, which was denied
to him. This is absurd the face OF IL. as no one
requires q passport from Pekin to Iien-tsln, that
being the port OF Pckin The other rumor Is to the
effect that as the United States steamer Ashuelot
was steamng down the Peiho River to pass out
from Taku she was prevented from dong so by
seeing the guns OF the fortress trained upon her,
In the first place, the Chinese are scarcely insane
enough to play any such game, and, secondd, the
Ashueot would not likely be frightened BY seeing
the Taku guns trained upon her.
TREATY RATIFICATION WITH JAPAN.
The Japanese Embassy have exchanged treaties
at rien-tsin with the Chinese on the Both OF April
last. The contracting parties were His EXcellency
Tanesmi SOyeshima, the Ambassador and all his
SUITE together with several naval officers belong
ing TO the Japanese iron-clad Rlookan on the part
or the Japanese government, and His EXcellency
lie Hungchang, the Vlceroy Of Chill and Superin-
tendent Tor Foreign Affairs at the Northern ports,
and all the local territorial authorities ana other
Chinese high local officials on the part OF the Chi
nese government being present. Alter the treaty
was exchanged breakfast was gwen in the same
building to the Ambassador and all the Japanese
officials by the VlcerOy-an entertainment which,
the Chinese people OF this place affirm, surpassed
In magni1cence all other entertainments Of
in Iient-sin Seeing that the Japanese mad adopted
the European costume and fashions, the breakfast
given by the Viceroy was in the dGjeQfeT u tdJour
Ghetto iashOn-knives, forks, foreign plates and
dishes being used and foreign wines drunk
Three foreigners have been recently tried in
Shanghae on q charge "of attempting to instigate
a rebellion in China" The facts are thus
Three Englshmen, Carr, Thomas and Evans, werc
haze about fortnight ago for Chinkang. They took with
patsa having to Them il rather
engaged Tor them In Shanghai BY man named
9Th Of ap sadry minor Aaa
n s ot sn nsass s
@ over to the bank and went ashore
toms employ nnmSd wang Knmpng Win snyslopo
sa e o os re na eas H.
boat shore on north bank" Fortnnateylor the des
in question Happened to be the wrong man; and
linking me note 9 kept and told the man to call
ranky TOD he s lie had AID been a en-,
Yang sesatcnS ana
o Hd nn a out f hy haS sen
by man named Wang to drill Chinese and tight the i'm
81 We're owing to hun out SD which were s to be paid
them made @ a he customs snsw
for wh9m 10 The Say note that LED 70 these
s cS,s took an say opportunity leaving
turned out one Of the foreigners who was staying with
found board loreha in pO. and Willingly answered
gagged in shanghae tor service against the ohnese gov
ping is also said to have been received at the Custom
House the l4th, saying that he had designed the
throw OF the dynasty, mad band Chinese organized
and was only waiting the arrival of more foreigners
when his plans were frustrated by discovery.
The Judge before whom the case was tried
thought Evans had been the most foolish, but least
cupable, and he was sentenced to one months i'm
prisonment Carr was sentenced to three months
and Thomas to two months Imprisonment ut hard
labor and to be afterwards deported
DIsnMEN DIsGRACED.
Those Chinese officials who acted as masters OF
ceremonies during His Majesty's late visits to the
imperial tombs have evidently come to grief for
mismanagement. The Chief OF the Eunuchs has
been dismissed In disgrace, because '.he was hasty
in handling the Dishes" Only think He prob
ably sent plate to the Emperor that was too hot.
This Is actually the subject OF edlct in the
ODScidl Gazette Of Pekin.
Another edict OF the same gazette OF the 9th OF
April severely blames the officials who had charge
OF the transport services during His Maiestys late
visit to the imperial tOmbs. The camels we're not
ready in time, and the mules were half starved
and could not go The Superintendent OF the i'm
perial stables and the officers in charge OF the lug
gage are sent up for punishment.