The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-13


Yurn. Ewang plng ard several xuneessss.
TIE wes ynen ear perhaps ee fseass~a ard
made ~ fer ssusw. TIE lsi yness lsss
teutscsr UrwArc. ard the hsg Ting Yuesf =
said 20 Se utterly rtalrsed
The Chinese land forres in SnansuTfy
have done very little since the serts were
taken at shs hextnEsinw ef Fessfusrs.
JapaFese scouting parties have gssssssesi
eastward as far as NsrghsA which wa-
Tushiesssy ptiiAsea by the rvsre&ta1as
braves. and tire few who resisted sSfar-
sien were saoi Or cat dewn without
wercy.
Gen oyanass intentions for. the future
are keep, secret Many suppose that RE
VIII seen mach on Cfcfces as Il Is Snewn
thai he sent = letter 10 ths seseirgi con-
sals os that Y<,rs sozws time arc, an
rossnciag that IA ease ne takes possession
no scs4terp VIII De allowed 20 enter Et~
ropeAn and American quarters until after
sss police force shall hare been posted
there 20 maintain order.
The Chinese armies In AaachursS show
a great deal os persistence In repeating
their movements against Hsteheng. het
they invariably ran away before any real
fsghfing is done. The latest dernonStfa-
gions were on February Is and st. whra
futile efyerts were made 10 concentrate
the columns az LoayGen and Sewehwang
for assaults upon Lieut.. Gen. katsura's
position The Japanese lost only afeus
half dozen killed and wounded in these
affairs Tie Chinese He'd. leaving at least
laa dead The same report. with change
OF date must serve for each successive
march upon Hatcheng. Lieut. Gen Sosizu
is al the front OF the third army division.
and has recently been visited by Lieut.
Gen. YamajL commander OF the first al
vision. row stationed In the Ieeaosong
peninsula. Predictions OF a Japanese ed
vance westward are based upon this iu-
teryiew. bur they rest upon nothing sub
stantial
Reports of an expedition 20 Foryncsa
are probably better founded. A division
of The imperial guards has left Tokyo and
is about TO be transported TO some place
yet unannouneea. The fourth division.
at onigoya, Is also expected TO be dis
patched for active service.
A bill has been passed by parliament.
authorizing an additional war expendi-
ture of lop.naa aoa yen. The money will
not. however. he needed for several
months 10 come. Fifty million ven are
yet to be raised under the first war budget
and loan OF this amount viii soon be
foated. The question whether Il should
be foreign loan Is earnestly discussed
In financial circles. Parliament has also
sanctioned n loan of 3,t0aoD yen TO Korea.
Funds for the impoverished kingdom have
ernment has sought TO enlist the aid OF
leading capitalists 20 obtain the requisite
sums. but the financiers are distrnstful
of Korean securities and If leading mem
hers Of the diet had not volunteered TO
pass an appropriation Count inouye' $
projects for reform would have had moth
ing to support them.
Dispatchs have been received at Hiro-
shima. TO which IN japanese ministers
give credit. announcing that Ii Hung
Chang has been definitely appointed peace
ambassador. He has started from Pek-
ing from TientsIn. and proposes 20 en-
bark for Japan on March J. Whether -hc
will do so or not depends snpon the chi-
nese emperor's ability TO remain In the
same mind for a fun week. As soon as
Ii had left the capital a report was cir
c,ilated that the cour- had decided TO sub
init the whole question of prolonging the
war TO the provincial viceroys and would
be guided by the votes of the majority.
Mr.. Foster had been In consultation with
Tsung Ii Yamen. but his voice is said to
| be less potent than was anticipated. That
his connection with the late ENJOYS Ia
| closed may be inferred from the pro-
| ceeding on their part to which his ap-
| prevail could not possibly have been Sc
cured They have published, as belonging
| to and forming part of the officiai tram
| saetfons at Hiroshima, letter which
|
yiseonnt NutsiL after having been for
maily notified that they could not ne
| received as pienipotentiartes. that the
/ conferences were at an end and that there
| could be no further intercourse between
| them and the Japanese commissioners.
| When their letter was brought for celty-
/ cry the persons to whom II was addressed
/ refused 10 receive IT, and the writer's were
! reminded that their right TO communicate
/ with representatives OF Japan ceased
/ from the moment that the insufiiciency
l OF their credentials was discovered. The
publication Of the document por-
| ton Of the regular correspondence "
| taken as implying an accusation that the
| japanese suppressed II and thus virtually
| faisified the record. Reference to the
| date. however, shows that IL was written
| after they knew that they could not he
| recognized I'm their pretended capacity.
1 As Il was not Acknowledged or accepted
/ 1t could not propErly be included In tbs
| official reports. Why Messrs Chang and
| Shao desired TO give IL notoriety is not
clear II does not help their case In
any particular. and no minute exarnina.
| tfon is needed to prove tht Mr.. Foster
| was not concerned In Its composition. I,
| is merely series Of assertions that. IN
| spite of Janan's opinion. the messengers
! were abundantiy accredited. and thai
| Chinese ambassadors similarly delegated
have fTSef}eI ftSffStlut atttEttpn ttnff
| diplomatic agents os other countries, af
| firmations which the international re-
| cords OF the Chinese government prov.
TO be false. Complaints are also made
| that the messengers were denied sosns
| of the courtesies TO which fun pfcnpoten
| taries are entitled. such as the right u
| send cipher kilograms to their home au
| thorittes. This charge, however. is dis
| posed OF by the circumstance that Jap
anese, on Investigation. found that IN.
visitors were not full pieaipotentfartei
In any sense. and could not. therefore
enjoy such privileges as would readii,
have been accorded II they had made
good their high pretenstons. Bettsi
strategy than this viii be expected from
Hung Chang