Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-21

OF WHICH TWO mllllOQ collars remain uQ-
paid will press their claims, if their de-
sires are not acceded to. These are the
ENJOYS of Holland, France aad Eng
land. The United States minister, Mr..
Bingham, holds aloof from the confer
ence and has even formally notified the
government that he desires no part of
the amount due to be offered to him.
His action is understood to imply that,
while the United States will not accept
their share, they are not disposed to ap-
pear to offer any rebuke to the move
ments the other parties concerned. Mr..
Bingham simply wishes to take no
part in the proceedings and to have
none forced on him, while others are
met in their demands, first, the state
ment that the surrender of the two mill
lion indemnity would be no fair equiva-
lent for the opening of a country if such
approval as could be purchased by
money at all, and secondly, the repre-
sentatives of three powers alone have
not the right ito negotiate for
THE OPENING OF THE EMPIRE.
to all, or, in other words, that a money
compensation offered by France, Hol-
land, England, and the United States,
even if it would entitle them to admis-
sion, could not affect Germany, Italy,
Russia, and the numerous other nations
with which Japan has treated. At the
same time, they show the impossibility
of making any discrimination in the
matter. They, therefore, express them
selves ready to pay the demand. 1t is
officially announced that the British
minister has no wish to receive the
money, but to use his claim as an in.
strument toward effectiDg his de-
sign. The Dutch and French represent
atives, on the other hand, desire
payment. Meanwhile the amount be-
ing ready for delivery, the japanese
have taken occasion to express their
opinion on the whole question of extra
ditiOn in a manner unusually strong for
them. They have issued
A CIRCULAR DISPATCH
to the ministers, rehearsing all their
own objections to the system, with il
lustradOns of its dangers, and showing
that the European governments have
declared against it ia strong terms in
the case of other Asiatic nations. The
document is the most energetic yet is
sued, though not declaring in positive
terms that extradition, as it now
exists, shall not be applied to the eOun-
try generally, is understood to express
the final decision of the Japanese gov
eminent to that effect. The result of
its reception by foreign ministers has
not yet transpired, but there is little
doubt that it will arouse a formidable
opposition in the whole body.
THE MIKADo AND EMPRESS
continue their visits of inspection to the
public institutions. On the seventeenth
instant they sailed in state to the dock
yard and arsenal of YokossUka, south
of YOkOhoma, and after examining the
work by day and night, returned next
day to the capital.
A PETITION
is in circulation for signatures by the
Americans, asking of the United States
that the surplus of the ST.
monki-indemnity fund be returned to
this country upon condition of its being
devoted to educational purposes.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
On the night of the ninth instant a
fire occurred at Yeddo, sweeping away
wooden buildings from almost as large
an area as that devastated by the fire in
April, 1872, and undoubtedly destroying
a much larger amount of property, mas
much as the quarter this fire attacked
was occupied by the shops and resi-
dences of wealthy merchants. The eX-
act amount of the loss has not yet been
ascertained, but it has been estimated at
two million dollars. Much more was
saved, comparatively, than at the other
contiagratiOn, in consequence of the
multiplicity of the fire-proof store
houses, for the deposit of valuables.
These, together with their contents, re-
mained unharmed. 1t is rumOred that
many lives were lost, but of this there
is no confirmation. The usual energy
was shown by the citizens in endeavor-
ing to repair the ravages, and several
streets destroyed are already nearly re-
built.
MISCELLANEOUS.
a native newspaper, published in
Yeddo and neighborhoOd, contains nu-
merOus articles intended to throw dis
credit on the foreign association, espe-
cially with respect to the revision of
the treaties and questions arising there
from.
Moro, formerly japanese minister to
Washington, now holds the position of
under-secretary of foreign affairs in
Jeddo,
Sugurra Kazo, for several years resi-
dent in America and Europe, and for
merly student at New Brunwick, New
Jersey, has been appointed chief-director
of the government college at Yeddo.