, 1894-12-12


and the payment Of a war indemnity. Orders
in this sense have been sent to the Chinese
Ambassadors in Europe and 1t is believed
that some Powers are will ng TO promise,
their good Offices. sTley will not, however,
tLreaten t. support their medallion by arms
and the japanese it Is understood, will repu-
diate intrI farence insisting that the Emperor
Of China shall sire for peace to the
Mikado. The terms which the Japanese
will ACCEPT have never been officially
stated. tut they are sure to be much
heavier tllan those suggested '"y Prince
Kuug. 1t is beloved in Berlip that they wish
Manchuria t. be made j. dependent as a
buffer State" between China and CoIea,-
an idea So unexpected that there. must be
something under its and in LONDON that they
will demend -Fornlosa and the. Chinese
Fl6et,besideS a great post, probably in South
ern Climatic be held until a heavy ~i1'emnity
il paidIhey will rim great risks if they make
their terms too heavy. but they are evidently
convince that China is dead and that Japan
viii he aerceforward the great Power o. the
East. 0to convulslve movement in Crlna
might alter the whole position Of afaiIS-
for example, if China found a Europeans
Generai-buL at present the great Empire is
like a wa,er-logged ship.
japanese decision and arrogance are both
illustrated this week by a singular story. Two
Americans we're at Kobe, on board q French
steamer belonging to the Messageres, and
the J|apeaese received information, true or
false, that they were about to erteG the Chr
nese military service. They accordingly
boarded the steamer, arrested the Americans,
and in spite of the circumstances of the
French Consul, carried them away. We sup
pose If the steamer was within their waters,
they were in THEN legal right; but the
French are not likely to sit quiet under an
acc Of violence, which recalls the Mason and
and 5li3eIl incidert. Human being are not
oontrab md of war; nor can Foreigners be ar
rested anywhere, because they intend in a
distant harbour to take service with a belli-
gcrent. OF coarse. f the Americans held
Chinese ommiSsiol chey mu35 aSept their
fate: but that ices not appear.
The Queen Of Madagascar and her Miniscrv,
have finally de.eft3med. to fight. NJ. lie
Myre lie Vilcrs has accordingly quilted An
tana"arivo ana next week the French Cham
bers viii be asked to vote the credits necessa-
ny for a conquering expedition. 1t is said
that the first credit Will be fer G3, 600, 200,
and that fifteen thousand troops Of all arms
will be landed in the island and marched
towards the capital; but it is evident that
thcre il some hesitation. The Frenchren
who know the island eli say it viii net be
conquered without great loss Of life; end there
Is clo. ly an idea that tle electors may not
IKE the prospect before them. To stimulate
e1t,husiasln therefore. much is made Of Pro
testan' feeling, and it is alleged that the Eng
fish missionaries are entirely actuated by
hostility to France, and are even poisoning
Fronch opponents. 1T is rumoured that the
Government, for all It's decision, will CON
tent Itself at first with a blockade-you
might as we'll blockade one of the little plan
ets-bnt it is probable that the naval ::authori-
ties atc only waiting for events in China to de-
clare hemselves. They do not went to incur
the great expense of strengthening their 'aeetin
the North Pacific, and transporting a great ex-
petition TO the South Pacifcat the same time.
The q and difficulty when q laading has been
effected will be carriage, and the Govern
ment, instead of buying mules as We did for
Abyssinia, is trying to bride one or two of the
subo rdinate tribes of the isiaAd to furnish
twenty thousand coolies. They must be FED
~. ,voII az NokkorAd oOH poid