The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-12-06

lChina and Japan, the visit of Mr.. Detring,
. commissioner of maritime customs, at Tien
I, Tsin, to Japan cannot be directly connected
: with the peace negotiations, as mas been
supposed.
/ Washington. Nov. 2s.-The president has
i appointed S. S. Scott of Uschee, Ala; Tim
Othy A. Byrnes Of Atlantic City, N. j., and
2 William l.: Davis of Little Rock, Ark, as
commission to allot lands to the Uncom-
pagre Indians of Utah, and to negotiate
: with the Unltah Indians for the relinquish-
ment of a portion of their reservation in
Utah James Meehan was appointed post
, master s II SgfAfon' APPOINTMENT.
| Washington, Nov 2S:mThe attorney gen
eral has appointed William II. Barnes as
special district attorney for Arizona.
TO GIVE THANKS
, Washington, Nov. 2S.-All of the depart
| ments were closed at noon today, TO reopen
. Friday.
Washington, Nov 2S.-The cash balance
in the treasury today was S1O965S, Al; gold
reserve, sos, 152911 an Increase since yes
'efuA' q T fI0'IfSiiSoE UTEs.
Washington, Nov 2S:-Secretary Smith
has received telegram from Governor Writ
of Utah. concerning the South Ute Indians
lighting settlers in San Juan county. The
secretary referred the telegram to the war
department with the suggestion tnat General
Crook be notified of the alarm. 1t is learned
at the Indian office that about three years
ago there was an agreement with the IN
dams which was never ratlned by congress-
and in it was a provision that the Utes
could visit the San Juan country every year.
They have been doing so and have now been
two months in that country. Commissioners
Browning says that the lands are Pubic
and the Indians have as good right there
as white people.
Washington, Nov Ex-senator Jones of
Arkansas, a member of the finance COM
mittee, said he had no doubt that there
would be an effort on the part OF the
Democratic members of the finance COM
mittee to get the senate to consider the
supplementary tariff bills concerning sugar
coal and iron at the coming session. He
said that he for one should advocate that
the bills as reported by the finance COM
mittee be taken up and passed if possible.
| 1t was suggested to the senator that he
had been represented as taking different
position and to have agreed to allow the
| bills to die q natural death without any
effort to revive them.
81 have heard" he said, "that confer
ence was reported to have been held, but
lif there was such conference and such
action was reached | was not i'll it.
"Of COURSE" he said, 'if there is ma
| iority against us we will not be able to get
| them through, but that is one of the |
things that remains to be seen. If certain
Democratic senators who are supposed to
be against the bills prove to be really
opposed to them we shall not be able to
get favorable action in case the Republl-
cans should be solid against further tariff
action by the present congress.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Washington, Nov 29.-Thanksgiving
day was observed here today by the total
suspension of all public business and
many business houses also closed their
doors. The weather was bright and
beautiful and several of the local militia |
nv organizations availed themselves of
the opportunity to parade the streets.
THE PRESIDENT BETTER.
Washington, Nov. 29.-Private Secre |
tary Thurber says that President Cleve-
land is much better today and expects to
be at the White House tomorrow.
|SECRETARY HERBERTS RETURN.
Washington, Nov 29.-Secretary Her
bert has returned from Alabama and was
at the navy department today. He says
that there will he no trouble in Alabama. |
"There will be no show of force" said
the secretary, "and the affair is gotten |
up by Klob, who is seeking nOtoriety and
means nothing more"
PEACE PROPOSITIONS.
Washington. Nov. 29-While the Jap |
anese delegation has received no official
confirmation of the dispatches indicating |
that the mission of Mr.. Dietring on behalf
of China to Japan has been a failure, the
disposition there is to regard the infOrma- |
ton as authentic. The time they say, has |
passed when the differences existing be- |
tween the two nations can be settled by |
the custom authorities as if it were a
matter of mere business routine and they
declare that if China really desires to |
bring about peace through negotiations, |
it must be done through regularly ac-
credited envoy from the emperor of China
to the emperor of Japan. In the mean
time and until China comes to realize that
at present the only condition under which |
peace negotiations can be proceeded, the |
war must go on. The Japanese anthOri- |
ties here do not regard with favor the re- |
ports of interference by the European
powers. |
Regarding the st. Petersburg Associat- +:
ed Press dispatch quoting the NOvo Re-
mire, they say that while this paper may
speak with authority on account of the
relations with the Russian crown its as
sumption that Japan has refused peace
proposals is without foundation. They
also assert that no figure has been fixed
as to the amount of indemnity which ia
pan is willing to accept There are mat
tiers of detail which the Japanese officials
in this city say can only be arranged
Wnen C0lId COMES W TedilAe ludI lnelt
is but one way to treat with Japan, and
that is by direct negotiation. They take
the position that so far Japan has done
nothing which could justify the interior
ence of the foreign powers and intimate
that it will be time enough for their in
reference when Japan shall really make
some demand that will be unreasonable.
This characterization applies only to the
European powers. There is no DISPOSE
ton to scout the proposition of the United
States to mediate. On the contrary,
| it is suggested at the legation that it
| would be entirely satisfactory to have the
preliminaries of any peace negotiations
conducted by the American ministers to
Japan and China, because they are in
| formed as to the situation and it is be-
lieved that they would be unbiased and
impartial. With the negotiations once
under way they insist, however, that de-
tails must be left to be arranged by di-
rect conference between present represen-
tatives of the Chinese rulers and the Jap
anese foreign minister.
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