The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-17

were Submitted 70 rigorous censorship.
A matter Of fact. no foresgnsr sendin :
esnuins intslIlgsnce hss bssn infsrtsssd
with, and dispatches over she wires hnVs
rons freely 20 Americas AID ESropsan
pap~rs.
Tsghs az The national banks q Tokyo
have subscribed for bonds Of the var ioaa
90 TIE smoanf collectively Of 21Ol1tso
yea. Ths largest subscription - Of tse
Tigteeath National bank, 90 ysn.
THE KxsLssn ASSISTING cHfsA-
Trsquent accusations spp~sr In 1sp.ness
nssspapers Of unsarrantsd acts Of par
taagifv committed By British officials In
China's favor. Admiral FrsEnantls -
charged with h.ving sntsrfsrsd with one
Of JaDsn's naval operations by ordering
salute 10 . japanese admiral Al m inopTor-
tune momsnt. and thus giving warning 20
the enemy. The story lacks conarmAsory
evidences. Bat 10 IL certain that in spite o.
British proclamation Of neutrality, En-
r4ssh merchant SHIPS carrying munitions
Of var 20 Chinese nsvai stations have sailed
from Shanghai wishcns distraction ey the
consul.
sAFAwEsx r&FxR moHxy AT pfscoCsT.
business in Korea 10 much disordered.
owIng TO the scarcity Of silver and asud-
den lack Of condolences in japanese paper
money, whieh has hitherto eireulsted ~
p&r. The agencies Of the japanese na~
tlonaI banks hsys tried every means TO
arrest the decline Of paper. which nov
stands ns 90 psr cent. discount. but thus
far their efforts have been Ia vain. The
depreciation began with the wholesale de-
paElure Of the Chinese nlsrchsnts. who ex-
changed large quantities OF notes for
silver, which they carried home with
them. Tbs Koreans. having litEie knosi-
edge Of financial matters, aud putting
great faith in Chlna's shrewdness, fear
that the notes have become worthless. and
generally refuse 10 accept them.
The United States legation In Seoul 10
guarded By twcnty-ous marines and
fxsnty-four sailors of the Baltimore.
under the following officers: Capt. q. +.
Elliott. Enslgns s. g. Hayward and Ii. q.
MacFariand. Naval Cadet G. c. lowell,
Passed Assistant Surgeon +. y. Bryant
and Pay Clerk James sehow. The British
legation il guarded by thirty sailors and
marines, ths Russian legation by forty
Eve sailors aud the German legation by
tuenfy-two sailors.
the customs service at the open ports OF
Korea will be taken over by the japanese.
the Koreans being at present incompetent
20 administer IL The new arrangement
II officially sanctioned by the government
81 Seoul. There 10 possibility a show OF
resistance will be made by the present
collectors. chiefly Europeans appointed BY
Chinese authorities, bus their remon-
On August "a the japanese guard sta
toned ut the palace in Seoul since July q
Was replaced by q body Of native soldiers.
A. the kings request a detachment OF
Japanese troops was ordered TO DO In
readiness whsnsyg summoned for palace
duty.
Korean officials travel with the Japan
csc troops In that country TO explain that
for ell provisions required commisssriat re-
eeipis will be duly given and payments
made ut fixed times and places. Per con-
ira, the Chinese army has no commits
ssrlat. and lives by plundering the prod
nets OF the districts through which ii
passes.
All foreign captains and engineers en-
ployed by the China Merchants Steam
Navigation Company threw up their en-.
gagemsnts on publication of the neutral
ity proclsmations Of their respective coun-
tries.
BY order OF viceroy Ii placards have
been posted throughout Tientsin warning
the Chinese not 20 talk about war and %
treat all foreigners with respect. a. they
are friends OF China"
The plague which dssolatsd Hongkons
has made its appearance at Annoy, some
fifty cases having been detected. IL Il
supposed 10 have been brought by victims
who travelled from Hongkong overland to
escape medical scrutiny.
cHrsA AGAIN STATES urR aRrxvAScx.
A circular notice has been sent by the
Chinese foreign Office to the members oil
the diplomatic corps in Peking, with Q
request that Il be transmitted to their re
specsive governments. 1t recites anew al
considerable length the story of the
Korean im5roglio. representing the sew
eral events from Chinese point OF view
Troops we're originally dispatched by l.
Hung Chang, IL declares. solely In re
sponse 10 the king of korea's appeal fol
aid In snppressing rebellion. Thes,
troops did not enter Seoul, bat went dl
rect 90 the districts in revolt "At tn.
frat rumor of their approach" the docu
ment asserts. ''ths insurgents dispersed
and our army. having brought mercifu
relief TO the distressed people. meditated
victorious retirement" but japanese
army suddenly appeared upon tho scene
demanding that Korea should repudiats
her allegiance to China and declare her
self independent" and making rule,
for the alteration Of the government
which the king was required Il
conform q. Since Korea has beer
. dependency OF China for time immemo
rial. in consequences of which condition oi
vassalage the Korean treaties Of Western
powers were 'daly approved and recorded
In Picking. Jspan's action was ian osfens,
sgainst the dignity and authority o
ChinA." This has been recognized by the
English and Russian governments, whict
have advised Japan 40 desist from bel
unjustlhable course. but their "extremel,
fair and just proposal" has been ''stnt
bornly rejected" by Japan. Moreover. "by
. most unexpected and treacheroui
scheme" japan commenced hostilisiei
by firing on and damaging our transport
ships. and then attacked and sank Brit
ish steamer dying the English dag.
China, therefore, "ean carry forbearane,
no further. hn, feels constrained 20 tax,
efectasl measures. This "fail statement
OF the circumstances under which JapSr
iRiguitoasly and nEiawfnlly commenced
war" is presented with the expectation
that ''ths various governments will hea
wsth wondering concern and win know
where 60 lay the entiro blame whlel
attaches"
CANT RELIEVE TnE CHINESE,