Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-25
THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON.



Washington. March 2i.--Thc news
OF the assault on III Hung Chang has
caused sensation IN diplomatic cir
cles In this city Cases where an on
Noy Of any kind has been assaulted In
the country 10 which he Is accredited
are rare, and those IN which peace
commissioner is attacked are almost
unhcard Of In modern days. The opin-
Ion here IL that Japan will suffer great
~ as consequence OF the assault,
and that tho position Of China will be
SO strengthened that she may be able
to secure better terms OF peace than
she could otherwise have hoped for,
The Incident may lead to the break
ing or of peace negotiations, which
were proceeding so satisfactorily. or
at least may postpone further action
In this direction until Japan has guar
antced the safety Of China's envoy
ana made proper repnration.
recent parallel case Is the attack
madc by Gen. Count Fuentes OF the
Spanish army. on the Moorish ambas-
sador, The latter was to ask Spain
10 grant to Morocco more time for
the payment OF the war Indemnity
promised for the attacks on the Span
ish at Melllla.
Cen, Fuentcs became enraged ut one
OF the conferences and struck the am-
bassabor In the face with bis clenched
INST. So seriously did the spanish
government regard the incident that
Prime Minister Scgasta telcgraphed a
full explanation, coupled with express
| sions of profound regret. 10 all the
| European courts Gen, Fuentes barely
escaped being shot. and viii probably
! be confined for life In one Of the fort
! resses Of the country. The Moorish
| ambassador took advantage Of the In
! cidcnt to press for further delay. and
! secured It with little trouble.
No news OF the attack on ~ Hung
! Chang has becn received by the Ia
/ pnnesc legation here, and Minister Ku-
/ rlno was unwilling 10 discuss the oc-
| currence. The members Of the legn-
ton say that II Ia serious matter.
hut hope that the frat reports mCy
prove TO be exaggerated, They say no
one viii dcplore such an affair more
than the japanese themselves.
The Chinese legation received prompt
notification OF the matter, but their
ndylccs contained nothing not IN the
present dispatch.
Minister Yang Yu ala not care to dis
cuss the subject, II was stated at the
legation that II was not believed that
II would lead to the total breaking on
OF the peace negotiations. although It
might cause them to he interrupted for
time.
The attnck on II Hung Chang calll
10 mind the ATTEMPT made on May II
1891, TO XIII the czaroMitch. NOW The
emperor Of Rrtsin. In November. 1890
the c2arewltch In company with nli
cousin. Prince George ~ Greece. started
an d tour Of the world. They visited
vienna. Athens, Cairo, Bombay, Cal
oUtta, Madras, Ceylon Bangkok. Sian
and variou. places In China and Japan
while at Otsu Japan, the czarewltoh
was attacked with sword by n fanat
lcnl japanese officer and quite severely
wounded He would. In all likelihood
have been killed had It not been FOL
the bravery OF Prince George. wht
sprang upou the would-be ASSASSIN ant
felled him TO the ground. The anal
caused the greatest excitement, nnt
,he mikado Travelled 10 otsu TO yisl
The cgarewiirh and express his regret
for the attack. II had been the inten
lion OF the czarewitch to return to Rus
sla by way OF the United states. bu
he was summoned home by Car Alex
nnder and upon his recovery he re
turned TO st. Petersburg BY way o
| siberia