The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-30
Not Jumping at the opportun-
iry TO Arrange Peace.
oisTRiNG's MISSION FANS
Chinss Attempt 10 Negotiate Through
Foreigner Condemned.
III Hung Chang Recall. a.s Rejected
Customs ofitcsr-,Iap&nese ~eiater..
IafuriAted by tho autila4soa Of Thar
Comrades. RetatfAte.


ito decided moi 70 receive Mr. netrinx, ths
envoy sent TO Japan to negotiate peaea.
In the meantime Mr.. Detrinx was recalled
TO China by Ii Huns ChanS netrinr had
a brief interview with the chief secretary
ot the cabinet, who arrived from
Hiroshima before the envoy took his
departure for nentsin, The native press
Is generally indignant that China sent a
foreign agent 10 negotiate FOR peace.
LoSpoS. New. So.-A dispatch from
Odessa 20 the Daag Nsles saws
the steamer kostrom. belonging to
the Russian volunteer iieci. has
reported herself ready for dispatch fer
Niadivostock. the Russian port on rho Pa
einc, short distance from the Korean
boundary.
WASHINGTON CrrY. Nov. 2a.--While the
japanese legation has received no official
confirmation OF the dispatches indicating
thar the mission Of Mr.. Dietring on behalf
OF China 10 Japan has been failure, the
disposition there is - regard the in forma-
tion as authentic. The time they saw has
passed when the differences existing be-
tween the two nations can be settled by
the customs authorities "a II It were a
matter OF mere routine business. aud they
declare that II China really desires 70 bring
about peace through negotiations, il must
be done through a regularly accredited
envoy from the emperor OF Chins 20 the
emperor OF Japan. Ia the meantime, aud
until China comes 70 realize the present
condition under which peace negotiations
can be procured. the war must so on.
The Japanese authorities here do no, re-
gard with favor the reports of interference
Of the European powers. Regarding the
ST. Petersburg Associated Press dispatch,
quoting the Nopoe Iremga, they say that
while they recognize that the Norcs
Fremgd may speak from authority. on
account Of its relations with the Rus
sian crown, its assumption that Japan has
refused peace proposals Is without founda-
tion. They also assert that no figures
have been tlxed as 10 the amount of In
femnity which Japan is willing TO accept.
These are matters Of detail which the Jap
anese officials in this city say eau be only
arranged when China comes TO realize that
there Is but one way TO treat with Japan.
and that is by direct negotiations. They
take the position that SO tar Japan has
done nothing which could justify the In
reference OF the foreign powers. and inti-
mate that IL will be time for their inter-
ruption when Japan should really mako
This characterization applies only to the
European powers.
There is no disposition to scout tho
proposition of tho United States 20 medi-
ate. On the contrary. 1t is suggested az
the legation that il would be entirely sat-
isfactory to have the preliminarles OF any
peace negotiations conducted by the Amer
lean ministers to Japan and Chins. be-
cause they are informed rs TO the sitna-
ton, and IL is believed that thsy will be
unbiased and impartial. With the nego-
datiops begun in this way. they insist.
however, that the details must be left to
be arranged by adfrect conference between
the personal representatives OF tho Chi
nese ruler and the Japanese foreign min
lister.
Sir Robert Hart, chief OF Chinese Gus
toms, is an extensive landed proprietor in
Ireland. and Diefring is commissioner at
Tientsin. Hart was i'm the British con-
sular service at Peking. and WAS then
given charge Of China's custom service. lie
organized this on civil service lines, en-
ploying foreigners mainly Enelishmen, to
do H. Al the time Queen Victoria celr-
brated the jubilee anniversary in the tlfti-
eth year of her reign, Hart vas made .
baronet in recognition 0f his conscientious
service ia China. The rank - of such
character that IL does not expire. as is
usually the case. and be Is still at the head
ofthe Chinese customs service. That an at
tempt should have been made 70 cause
these two foreigners 10 be the medium Of
Chinas negotiations Is regarded as un-
usual in view OF Japan's suggestion that
China must mako her offer directly
through the American ministers.
ST. PErEnsBURa. Nov -. The Nosos
yyemya declares thAs the irrsconciiable
attitude Of Japan in refusing China's
peace proposals rendersit incumbent upon
the powers TO demand explanations re-
regarding tapan's ultimate objects.
Lospox, Nov. -. The reports Of Japan
sss atrocities at Port Arthur are confirmed
from various sources. bat IL Is believed
that they we're dus TO the continued atroe-
tiles upon the part Of the Chinese. A
letter 70 the TINES from Tokyo, dated Oc-
tobeg IA, says the Chinese do not take
prisoners. From the dead and wounded
of ths vanquishsd they shear OF the heads
and string them together with a rope
rassed through the mouth and Rnliet.
The japanese have seen these CHASTITY
remnants of their comrades. bsrre!fal
~ rnutiiated remains was found by the
Japanese after the bsttis Of Psngyang.
FanersI Of Princess Bismarck.
VaRzrr, Nov 29-The funeral Of
Princess Bismarck vas conducted today