The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-21
The Property Of All Foreign Resi-.
dents Said to Have Been
Destroyed.
JAPANESE CABINET MAY RESIGN
It Has Been Brought Into Disfavor
by the Recent Coup d'Etat
at Seoul.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. 2o-The
Empress of China arrived to-day bringing
the following Oriental advices:
According to Hongkong papers some 500
or 600 coolies were induced to leave Hong
kong to take part in an uprising at Canton
by offers of good pay and clothing. The
ship Powan carried to Canton, unknown
to her owners, large mum Der OF revolvera
and some ammunition, all neatly packed
in casks of cement. The arms were seized
on arrival and this apparently upset the
| arrangements of the rebels and the coolies
refused to go further in the matter. The
Canton magistracy was greatly alarmed
when first apprised of the rebellious un-
dertaking and appealed to the military in
| the western suburbs to aid in defending
| the city. Several thousand men from Wal
Chan and Chiu Chan were concerned in
| the movement, but it is not known who
the leaders were.
1t is complained that the proclamation
issued by the Emperor of China in regard
| to the Kucheng massacre is mischievously
| inadequate. The document sets forth,
with almost brutal frankness, the facts OF
the massacre, thus publishing far and wide
what would otherwise have remained un-
known to the provinciaIs-and then APP
plies to the terrible crime terms such as
would be used with reference to any ordi-
nary violation of the law.
The news reached Nankin on October
| % of another anti-missionary riot having
| taken place in the southern part Of
Kiangsi and that wholesale destruction Of
foreign properly had resulted, as well as
the wounding of Roman Catholic priest.
| Whether American property was included
| in the work of destruction is not known,
| but such is not unlikely to have been the
case, as Methodist and Episcopal churches
| have missions there.
1t is stated that the chief factor operat-
| ing to develop the Mohammedan rebellion
in Kangsue and Shensi was the publica-
tion of an official proclamation which the
Mohammedans interpreted as announcing
their general determination. Naturally
they rushed to arms en- masse and their
suspicious remained unallayed, though the
proclamation was subsequently explained
to refer to insurgents only. The difficulty
experienced by authorities in queling the
rebellion is attributable in part to demor-
alization caused among the people by the
last Mohammedan rising. They retain
such terrified recollections of that time
that the apparltion of a dozen armed Mo-
hammedansis is sufficient to scare regi-
ment of local militia. When the first ru-
mors of the Mohammedan uprising began
to spread abroad last spring the whole
province of Shensi stampeded, everybody
thinking only of reaching walled city,
| fortified village or mountain top.
| There has been an ill-advised attempt
| Iof fo oivo tho Kipo of Koroo ba f;fta -
Emperor, but Russian, French and Ameri-
can Ministers protested, and this strong
remonstrance compelled the Korean Min
istry to bow to the inevitable. To save
their feelings, however, the cerem mony was
performed so far as concerned the pre-.
sentation of the imperial title, but the
King, in conformity with a preconcerted
plan, declined the honor on the ground of
his own unworthiness.
The number of japanese civil and mill
tary officers and civilians suspected Of
being associated in the disturbance in the
Korean capital reaches 1000.
The Korean question continues to oc-
cupy the most prominent place in
Toxic journalistic discussion. The oppo-
sition journals insist, though with de-
creasing ardor, upon the resignation of the
| CaDlneC IN COuueCtlOu VIII IeCeut aIIa1rS
in Seoul.
It is stated that the Government Of
Korea has under contemplation the issue
of an edict ordering the people to cut
their hair European fashion. The King
and the Crown Prince will set the example
as soon as suits of European dress now in
preparation are ready for their royal use.
Cho Gi Yen, the new Minister of War, is
reported to be one of the most enthusi.
astic advocates of the projected edict. He
was present with the Japanese army in
Liao Tong and became convinced of the
Importance of dressing the Korean troops
in the same fashion as the Japanese.
| On the 18th ult. the Korean Minister Of
| Household issued a proclamation an.
nouncing the in tended selection of q con.
sort for the King. According to time.
honored custom, the issue of this procla-
nation has the effect of prohibiting for
the time being the marriage of all girls OF
and above 13 years of age throughout the
country. The Queen-elect must be maid,
and in Korea early marriage being the
prevailing custom choice will be practi-
cally limited to girls between 13 and IL or
IS at most. Thirty or forty girls are to be
nominated, and from among them will be
first selected three, and on one OF the three
the final choice will fall.
1t is believed that reorganization Of
the japanese Cabinet is about to take
place. The new Cabinet will be coali.
ton, comprising statesmen of the elder
generation. mixed in with new men," Ii