The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-01

Victoria, B. c., Nov SO.-The Vic
toria, th'r'eer days from Yokohama,
arrived today. The Associated Press
correspo dent, writing Nov. II, says:
IN front Ie is expe, ed TO result from
tAaraGair . the . carer Sydney. The
United States government is under
stood to regard the &c ion of Japan as
jUstif1able on the grounds of self-de-
Tense, and Great Britain comedies, al
though some form of explanation or
apology may be deemed desirable
France has taken less pleasing view
Of the situation, but is not disposed to
make serious difficulty Her opinion
appears to be that the eXigency was
not sufficiently alarming to call for so
grave a measure as the removal OF
passengers from the French mail
steamship. Later developments indi-
cate that the self-declared explosive
experts were irresponsible spectators,
if not impostors. Reports were re-
.ceived connecting Colonel Fred Grant
with the undertaking, and his name
carried with it a weight which would
not have been accorded to unknown
aQNS41S6I GlS. IL ID well hllOh IL lll&I LII
Hung Chang holds the memory of
General Grant in reverence and he
would, presumably, have been disposed
10 place unusual resources at the dis
p$sal of party representing his son.
~ sums alleged to have been prom
is&U Colonel Grant, and which have
beer actually advanced ITO his agents,
corIr spond exactly with those set
forI by the travellers on the Gaelic
~
cerelative facts into consideration the
Japanese government believed itself
under the necessity of guarding
against the threatened danger. The
French diplomats and consulS of the
United States were powerless to in
tervene had they been inclined to do
so, and relying on the authorized rul-
ing of international law Japan availed
herself of what she claims as a bel
ligerent right. The American passen-
gers were released on Nov. L, after
taking oaths not 10 aid China in any
manner and expressing in writing
their gratitude for the leniency of the
treatment Of the Japanese government.
The telegram from Paris announces
that the French government has re-
ferred several points of the Sgd
ney affair to its legal advisers, !
who pronounced judgment that Japan
acted within her rights and is not liable
SO censure under the rules of inter-
National law. The feeling of the popu-
lace is strongly against the Intervention
in negotiations for peace by the United
States, or by any western country and
the Japanese government considers.
95thing but an application from China
herself will be acceptable.
The diet has been convened to meet
in Toxic, December %. 1t is not antici-
J,
harmonious as those Of the eXtraordi-
nary session recently held at Hiroshi-
ma. At that gathering ali domestic dis
sessions were allowed to rest by COM
mon consent. The legal and patriotic
purposes of the members having been
definitely avowed, the opposition now
considers itself free to resume its Gus /
tomary violent attitude toward the gov
eminent.
The extreme radicals having often |
Broved themselves determined 30 block |
fhe course of the government, no mat |
ter at what hazard, the country has |
little expectation of their restraint on |
this occasion.
As previously reported, the minister !
of foreign affairs recently sent a COM
munication TO the governor of Kama
CARA, in which it was stated that the
Japanese subjects serving on United
States ships in Japanese ports must be
regarded by the government as coming
under jurisdiction of imperial courts
whenever charged with offenses against
the law, AS this opinion is contrary
to the position maintained by the
United States, the question was brought
up for displomatic discussion. 1t now
appears thai the foreign minister had
no intention TO deliver an excathedra
judgment on the subject a native
newspaper which printed his letter TO
the local governor, has been fined 20
yen for publishing private official docu-
ments without permission. In the
course of his trial, the prosecuting at
torney remarked that the administra-
ton officials were not concerned with
the question of jurisdiction and the. cor
respondence under consideration con-
veyed only the individual views of the
writer. The incident therefore will pass
without further debate.
That Great Britain has assumed am
extremely threatening attitude to-
wards China is asserted with great
emphasis and diueotness by CORE (
spondents in Pekin and Tien Tsin. {
The apparent neglect OF her former
power to demand repara,tion for the
Chung Klein affront when Japanese
passengers sailing under the British ]
lag were outraged and robbed by Chi {
IA has never ceased to be a matter of {
OUl II ICpOlIS llOn
areazyell founded it is evident that the Z
wrath of the English government is :
1ot s.l1mbering for moment. ,
We now hear of considerable prepar- !
Ction for the enforcement of satisfac- 4
ion Admiral Freemantle has sum- +
noned the entire British fleet to meet c
II Shanghai to await the arrival of ]
;troGg military force from India, the 7
anding of which at Chusan is to be '
affected without delay. The British Z
envoy is to demand payment of a !
Rrge sum Of money, the DEGRADATION | +
IND dismissal Of the chief magistrate q
holding Office at Tien Tsin and an '
.yowal of regret accompanied 10y a sa-
ute to r2'a hags by the guns of the
laku forts. # these conditions are l
lot promptly fulfilled the troops and l
Ssrships will commence reprisais. :,
i. Startling as this intelligence sounds.
2 IS repeated from various quarters s
<nd on seTni-official authority. Tue G
atest edition is that England has al o
Aady strained a point OF forbearanee c
4 consequence of the condition Of ffss :
shinese affairs. but that a warning ;
vas given at the beginning OF Noven- =
ser that further extension OF time 3