The New York herald., 1879-09-01

and made myself acquainted with. Those islands.
as / have already in two personal inter
views with Your Excellencies earnestly and
repeatedly informed you. have truly be-
longed to my country for several hundred
years. and are now under the jurisdiction Of our
Home Department. Suddenly and unexpectedly
have now to acknowledge the receipt of letter
from Your Excellences in which you speak OF the
fact that japan at the present time prohibits the
payment of tribute by Loochoo to China and say
that your honorable country. hearing this cannot
believe that great country like Japan would disre-
gard the obligations OF friendly intercourse oppress
small country. or be capable of act contrary
to good faith. to justice to the feelings of mankind
and to reason and speak OF our treating Loo
choo with oppression and insult. and arbitrarily
presuming to change old established regulations
and also OF our setting at naught treaty obligations
crushing Q small country and the like. As your
letter contains such expressions 1t would seem as
II your country. without stopping to inquire into
my governments reasons for issuing the prohibition
referred to. abruptly gives utterance to such false
statements and violent language. Is this the way
to promote neighborly intercourse and to preserve
amicabe relations? II it is really the case that
your government has instructed you to such
language 1t appears evident that your government
has wish to preserve the relations Of peace and
amity between two countries. must. there
FORE trouble Your Excellencies to convey these
alterations to your government for me. and with
that view transmit this reply"
CHINA STANDS FIRM.
would be difficult to writo more naughty de-
spstch than this of His Excellency Terashima. Eight
days lster-November 20. 1S7S-the. Chinese ENJOYS
sent another note follows:-.'We beg to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of Your Excellencys scholarly note
In reply to ours, discussing the case OF Loochoo.
which we have read and made ourselves acquainted
with. We have already. in two personal interviews
with Your Excellency discussed the subject and again
and again urged our views upon your consideration.
But fearing that We may not have succeeded in con-
veying our meaning. therefore prepare . written
statement OF the case. which is by no means ex-
pressed in words hastily uttered. Even in
former letter. not wishing to speak too blunty we
nado use Of indirect expressions. and sole de-
sire in 30 doing WAS to give great weight to the
maintenance OF neighborly intercourse. and 1t was
to our surprise when Your Excollency. on the con-
trary. took exceptions to the language employed.
Our two countries having contracted treaty for the
cultivation of friendly relations we who hsve had
the honor Of being sent to your honorable country
envoys also desire nothing else than to render
stable our relations Of peace and smity. II
Your Excellency. thoroughly sppreciating
tho mutual dependence OF our respective
countries. which be compared to that OF the jaw
bone TO the tooth. will unite with in carrying out
the treaty regulations. and win give your mind
solely to the best interests Of both coun
tries aud TO the maintenance Of firm and enduring
peace and amity. not only viii your action be in
cordsnce with most earnest wishes, but
government will sincerely commend and avail them
selves of it, Now. in the first article of the treaty
for the cultivation Of smicable relations 1t is pro-
vdod that regards territorial of either
country the two governments will treat each other
with proper courtesy During several years past
written communications and ENJOYS having again
and again passed between for your government to
send Loochoo the orders referred to. without tha
least intmation to is not is to be apprehended
the way to give weight to neighbory intercourse
to maintain friendly relations. In all Intercourse
between two countries it is indispensable that they
treat each other with perfect justice and sincerity
and that both parties should abstain from the
disingenuous language in the communications that
pass between them. Now. appears from what
Your Exccliency says that your government has
reasons for what it has done. trust that Your
Excellency will thoroughly consider the matter in
strict accordance with the feelings OF mankind and
the principles Of justice and favor with reply.
munication take the opportunity to wish Your
Excellency the blessings Of the season.''
JAPAN BECOMES NAUGHTY AND CLOSES rHR CASE.
To this letter the Japanese Foreign Minister re-
piled in note written December 30 1878, more
than q month after tho date Of the communication
Of tho Chinese envoys. The Foreign Minister said,
after Q formal acknowledgement Of the Chinese
note:-
with reference to tho case of our Loochoo PROV
ince have already replied in my letter dated No
vembcr 81. 1875 As in your lotter there is con-
tanned nothing which not contained In your de-
spatch OF the 7th October. 1875 which has already
been answered, except what's said about thoroughly
considering the matter strict accordance with tho
feelings of mankind and the principles Of justice.
which has already been done have nothing further
to offer In reply. In sending this special answer
take the opportunity to wish Your Excellcncies the
blessings OF the season.
PRINCE KUSa DEMANDS KxPLANATIoss.
Here the matter rested for nearly two months.
The reply Of the Japanese Minister closed the case
and the subject wont back to Pekin. The Yamen
considered the subject with what result will be
seen in despatch OF the Chinese envoys. addressed
to the Japanese government. and dated February 2G
1879. This folows:-
"The Chinese cnvoys have Just received a de-
spatch from Prince Kung and the other Ministers OF
our Office the management OF foreign Affairs as
follows:-'with reference to tho case OF Loochoo
we had already received from Your RxccIIenciss q
letter stating that you had prepared and Forwarded
to the Japanese Department Of Rorcign Affairs
despatch in which you set forth true statement of
what was justice. and in reasonable spirit investi
gated the difficulties In the case. Sc. ~ is
on record. We now again In the receipt OF .
letter from Your Excellencios stating that you had
received reply from the Department OF Foreign
Affairs. q copy of which you forward for our In
spcction. &C. Upon the receipt of this we have to
say that Loochoo has becn q country belonging to
China from the time of the late Ming dynasty. and
has for generations kept its fidelity foreign do
pendency ana unfalingly came TO present tribute.
From tho Of their state and condition
which is made to us by the Loochoo Commi
sioners they appear deeply worthy OF commisera-
ton and 1t is certainly incumbent upon us to oxtri-
cate them from their cmbarrnesments. Japan hay-