The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-27
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT
FATE OF OVER ENTHUSIASTIC
JAPANESE STUDENTS.
Furnish Their Government With Sketches
of Chinese Defenses and Will Lose
Their Heads-China Thinks
She Won Big Battle.

China and Japan has been brought by
steamers just arrived from the two
countries. The accounts say:
BY arrangement between Japan aud
England, supplementary to the new
treaty, the former proposes that the
Judicial codes of the empire shall he
put into effect and full operation be-
fore the treaty is made practically
effective. 1t is also agreed that the
provisions of the second article of the
treaty relating to military service
shall apply to British colonies. Jap
anese courts were opened Sept IA, the
highest at Toxic, under the presidency
of Viscount Ksw Sc, late minister to
England, and another at SasahOe, a
naval station near Nagaski, under the
presidency of Judge Hitomim, chief of
Nagaski court of appeals.
The case OF two alleged Japanese
spies, who have been given up by the
United States consul at shanghai to
almost certain death at the hands OF
the Chinese, attracts much attention
and causes no little illAfeeling among
Americans and Europeans in China
These two young men had for some
time been pursuing their studies in
Shanghai and like the majority OF the
Japanese residents, were in the habit
OF wearing Chinese dress. With the
idea OF serving their country in some
indefinite way they undertook at the
fhrnn b Of h ~ tfNn nnl M nj "A
which they thought would benefit
their government. What they gave
to the government has not yet trans
pired, but they are said to have draw.
lngs Of defenses, for which they were
arrested by native officers in the
French quarter of the settlement.
Upon The Japanese consulate clos
ing it was rumored that all japanese
remaining in the country should look
to local representatives of the United
States for such aid and advice as
could be unoflicially EOuchsated. Ex.
plantations were given that absolute
protection could not be extended, but
that something might be done to
rescue these tOOlharCy young men
from their perilous position, They
were handed over from the French
consul to the American consul gen.
eral, in spite of the protests and de-
mands OF the Chinese government,
which insisted on their surrender.
Mr.. birmingham, consul general,
soon discovered the suspected men
had no connection with the japanese
authorities and they acted wholly
upon their own responsibility. 1t is
understood that after the investiga-
tion he was disposed to ship them 10
Japan, but on reporting the incident
to Washington he raceived per-
emptory instructions to de-
liver them to Chinese custody,
This, the telegraph announced, was
done on Sept. to the dissatisfaction
ofthe great majority OF aliens dwelling
in shanghai. The order OF procedure
with accused foreigners who have no
consular representatives is to bring
them before a mixed court undGr the
control of the chief magistrate and
foreign safety, but no one believes the
prescribed cOurse will be followed IN
the present case unless strong demon
stration is made by several consuls
and supported by ministers at Pekin
against the removal OF the prisoners
from the settlement Without regard
to this question oflegislative propriety
it is regarded by Americans that their
government felt it imperative to in
fiict what was virtually 2entence OF
death upon these over jealous Japa.
nese.
The following has been received
here by steamer Victoria from the
several correspondents OF the Asso-
cated Press:
YoKoHoMA, Sept. 6. The governor
of Canton has issued a decree forbid
ding all people under his authority to
purchase or use goods OF Japanese
manufacture.
An insufrection has broken out at
Chang Shan in the San Tun province
sufficiently strong to beat back the
troops sent TO quell the disturbance,
Phere is no evidence that the out break
has any political significance, thoug n
hints to that effect appear in Chinese
newspapers.
The general distress in the neigh
borhood and the appearance OF fans
inc is sufficient for popular disorders
in more than one locality. Fears are
expressed in the north Of China that
the supply of rice will be insufficient,
not only for the people at large but
even for the demands of the army
and navy. The grand canal route
from the southern rice growing dis
tricts ia blocked above Chin hiaDg,
and doubts have arisen as to the
prac liability as to transferring gram
by sea. By singular error OF Judg.'
ment the Fekin government
has included rice in list OF
contrsbsnd articles, circumstance
which would be turned heavily to the
disadvantage of European ships had
they not since received an order that
the grain shipped in neutral vessels
must he considered contraband' IN IN
lees this ruling is modified the olill-
Guilty of securing ships for the service
is great, and the conveyance OF fOod
to the Chinese troops in Corea, across
the gulf of Pechili, is completely cut
off by the Japanese cruisers ihus
far, however, the Chinese forces nave
subsisted mainly upon the products
of the regions they now occupy; liz
the middle of August it was admllteo
by officials that northern granerles
contained only food enough to supply
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