The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-15
1HH KOREAN UPRISING
Reports Of the Affair Reosivsd BY
the Japanese Minister.
LANDING or FOREIGN nARrnsa.


warships 81 Russia. the United statss and
Great Britain ssnd Armed Represents
lives Ashore--Ths Report Of tha Queens
Assnssinaslon Credited at Washington.
s wAsHrNaror, Oct. is.-Information of
the formidable uprising In Korea, result
ina In the disappearance and probable
death Of tho queen, and the landing Of
military forces by tho United States and
European powers, has been received by
Minister Kurino, Of Japan, from the for
sign office at Toxic. 1t is quite Sensational,
indicsting the landing Of marines by Rus
fa, the United States and probably Great
Britain. .ss Sg
Tho latest dispatch to Minister Kurino
states that q force Of Russian marines,
forty In number, have been landed. Thus
far they have confined themselves to guard
ing the Russian legation at Seoul. &sN
4 United States marines were landed from
the Yorktown to the number Of sixteen.
1t Is believed also that British marines
have been landed Besides these the Jap
Anese have a considerable force Of soldiers
et Seoul, who have been preserving order.
The dispatches come from Toxic, and COM
municate the substance Of dispatches re-
ceived from General Muira, the Japanese
envoy at Seoul. They are dated from the
eth to the 1e inst. 1t appears from these
dispatches that the trouble had its incep-
ton through the queen's dislike OF the
newly organized soidiery Of Korea. The
old soldiers had the primitive equipment
Of the far east. but with the progress OF
Japanese influence In Korea two battal-
ions OF Korean troops were organised on
=. I.nAkn
bered 900 men, armed with modern weap-
ons. They were well drilled and officered.
When the queen showed her disfavor to-
ward these new troops they appealed to
the Tai Won Kun, q powerful chief who
has long been at enmity with the queen.
He accepted the leadership Of the new
troops and at tho head OF one battalion
entered the queens palace. The Toxic
dispatches do not state specifically what
became Of the queen, further than that
she has disappeared and cannot be located
The officials are inclined to believe, how
ever, that the unofficial reports Of the
queens death are true. The Japanese gov
ernment, the dispatches further state, has
acted quickly ON the reports, and has ap-
pointed q commission to inquire into tho
facts.
In the meantime It is emphatlcally de-
MED that the queens death, IL 1t has oc-
CURED, was due to the Japanese. One re-
port Is that Japanese Soshi killed the
queen. This Is not yet confirmed in tho
dispatches received here. The Japanese
say the Soshis are an irresponsible and
lawless set, and that their acts cannot be
laid to the Japanese people or government.
General Muira's reports also cover tho
work of Japanese troops in preserving
order. These troops were stationed OPP
posite the palace, having secured this point
OF vantage some time since through the
Korean government. They took no part
In the attack on tho palace, but after 1t
had occurred, when the native troops were
fleeing and the new battalions were en-
forcing their success in capturing the
palace, the Japanese troops aided in pre-
venting bloodshed and disorder. IL is
probable that some deaths occurred during
the melee Following this came the land
ing Of United States and Russian marines,
and, as is believed, the landing Of the
British.
The latest indications are that the Tai
Won Kun and the king are In control OF
affairs at the Korean capitol. The king
has been the nominal ruler, but the queen
has heretofore been recognized as the real
ruler. The influence Of the king and the
Tai Won Kun are distinctly favorable to
the Japanese.
At the Korean legation here no word has
been received from the disturbed capital.
The officials are much exercised, and do
not doubt that the queen has met her
death, although they are not ready to
abandon hope In case official confirms
tion is received there will be such formal
ceromony as is usual on the death of SOW
ereign. The legation will go into mourn
ing, but there is not likely to be funeral
service, although this has been considered
as further mark of respect.