The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-24

Chez Foo Nov. 2S-Dispatches have
been received here stating that the
japanese captured Port Arthur on We'd
nesday last, after eighteen hours fight
ing.
The second Chinese-Japanese army
under the command Of Field Marshal
Count Oyama, minister of war, con-
sisted of about 10000 men, and when
this force arrived off the,Regs Sword
promontory, it was divided into two
.detachments, one of which, aided by part
of the japanese fleet, operated against
Tlienwan, while the other directed its
movements against Kin Chow, on the
western side of the promontory, some
miles north of Port Arthur.
TalienWan and KinchoW were both
captured, after which the army again
combined and the march on Port
Arthur was commenced. Several en-
counters of minor Importance took place
along the route, but according to the
reports, the Japanese were invariably
successful.
The roads leading northward from
Port Arthur were supposed to have
been mined by the Chinese, and the
Japanese commands, therefore, declined
to take the risk of marching along
them. Consequently they were COM
PEELED to cut roads through the forests
to allow the passage of their artillery,
ammunition trains, etc. The march was
thus necessarily slow.
Dispatches received few days ago
stated that the japanese were close
to the city and had attacked the
Chinese outpCsts, driving them back
to their entertainments. 1t was also
said that the Japanese attacked the
entrenchment three times, but were re-
pulsed each time. 1t is evident later
attacks must have been made, and that
the outposts were compelled to fall
back upon Port Arthur. Several times
the town was reported to have been
captured, but later dispatches have
shown these reports were inaccurate
and that the japanese were conducting
their operations against the place with
great carefulneSS.
Chez Foo, from which place the dis
patch announcing the fall Of Port
Arthur is sent, is a Chinese city on the
north coast of Shang Tung pro-
montory, some ninety miles south of
Port Arthur, from which it is separated
by the gulf Of Pechili.
The Chief Feature.
The chief feature of the new treaty
is in its recognition of Japan as a civ
ilized country. Previous treaties have
assumed that the native courts were
so primitive and punishments so bru-
tai that it would not be safe to trust
British, American and other foreign
citizens to their jurisdiction. The new
treaty recognizes the Japanese courts,
and does away with the offensive for
! eign consular courts. But in order
! "a mo va NJ n
csc judicial system to be further per-
fected, the date when they assume
their new functions is postponed for
five years, viz: Till January, 1899.
The same provision is in the treaty
with Great Britain, and in those about
to be concluded with France, SWitzer-
land and other countries, so the full
recognition of Japan's civilization will
be ushered in with the twentieth cen
fury
The restriction OF Japanese immigra-
ton to this country is also an import
ant feature of the new treaty. Japan
has readily acceded to this, because, as
! she claims, her citizens are not desir-
Gus of immigrating in large numbers
| to America; and also because Japan
J law prohibits them from eaigrating
contrary to the American contract la
Dor law The trade features of the
4 treaty are said to be framed with a
view to developing the commerce OF
both countries. IN previous treaties
Japan has been restricted to per cent
ad valore1n on American imports, and
the actual collections at the customs
house have been about per cent. ad
valorem. The exact terms OF the new
arrangements are not known. The
treaty also gives Americans greater
property rights in Japan, allowing
them the privilege not heretofore
granted, of leasing lands in the interior
Of Japan as we'll as al the treaty ports
and allowing all property rights ex-
cept the right to own land in fee SIM
pie.