The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-12
FOREIGN N EWS.

Hon. John Bingham, ex-United
States Minister to Japan, is quoted
as saying: 81 tried to arrange a
treaty of commerce between the
United States and Japan seven years
ago. The treaty was drawn up and
it was the only decent commercial
treaty that had ever been offered to
Japan, but before it was signed the
European powers heard of it. Ger
many and England sent their agents
and their gunboats to Japan. The
agents called upon the foreign minis
tiers there, and pointing down to the
harbor they remarked: DO you see
those gunboats lying there? Well,
by all the Powers those gunboats
represent we forbid you to conclude
any treaty with the United States of
America until treaties have first
been arranged with our Govern
ments. Thereafter the Foreign
Minister called upon me with the
draft of the treaty 1 had proposed,
but with another clause added pro-
viding that this treaty shall not take
effect until similar treaties have
been entered into with the European
Powers. | asked what the meaning
of that was, and the Minister, point
ing to the ironclads in the harbor,
said he was afraid to offend the
European Powers. Seven years
have elapsed and not u European
Power who then interfered has pro-
posed any such treaty as America
and Japan were then asked to wait
for. l steadfastly refused to join
the Powers in their outrageous treat
ment of Japan. l believed it would
not be in accord with the policy of
Washington, Friendship with all
nations, entangling alliance with
none l told the President the
other day the story l now tell you,
only not so fully. He approved my
conduct all through, and is going to
continue the policy of George
Washington
The great socialist meeting in
London, from which serious dis
turbances were feared by the autho-
rites, came off without mishap. A
London despatch says of it; ''The
socialist meeting comprised 10000
persons, but was quiet and orderly.
The police were deployed in small
groups and kept themselves hidden
as much as possible, so as not to in
flame the mob. The socialists first
assembled at Lime House yard, the
scene of last Sundays fight. The
selection of this spot was in plain
defiance of the orders of the police
and Homo Secretary, but the socia-
lists did no more than assemble
there and then adjourned, and moved
in procession TO strip of waste
land along the docks, where the
formal meeting was held and speeches
delivered. A special place was al
lotted to reporters, who We're present
in large numbers, in expectation of
q riot. On the way to the docks
the procession passed the police de-
pot and this was the only time dur
ing the day when the outlook be-
came at all serious. Banners were
waved detiantly in the faces of the
policemen, and there was some boot
ing, but the socialist leaders worked
strenuously to keep order, and their
efforts, with the forbearance of the
constables, sutiiced to preserve the
peace. The speeches delivered at
the meeting were not very infam-
matory. Some of the speakers de-
nounced the authorities for attempts
ing to stife free speech, and reso,
luton denouncing the police was
adopted. There was much enthu.
siasm, but on the whole the assem-.
blage was as orderly as any meeting
of equal size ever held in London.
Major Trotter, military attache
of the British Legation at Constan'
tinople, and Mr.. Fawcett, the Eng
lish Consul-General, have returned
from Roumelia. They narrate that
on their arrival at Philippopolis they
were arrested. After having an in.
terview with Prince Alexander, they
We're blind-folded, escorted to the
frontier and left in an open field al
nightfall in a carriage. They wan.
dered about for several hours, and
finally reached the tent of pasta,
who treated them well and for.
warded them to Constanstinople.
The Pope has consented to act as
mediator in the Roumelian difficulty
in the event that direct negotiations
between the Powers interested
should prove resultless.