The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-14

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Fsurops for rAs wssxht.es- International
transactions. Il was rot sne custom %
S.hsnese rulers 50 invest ofsctzls Of shesr
ss1ds wizss high authority The question
shRs raised uuzsou bted,y demarde1 crave
ysttenston Mr. rcsxsr had beea given 70
understand that unless AMPLE powers
.rs-e guaranteed ~ their cre4snfsaIs. fsss
snvoys would nos eTsa be admired 20 q
Aezrsns. Ia this evsnt. eli hss time and
trogssA La coming 20 the East would Dc
wasses Whatever bis professional Zee
might be. Il could never compensate Tor
MA dszacssosntmenc az losing 80 emporium
fty OF promssinx p<ase between two na-
ssfsns In which he has the frienSliest IN
4srests. or the results OF his diilgsns cor
respon4esce with his principals uorhing
caa be knoSn with certainty. but the I'm
crssx.on strongly prevails that be now
saes no cause s5r anxiety II cannot DO
ssta nat the Japanese government takes
an equally hopeful view Of the situation.
! srss Diplomatic contest wisl Be . stubborn
: one. China dees nss yet realize THAI Js-
Gao will unasestsanabiy demand csssfoa
Of ce.rftory. This IL one feature OF the
Japaneso conditions that may Be predict
Cd win perfect confidence. and u - the
one feature that the Chinese VIII nse=s
rasolufety resist. Much depends upon the
locality ef the covssed region Fcfrnosz
ru.gfYt be surrendered without toe great
sscriaca CT cshsna.s pride sat the hnEsi!ia-
s.on Of losing any part Of her continental
deminions may be more than Sis - ready
10 endure.
The envoys started from Shanghai on
.rss a
arrived Al Yohs on the s0ta- Chang Yen
Hnaa was the only ono Of the party saat
landed In Kobe, she others being traS-
shipped directly TO p steamer prepares. TO
convey them to their destination In eefT1-
pany with Afr. Foster. the senior envoy
passed few hours on SHORE, and ffsen
embarked on the same afternoon. Tns
embassy arrived ~ Hiroshima early on
the sEst. and were received With the for
rnaIitles due 10 taslr official position
Apartments were provided for the two
heads az the mission In government
houses and Off Foster was Invited 10 the
rasEdeace OF a member ~ the Asano fam
lily. 10 aslsaA the pFsyiaec n waiee Hiro-
sbsma Is situated f9rnerIy belonssa.
srhs Csataess generals are striving TO
dlxIodEe Lieut.. Cen. kassurs from his adj
vanesa position at Haicheng with greater
ressisssnce than they have shoHn az any
xsr1ytsus time Twics during the month
OF Janna~y. ea the nth and 81, a body OF
- Go rr.en had been I'D against him from
s,eaceAassg. only - be d!sgraeefally re-
PULSED on each occasion. The result OF
both attacks 20 che japanese was a loss
Of one killed ard about sixty wounded.
Taess engagements could rot be called
battles in any sense. for the Chinese tao
sfcs consist sn forming a line az TOO re-
mole distance fer rhei- weapons to be ef-
fsctlve. and maintaining a useless fire.
pntli the Japanese SEES flt TO more for
ward and dispense them. II Is at least
sousshing new. however. 10 find the Chi
nese assuming the offensive In even this
fanecouoas way. The reason for their
Successive demonstrations - tha. By pro-
eseding eastward few miles Katsura can
separate al. the native troops In the prov
fncs Of Sinking from their base of sup
plies. ard though they may not expect to
snfict material damage upon him, they
hope 10 keep him In his presen, quarters.
IL does no; appear that the Japanese can
gain much by !nstituting a winter cam
pasgn In Manchuria. The work In Shan
tanE will tell more heavily upon the en-
envy than anything they can do at present
farther north
Admiral Count Kawamurs. for many
years head OF the japanese navy Depart
srent. publishes an emphatic denial OF the
statement sent forth by one of the for
eign correspondents at Port Arthur tina.
the torpedo boats sunk ten Junks filed
With tefror-strieken people The admiral
was on board a japanese warship during
the whole engagement. He asserts that
IL was totally impossible for any one ae- .
couspanying Tho land forces TO see what
was Zone On the water. AZ a matter OF
fact. be tesssfiek. no Chinese vessels were
sunk. One was chased. but II ran ashore
before Il could be caught, and It's occu-
pants all landed and escaped lie adds
that the British gunboat Archer and 9TH
ess Witnessed The scene and can bear EVIL
denes 10 the untruthfulness or the accuse
sies Admiral Rawamura processes that
ne IL unable to comprehend the motives
Of so false n eaumny.
Fer tho arst time IN several years the
Japanese governments budget has been
accepted by Parliament with scarcely an
amendment proposed. and virtually with
ont opposition. The budget appears. how
eser. to have been compiled without re-
gard 10 the speelsl exigeneios OF war,
Estimated expenditures amount To 50 TOO
ea zen. only about f.oQo.gla more than
those Of the preceding year. Aimos, the
wl'ole OF this Increase viii DO devoted 90
fastening thu construction or ships order
cd by the navy IN Isss, hat these cannot
IN any case be completed in time 10 take
part In The present conflict. The pecuni-
ary demands ef the war will not be app
parent unta the next budget ls introduced
year hoace The revenue anticipated IS
go ven. ahous sse.Na less than TIA,
OF the preceding fiscal year.
The An1efIaan aa1ensarers. Wide ara
Howe, WAC were arrested in .Japan While
on their way Ia CsiaA with the syow..3
paFFoss or aanalia;iag the JAPANESE
navy ey a newly Invented explosive. ana
who were released ca slyiag pledge that
they would not attempt 10 proceed "a
TIER destination. have nevertheless Gem
rieied thslr Journey al originally planned
sni are Row pettinw together their "a.
stusttve machinery n Tsenssln.
Funeral OF Prince Art.axawa.