Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-08
JAps ARE SMOOH PEOPLE.
rHEy Ann MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON
pDiyIy.
American omecrs with Their Army.
They Arc Making Friends of tho
corsans and win the Respect of
All tho Great Powers.


San Francisco. oct. 7.--Advices re-
ceived here from Yokohama announce
the arrival there from the United
States OF Yo Sung Sun 500, the coreun
minister to Washington. who is on his
return to corea. They also give some
interesting details OF that celebrated
chapter in the correspondence between
the United States and Japan which
eliminated In the letter from Secretary
Gresham to the United Siatos minister.
Dunn, touching Japan's attitude to-
wards Corea which had bsen the sub
jeot OF so much comment in the United
States. II Will be remembered that
at the time Japan was In complete
military possession Of Seoul, the Cor
can capital. her demands were sweep
Ing, being as follows. IAN organization
OF the sultes and services Ut the revenue
officers OF the various departments.
The appolntmsnt Of u now minister
IN charge of commercial intercourse
and foreign relations.
'rhe public road must be wldoned
ana railroad and telegraph lines be
built by the government between Seoul
and other important places The num-
Der OF government bureaus be re-
duced and the salaries Of officials sur
fciently increased 50 that they may
live properly. Ihs system OF recorder
OF receiptH and disbursements OF the
government must be chnnged and a
way OF Increasing the public revenues
determined on. 1,he monetary system
must be changed. New rules aud
regulations for the management of the
custom houses must be adopted, The
farming lands OF all the provinces
must be resuryeyed and numbered
for purposes OF taxation IN order that
the amount needed for public Improve
ments may be raised, The admlnistrl-
ton OF Justice Is changed Military
officers must be educated and the Old
system OF the army and navy must
be abolished and reorguni2ed on IA
modern basis. The police system must
b. thoroughly reorguniZed and stations
established IN Seoul and other In
portunt places. The school system
nust be rcorEuulEed,'
TO these demands Coroa replied that
Bhe was ana had FOR many years been
instltuting such changes Ia the govern
mental syHtem ~ the public revenues
would support aud that Il realized the
superior military power OK Japan which
they would not resist, They hoped
that the national Independence would
be- respected and that the JUpnul88
troops then IN possession OK the capital
would be Withdrawn. AZ the Same
tiMe the King instructed the Cur4au
minister q Washington 10 represent
The condition Of things 90 Che Umtyd
States 10 the end that their influence ha
used to Withdraw the J0pnnrar trooJa
ana to beg the United 6tatgY % curry
out the obligation II had assumed lu Tie
article In the treaty OF 1859 reading
IT other pnwers deal uulusly or
oppresslye,y with either goVerum ear the
other VIII expect their good offices ON
being informed OF The CASIO TO bring
about ava nmicahlo arrangement thug
showing their friendly feeling"
Secretary Gresham responded TO THIS
appeal by communicating with both
-in-aR and Japan In Coren'i interest
China agreed 90 withdraw her truaps
but Japan declined 10 do 50. Thun the
secretary addressed the celebrated note
ut Instructions TO Minlator Dunn which
after summing up the situation and tho
obligation W tho United States con-
cluded In the following worda; "Chor-
ighlnR sincere frlendlhip Tor both Japan
Hud Coren the United states indulge tho
hope that curcNs Independence and
sovereignty Will be respected You
are instructed to shy TO the government
at Toxic that the president VIII be
painfully disappointed should Japan
visit upon her feeble and iudcfenalble
neighbor the horrors OF an unjust war"