The evening times., 1895-11-30
JAPANESE TROOPS In KOREA
Said to Be Retained for the Pur-
pose Of Protecting Consulates.
Now That the Chinese War Is Over,
the Japs Are Worked Up by In
tcrnal fractional Dissensions.

San Francisco, Nov 30.-tCorrespondence
OF the United Press per Steamer Gaeiic.)
Toxic, Japan, NOV. 16.-The statement
that Japan intends TO Immediately with
draw all her troops from Korea has been
semi officially denied. There is no in
tentiop of withlra wing all the troops
A certain force must be retained in the
peninsula for the protection of the lcga-
ton and consulates and TO assist in pre-
serving public peace and good order until
the bodies Of Korean police and troops
now being organized and trained Accord
ing to Western methods shall have ac-
quired competence TO discharge that func-
ton without foreign aid.
The troops to be withdrawn are those
heretofore employed for purely military
purposes; that is to say, for preserving
the telegraphic and commissarlat lines
from X orea TO Japan's positions in Man
churia.
There is considerable political nneasiness
in Japan at present. Now that the conveii-
ton relating to the rendition OF the Lao
Tung peninsula has been concluded, and no
foreign issues of pressing Importance re-
main TO be imediately settled, the opposi-
tion find the public more disposed to listen
to their arraignnent OF the cabinet minis
ters than was recently the case.
Whether the latter, In demanding ces-
stons OF Manchurian territory, asked for
more than they could hope to retain. or
whether they did not make sufficient ef-
forts to retain what they had asked for,
they are certainly open to the charge OF
having exposed the nation to q grievous hui
initiation In the hour of victory. There Is
general feeling either that a reconstruction
OF the cabinet will take place or that an
event will occur hitherto unprecedented,
namely: An open coalition between the
government and a great political party.
II the accounts thus far published be cor
rect, the plot recently formed to seize
Canton partook of the character of genu-
ine reform movement. The ring leader
Huang, had been for many years abroad.
spending his time in the United States, in
England and in Germany.
Possessed of wealth, n social status and
n wide circle of friends in his native province
of Kuang Tung, he was easily able to fofnent
discord against the corrupt, unprogressive
and incapable government of his country
and his propaganda found favor with emil
grants returning from abroad, so that
soon a very large numbers 900, 1T is
said-were pledged to support his scheme
of overthrowiDg the dynasty
The capture of Canton would have placed
the insurgents I'm an excellent position to
procure ammunition and arms, as well as
supplies of money. and, moreover, numerous
accessions to the ranks of the rebels were
expected from among the literau Of the
city.
The program was to start their insurrec-
ton at three points simultaneously in the
north of the province, and when the troops
had thus been dra wn Off from Canton, TO
seize the city. As usual, the certainty of
reward as an informer, compared with the
chance of IL as successful rebel, induced
one of the associates TO betray the plot.