The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-03
THE SITUATION REVIEWED
Judge Denny on the Dispute
Between China, Japan
and Corea.


had peculiar and excellent advantage
for knowledge of the grounds OF dis
pute between China, Japan and Corea
He spent twelve years in the Orient
one half the time in the diplomatic
service of the United States in China
the remainder I'D the service of tn,
king of Corea, AS his confidential agen
and adviser at his capital. No one
knows better the condition of affair
In Corea, or the relations between
Cnrea and her neighbors. Yesterda.
Judge Denny came home from his
farm i'll Yamhill county, where he hao
been attending to his harvest during
the week. Called upon by represen
tative of the Oregonian he made the
following statement:
"With some of the Oregonlan's
comments OH the Corean trouble
quite agree, but as to Others take
different view. AS you say, II is ii pity
that this country has no permanent
diplomatic service where men are thor
oushly trained and equipped 10 round
off sharp points in diplomatic eontro-
xersy which otherwise often lead to
Strained relations, or humiliation in
order to avoid them. Had there been
such a service perhaps the people OF
This country would not have rece ntly
Witnessed the revocation Of the COM
mission of duly appointed and &C
credited plenipotentiarv OF this gov
trnmicnt to the court Of Prking, SIM
jly because the Chinese under British
direction regarded the appointee as
persona non grata, for having had the
Courage, while a~enator i'll congress, to
EXPRESS his candid opinion upon a
great international question of vital in
tercst 10 his own country. Then, too.
sucl, service might have saved the
people Of this government a little later
on the humiliation of seeing the law oi
Congress, restricting the coming Of
Chinese coolies to this country, set at
defiance by the China government i'll
pursuance of British advice, supple
f1ented by the lawyers of the Six Com.
banies in New York city. And now
it seems we have the third exhibition
of Chinese domination of the state
department with the aid of her British
ally, in what appears to be an attempt
on the part of that department to in
terfere in treaty dispute between the
Japanese and Chinese governments,
which not only does not concern the
United States, but Is ccuchcd i'll such
raw and undiplomatlc language as to
cause strained relations between Japan
and ourselves, or an apology on the
part of the latter to avoid them. This
impertinence on the part Of China is
becoming too monotonously frequent
10 be in keeping with the dignity and
high standing of republican govern
ment like that of the United States
and it ought to be stopped. Japan is
certainly one of the most courageous,
prosperous and progressive countries
In the Orient, rapidly approaching a
republican basis. always dignifying its
intercourse with Western nations with
candid and Courteous treatment. E1-
pecially is this true in her relations
with the United States, and now to be
repaid by what appears to be an at
tempted interference in dispute
wherein the japanese are in the right,
as shall attempt to show, simply be
cause the Chinese demand it, is Ger
tainly too much for that government to
pass over unrebuked.
"You say it appears that Mr.. Gres
ham was induced to send his bullying
message to Japan by the English and
Chinese ministers, both of these ma
tions being interested IN maintaining
the present government of Corea,
which, indeed for 200 years has been a
vassal state of China Herein is to
be found the key to the whole diff
Guilty, viz: the vassalage dogma set
up by China in the year 1885 through
the Chinese minister to Corea, backed
by the commands of the British gov
ernment, the originator of the plan,
the idea being that if China can main
tain vassalage oyer Corea, il would be
the easiest way for the British to check
the southern advance Of Russia. In
the brief or pamphlet 1 prepared and
published in 1888, while adviser to
the king and director of foreign affairs,
on the historical and international re-
lation Of China and Corea, pointed
out, l think to the satisfaction of every
power having treaties with Corea and
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