The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-17

matters, ana putting great LAIN III
Chinas shrewdness, fear that the notes
have become worthless and generally
refuse to accept them.
Our Legation in Seoul.
The United States legation in Seoul
is guarded by twenty-one marines and
twenty-four sailors of the Baltimore
under the following officers: Captain
G. F. Elliott, Bnsigns G.. n. Hayward
and II. G.. Macfarland, Naval Cadet z.
lC. Jewell, Passed Assistant Surgeon T.
n. Bryant and Pay Clerk James SehoW
The British legation is guarded by
thirty sailors and marines, the RUSSIAN
legation by forty-five sailors and the
German legation by twenty-five sailors.
It is expected that early in Septem-
Der the. customs service at the open
ports of Corea will be taken over by
the Japanese, the CoreanS being at
Ipresent incompetent to administer it.
The new arrangement is officially sane
toned by the government at Seoul, yet
there is a possibility that a snow OF
opposition will be made by the present
collectors, chiefly Europeans appointed
by Chinese authority, but their remon-
StranceS will receive no attention.
On August "a, the Japanese guard
stationed at the palace in Seoul since
July % was replaced by body of ma
tive soldiers. At the kings request,
detachment of Japanese troops was or
dered to be in readiness whenever sum-
mond for palace duty.
! Corean officials travel with the Jap
anese troops in that country to explain
that for all provinces required commls-
sariat receipts will be duly given, and
payments made at fixed times and
places. Per contra, the Chinese army
has no commissariat, and lives as II
can by plundering the products Oh the
IL G,,;a ~, 1inh /
All foreign captains and engineers
employed by the China Merchant Steam
Navigation company threw up their
| enga gements on publications OF the
neutrality proclamations of their re-
spective countries.
| By order of Viceroy Lii, placards nave
been posted throughout Tlen Ism
warning the Chinese not to talk ABOUT
the war and to treat all foreigners Win
respect, as they are friends of China.
The Plague at Annoy.
The plague which desolated Hong
Kong has made its appearance at
| Annoy. some fifty cases having been de-
tected. 1t is supposed to have oeen
brought by victims who Travelled from
Hong Kong overland to escape medical
scrutinies.
A circular notice has been sent by the
| Chinese foreign Office to members OF the
diplomats corps in Peking with re-
quest that it be transmitted to their
respective governments. 1t recites anew e''
at considerable length, the story of the
Corean imbroglio, representing the sew.
eral events from a Chinese point OF
view. Troops were originally dis
patched by Lii Hung Chang, it declares,
/ solely in response to the king Of Corea' S
appeal for aid in suppressing rebel
| lion. These troops did not enter Seoul,
but went direct to the districts in re-
volt.
,"At the first rumor. of their ap-
proach,'' the document asserts, the
| insurgents Edispersed and our army
| having brought merciful relief to the
| distressed people, meditated a vlctorl-
Gus retirement.
"But a japanese army suddenly APP
peared upon the scene, demanding that
Corea should repudiate her allegiance to
China and declare herself Independent"
and making rules for the alteration of
| the government, which the king. was
required to conform to. Since Corea has
been a dependency of China from time
| inmemorial. in consequence OF which
condition of vassalage the Corean
| treaties of western powers were duly
approved and recorded in Picking,
Japan's action was IAN offense against
| the dignity and authority of China"
This has been recognized by the Eng
fish and Russian governments, which
had exhorted Japan at the time ''to de-
sist from her unjustifiable course" but
their Extremely fair and just pro-
lposaP' has been "stubbornly rejected"
by Japan.
Moreover, ''by a most unexpected and
treacherous scheme Japan "com-
mences hostilities by firing on and
damaging our transport ships, and then
attacked and sank the British steamer
flying the English flag"
China, therefore. "can carry forbear-
ance no further but feels constrained
to take effectual measures" This full
statement of the circumstances under
which Japan iniquitiously and unlaw-
fully commenced war is presented with
| the expectation that "the various gov
ernments will hear with wondering con-
Germ and will know where to lay the
entire blame which attaches to them