The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-20

Washington, May 19.-The latest
bugets of mail received at the Japan
csc, Chinese and Corean legations at
Washington give much space to the
changed conditions resulting from the
war. Lord Lo, son of Lii Hung Chang,
is expected to be the new Chinese mill
lister to Japan. The peace settlement
will soon be followed by restoration
of diplomatic relations.
Mr.. Otori, now member Of the
japanese privy council, is mentioned as
a probable minister to China. He was
formerly minister to China and knows
the country thoroughly. In an inter
view, Mr.. Otori says the Japanese hav-
ing acquired the commercial access to
China, it will need much tact TO carry
on trade with the Chinese He says
British merchants have already pretty
we'll occupied Southern China, which is
the best field, so that the Japanese had
better turn their attention to the north
ern country, where the markets are
comparatively untouched, although
they supply millions of natives. He
gives all the de1lilS of the Chinese
trade, showing among other things
that the natives never pay cash for
goods. They are scrupulously honest
and have three regular pay days, on
May 5, July Is and December b. The
talk in Japan shows the conquests by
It's armies are to be followed by an
equally vigorous commercial campaign
by the merchants.
Troubious Times.
Corea has passed through troublous
times of late. The foreign ministers
feared an outbreak and armed guards
were stationed at all legations There
were thirty United States marines
with Minister Sill al Seoul.
Quiet has been restored, and the
armed guards have been withdrawn.
The trouble followed the rebellion OF
the TonghakS. In suppresSing them
the government used great severity. A
traveller that lately returned from the
disturbed districts reports that where
ever he went he saw houses burned
down, corpseS of murdered people and
towns desolated and abandoned. This
brought on mob agitation, which
threatened Seoul and led to the armed
defence of the legations. The authori-
ties at Seoul are trying the ringlead@rs
and there is a liability that they will
be decapitated.
The influence which Japan is now
exerting in the undermining of Corea
is indicated by the formation of a
court council to look after the suffer
ing from the recent outbreak. OF this
council of six members there are three
Coreans and three Japanese.
The Corean government recently de- |
Vised an unique means of raising !
revenue. Observing that |
Japan was making heavy demands on
China, and that China was not in
condition to resist, the acting minister
of public works of Corea suggested to
Count Inoy, the Japanese envoy, that |
c1aa1 OILS T-:,, g.
DANA ges against China. Hearing that
China's arbitrary course had brought |
on the war, and as Corea had suffered |
many calamafies therefrom, he urged |
also that he should personally under
take the duty of negotiating and OF /
Lii Hung Chang at Chimon-
eski, where the Japanese-Chines
terms were then being arranged. |
Count Inoy discouraged the project |
and it was not executed.
The Loan to COrea.
The loan of 100000 yen which Japan
made to Corea in osder to put the
on its feet, has begun to be
paid. Half a million was turned over
the first of last month and the remain
ing two and a half million is subject to
call by Corea.
The Japanese are looking over the
they have recently acqur-
ed. A large force of expert surveyors
are at work in and around Port Arthur,
with the purpose of finishing the sur
vey by July, although these plans may
be altered, now that the permanent
of Port Arthur has been
given up on account of the protests OF
the European powers. The investi-
cations as to the islands of Formosa
and the Pescadores has not been
The Chinese natives
On the Pescadores seem to be a
ace of blind people, about half of them
cropping about, unable to see The
place is almost a solid mass of coral.
It is used for building houses, etc, Civ
ng a beautiful red appearance to
which. however, is offset
by the absence of trees or verdure
rom the soil, and by the blindness
Formosa gives better
prospects and already capital is being
invested to put in large sugar re-
ineries which win, it is said, add