, 1874-09-05
Meeting Of the Permanent
Committee Of the French
Assembly.
Complaints Of Oppression Of the
Newspapers by Govern.
rnent.
Another. Rising Of LnVonlco
Openly Threatened.
Failure Of the Austrian Polar Expedi-
tion---safety Of the Grew.
QHINAA AND JAPAN.

N14NA3 3AN0 VAEANa
BAN FnANo1aUD, Caf.t Sept. 4.-Thc Great To-
public arrived to-day. sho brings Yokohama
(Japan) datos to aug. II.
THE ronMosAN QUESTION.
THO Japanese adhere to thor determination
not to DO driyon into war with Chiua, except in
tho last cxtro1nlty. Tho whole tondonoy of thoir
presont negotiations Is pacific, but SO many In
1uoncea aro operating against them that tloy
fool tho nooessity Of fully preparing themselves.
To this end largo bodiaa Of troops have boon AZ
eomblod in certain Southern porta ready for an
instant departure In case of need, and aoyorn1
largo ptcamorB hnvo boon added to tho transport
aoot. Tho most important OF these nro tho Pa
cli1o Man Company's ship Now York, purchased
for 9250, 900, and tho Pacific l. Oregon shipa
Acantha md Madras, for el18,ooo and $50 900,
respectively. III regard to tito Now York, it Ia
possible that c]nims for commissions yet uneot-
tod and about to DO adjudlcatod will awell tho
amount paid by tho Japanese to ease. .00o.
Con. 1cgondre, who sailed for China o fort
night ago to continue tho pcacoful nogotlationa
commenced Ia FormoBa, WIS atrogted by United
States officials on landng at Annoy. It ts got
unknown wlaothor ho viii 10 temporarily, OF pot
Of his seizure ia chiefly cauBed by tho fact TINT
tho arntcablo chaEncter Of hlg mission to China
was known to everybody: It. ts looked upon rs
anothor proof OF tho determination Of foreign
W 1prtA VI bRk'4kA
to arrive at q fair understanding. No foreigner
acting On bohalf Of China hos boon molestod or
intorforod with In any way. Tho Japanese
Government, however, ;, forsecing ., posei-
dispatched other Commissioners, immediately
after hl8 departure, who could not bo hindercd
In the fultlllmont Of tiloir duties. Tho first of
thoRe iB Okubo, hLintDtor Of tho Interior, and o
rnombor Of tho highest board Of the Government.
His assistant Is Yoshihora, m officer Of tho
Treasury Department, md tho head Of tho Yoko-
hama Custom House. Thoy nro to procecd d.
roctly 10 peking. Accompanying them Is
Fronch gentleman, In the legal service Of the
to deprive japan Of I'll kinda Of foreign COUNSEL
in this emergency that tho French Minister un-
dortoo!k to dotain this crnporo, but, having tho
law and complete knowledge Of tho law On his
side, ho ras able 10 convince II. Borlhinny. Of
the danger OF tho courge which llo WaH pursuing.
The Japanese nro still hopeful of trauquiliziug
the results Of this Inst mission.
The Mlkado takes the leonest interoaf in tho
deliberations Of tho Government On tho For
aonally visited tho Office OF tho Daijokuar, or
First Doard OF Goyornlnont, and presided nyer
tho debates, m net almost without precedent
In modern tmos.
has arriyod and assumed tic duties Of ha oi,lce.
Con. Moyora aud Col. Lyford, United States
army, who woro specially commissioned BY Pros
fdont Grant to bring proaont6 OF now and in-
In Yeddo On tho 10th Of August they woro,
with Minister Bingham, received by the Mlkaao.
In tho unlikely eyout Of q war with China, 1t is
probable that thoso Instruments OF attack,
a1nong which aro Qatling gunB would bo mndo
Immediate uao Of It does not appear, howovor,
that Mr.. Bingham has Issued any order forbid
ding their doiyoryto tho Japanese authorities.
TIE AFpA1n OF TIE s1MoNozR1 INDE11N1TY
Inns taken turn that could neyor have boon a1-
ticipatod by tho Americans. 1Ir. Bingham las
received instructions from Washington to de-
manl full payment, mud tho amount Inns boon
deposited to Lis credit. The grounds upon
Which the order from the State Department. 'sas
based nre not that tho claim is just or TINT tho
Unitod States Govornrnont desires tho money,
but solely that as tile other Governments CON
cornol hnyo received their share, ours must also
bo paid according to the bond. Tha Japanese
arc greatly c1iagrined, not wholy On account OF
tho unlookod-for losa Of tho money, but princi-
pally because thoy had been given to understand,
for the last two ycars, that tho paymcnt would
noyor bo exacted. In this conviction they tolt
themselves IL botter position to rcsBt tue ag-
grcssiona Of othor nationa. They now consider
themselves FREQ to believe that tho assurances Of
forboaranco aud uuwillugnoas to prosa an extor-
tiopato domaud were nothing but empty doola-
nations, It Ia understood TINT h1r. Bingham
deoply regrets tho decision Of tho State Depart
ment, which. nevertheless, he is bound to en-
force. Tie has not, up to this moment, tnkon
possession OF tho amount. hoping TINT another
mail may bring mobilization Of his iustruc-
EpuH,