The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-12

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re ssEraIns. for ehs Tai Wen Kun who
torGss~lg Acid her IN ESesck has apgarez.t-
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der and treasosa The Oh mans latest
eXpsois WAS q esIaz,srlsly arTia1ges flssg7t
fT'of1 his raaaz.s Win . VesFN 10 3ces.D-
the eNpatriaesd r~T.1lsEssl. a5it lls' T.as}y~'-
unen weTe put on has trail and hc vas
driven back. reports SSy. a me is2G1t of
lto swC03s The JaT2uese ,e1a s-n >sGstl
recently co1rted ~ al assp2r-snts - Tsol3u-
cal advancement. Is now quite dtsre-
gaHissa owing 20 t1s srrsTs~ass.cs1 fhat
I&Is&0's poSs-sp1 "a NoFe,a viii AefSssfitr-
7efsess3 tErusl Russian 5isctae401. $vsE the
Japa 0eSe government t1ec1tez Fhat aEqy de-
part,s-e from the policy announcssf lls-
year Is contemplated. WAat2usr through
Count TuotIye's agency. or that q some
ot1eT Statesman 1ss Fesmnsu8r StaEe is
20 ~ preserved from Self-cN~sgTIc ttaea asi
piloted 70 -goverTsrns M change in
thts programme i assiHoyv edged.
Ti0aSu HayaSh1. Jayssls=se vis-e--liuls.cr
of foreign affairs, WHO won an eTv&sa'le
reputation ny his adrc3t maEaZe.nFgat of
fne department dJgg@szS fhEe long absence
Of Ntsconnt NatSu ~ Eiicoslraasa aaaf
Pakars. has beer aJspo,n rssl envoy to
C'hiHa. with sce, Sal instruct ions FOR tho
s@Jtlenent of all outstanding questions
between tfpa two governments NlsccsHst
E1Boaoco. the present. Japanese sa21sSier
q agriculture and commerce. has be~sI
appointed envoy 10 Russia for tlpe ses>omd
time, lie previously filed tl1as post IN
1874.
Plans for tals complete Reorganization
Of tle Japanese army sESs jups3oT co.lSisieT-
atiGfA Independent corps Will ~ peavf3-
neTsly established in place of he DIVISION
al system heretofore followed
Six hundred and fifty lahorerS have been
at work d5snountiiB-y ami shipping the
NJ Ia Afs all
of which are To be transferred 10 Japan
The latest reports from China announce
that a few officials at the capital of For
mosa proclaimed a republic and propose
10 resist the transfer of the island 10 its
new owners This amuses the Japanese.
but Ii Hung Chang affects 10 take the
matter seriously. and begs that his son be
excused from setting out as commissioner
until after Governor General kabayama
shall restore tranquility. Japan insists.
however. that young Ii proceed at once 10
the performance of his duties.
on May 80 all business was suspended in
Tokyo in order that the whole body OF
citizens might Join in welcoming the en-
perors return home after an absence OF
eight months. The celebration i'm all re-
spects was the finest ever witpessed in
Japan. The normal population Of the city
was vastly increased by multitudes of Wis
itors from the provincial districts, and the
streets through which his majesty was ex-
pected 10 pass were blocked from morning
till night by eager and excited throngs.
All the principal thoroughfares were deco
rated with unparalleled richness and pro-
fusion. Triumphal arches were erected at
various points along the course marked
out for the imperial procession, all COM
posed of masses of green foliage. and de-
signed with admirable artistic skill. One
of these. an arcade stretching over 400 feet
in front of the houses of parliament, and
built by voluntary subscriptions, cost 1900
ven. From early morning the approaches
TO the railway station We're impossible,
although the arrival of the imperial train
was not looked for until O'Clock in the
afternoon. The emperor was punctual TO
the appointed hour. and when he appeared
in the doorway of the station the demon
strations OF enthusiasm testified that the
popular disappointment with some Of the
results of the war had In no degree dimin-
ished the sentiment of loyal devotion 20
their sovereign. At no previous time has
the emperor held a securer place in the al
fection OF his subjects His prompt as
SUMPTION OF authority at the beginning OF
the war, and his dihgent performance OF
the arsluous duties of commandeT-in-chief
for nearly a year. won their respect and
admiration on more solid grounds than
those upon- which the traditional homage
of The community was formerly based. His
reception was precisely such as would have
baen accorded TO the honored ruler of an
enlightened European nation. For moro
than an hour as his carriage moved
slowly along the line of march, the air
was allied with cries of "Banzaf from
hundreds Of thousands of voices. culmnat-
ing with a wild burst OF reclamation as
he disappeared within the castle gates.
The crowds then dispersed 10 view the
magnificent embellishments which made
the entire city mass of radiant coloring,
and the festivities. both formal and spon-
taneous. continued through the afternoon
and a great part of the night. FIe"orhs
bIazed in every direction, and IN many
quarters the public rejoicings were carIlen
on without interruption TO the next DAY
Thor, q second demonstration OF greeting
vas prcnared for the empress. Her
ma ieSfv was received with tokens OF reVet-
ance no less impressive, though perhaps
less hojsterously effusive. than those
which hailed her consort. The jubilee 81
fortv-etpht hours viii be remembered as
an occasion of brilliahcy aud splendor
never before eoualed In the capital. ana
which no future effort Is likely 20 surpass.
t5vent,,rer HowIe who broke his parole
=, Iaran and was afterward captured At
xyoibaiwei has been sent adrht again,
after several weeks of Confinement ,at
qf;roehima He was last heard of at
Shanghai. -
4 few cases OF cholera still continue TO
break ont In different parts OF Japan.