Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-01-12
ALL INDICATES PEACE.
Roth China aud Japan Want the War
Ended at Once.


Ended at Once.
san Francisco, January s. - The
steamship China arrived to-day from
Yokohama, bringing the following Toxic
advices up to December 81:
All trustworthy signs now point to a
speedy peace. Events have marched
with great rapidity in the last two weeks.
The Chinese hopes of resistance have
broken down, and formal offer OF di-
rect negotiation has been made. Some
time ago the japanese government con-
scented 10 receive communications ten
dered by China through the agencies of
the American legations in Picking and
Toxic, and Ministers Dun and DENLY
have since served as mediums for con-
Veying the views of the contending par
ties. Little progress was made until
after the capture of Port Arthur, when
the Chinese at last appeared TO realize
the necessity for immediate action, and
they declared their readiness to appoint
a representative of sufficient rank and
to invest him with full powers from the
central government. The choice of an
appropriate place of meeting remains to
be considered The Chinese have desig-
mated one of their own ports, Shanghai,
as a desirable rendezvous, but to this
Japan will not consent. Considerable
time has been lost in discussing the To-
calily, but the movement toward peace
is proceeding. however, in apparently
good faith on the Chinese side and with
sincerity on the japanese side. The
Japanese Ministers are thoroughly aware
that the interests of their country would
he most worthily served by bringing the
war to an end with the least possible de-
lay. The task before them is not an
easy one, for the strong and active mill
tary class is bent upon further conquest
on large scale and the public feeling is
all in favor Of inhiCting additional pun
ishment on the enemy and debating in
ordinate terms of settlement. Until the
proper occasion for proclaiming an ar
mistice presents itself the military OPP
eIAtions will continue with undated
vigor. Japan will not be tempted to re-
lax her aggressive energy, nor will she
be automatically Unanswered out of any
of the advantages she holds.
General Gamagata has returned from
Manchuria, leaving the command of the
first army to Lieutenant General Nodzu,
and is now in attendance upon the En-
peror at Hiroshima. Although undoubt-
cdly suffering from illness, it is believed
that the main purpose of his recall was
to secure his influence in restraining the
Incorporate ardor of the militia fac
ton and facilitating the arrangements
for an early restoration of peace.
What is known as the strong foreign
policy party in Japan commands ma
iority of votes in the Lower House of the
Diet, and are the governments oppo-
nents. These men stand in the way OF
a moderate settlement of the quarrel be-
tween their country and China. Their
organs advocate nothing less than the
absorption of Manchuria, the Lao Tung
Peninsula and FormOsa into the Japan
csc Empire and the exaction OF heavy
indemnity from China. They talk largely
of Japan's rising to the level of her des-
tiny; of her responsibility to build some
new edifce of administration on the ru-
ms of the dynasty she is about to pull
down, and of the folly of abandoning to
Western aggression fruits of her hardly
won successes. 1t is scarcely possible
that any terms of peace acceptable by
China will satisfy these politicians. But
the government will not be guided by
them. twill make such compromise as
shall vindicate Japan's moderation with
out sacrificing her titles.