Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-04-20
THE UNKNOWN EIGHTH
Speculation rs to the Term Ch'h" - '''
wiling to Concede.

Speculation as to the Term Oh'""
willing to Conced"'
Washington. April 12.-The cable
reports that seven of the eight Terms VI
peace between China and Japan nave
been agreed upon occasions mucI sPe'u'
lation here as to the eighth Ielin vi
which Japan insists The Japanese
officials say they have no information
of the eight conditions There Is no
doubt, however, that five OF the most
essential conditions are those gwen Ill
these dispatches at the outset Oh 'he ne
gotiations, and which are:
A new Japan-China treaty, cohceulhg
Japan extra territorial courts III emma,
but DENYING the latter CoLntry extra
territorial courts i'll Japan; lnoepeho-
ence of Corea; an indemnity OF ABOUT
5000, 900, 600; occupation of Port Ar
thur and Wei Hal Wei for term OF
years; cession of the island OF forhlosa'
These five terms are now fully CON
frmed by the later developments Oh the
conference. Three additional ones nave
now been added, and these, 1t Is be-
lieved, relate to trade matters. winch
one of these eight terms of peace Is the
cause of delay is not known here.
The armistice will end i'll ten days,
so it is anticipated by officials and Dup
lomats that the final terms OF peace
must be near at hand. 1t Is stated,
however, by Chinese that it is char
acteristic with them not to meet an
emergency until the last day. The
case is cited in which Japan gave
China three months III which TO ac-
quieSce in certain conditions. 1here
was no response until the day before
the three months expired, when Chi
nese officials appeared and stated the
subject had been overlooked and more
time was desired, which request, how
ever, was not granted. 1t would not
be surprising to the officials if Ii Hung
Chang took the full ten days before
yielding to all the Japanese demands.
1t is agreed by all hands, including
japanese and Chinese officials, that the
independence of Corea will be one OF the
terms of peace. This brings out the
curious fact that the United States Is
the only power which has hitherto rec
ognized Corea as independent, and has
received diplomatic delegation from
that country. 1t is stated that some
time ago China addressed private let
ter to all foreign powers, i'll which 1t
was argued that Corea was independent
in conducting her internal affairs, but
was a tributary of China SO far as her
dealing with foreign powers was con-
cerned. 1t has never been disclosed
what answer the powers gave, but from
the fact that COrea has no diplomatic
delegation in any country outside OF
the United States, it is concluded the
European powers acquiesced in the Chi
nese suggestion, and failed to accord to
Corea complete independence of China.
1t is understood that the United States
never made any formal reply to China S
contention, but the establishment OF
the Corean legation at Washington was
a tacit refusal to recognize her author
ity over COrea, and recognition of
the latter's independence. 1t is be-
lieved that the peace agreement between
Japan and China will SO conspcuOusly
affirm Corea's independence that the lit
tie kingdom will extend her treaty re-
lations with the remainder of the world
and establish legations throughout Eu-
rope as we'll as in the United States.
A dispatch from SmonOsaki says the
negotiations were continued today be-
tween Count Ito and Ii Hung Chang
The conference lasted two hours. Wis
count Mutsu, one of the japanese COM
missioners, was i'll, and was not able
to attend the conference
Another dispatch from Tien Tsin
states that the British steamship Yik
Sang, which was captured by Japan
ese man-of-war outside of Taku, having
on board 22O, 900 cartridges, shipped at
Shanghai by respectable German firm
as bamboo and steel, has been taken
to Port Arthur