San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-01
COREAN WAR.
Further News of the Trouble Be-
tween China and Japan.

tween China and Japan.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The Japan
csc consul has received the lates
newspapers containing accounts o
the trouble in the Corean ques
| ton.
Among the papers was the Toki
Ji-Ji. One thing in it was, sig
nificently enough, a part of tn,
advertisement of an American
pistol mandatory. There was
large picture representing thu
murder and robbery of one man by
many. The reader OWNED thai
this picture represented the assas
sination of the Corean statesman
Kim, to whom is attributed the
present trouble.
The Consul said that the people
of Japan felt hurt and Inundated
that Kim had been assassinated in
the MikadO's domain. Kim had
caused the assassination of half a
dozen courtiers at Seoul, to be sure,
but at the same time he was the
guest of japanese officials when he
was murdered, and this created
much indignation. There were
some other blood-curdling pictures
which, the Consul explained, were
20 years old and were inserted now
to arouse the patriotism Of the
japanese and work them up to the
fighting point. The Jill is an in
fiuential organ in Japan, CORE
spending in general way to the
great dailies of this country.
SHANGHAI, July 2S.--One of the
immediate causes, as regarded
here, of Japan's animus in the Co.
rean war is the murder last spring
in this city of Kim-ok-Kiun, the
firmest friend Japan ever had in
Corea.
ON March u last three men in
the garb of Western civilization,
one attended by japanese servant,
arrived at Shanghai in the steamer
Saiko Maru, from Japan. They
called themselves japanese sub.
jects, gave Japanese names and
took up quarters in japanese no.
tel in the foreign settlement. One
of the three was Kim-ok- Kium, an
instigator, if not the chief instiga-
tor, of the Corean massacre of De.
cember, 1884.
For nine years Kim had been a
refugee in Japan. Unsuccessful
demands for his surrender had
several times been made by the
King of Corea to the Japanese
AS the Emperor Of
China is the acknowledged suZer-
ain of Corea, much surprise was
felt that Kim should have dared
to set foot on Chinese soil.
An English journalist set out to
probe the mystery, but before he
found his way to the Japanese
hotel the Corean was lying dead
with three revolver bullets in his
body.
On the body of the murdered
nan was found a card bearing the
name, "Kim-ok-Kiun," printed in
Roman characters. The murderer
proved to be one Hong Sjyongou, a
JOrean of good position, recently a |
prominent figure in Par
sian society. He was arrested
leXt day by an English detective,
)ut he was in no way disconnected. |
He had fled, he said, simply to
void the vengeance of Kim.ok-
<iun's Japanese servant, not to es.
ape justice. He had assassinated
Kim by order of the King of Corea i
md, although he had not the au-
hOriZing document with him, it |
would be produced shortly by a |
omrade who had been jointly in
rusted with Kim's execution.
The next day Hong was formally |
harged with murder at the mixed
ourt," where Chinese magistrate
itsi with a European assessor to
ry Chinese subjects, and the case |
vas adjourned sine die pending |
with Pekin. Hong |
vas taken into the Shanghi city |
Inder an order from the Viceroy,
ii Hung Chang, and lived very |
ontentedly at the City Magis-
rates yamen until he was acquit-
d and set free.
On Hong's return to Corea after
he murder he was received with
lonors, while his victims body |
vas subjected to mutilation and |
public exposure.
The Chen Yuen, destroyed by the
japanese, was in the first engage
nent, off Fontao. The Japs cap.
ured the Chinese warship Tsao |
<ian and sank Chinese transport
With soldiers on board. Unfortu-
lately, one Of the largest Chinese
of the northern fleet, the |