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TOXIC, April 1.-The oiscial declara.
i ton Of IN unconditoasi srmistics With
China Wa made pablo BY the smpsros
Of japan to-day.
THE NEWS cox1i2NsD.
WAsHIs0Ios, April 1.-The news that
IN unconditional ssnlstice had been do
elared BY the smpssss Of Japan was con.
6rmsd st the Jspsssee legation. whers
II was stated . cabisgsam 70 this eject
had been received iron The homo gov.
eminent. China ms6s her offer Of ~.
mistics. and Tie psacs p,enipotentisriea
Of Japan were empowered by the mi.
xado To accept without conditioa. Thu
was done in view Of lhs attempted %.
aassiustt0n Of la llung Chang. The a..
mistics, AiniseeS ku9zno OF the Japan.
zee legation aaid, will 10 effective until
the peace negotiations are concluded.
After the meeting q the peace ambas-
sailors had been decided on China re-
quested . declarstis0 Of IN armistice,
but japan had. Misistes Kurino said,
not been inclined 70 stop warlike opera.
tons except on certain conditions.
These conditions arc not known, but il
is suggested the probable occupation Of
Tatu might have bsen one, japan wish.
ing something ~ Q guarantee Of the
willingness and earnestuess Of the Chi.
nese for an amicable settlement Of the
war. China evidently could not arrive
At the conclusion 70 agree TO the stipu.
lations demanded By Japan, bat At
tempt on the life Of the Chinese peace
ambassador solved the problem for the
time being, and hoetilitiss will 10 sus-
pended. There will Be no Withdrawal
Of japanese troops from Chinese terri.
tory. however.
The power Of the japanese govern.
| ment 10 execute the asmistice will nov
be put 70 . crucial test. The military
power Of Japan has almost outstripped
the civil power during The var. This
has caused serious concern, ~ Il wae
feared that the military element, hacked
by the war spirit among the people,
would not submit 10 N aFmistice, even
il the civil authorities ordered one. To
meet this emergency . change OF army
commander Was recently made. There
have been three army corps operating
in different campaigns, and each under
. general Of supreme Authority over his
particular campaign. About three weeks
ago, in anticipation OF the armietice,
Prince komAtsu was created command
er.in-chief over ill the armiea The OBJ
joct OF this step Wa 70 concentrate a..
thoTity In one man in close touch With
the imperial househoid. who oould TINS
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cessation OF hoetilities by the army. IL
nos renl .ins 70 be seen whether Prince
komatsu can execute the important
commission given him. The epiendid
disci pline shown by the army during
the war gives Assurance that there viii
lie immediate acauiesuuse by the mill.
,ary. And vet Prince Komatsu has 10
contend against q var spirit infiamed by
many victories, Il hss hen I'D shca
an armistice would be 20 unpopular
among .he people and soldiery that il
would assure the political retirement OF
two Jarancse s,atesmen-Couutl Ito and
MIR. Ma,su-who have served - peace
envoys. The full text Of the cableyram
received a, the japanese legation TO-DAY
regarding the arm,stice is as follows:
''On the opening Of the negotiations
the Chimes plenipotentiary proposed
IN asmistice, which Japan vas willing
20 accept on certain conditions. While
this negotiation vas going on an I'M
toward event happened to the person OF
the Chinese plenipotentiary. His mai
essy, the emperor, in view Of this un-
happy occurrence, commanded the jap
ancse plenipotentiaries TO consent 10 the
Temporary armistice without conditions.
This was comm unicated to the Chinese
plenipoteuiasy,"
Minister Kurino, In discussing the
cablexram, sa,d:
1T was Immediately after the close
Of the second session OF the peace pleni-
potent,ariee that Ii Hung Chang vas
Frustrated by q fanatic. Up to that
time nothing had been considered but
Cbina's quest for an armistice pend
ing the consideration Of the terms OF
peace. The proposition had been met
by the prcsent ation Of certain condi.
tons from the japanese plenipotentiar.
lee. The dis -ussion OF the terms oil
final peace had not been entered upon.
The emperor's command OF temporary
armisiice is also q REPUTATION Of the idea
that Japan is disposed to humiliate
China, or merely TO acquire TERRITORY.
Japan has gained the end OF demon
strating japanese importance ia Eastern
AFFAIR.""
Minister Kurino promptly notified
Secretary Gresham Of the armistice. and
Il WAS made known to President Cleve-
land.
The declaration OF an armistice was
most welcome news to the Chinese lega
ton, although il was accepted with the
stoliditv and nass,ve divnitv which in
characteristic of the race. The frs,
word Of the armi.tice reached the lega.
nation from China or from the etate