The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-13
PRICE OF PEACE.
Terms of Treaty Between Japan
and China Settled.
Japan Gets Nearly All it Has
Demanded.
FORMOsA Is CEDED.
China to Pay an Indemnity of
$250,O0O,OOO Gold.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-As a result
of the negotiations between Minister
Dunn in Japan and Minister DENLY
in China the terms of peace about to
be concluded between China and
Japan are now known with little short
of exactness. As understood in Off
cial circles they are as follows:
First-The treaty between Japan
and China has ceased to exist by reason
of the war, but on the renewal Of
peace the new treaty will grant
Japan extra territorial Jurisdiction
over China, but the latter country
will surrender the extra territorial
jurisdiction she formerly held in
Japan.
Second-There will be no extension
of Japanese territory on the main
land of Asia, but the island of For
mosa, a Chinese possession lying off
the coast will be permanently coded
to Japan.
Third-The japanese will by treaty
be granted the right to continue the
occupation of Port Arthur and Wei
Hal Wei, the two great naval stations
leading to the Gulf of Pc Chi Lii, for
a term of years.
Fourth-The claims of China that
COrea as a dependency of her shall
be forever relinquished, and Corea
shall henceforth be independent.
Fifth-The cash indemnity to be
paid by China will not exceed $780,
OOo 900 in gold.
The foregoing terms give mum Der
of new features which the BILE in
formation from Pekin and Toxic has
not thus far disclosed. The purpo Sc
not to extend Japanese territory on
the main land, but to confine it to the
outlying islands of Formosa, assures
the conclusion of q peace without
European Intervention. The main
tenance of Japanese extra territorial
jurisdiction leaves China as the only
oriental country submitting to the
jurisdiction.
Until recently all civilized nations
have insisted that the courts were SO
primitive and the punishments so bar
barous in both China and Japan that
consular courts should protect for
eigners residing in these countries.
Japan has recently negotiated a new
set of treaties with the United States,
Great Britain and other countries in
which her modern court procedure is
recognized and consular courts aban-
dOned. In conformity with this new
system Japan now terminates China 5
consular courts in Japan, although
q ID pdn0SG consular courts IN N01Ra ar e
to be continued. This presents the
singular spectacle of China's conced-
ing the advance of Japan into modern
methods, while at the same time con-
ceding that she is still in the be-
nighted condition requiring extra ter
ritorial jurisdiction to protect foreign
ers in China.
Probably the most important con-
cessiOn is Japanese occupation of
Port Arthur and Wei Hal Wei for a
term of years. This will assure a
continuance of the peace for many
years, as China is in no condition to
renew hostilities so long as the gate
way to Pekin and to China's COM
merce is guarded on either side by
the great fortresses which China
grants to Japan for term of years
The permanent annexation of
Formosa to Japan will give a rich
and fertile country to the Japanese.
The production of the island is very
extensive. Moreover, there are ex-
tensive tracts of arabic land we'll
suited to Japanese coolie labor, should
it be desired to withdraw the Japan
csc from Hawaii