The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-14

held subject 10 United States jurisdiction.
| no matter what heir naiionssify may be.
| or where the ship may be siationed. This
claim IS not only Theoretically main, alued,
| but mas been practically pu' ia force.
QUESTION WHICH MAY INVOLVE TROUBLE
An Ensiisaman VINO Committed mur'ie.
on an American vessel IN Y1konanlt wts
tried before the United States consul
general, and the supreme court ar W sSis-
ington subsequently decided that the &c
cu>sd Was properly SUBJ CT to Ualfet;
states jurisdiction The governor Of lne
kanasawa district, in which YoA 1haua J.
Situated. now ASKS the Genital govern
meut for Information as Il wtetseT this
position will toe Recognized by japan ia the
ofenses Committed By japanese seamea
CT ailsn ships within tie limits of the
empire. Tae foreign office answers that
ali japanese. AMI also foreigners rot be-
longing 10 a treaty power, ~ao are charc Il
wi OIfrnses GA auy Iaercba.t sh iDs vhile
Ia Japan, must b- tTiel 10y native courts
add that the Eight Of he Ualisd States
authorities 10 deal Win them cannot lie
admitted
A severe earthquake occurred 10 the
north ern provinces of the main Island OF
Japan on Oct - Several vio.snt slocA>
followed one a other Ia quick success % q
Tor tnirty-slx MINUTES. Many aund eds uI
houses We're thrown DOVE or consumed Is
IRE and more than 800 persons wzGe killed
: he town of SIk.stl. MAS almost entirely
destroyed. An eruption ~ Noult CuOka!,
a volcano in tue dt>tJNb-ti >tIiC, and sup
posed To be extinct. : also reported
a great arsenal i 10 be established AT
huree, near roshims. and j. u be Dem-
pietei within SIX mouths aL an estimated
est of l.0h1,O0 ven. Tue pubic 81 b-cr1p-
flou Il th- array fund now exec. q UuU
w yen. The banking house OF Mit-uI has
-#sNr arrTz "A
polluted arsenal ~ any place which Sae
government may selscI
HOW JAPANESE TREAT THEIR PRISONERS
MaJoc General Ora4cv, II The Briii~l
army, now visiting japan FIR tue puraeS-
OF military obServt alton. has maize au 10
sprction of the Red Cross hospital ot FOX o
IN which Uh= Chinese prisoners are iOigeI
tie was struck BY the generous trea ment
they received. Their bcd clothes had wad-
ding OF hue cotton, their fool cousis Ell OF
meat, fowl and other nutritious SUD
stances.
The general inquired il the Cdiness were
p-rnIttel TO write home. lie was Tod
there would 6e no objection but olly a
few were able 10 write and none had ex-
pressed 4 wish 10 do SO. On examining
their Injuries, he found they had been
wounded vlth sword, btvcnet. or shot
from behind. showing they Were caught
alter they bad taken to tLeIr heels. Iiere
was only one execution. one man nsd
been shot ia the b east He NHSs strongly
built anu fierce looking man aud different
Ia aspect from the rest OF tie pgI>On~rs.
Much Indignation has been existing
among the Japsuese by the discovery of a
telegram sent from Yokohama To London
aud published in European auu American
papers, calllas for guubOat To be dis
pa ched for the protection Of British sub
Jets, whose lives are alleged 60 bt in
danger. The only possible purpose of such
"A telegram Is to woutOuiy ia, ow di,cTediG
upon japan. TIE lives and property of
foreigners in YOkobams were never safer
than ut the present. Even the Chinese
residents pursue ;hrT occupations undi>-
turDei, cOdtiGent in the good faith of the
government and the orderly habits OF the
peOpie.