The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
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The Japanese Make Some Conces-
sloDs-The Terms are Not Definitely

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The Japanese Make Some Conces-
sions-The Terms are Not Definitely
known.
Official advices received at the
Japanese legation in Washington in
dictate that an understanding mrs been
reached between the Japanese and
Chinese pienlpotentlaries, and that
tue news Of the defini q conclu-
sion OF peace may be- expected at
any time.
The exact terms of the peace can
not as yet be ascertained. but IL is un-
derstood that in response to the urgent
and repeated requests OF the Chinese
plenipotentiaries for an abatement of
the demands originally made by them,
the Japanese plenipotentiaries have
granted some concessions.
Brief as the foregoing official mes
sage Is, it marks the close of the Chi
nese.Japanesei war, barring the pos
slblllty, OF course, OF some unexpected
hitch at the last moment. The an
nouncement of the exact terms of
peace Is yet to come, but from what is
known of the negotiations thus far the
general nature OF the a is evident.
1t was officially announced Yesterday
that b terms being insisted on were
as follows
L. independence OF COrea.
q. Permanent cessiOn of the island of
Formosa to Japan.
3 Indemnity Of 300, 600, 900 taels, Chi
nese money.
4. Permanent occupation of Port
Arthur u the Immediate surround
ing territory.
8. A new Japan-China treaty opening
China to commerce.
The two terms which have caused
trouble OF late days are the permanent
occupation OF Port Arthur and the paw
ment of 300, 0O0, 1000 taels. While no
official information Is available and no
official statement whatever regarding
the terms of peace can be obtained, it
Is probable that 1t IL on these condi-
tions the Japanese plenipCtentiaries
have yielded. just how much they have
yielded on the occupation of Port Arth-
W may have vital consequences. If
they have yielded it entirely it re-
moves Japan from all occupancy of the
mainland and from the strategic com
mand Of the Gull OF Pechill leading to
Pekipg.
Atone time Japan was willing to &C.
cupy Port Arthur for q term OF years,
and this may be the middle ground OF
the agreement, although it Is neces-
sarily ~conjectured at present. The
purpose of u temporary occupation, it
Is said, would be to prevent China from
re-arming and retaliating against Japan
for a term of years at least. II the
money demanded has been reduced
little Significance will attach to the
fact except that it will Tighten China's
burden.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
that Lieutenant John H. Beacon, who
was commissioned by the government
some time ago to go to Japan and fol-
low the army, is at the Palace Hotel.
The lieutenant joined the second army.
he witnessed the battle at Wo-hai. We.
He also collected specimen Of
the various kind used in tho fight, and
relics of the campaign which he is
forwarding to the department at Wash
ington. He has written a concise re-
port Of what he saw, the condition of
the troops on both sides, armaments
and supplies, with such details as are
deemed OF Importance to the wal. de-
partment.
81 have been much interested in the
Japanese army, which L joined for q
time" said Lieutenant Beacon. 81
was at the battle of Wei-hai-Wei, and
when the field was won, [ examined
carefully the forts of the Chinese.
They had fourteen first-class fOrtifica-
tions, well-cquipped with modern ord
nance, and they also had a aumber
of secondary Notifications, equipped
with moder and some with o~ld-fashion-
ed ordnance. The Chinese we're in
good shape to fight but they did not
seem to know how. There was no pa
tri0tism.
II saw the bodies of Admiral Ting
and five Of his officers after they had
committed suicide. They were laid
out on slabs and there was some show
among the Chinese Of doing them
honor"
Lieutenant Beacon will go to Fort
Suclling, where he is stationed, and
from there he will forward his report
to Washington.