Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-24
EMBROILED ORIENT
China Charged by Japan With
Double Dealing.
COREAN MINISTER FORCED TO FLEE
Revolt against the French in
Tonkin.
MINISTER FORCED TO FLEE
LIG HIT Sc A G A T G b

Toxic accounts to July II. The Japanese
authorities are now in possession OF IN
formation from China giving a new ex-
PLANTATION of the riots in Szechuan, and
directly duplicating the Peking govern
ment Among commercial stipulations In
the peace treaty with Japan, that OF open
ing the remote interior to foreign trace
has met with the strongest objections from
the court and the Tsung Ii Yamen and II
is alleged that Viceroy Llu was secretly IN
structed to foment disturbances In order
to prove that the upper Yang Use provinces
were unsafe for strangers. By this means
it was hoped that aliens might be prevented
from availing themselves OF the privileges,
but since the outrages have been resented
eminent has taken fright and endeavors to
escape responsibility by degrading Liu and
making him the scapegoat.
The Viceroy Resists.
This is more than the deposed viceroy Is
willing to endure,a and his followers threaten
trouble in case he is subjected to public
trial, as the French envoy proposes TO pup
l;sh facts inculpating some of the highest
dignitaries of the empire. If Liu must fail
he is determined that others greater than
he shall go down with him. An attempt 10
detain japanese Envoy Hayashi at Tien
Tsin failed utterly, as was doubtless ex-
pected by Ii Hung Chang, who fully real
lied the absurdity of the orders sent MN MN
from Peking Hayashi reached the capital
on June %, and presented his credentials
to the emperor in person July Z.
Negotiations respecting the full and
prompt fulfillment of the provisions OF tne
treaty and the restoration of the Man
churian territory were opened on the Stn.
Flight of PAX Yong.
The latest political disturbances in Corea,
eliminating in the flight of Home Minister
PAX Yong Hyo to Japan, grew out o. con-
test for supremacy between the queen and
the minister, and in which the latter was
defeated. PAX has never really possessed
the confidence of the court or the Corean
nobility. He was condemned to death for
conspiracy in 1854, and TOOK refuge IN
Japan, where an unsuccessful attempt was
made to murder him about a year ago by
emissaries of the king. He was pardoned
last autumn, at the intercession Of Count
Inouye, and was given a place In the re-
formed cabinet. For short time the queen
sought to make him one Of her partisans,
and until May of this year he held the
ance was broken, and the minister soon
found his life in danger again. He con-
cocted a plan for reducing the queens
POWER by removing the regular body guard
from the palace and substituting force
devoted to himself and his faction.
Forced to Flee.
The king at first approved of this change,
portended evil to the throne, he signed an
order for Pak's arrest, which his energetic
consort endeavored to carry into effect on
the night of July 6. Having received time
ly warning, PAX fled at midnight with a
few fellow plotters, and escaped down the
river to Jnshen, from which port he is be-
lieved to have sailed for Japan. An edict
charging him with treason was issued, and
agen ts were sent to Jinshen to capture him,
If possible. His purpose was evidently to
hold the queen in restraint, If not actually
to depoSe her, and, in view of the extreme
measures he proposed. the Japanese off,
Gals in Seoul refused to support him. The
queens rule Is for the moment absolute.
The Queens Aim.
Her ambition Is to bring back her exfled
| relatives. the Mings. and reinstate them as
| heads Of the administration, but the king
| distrusts the Mings, and he may be pur-
| suaIed to oppose this program. The alb
sence Of Count Inouye in this crisis is cal
| culated to endanger Japanese interests, and
| on July 0 it was decided by the Toxic gov
| eminent that he Ieturn Immediately to his
rost. The Japanese troops in Seoul are
| patrolling the city, and guard Of ma
rines recently dismissed from the United
lister Sill. In the belief that the Chinese
| government would honestly fulfill its
| pledges to prevent disturbances in For
| mosa, the Japanese authorities originally
/
| cupy positions from which it was expected
| the Chinese could peacefully withdraw, but
| since the Picking officials have broken faith,
eEd are known to be, encouraging insur-
| gents to resist, a fresh brigade has been
| dispatched from Japan to the region, which
| Is still in disorder.
The northern ports are submissive, but
| Toxic and Tawiaufu, on the west coast
are threatened by a mob of BLACK Flags
under General Liu, against whom the for
| eign residents have row no protection, and
| until July l the English denizens twelve In
| number, were guarded by the British ma
! rines but on that date this force was with
| drawn by the command of Admiral Boiler
| whose reasons for leaving his countryme;
| undefended ara not clearly understood
Besides the English in the exposed ports
| there are some twenty other Europeans
| and one American.
| Uprising Against the French.
The japanese are acting as speedily as
plans have been somewhat disconnected b5
China's failure to perform her obligations
In Ha Ten. district Of Tonkin, 1900 insur
gents have risen against the French au
tborities. The revolt is tacitly supported
by the native officials.
| Capt. ]. G. Cox prominent sealer, re
turned on the Empress Of India from Yc
| kohama, says the Japanese coast catch fel
away below last years catch. SixteeI
British schooners took 1870 skins, agains
800 last year, while ten Americans go
37S5, against 92O6 taken by eight schoon
ers last year. Total catch In Japanese wa
tiers. including Japanese fleet. 27,3OO
Lieut.. N. ]. O'Brien, United States mill
tary attache, and V. De Laguerie. Frencl
military attache, who. follo wed the Japan
ese-Chinese war in the interests of thei
governments, arrived on the Empress. TIL
former proceeds directly to Washington
and the latter to Paris.