St. Paul daily globe., 1894-10-08
HE ADVISED AGAINST WAR
China Withdrew Her Troops,
but the Japanese as
Declined. si',, '-
KONG TELEPHONES CHANG.
Elaborate Preparations Made
for the Defense Of the
Chinese Capital.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7.-Advices re-
the arrival there from the United States
of Ye Sung 500, the Corean minister to
Washington, who is ON his return to
Corea. They also give some interesting
details of that celebrated chapter
in the correspondence between the
United States and Japan which cul-
minated in the letter from Secretary
Gresham to the United States minister,
Dunn, touching Japan's attitude to-
wards COrea. which has been the sub
ject of SO much comment in the United
States. 1t will be remembered that at
the time Japan was in complete military
control of Seoul. the Corean capital.
her demands were very sweeping, being
as follows:
A reorganization of the duties and
service of the revenue officers OF the
various departments. The appointment
of new minister in charge of the com '
mercial intercourse and foreign rela-
tions. The public roads must be
widened, and railroads and telegraph
lines built by the government between
Seoul and other important places. The
number of government bureaus must be
reduced and the salaries of officers
sufficiently increased so that they may
live properly. The system of records Of
receipts and disbursements of the gov
ernment must be changed and a way Of
increasing
The Public Revenues
determined upon. The monetary sys-
tenn must be changed. New rules and
regulations for the management of the
custom houses must be adopted. The
farming lands of all the provinces must
be resurveyed and numbered for pur-
poses of taxation, in order that the
amount needed for public improve
ments may be raised. The administra-
ton of justice must be changed. Mill
tary officers must be educated, and the
old system of the army and navy must
be abolished andreorganized ou mod
ern basis. The police system must
be thoroughly reorganized, and sta-
tions established in Seoul and
other important places. The school
system must be recognized. To these
demands Corea replied that she was,
and for many years had been instilu.
ting such changes in the governmental
system as the public revenues would
support, and that, while they realized
the superior military power of Japan,
which they would not resist, they hoped
the national independence would be
respected and the Japanese troops, then
in possession of the capital and the
country, would be withdrawn. At the
same time the king instru ucted the
Corean minister at Washington to rep
resent the conditions to the United
States, to the end that the good Offices
of the United States be used to bring
about the withdrawal of
The Japanese Troops.
He was further instructed to say thai
the exact conditions described in the
treaty of 1883 with the United State:
had arisen, and to beg the Uniteo
States to carry out the obligation il
had assumed in the article reading:
eff other powers deal unjustly ol
Oppressively with either government
| the other will exercise their good offices
| on being informed of the case to bring
| about all amicable Arrangement, thus
| showing their friendly feelings"
Secretary Gresham responded to this
| appeal by communicating with bott
| China and Japan in Corea's interest
| China agreed to withdraw her troops
but Japan declined to do SO. Then The
secretary addressed the celebrated mott
of Instructions to Minister Dunn, which.
| after summing up the situation and thu
obligation Of the United States, con.
cluded in the following words:
| "Cherishing sincere friendship fo
both Japan and Corea. the Unitet
States indulges the hope that Ccrea'
independence and sovereignty will b,
respected. You are instructed to say II
the government at Toxic that the presi
dent will be painfully disappointed
shonld Japan visit upon her feeble ant
defenceless neighbor the horrors Of al
unjust war;"