The morning call., 1892-09-17
JAPAN.
Disastrous Volcanic Eruption-Aneged
Coaching by Foreicners.

Disastrous Volcanic Eruption-Alleged
Poaching by Foreigners.
Mount Takais0, lying to the south of Odo-
mura, kaibu gun, Tokushima-ken, suddenly
emitted fire on the Goth of July, and SUBJ
sidence simultaneously took place, filling
up the river Naga. which runs at the foot of
the mountain. In consequence some 100
houses were washed away and five persons
were drowned.
The japanese native papers are again
crying out against the poaching alleged to
be perpetrated about the Kurle Islands and
Hokkaido by foreign vessels. The Kokkai
says the vessels are now returning south,
after most successful season. and men
tons incidentally the schooner which re-
Gently put into Yamada Bay for water and
fuel, with catch on board Of otter and
seal skins valued at $4,000 or $4,000, or
more than the revenue OF the Japan Marine
Products Society for whole year.
The native papers tell OF terrible dis
covery made off Isohama. Ibaraki-ken, the
other day. Seeing a fishing boat drifting
about near the place number of fishermen
proceeded toward it and were Mortified to
find the dead bodies of thirty people. In the
boat was pan containing onions and she'll
fish, and the suppOsition is that all the un-
fortunate occupants were poisoned by the
she'll fish.
A fisherman of Fukiai-mura, Hyogo-ken,
while fishing off WakiHohOma on the I'd
inst, felt his Ret dragging at something OF
exceptional weight. As he could not bring
the object 10 the surface, he dlved to find
out what it might be. To his surprise he
discovered that his net had caught in mass
of rifles, nineteen OK which he removed, and
reported the fact to the police. Upon inves-
tigation it was found that arms were part of
the cargo Of a vessel which was wrecked in
the spring, and which were being taken
from the Osaka Military Arsenal to the
Onohama branch, Kobe.
Two or three weeks ago a party of eleven
shipwrecked Turks were cast ashore who
told marvellous story of how. cruising In
the Arabian Sea, they had been blown out
Of their course and after many days had
eventually been wrecked on the Japanese
coast. A telegram from the Hakodate
police authorities now informs the Kama
gawa police that four more shipwTecked
Turks hare turned up In kltami province.
and that three Of them are coming to YOko-
hama. They appear to. be Armenian, or
Kurds, and probably belong to some place
a large number OF convicts escaped from
Vladivostoc6. numbering several people in
the process, and probably rather than face
the wlds of East Siberia or Manchurla they
have crossed by some means to Saghalien
and thence 80 Japan.
An attempt, which is regarded as an ille-
gal one, Is being made to conine the silk
trade with Europeans TO the members of
guild. The proposal cones from the Gov
ernor, and both natives and foreigners,
though for different reasons. are protesting
against it.
An epidemic of dysentery is causing great
mortality in certain provinces of Jaran.
The silk handkerchief trade has devel-
oped year by year and there are now some
thing like 10000 girls and women in Yoko-
hama and its suburbs engaged in hem
stitching and embroidering handkerchiefs.
During last year there were 2506 deaths
in Toxic from pulmonary diseases.
Numbers of changes are being made
among the Governors Of provinces in conse-
quence of the Illegal interference of the
latter in the late elections for the Diet.