The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
Cause of the Chlna-Japanese
War.

Cause of the Chlna-Japanese
War.
WAsH1Neroa. November O.-The
japanese Government hss anticipated
the recent oaer of China 70 fefeign
PoWers to fursssh the complete ef6cisl
correspondence leadisg up to the pre-
sent Var and has itself made pablo the
correspondence. Its pnblishsd 10 full
as !. pa11 Of ahe recent Proceedings Of
the japanese Diet. which have been
received BY the Japanese legation here
TIE gist Of she controversy has already
been made known to the public. but
the official letters between China and
Japan give the 6rs, account of the sharp
diplomatic fencing between the coan.
tries up TO few daye before the war.
The letters run from June Z to July IA
and are numbered from / to 9.
No. is from Wang. Chinese minis
ter TO japan. L informs Japan that
telegram has just been received from
Iii Hung Chang stating that the.
Corean Government. has requested
China 10 send troops to suppress re-
bellion Of the Tong Haks. Viceroy Ii.
it saws, considers the rebellion serious
and therefore complies with the request
for troops to protect ..Our tributary
State. . first notifying japan in accor-
dance withsa sreaiy provision that each
ahall inform the other before entering
Corea.
No. q is from Mutsu. minister of
foreign affairs Of japan L very poipt-
edly states: In reply beg to declare
that although the sords tributary
State sppssr asJour nose the Japanese
Government have never recognized
Corea a. tributary State Of China:
No. Sis notice from the japanese
Government that It Intends sending
troops to Gorea to suppress the rebel
lion
In No A China ..shovs her teeth
for the 6rs. time. Il q letter RON
Tsune Ii Yaneo, the Chinese Cabinet.
to the japanese minister q Pekia: The
letter expresses surprise that Japsn
should send troops % Cosea shen i. has
not been so requested by Cores +
adds fbe following signi6csnt language:
..The sole object Of your country IN
sending troops is evidently to protect
the legation eoasslases sod eomaef-
ciaI people in Corea. aud consequently
it may not be necessary oasthe part Of
your county TO despateh great num-
ber Of troops and. besdea. ss1p appl-i
cation sherefor has been made By Corea.
it is requested that 40 troops shall pro-
ceed to the interior Of Corea so that
they may not cause alarm to her pei
ple. Aud moreover. since it is feared
that in the eyeBf fhe seldiess of The tso
natiops should meet on the way cases
Of unexpected aeciden. might occur,
owing to the difference Of language
aud military esiquett, We beg torequest
in addition that you will be good
enough to telegraph the purport Of this
commuoicasios to the Government of
Japao.
No 5 is Japan's answer to Tsuug Ii
Yamem, in which Japan shows her
teeth. It says: Gas to the number of
troops to be sent to Corea the japanese
Government ue compelled to exercise
their own judgment Although 40
restriction is plsced upon the move
ment Of the Japanese troops in Corea,
they will not be sent where their pres
enee is not deemed necessary. The
japanese troops are under strict dis
cipliue, and the Jsoanese Government
are con6den. that they will not preci-
,pitate a collision With the Chinese
forces. II is hoped that Chioa has
adopted similar precautions. /"
No 6 is an offer of the japanese
Government to join China in joint
readiustmens Of Corea on modern
idess-
No is China'e rejection Of the otter,
in which she says: ''The idea may be
excellent, but the measures Of improve
ment must be left to Corea herself"
No 8 is from japan to China stating
that japan can no longer disregard the
law Of self preservation which impels
her to reform the deplorable conditions
Of Corea at the root Of her frequent
rebellions.
No 9 is also from Japan to China.
stating that as China has declined to
join in the administrative reform Of
Corea, the only conclusion deducible is
that the Chinese Government lis dis
posed to precipitate complications y
This closes the correspondence, the
last letter being dated eleven days be-
fore the japanese sank the Chinese
transport Kow Shing carrying the