The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-08
THE WARM THIN ORIENT
Arrival of Corea's American Min
lister at Yokohama.
SECRETARY GREsHAM's ATTITUDE.

A Review of the Events That Led to tho
Conflict, and of Our Governments En-
deavor to Bring About Withdrawal of
Japanese Troops.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. s.--Advices received
here from Yokohama announce the arrl-
val there from the United States of Mr.
Ye' Sung 500, the Corean minister to
Washington, who is on his return to
Corca. They also give some interesting
details of that celebrated chapter in the
correspondence between the United States
and Japan which eliminated in the letter
from Secretary Gresham to United States
Minister Dunn touching Japan's attitude
towards Corea, which has been the subject
of so much comment in 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 SER
vices Of the revenue officers of the various
departments.
The appointment Of new minister in
charge of the commercial intercourse and
foreign relations
The public roads must be widened and
railroads and telegraph lines built by the
government between Seoul and other inn
portant places. The number of govern
ment bureaus must be reduced and the sal
aries OF officers sufficiently increased so
that they may live properly.
The system of records of receipts and dis
bursements of the government must be
changed and a way of increasing the pub
lie revenues determined upon.
The monetary system must be changed.
las lutt f,rt
ment Of tho custom houses must be
adopted
The farming lands of all tho provinces
must be resurveyed and numbered for pur-
poses Of taxation, in order that the amount
needed for public improvements may be
raised. The administration of justice must
be changed.
Military officers must be educated and
the old system Of the army and navy must
be abolished and reorganizcd on a modern
basis. The police system must be thor
oughly reorganized and stations estab-
lished In Seoul and other important places.
The school system must be reorgan-
lied.
To these demands Corea replied that she
was, and for many years had been insti-
tuting such changes in the governmental
system as the public revenues would sup
port, and that while they realized the su-
perlor military power of Japan, which
they would not resist, they hoped the ma
tional independence would be respected
and the japanese troops then in possession
of tho capital and the country would be
withdrawn.
At the same time the king instructed
the Corean minister ut Washington to rep
resent the conditions to the United States
to the end that the good offices of the
United States might be used to bring
troops. He was further instructed to say
that the cxnct conditions described in the
the treaty of 1888 with the United States
had arisen.
Secretary Gresham responded to this
appeal by communicating with both China
and Japan in Corea's, interest China
agreed to withdraw her troops but Japan
declined to do so. Then the secretary ad-
dressed the celebrated note of instructions
to Minister Dunn, which, after summing
up tho situation and the obligations of
the United States, concluded in the fol-
lowing words:
"Cherishing sincere friendship for both
Japan and Corea, the United States in
dulgc the hope that Corea's independence
and sovereignty will be respected. You arc
instructed to say to the government at
Toxic that the president will be painfully
disappointed should Japan visit upon her
feeble and defcnseless neighbor the horrors
of an unjust war"