Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-17
News From Yokohnma.

SAN FIANCISCO, Sept. l7.-The steamer Oceanic arrived hero from Hongkong and Yokohama bringing Japlnese ad- vices to Sept. .. Little or no intelligence was brought from China direct, and tho following notice, which appears at tho head of the editorials in the China Ga sette, a new spaper published in shanghai, seems to indicate tho difficulty of obtain ing rcliat:o information from Chinese sources:
 Tn the present situation of affairs 1t is utterly useless to attempt to get any rc- liable information over the Chinese wires or from Chinese sources, and WIG are com pellcd, therefore, to wait until the Japs- neso officials accounts of tho progress be tween China and Japan arc first published in the press of the latter and then get them tclcgraphed hero. The Chinese have, by their disgraceful mendacity in the kowshing affair and their refusal to trans init any telegram which does not glorify shrm and mislead tho public as to tho true conditions. cut themselves of from all chance of their reports being believed by The people who want to get at the truth.
 The Oceanic brings the following Corre- spondcncc dated at Yokohama, Sept. ,:
 The revised treaty between Japan and England was ratified at Tokyo on Aug D. For tho first time the United States has failed to take advantage of .Iapan's desire to treat primarily with tho grrat republic in an international transaction.
 Tho opinion expressed in Japan is that negotiations at Washington might haNo been concluded long ago if tho statc dc partmcnt had been disposed tu act upon Japanese proposals.
 As it is, Great Britain stands ahead in the enactment uf the treaty which tho Asiatic empire has hccn urgently striving for moro than ." years tO secure.
 The Japanr~c-EngIi>hT Treaty.
 On the prVvious occasion tho business was barely brought 10 n conclusion by Count Okuma. but at the last moment his plans wcrc defeated by the violent public demonstrations in Japan against his method of adjusting the vCxcd question of the judiciary. It was therefore thought sxpcdient tn keep these latter negotiations strictly secret and to allow none of tho proposed conditions to become n subject If popular discussion until tho affair was absolutely terminated. Tho announce mcnt first made by the emperor was a sur prise to every ono, though vague rumors of what was contemplated had circulated during the past few weeks.
 The treaty confcrs nu immediate advan- tagcs on Japan. At least five years must slapsc befOrc it goes into operation. and 1t is for Japan tO say whether or not tho | interval shall bc lonECr. but until 1899 everything must remain as it Is now. The purpose of this delay is that Japan shall perfect her judicial system to an extent warrantinI the abOlishmcnt of English .aw courts.
 The existence of foreign tribunals is ono of Japan's chief grievances and this, 50 far as Great Britain is concerned. will >easc at the appointed time.
 The other grievancc-intcrferenc with tho taritf-will not be done away with un- til 1910. when complete autonomy will be | resumed by tho simple process of tcrmi- hating the treaty. But from 1899. or from whatever date the Japanese sign for tho | agreement to come in force, l 1 years later | when 1t may be cancelled by either party partially new tariff will be adopted some what more favorable to Japan than that which now regulates her commerce. but | not strikingly so.