The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-26
LITTLE COREA
AND HER TROUBLES, 1T is
ALLEGED AT THE CAPITAL,
Are the Cause of the Sending OF Mes
sage That Will Involve the United
States In Trouble With Japan.
Report Not Confirmed.

NEW YORK, July lo'-A Wasnlns-
ton dispatch to a morning paper this
morning says: "The fact has just
come to light that the administration,
through Secretary Gresham, has COM
mitted another diplomatic blunder,
which is considered even more serious
than the attempt to restore Queen
Lii, and may have more important
results. Members of the diplomatic
corps, among whom the facts have
created some CONSERVATION, tell this
story of il: The Chinese minister,
who has been in frequent consulta'
ton of late with the secretary of state
regarding the strained relations ex-
listing between Japan and Corea, has
finally induced the secretary to send
an official cable dispatch to the
Japanese government, expressing
the dissatisfaction OF the United states
with the policy which Japan has been
following toward Corea, and closing
with these words: The United States
views with regret the levying OF an
unjust war by Japan upon weak and
defenseless nation like Cores.'" This
is considered q greater diplomatic
blunder than the secretary's action in
the Hawaiian controversy. Inc
Japanese government has made no re-
ply, and has probably not yet recov-
cred from its establishment.
The Japanese legation here profess
to know nothing whatever about the
belligerent message, and express a
great doubt as to the accuracy OF the
story. There is no doubt about the
existence of the cable dispatch. Sec,
rotary Gresham has shown copy of
it to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the BRUSH
ambassador. The Chinese and Corean
legations have copies of it, and the
fact of it's existence is known to sew
eral members OF the senate and house
committees on foreign relations.
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July 18.-.Much in
terest was aroused In official circles
here by the publication of long
statement purporting to contain an
extract from dispatch sent by Secre
tary Gresham to the japanese govern
ment, saying that the United states
reviews with regret the levylng OF an
unjust war upon q weak defenseless
nation like COrea. Immediately
efforts were made to confirm this
story for it was assumed that II the
secretary was correctly quoted he mad
gone to an extreme length In thus al
dressing the Japanese government
aud the result would be serious
diplomatic complication as the Jap
anese were sure to resent the express
sion as an unwarrantable interference.
1t happened that Secretary Gresham
was indisposed today and kept to his
room in the Arlington but
he was induced to send word that he
could not at this time say anything in
denial or affirmation of the publi5a-
ton, as the correspondence is still in
progress and to make partial volun-
tary publication would violate diplo-
matte practice. Since the subject has
attracted so much attention, however,
it is almost certain that the senate
will adopt a resolution calling for the
correspondence, and in that case the
secretary's scruples would not be
strained in making a full aud COM
plete response. The other officials of
the state department, when APP
preached with inquiries, stood mute
or declared that they were not in
formed upon the subject. There is
reason to believe that when the cor
respondence is made public it will be
found that the secretary's language
has been perhaps Internationally
misquoted and that the error, though
apparently slight, really places the
secretary in a position substantially
different from that assumed by him.
Aside from the particular dispatch
which forms the substance of this