New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-08
To DESTROY THE JAPANESE NAVY.

TO DESTROY THE JAPANESE NAVY
THE PLOT FRUSTRATED RY THE ARRESTS MADE
on THE STEAMER SYDNEY AT KOBE
Washington Nov. "A dispatch published TINS
morning said that two Americans and one 'h'hese
passenger on the steamer Sydney were atres'eu
By the Japanese authorities at Kobe few dass
ago after which the steamer was permitted 10
nnoceed on her voyage Behind this simple an
nouncement lies a story of the war. which Is iuh
Of dramatic interest.
About six weeks the report was circulated
IN automatic circles here that Mr. Moore. one Of
the attaches of the Chinese Legation, had oeeh re-
called to Pekng by his Government IL was Sa'i
that he had been ordered back in disgrace, ana
his friends were profuse in their expressions oi
.vmnathv II was noticeable however. that Mr..
Moore bore his ill-fortune philosophically; bu' II
was feared by many that his return to his native
country would be followed by his speedy decapita-
ton. 1t now appears that Mr.. Moore was re-
turning 10 China in pursuance of clever scheme
which had for its purpose the destruction oS ny
mite and torpedoes OF the japanese hee' ho" III
Chinese waters. Mr.. Moore - the 'hi"a"'"ii
,.rrsd N in The dispatch and the real names OF his
associates are John Wild. an inventor OF froV'-
dence. r L. and Mr.. Cameron. a Scotchman' VINO
,os ar,,lo,ed for a time as a workman In the
Hotcbkiss torpedo mandatory at PROVIDENCE II.
I Wild and Cameron had. II appears. satished
the Chinese Government of their abinty 10 ueS''oH
the Japanese vessels and Moore was ih"U"0'e'
Shanghai They travelled TO San Francisco anu
thence TO Yokohama. under assumed names " "u
being known as Howie and Cameron as courtney
The Japanese Government. through sources
which It declines TO reveal learned of the po ana
when the three men sailed from fokohaiha they
were arrested "A Kobe. japanese seaport Guy
The particulars OF their arrest are contaiheu III "
cable dispatch dated at Hiroshima, the heau-
quarters Of the japanese Army and Navy yes'ei
day. and which was received at the Legation ti''S
morning. The dispatch Is as follo"s. 80 r,,o
"A Chinese official, with two foreigners di 1 I''N :
lshman and an American, arrived az iohVua'i,a @ "a :"
few days since on the steamer Gacnc' hh W. W..
under assumed names. The foreigners "tte , su
pected OF entering into agreement thious. ~
Chinese officials with the Chinese FoVer'iineut ~
the purpose Of engaging in the war against 'aPa, ~
They landed at Yokohama and TOOK pd,,rs,ase va
board the steamship Sydney. for China ne cap-
.sin OF the Japanese vessel lsui.upd ii"'i
nders from headquarters. exercised the rient ol
ntitat,op and search board the Sydney, When ,
she was In the harbor Of Kobe ana founn IN @ ,nea'
possession a. agreement with the Chhese 'oE,htt t
ment 10 destroy .he entire navy OF japan Witia ~,
eight weeks by the use OF torpedoes ono on.
cial documents on the same subject were a.s1 "a
found In consequence. the three were arreSt'-' ~
and taken ashore. and the ship released from "o-
tsntion." =. -o,,oro,,
II is understood that the men Will not be severe!
punished by the Japanese Government. Dut they
will probably be held as prisoners OF WIT III
definitely.