The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC
THE COKEAN AFFAIR.

San Francisco, 17.-Per steamship
Gaelic:
Yokohama, Sept. The Japsnese
envoy to Corea, with his suite snd q
small military escort, only half q bat
talon of infantry, reached Jinsen, sea-
port, the COrean capital Zeoul, on Aug.
18th. He was escorted by three Japan-
ese war ships In the bsrbor, Rnd also by
! Chinese ships, from one of which came
the Chinese representa- 10 exchange
official oourtesies. The .Japanese landed
| Immediately, and were met by messen-
gers from Tai-on-Kun, leader of the late
outbreak, and the present head of the
government, with az earnest request that
they would not proceed 10 the capital,
affairs beiog still disordered and that no
guarantee of safety was possible. Hama
and pressed forward, entering Zsoul OF
Aug. 10th, without moleststion. The
japanese at once distributed brief neti-
tication, announcing their peaceful in
tentlonE, explaining that the presence Of
| soldiers was necessary for pro-
lection, and showing the need
lessness Of disturbance or alarm.
The return of the envoy to his
his expulsion from the country by E1ur-
derous mob. The smsllness of the force
accompany was dictated by careful con-
sideration, and contrasts effectively with
the big demonstration suddenly made by
China, which has sent large feet and
an imposing body of troops to the scene,
where there will probably be nothing
whatever for them to do. No intellig-
% 81 3, A.
ings after reaching Zeoul, but it is well un-
derstood that his demands will be moder-
ate, including the punishment Of the
leaders in the assault, ample and public
apology for the oceurance, pledRes.th
no repetition will take place and COM
penssticn for the damages and expenses
incurred.
Cholera has appeared in and about
Zeoul.
Yokomsma, Sept. 1.-Admiral Yen
omoto, new Japanese envoy te Pekin,
defers his departure until the attitude Of
China IN the COrean sttairs becomes more
definite.
q. w. Reynders, young Dutch mer-
chant, consul.fOr Holland at Yokohama,
was faund dead in his room on August
26th, shot through the head. Notwith-
standing appearances his friends deny
the possibility Of suicide
For publishing fraudulent dispatches,
prOfessedly from OoreH, and thus exciting
disquietude by alarming reports, two
Toxic newspapers are suspended and
orders given to prevent cipher kilograms
from points near COrea during the exist
ing crisis.
Shanghai, Aug. 23.-Li Hung Chang,
leading statesman of Chins, shows
himself determined to present a bold
front in the Corean business. Although
ne still remains in Eeclusion and acts by
the agency Of Ma, commissioner to and
from Corea, he has taken one step which
causes considerable surprise, namely,
dispatchiDg certain ships of war, differed
by EnKlisbmen, Notwithstanding it has
been pointed ont to him that no ship in
the Japanese navy ever carries foreign
ers. 1t is reported that Ii has been driven
beyond discretion in this instance by ex-
aggeraLed statements from the ChiDese
envoy at Toxic, who is greatly under the
influence of the English envoy there, and
who ia believed to have transmitted
alarming and unwsrrsnted predictions
Of the Japanese intentions. Upon in
quiring from the British troops now sta
toned at Hong Kong as to their willing
ness to proceed, il called upon to active
service in Egypt, Msjor-Gensral SAr-
gent found them all eager and enthusi-
as ic on the subject.