Evening star., 1895-06-12
JAPANESE ARE SULLEN.
Disappointed at the Ending of the
War.

TOXIC, Japan, May 31.-Per steamer
Empress Of China.)-No event of striking
interest has occurred in the past fortnight,
and none is expected till after the reunion
of the japanese ministry at Toxic. The
people nourish in sullen silence their dis
content with the methods by which peace
has been secured, and as a whole, refuse
to participate in any display of gratifica-
ton at the close of the war.
In many quarters doubts are expressed
as to the durability of the settlement with
Russia, Germany and France. The news
papers are not permitted to speak freely,
but majority of those which escaped sus-
pension hint at the probability that fresh
entanglements are presently to be disclos-
ed. Government securities continue de-
pressed, and war bonds are selling at lower
figures than before peace was declared
The last information that can be gathered
from official circles is distinctly reassuring
up to the present time.
The foreign office aftirms that no ground
for apprehension exists with regard to
either of the three recently hostile Euro
pean powers. The diplomatic representa-
tives of those powers contradict all reports
TO the effect that further trouble is antici-
pated. 1t is believed to be true that Rus
sia goes on Strengthening the defenses at
Vladivostock with undiminished energy
Japan evidently does not look upon this
as warning, for she is disbanding her re-
serves and is preparing to reverse her army
divisions to their peace footing.
Ascertaining Public Opinion.
The government is manifesting much
curiosity respecting public opinion. The
provincial governors throughout the en-
pire have been ordered to inquire minutely
into this subject and report. Public feel
ing is unfrierdly to the administration.
The acquisition of Formosa is taken as
matter of course, while the abandonment
M3Echllria hpWatlad aS
If the dearest hopes of the nation had been
centered wholly upon that single strip of
territory.
Chinese soldiers of the worst class are al
ready rioting through the districts in For
mosa in which they are stationed. For
eigners at the forts are protected by de-
tachments of marines from European ships,
but until the armed rabble of a thousand or
more Is dispersed from the coast regions it
will be perilously insecure.
Enemies of the Lii Family.
It Is understood that the younger Ii
Hung Chang, who was sent to Formosa as
commissioner to arrange for the formalties
of the transfer, went there against his in
clination, and circumstances again direct
attention to the alleged precarious position
of the Ii family. Undoubtedly the vicaroy
is now the object Of particularly malignant
intrigue, but he has baff1ed his enemies so
often that no extreme consequence is ex-
rected from this latest organized persecu-
ton.
The government of Corea has fallen into
such decentralization that no pretense of re-
form is now maintained. The ministers
give no heed to public business, but scheme
only to enrich themselves, by negotiating
with Russia for the sale of a port on the
eastern coast; some by offering counter
proposals to the European powers which
are opposed to Russian aggrandIzement;
others by conniving at returning the exiles
who were driven from the country for their
crimes when China's influence was de-
throEed.
Count Inoyie has not yet found a way to