The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-03
JAPAN SHY OF THE CHINESE
Pekin'S Peace PdlaVeT Believed 10 Be
aRuSe 10 Cain Time.

/ Tbs Japanese Peace Commissioners
Not Likely to Give Any Formal Re-
oognition to Mr.. Foster-If the Chi
nese Commissioners Seek to ProlonR
the Conference Too Long the Japanese
/ VIII Speedily Call a Halt-"On to
Pekin" Very Apt to Once More Be-
come the Slogan Of the Japanese
Forces.
Washington. Jan. 2.-Danger threatens
I the peace negotiations between China and
| Japan, and from present indications it is
! exceedingly probable that hostilities may
| be renewed with even greater vigor. and
/ the cry ION to Pekin" once more become
the slogan of the Japanese forces. De
/ spite a prevailing belief 10 the contrary,
I it is not unlikely that the japanese gov
ernment will decline to make a further
| postponement of the actual commence
ment of the negotiations in order to await
the arrival of Mr. John W. Foster, the
! Chinese advisory counsel, and it is inn
| probable that arrangements for the set
! tlement of the dispute will have been COM
/ pleted before Mr.. Foster reaches Biro-
| shima, where the representatives of both
/ the warning powers will meet. Mr.. Fos-
| ter Will sail from Vancouver on Jan. {,
! providing he is not snow bound, and is
| due in Yokohama on Jan. i9 or 70. Two
days will give him ample time to reach
Hiroshima, so that the Chinese cannot
ask for postponement after Jan. p.
1t has been known for some time that
| the japanese government is suspicious of
the good faith of their enemies in the
overtures for a suspension of war. First
came the Detring affair. in which De-
tring was sent to Japan ostensibly for
the purpose of making terms of peace,
but really armed only with "a letter
| from the Chinese court" to use his own
| expression, directing him to make in
/ quiry" into the prospects for a settle
/ ment When Mr.. behring's mission failed
the overtures on which the present ne
/ gotiations are based were made by emma
to Japan through Mr.. DENLY the Ameri-
/ can minister at Pekin. and Mr.. Dun, the
American minister at Toxic.
Japan expressed a willingness to treat
with China if the Pekin government
would send an ambassador, duly accred-
/ tied and armed with full power to nego-
tiate a peace treaty. To this China sent
an answer that it could hardly agree to
| such a proposition until 1t knew the
| basis on which the japanese wished the
ARRANGEMENT for peace to be made. Al
ready inclined to look with suspicion on
the Chinese professions of good faith, the
Japanese government found in this an
swer ample confirmation of It's growing
belief that the Chinese government was
attempting to ascertain what their enc
mics would seek to exact from them as
indemnity in order to be prepared with
arguments to secure modlhcatlohI anu
it was for this reason that Niscount
NIutZu the Japanese minister OF foreign
l a have further 0eAllnSS
with Pekin on the subject till the peace
ambassador was appointed. After some
| DELAY China appointed not one, but TWO,
envoys. and it was thought the negotia-
| tions would begin in very snort time.
4 But a few days ago the appointment OF
/ Mr.. Foster was announced as couhsel
to the Chinese ambassadors and 1t Is be-
| Ueved that the Chinese ENJOYS VIII ask
| Viscount Mutzu to suspend the com
! rnencement of actual negotiations until
Mr.. Foster has arrived at the place OF
| meeting.
The japanese peace commissioners are
| not likely to give an formal recognition
10 Mr. Foster He will certainly not
| he allowed to attend the sittings Of the
| commission provided he arrives at Hlro-
shima before its business is concluded,
and il frequent requests for adjourn
| ment are made by the two Chinese onVoNs
in order that they may consult with
! MIN. the JdpdAGSC toAAAAAAi.'"'-N ''AN
| probably refuse to proceed turther uh-
less these requests cease.
| Now York Jan. "A special cable dis
patch to the Herald from Shanghai says:
after defeating Gen. Sung at Niuchwang
the Japanese continued their march with
out occupying the foreign settlement or
the city. This they did in Difference to
the wishes expressed by the foreign con-
suls at Kin Chang. Gen. Sung barely
/ escaned being made a prisoner.
zone hundred breechlOadiug field guns
and several thousand new rifles have
reached Tien Tsin overland from Chin
Kiang. They are destined for the euqip-
ment of Wu teachings troops at Shang-
hal Kwan.
"A serious rebellion is raging at Kin
Chow, to the north OF the gulf of Pechih.
The Total Tan has been dispatched with
1000 Of Ii Hung Chang's troops to quell
the insurrection.
Censor and Wei Tsin, together with
ten other officials of high rank, recently
impeached the empress dowager on a
charge of using undue influence upon pub
lie affairs. An Wei Tsin has since been
punished for his temerity.
"A fortnight ago the empress dowager
caused 40 lashes each to be administered
! to two Of the imperial concubines, sisters
named respectively Chin and Chen,
! for the offense of offering their advice to
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Vienna, Jan. 2. - The Politische Corre-
spondent, which publishes official news
from every capitol in Europe. has this
paragraph to-day: THE French, English
/ and Russian ministers at Toxic have been
instructed to keep themselves closely in
formed of the daily course Of the nego-
tiations between China and Japan. These
three powers cannot permit their inter
ests to be violated nor allow European
influence to be elbowed out of Eastern
Asia. so Japan may monopolize Chinese
trade. Their squadrons in eastern waters
are sufficiently strong to give effect to
their wishes and those of the United
| States.
London, jan 2-The Central corre-
snondent in Shanghai telegraphs:
The Chinese government continues
its negotiations here with Euro
peans for money and munitions of war.
Maxim. Nordenfelt and Krupp have been
approached for arms, but the results are
] ncN known.