Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-27
news FROM THE Orient
Advices of the Situation in
the Disturbed Country.

w e nave already stated tnat a treaty
with the United States was in progress
and almost completed. We hear now
that 1t has been completed and that the
United States government has ap-
pointed by cable Mr.. Dun, it's minister
in this country, minister plenipotenu-
ary for the ratification and exchange
of ratincations."
we believe" remarks the Chinese
Gazette, that we are not premature
in stating that the formalities have
been arranged and everything is cut
and dried for the completion of Il new
set of trading regulations between
Great Britain and China which we arc
assured will be found very advantag-
eous to the former from a commercial
point of view at least"
The Shanghai Mercury says it is ru.
mored in Pelin that the emperor has
expressed his desire to personally take
charge of the operations in Korea and
to leave the throne under the regency
of the empress dowager. When his
majesty made known his desire his
hearers are said to have knocked their
foreheads and prayed his majesty not
to let his anger drive him so far as tC
engage with so paltry an enemy. but tc
let his officers drive off the barbarans.
The defenSes of MOukdcn the home of
the Thing dynasty, are being strength.
ened, the garrison having been rein.
forced by 5000 trained troops. 1t was
rumorcd sometime ago, says a Japa.
nese journal, that Chang Use Tung and
others were going to impeach Ii Hung
Chang, but nothing has resulted. 1t is
even said that the appointment was
made to deceive the PelSin government.
That government, continued the same
paper, considered it most inauspicious
that Ii Hung Chang should declare
war when the empress dowagvr was
about to celebrate her 61st birthday
The emperor was especially angry and
threatened to humble the power of Tien
Tsi Yamen. Though the emperor could
have easily effected this his counsellors
warned him that in that case the vice
roy might do the country infinite harm
by allying himself with foreign minis
ters and advised him to appoint an i'm
parchment commission to keep him in
suhjection The emperor, who is afraid
of foreign ministers, reconsidered his
resolution. Ii Hung Chang, who got
scent of this change on the emperor's
part. communicated with Chang Use
Tung, who was reported to be hostile
to himself, so that Ii Hung Chang
begged permission to form a com
mission. The reason of Chang Use
Tung's consent to become Ii Hung
Chang's accuser at the latter's request
Is that he possesses the largest iron
mandatory in China, that being short
Of money and the works being threat
ened with ruin he means to set them
at work again through the viceroys
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norant of all this conspiracy, has al
ready given two million five hundred
thousand taels towards war expenses
and win even abolish the empress dow
ayers celebration to defray the cost of
the war
The foreign consuls at Shanghai,
with the Portuguese consul at their
head, communicated with the Taoti in
connection with the neutrality of the
court but as the Taoti was unsatis-
factory they held meeting. AS re
suit of the meeting the following reso-
lutions We're presented the Taoti: "The
action of the Taoti at Shanghai Is most
unfair to a neutral port; and If he
continues to act in such violent man
ner troops shall be landed from British
French and Americ an men-of-war for
the protection of inhabitants of the
settlement"
The British and Russian ministers at
Pekin lately met Ii Hung Chang and
offered to mediate for an armistice for
the reason that If the Chinese army,
which had amassed with so much trou-
| BILE at Hello were defeated, 1t would be
a great disgrace to China. Ii Hung
| Chang, who had been frightened by
defeats at Fung Tong Tao and Gazan,
and had secretly been hoping for medi-
| alton, ea gerly seized this opportunity
an requested the two ministers to me-
| date. The ministers then made the
same proposal to the Japanese govern
ment which firmly declined as it had
| entered upon the war with great de-
termination and was not to be turned
away with such a proposal
The case of two Japanese spies arres
ed on the French concession by the
French police and delivered to the Uni
ted States consul general is still under
consideration at Pekin. United States
Consul General Jernigan is active in
having all Japanese not identified with
Shanghai by important business rela-
tions returned to Japan and last week
about one hundred of them went home
The United States consul general is
sUaring no effort to rid Shanghai of
Japanese whose presence would posi-
bly, be made n cause of complaint by
| China or a source of danger to the
| settlement
The British man-of-war Centurion
| left Che Foo Aug. 2S with three other
men-of-war for Jinsen. The British
| China squadron is, at the governments
| orders, cruising in Korean waters to