Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-05
Rumors at Shanghai Of Temporary
Peace.
NEGOTIATING TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
Has Japan Demanded Regularly
Accredited Chinese Envoy?
AT THE JAPANESE LEGATION

SHANGHAI, December Sit is rumoret
| here that a ten days armistice has beer
| arranged between China and Japan, and Il
| is said that the terms of peace, which arc
| still under negotiation, are to include ar
| indemnity and the formation of buffer
| state, consisting of the country now held
| by the japanese.
China now fears the winter more thar
| Japan as the supplies of rice have beer
| kept back too long.
LONDON, December 5.-The Times has
a dispatch from Kobe, Japan, stating that
several thoussnd Tonghaks attacked The
Japanese troops at Kong-Ju, in southern
| Corea, on November 2S. Tho japanese
were victorious, and the Tonghaks were
slaughtered wholesale. Two Of the leaders
Of the rebels were killed.
At the JRpanese Legation.
The Japanese legation officials declare
that they have received no recent informa-
ton from their government indicating the
course which affairs are taking regarding
settlement of the war. While nothing has
been received to show the latest step which
Japan is said to have taken-that is, notf-
fed China that no further peace proposals
will be considered unless made by a regu-
larly accredited ambassador from the Chi
nese court, yet it. is believed that In al
probability such action has resulted.
If so, ii has very likely been done through
the medium of the American ministers, who
have been the channel of preliminary peace
proposals.
This is not regarded at the legation as
any snub to the ministers, but simply
the carrying out of Japan's contention
that II China desires peace she must send
a properly accredited representative TO
conduct negotiations to that end. The
work of the American ministers will have
been accomplished by concluding the pre-
liminaries and the actual negotiations for
peace be taken up by officials properly
authorized to conduct them.
In this connection it may be noted that
the Japanese government feels well sat
isfied with what has been accomplished by
her as the results of the war. The inde-
pendence OF Corea has been practically
established, and the payment of an In
demnity by the Chinese government is
pretty well assured, particularly as Japan
is so we'll intrenched on Chinese soil.
While the Japanese are prepared to march
on Pekin, II is felt here that japanese
statesmen hesitate somewhat about at
tempting to overturn the present Chinese
dynasty and undertake to reconstruct the
government.
Such work Of reconstruction would in
volve a tremendous responsibility and In
ew of such possibility and preferring
not to assume II If IL can be avoided, the
japanese are for peace, the demand for
which, however must originate with China.
At the state Department..
At the Department of State it is said that
no news has been received to the effect
that Japan has insisted upon dealing
directly with a properly accredited Chinese
ambassador. 1t was fully expected. how
ever, that this would be the next step in
the negotiations The American ministers
will have fully discharged their duties as
me diators in bringing the two hostile ma
tions to direct conference touching terms
of peace, and 1t was not expected that
they should themselves arrange the con-
ditions of the treaty act further except
in the possibility of a serious disagreement
between the principals which might lead
to the mutual and voluntary reference
of points in dispute to the American min
iSterS.