New-York tribune., 1894-06-23
COREAN MINISTER RECEIVED.
,,prr,,r. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE iNDEPEN-
prNc,r OF TIE KrNGDoM-No NEWS OF
,.,ASrsr INVASION

DENCE OF TIE KfSGDOM-NO NEWS ''
JAPANESE INVASION.
Washington. June p CspeciaD. The reception by
the President yesterday OF the representative y.
the Corean Government. now raised 10 the ra"H VI
Minister Resident s significant inasmuch as the au-
dr.ss of the new Minister and the reply OF the
president both imply an official acknowledgment OK
tho ,ndeuendence Of Corea by the United states ie
Il we'll known that China has for years exerc'seu
n s,rt OF suzoraInty over Corea, which was "o'
only disputad by Corea herself but also py japan
the rulers OF which claimed almost eQuai Du' pei
haps not quite sweeping controi over "'
ancient kingdom The which reached Wash-
,rgtor today bv way of Tienten and london, 10 the
effect that Japanese had been landed for the
purpose Of putting an end to the revolution. 'ne ~
urogress and extent Of which are Dut lmperiec''y
understood here, is not confirmed By state Depart
ment advlces The latest Information omcla ~,
character. was that the rebels had been subdued
and quiet restored. and nothing has been received W
either the State Department oficsrs of the Navy
which would tend to contradict those earlier al
vices In delivering his credentials the new MIN
ister sad to the President:
I am commissioned by His Majesty the KING OF
Tia Chosun. my august sovereign 10 place III yUu yJn
hands hls Ma'e s, tbe GSvernment Of the United
States. am also charged to convey to you HIS HIs
tnlied peace prosperity and happiness OF thls great
country and It's people Both these du.,ss, u.s. osant
CHARGED recall with especial delight the fact that
the United States the first Power to enter INTO
treatv relations with Corea thereby recognizing her
independent sovereignty and treating ner peops @ ssd
70 Appreciate this friendly action nor can forget
the Uniform courtesy and Kindness that have ever
relations they have sustained while residing in this
beautiful capital OF great free ana prOsperous ma &
bv every meane at my command to strengthen and
promote the ties that now happily UNITE our Two Two
the universal sentiment OF my Government and peo-
ple when | utter itthat they may ever continue IN
creasing with time and Hpenlng WIN lhe uhio'u'"s
years.
A BIG JAPANESE FORCE LANDED IN CoREA
Shanghai. June 22-Nineteen thousand Japanese
troops have been landed in Corea. and this move
is greatly stralnng the relations between Chiha
ana geeen thonsand Of the
soldiers are stationed at Seoul the capital, and
400 at Chemulpo.
The reasons for tts great straining of the rea-
tons between China and Japan. reported as re-
suting from the landing OF japanese troops In
Corea were explained IN this place In Tne tribune
on June H. when. the first announcement that
japan had sent an expedition to Seoul ana Che-
mulpo It was said: war between China and Japan
can hardly be avoided II the foregoing dispatch
is confirmed" 1t could not be forgotten, besides
that there were 400 500 Americans In Corea'
whose lives put In jeopardy Dy an hsurectioh
in that country.
It Is significant that at the same time the French
press took nearly the same view Of the question:
and rather approved any Intervention Of America in
Corea La Patrie' and lie Figaro, OF Paris
made a mistake. however in ignoring the fact that
American warships had appeared in Corean waters
in the past to protect citizens Of the United states
notably at the time OF the affair OF the vessel Cen
eral Sherman LA Patrie' OF June IL says;
The Navy Department Of the United States has
just sent cruiser 10 ChemulPo to protect the clti
zcns of the United states. This is the first time
that Americans have interfered outside of the New
World and 1t may be that IT Is the first act or a
new policy Corea a wild country, where for
pfgners even Chinese and japanese are easily mas
sacred Americans have with great ability man.
ard a special field OF action. Are Americans about
to take advantage Of the recent instruction against
definitely In Corea? In the near futur9 the part
which Americans will play In Asia WIN certainly
be a curious surprise