Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Great ccnaagration in Toxic Diplomatic
Differences.

Great CCnnaBrdt1On IN IOEl0-Dip10mat1c
Differences.
The steamer City of Pekipg, with dates
from Hongkong to February 18th, and from
Yokohama to March ID, arrived at San
Francisco Thursday. The following from
the Yokohama Herald of March lst con-
tains the principal items OF news received /:
JAPAN.
On the llth of February fire broke out
in Toxic, and, driven by a strong northwest
wind, consumed in the short space OF nine
hours forty,four streets and Z, ,44G houses,
warehouses. etc The destruction caused
by these fearful confsgratlons is very great.
The fire of January 25th consumed above
10000 houses, so that about one. tenth of
the city has been destroyed IN two fires.
An exhibition OF agriculture. nanufact-
ures aud art was opened in Toxic to-day
with an imposing ceremony. His Imperial
Majesty. the Mikado, attended by the I'M
perial princes, members Of the Supreme
Council of State, chiefs OF Government
departments, and d number of high Off
cials, were present.
With the exception of the fve ports,
tHb NHOlt vi 0dlJtlA ID CApSSQ W NOGtinCASC-
Large quantities of surplus grain and other
exportable commodities could be readily
disposed of by producers, if they were per-
mitted to charter foreign vessels to trans
port cargoes from non-treaty ports to open
ports, whence shipments could be made to
China and elsewhere or from non-treaty
ports to foreign ports direct. This priv
ilege is granted to officially supported
trading companies, but resolutely denied
to the people.
An action at law, possessing peculiar in
terest, is being heard before the Toxic
Saibansho. The defendant is of rank
which places him beyond the jurisdiction
of the Court and petition tc the Mikado
had to be made to compel his attendance.
Inquiry shows that a considerable number
of officials and ex.officials possess the
privilege of being superior to civil law.
A visit is expected from the King of
Hawaii, who is now travelling round the
world, one of the objects of the visit to
Japan being to induce Japanese immi-
grafton into Hawaii but it is more than
probable that the Government of Japan
will discountenance project which would
deprive this country of the labor for which
there will be abundant employment when
commerce is freed from the vexatIous re-
strictions of the time.
Some sAizoEu in Kochi ken have joined
together in order to raise subscription
which they intend to distribute among the
most unfortunate people of Ireland. They
have drawn up document which IS to be
circulated among those who wish to join
the enterprise. It runs as follows: Ac-
cording to our philanthropie duty TO our
foreign brethren, we intend to bestow a
portion OF our labor in giving donation to
the people of Ireland, who are in a most
oppressed condition. The cid proyerb
saws g 1t is not heroic to abandon faith
fulness when it is present before our eyes.
For this reason people who approve of the
enterprise will send their subscriptions to
the Kochi Shin,Jun office.
According to the census lately taken by
the Fucho authorities the population of
Toxic amounts to /, l40, 566, of whom $780,
5SS are males and 554, SIS females.
CHINA.
Advices from China are not pleasing.
The all-absorbing topic is the strained re-
lations between that country and Japan.
The impression gathered by close OBJ
server is that China is smarting under
keen sense of wrongs inflicted by Japan
while China was in difficulties, and threat
eneG with attack from the common enemy
of both countries. This feeling has not,
it is said, its origin in the Formosa affair =
but the Loochoo transaction is opealF
spoken of as an insolent aggression, toGo
intolerable to be borne. We further learn
that as Chung How made secret treaty.
with Russia directly concerning JAPAN
the second or Tseng treaty has also its
secret agreement or compact relating to-
this country. The terms of the settlements,
with Russia are given out with much os--
stentation but well.informed people re-
gard those terms as materially qualified
by subsidiary compacts, the terms or waloha
are not now even limited at. The aSG51des
of China may mean nothing more t1aai
standing menace, hard to be borne, ys!E
impossible to remove, compelling Japan to-
waste her time, energies and substance
upon preparations for war, which will
cruelty affiict the people of THIS couu-Y,
The Shanghai Courier says /: "H. T.,
the Japanese Minister to the court n Pek-
IN, arrived here February 18th by the
steamer Peking, after a trip oves and to
Chinkiang. 1t is rumored that difficulties
have again cropped up relative to the Loo.
choo question also as regards Corea."
News reaches us from the north of gi-
gantic enterprises on the part of the
Chinese. 1t is said that high official is
now on his way to France to negotiate with
M. De Lesseps for coolies to construct the
Panama canal, while another scheme is
under consideration to supply Brazil with
many thousands of coolies and that if the
negotiations in relation thereto are success
full the China Merchants Steam Navigation
Company's feet is to be increased by fif-
teen ocean-going vessels.