The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-31
Cartridges Wanted.

WAsUINGTON ID. g., Angus: =
4 now and very potent factor IN the |
military condition of Japan as IL re-
Iates to a long continued war n19
come to light. 1t is that she Is llao!e
70 nm ont of cartridges for her new
military rifle. ,,I ,,o,,, ~, |
hand were made at Steyr, IN austria,
where the imperial Austrian army
has cartridge works, ana Where SOME
nrivafe contractors in the same busl-
rnaas are also located. There are Dut
six. however. that have an armament
of the right caliber, viz: austria,
Chilli, Japan, Portugal, Denmark anu
Bulgaria ro,;oI
No one outside of the Imperial
arsenal at Toxic knows just now
MANY Nurata rifles Japan has, nor
the quantity of cartridges on mana,
Int the best estimate is that there are
hetween $50. 900 and 100000 rifles and
ahout 2O.OOO,OO0 rounds OF ball cart
ridges. Had japan foreseen TINS war
she could have been amply prepared
i'm every respect. japanese agents
have been working most dlllgehCly 10
remedy this deficit.
What they want can be had In AUS
trIa and nowhere else. But gettinS
war material out of an empire IKE
Austria is q vastly different matter
from moving it from New maven,
which in the past three weeks nas
shippgd $4,000 revOlyerS ana olher
small arms for mounted troops 10
Japan across our Canadian frontier 10
Vancouver ,.-
Still it might be done in this way.
The cartridges could be IorWar e, "
Triaste i'm transit to the United States.
At Boston or New York they can De
sent TO Toronto. Before reaching
there. and without breaking bulk,
thew might be redirected to snip
ping firm ut Vancouver. All TINS
would take month. In fact, IL
wouId be two months after the ar
ranpements were made before sin.
gle cartridge could be burned IN
japanese rifle.
But the feature of the most difficult
ty to the japanese dIplomaLists
is the opposition OF emma. dnaC
country knows what Japan's weak
ness is. She has Just marketed Son.
600. 600 loan in Germany and Eng
land It was at the earnest request,
almost demand, of German capitalists
who took this loan and want CHINA TO
win, that Kaiser Wilhelm Issued an
imperial order forbidding any snip
ments of arms from Germany TO eth
err japan or China. Cunning CHINA
y
now. Lii Hung Chang purchased
year ago quarter of million Man
licher rifles, model of 1888.
Since Kaiser Wilhelm Will not al
low his own people to trade in goods
contraband Of war, he may object to
Austria doing so. Herein IS Japan's
chief danger, but where dollar is IN
sight the American trader IS mighty
cunning, nor is his British brother
l.. InY wi
necessary cartridges.
The cartridges shipped few days
ago via Vancouver, thence to 1oko-
hama. are for some Remington rifles
which Japan purchased twelve years
ago. They are in excellent condltlOn
and q most effective arm aud VIII DE
rsed in the second local reserve of the
japanese army.
sinking of TIE KoIyshuu9.
WASHINGTON, August 21.-The Jap
anese Legation here has received IN
taligence stating that it has been re-
ported to Toxic on reliable authority
that the finding OF the British naVai
court of inquiry which was held in
Shanghai to investigate the sinking OF
the British steamer Kowshung, when
acting as IA transport for Chinese
troops for Korea, by the japanese
cruiser Naniwa Kan, Is favorable TO
the Japanese. 1t is also reported that
the British Admiral has officially
stated to his Government that he con
siders the sinking of the koWshung
under the circumstances, as the equiv
alent of the sinking of II Chinese yes
sci, and that he has consequently adj
vised the British Government to make
no claim.
Abandoned thu AttemDt.
Los ANGELES, August 19.-George
Buckingham, who originated the
scheme to furnish assistance to Japan
in its present struggle, was seen today
by reporter, to whom he said thai
he had concluded to abandon the at
tempt to get up a regiment for Japar
at this time.
He had ascertained that the laws
governing foreign countries were OPP
posed to the enlistment of n body O
men with the avowed purpose of en-
tering a foreign army, and he woulc
not undertake it, at least not from the
United States.
Sian,'s King IS Dead.
VICTORIA (B. c., August 10. Dis
patches per steamship Tacoma an
nounce the death of the King of Sian
after long illness at Bankok. H. NJ
:. Rather has been dispatched to ST
amese waters in the event of trouble
over the succession.
Going Back Home.
WASHINGTON, August 20.-Th'
Korean Minister, We Sun 500, AM
the Secretary of Legation will
sail from San Francisco on the 2Stl
inst. for home. They are on q leav
Of absence and will return to thi
country in few months. The lega
ton here during the Minister'S alb
sence will9be in charge of Counsello
We Hurg rs charge d'atfaires.
Korean independence.