The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-23
ASKED TO GO OFF ANDDIE
Remarkable EdiCi Of the DeSpOldalt
Chinese Ruler.
JAPAN KEEPS UP HER LICK
Before the Peace Commissioners
Get Together the CelestaIs Are
Likely TO Be Very Soundly
Thrashed.

TOXIC, Japan, Jan. s, (per steamer
Peru. San Francisco, Jan. 22.D-Ihc only
change in the diplomatic situation since
last advices is the announcement that
Chang Ying Hwan, ChiEa's accredited
agent, is actually on his way to Japan. He
has been minister TO the United States,
Spain and Peru and may be supposed to
fairly understand tho responsibilities of
his new position. Shao Yu Lien is now
at Shanghai, awaiting his chief, who Is
reported to havo started from Pekin n
week ago. If 1t is found these ENJOYS are
authorized to negotiate seriously, some
progress may be made toward defining
the terms of peace.
The capture of Wei Hal Wei, now re-
garded as "A foregone conclusion, may,
however, again alter tho aspect of affairs.
The Chinese dignataries move slowly i'll
their own country and it is anticipated
that Japan will have occupied the naval
station near Che Foo before tho suitors
for peace are ready TO leave their own
country.
The present intention is that the con-
ferences shall be hold at Hiroshima. Tho
fact that Foster will accompany the Chi
nese ENJOYS in the capacity of legal adj
visor does not change the opinion of tue
Chna's intention. Tho rulers of the mid
die kingdom are as capable of driving
their friends as enemies if they think it
expedient, and it is no more certain that
they will fully trust their employees now
than it was in Gordon's time. Tho pres
ence of Foster cannot be taken as n per-
feet guarantee of earnest on the Chinese
side.
The Japanese troops in the Lao Tung
peninsula are actively preparing an inn
portant expedition and 1t Is assumed on
all sides that Wei Hal Wei will be the OBJ
ject of attack. The military force gath
cred for this purpose Is of about the samo
strength as that which conquered Ialien
and Port Arthur. Tho reports from Wei
Hal Wei state that 1900 Chinese are
posted in or near the fortiiications. Two
foreigners, an Englishman and n Ger
man, whose names are not published, are
said TO be experimenting tho defensive
operations. Tho fleet in the harbor has
been increased, and it is believed that 13
ships of war and 10 torpedo boats are
| anchored.
Won Hanniken's scheme for tho reor-
ganization of the Chinese army, and pro-
viding at short notice n trustworthy force
for the defense of Pckin, has been set
aside b. order of Tsung Ii Hamen. The
reason publicly given for the abandon
ment of it is the alleged depletion of tho
treasury. Tho foreign newspapers of
Shanghai contain translations of the al
legged imperial script, SO extraordinary in
character that its authenticity is scarcely
credited, although it appears to have been
given to the public through the regular
channels. Its tone and purport may be
judged from the following extract:
The japanese have gained victory after vic
tory and despoiled our territory until our aug
ust ancestors in their sacred graves are dis
turbcd. This IS because We who rule the en-
pre- are unworthy and deficient in virtue. and
have entrusted the defense OF the state to unfit
servants. II. however, it is our destiny To suf-
fer worse evils, and 10 witness the dc1lemcnt
and destruction Of the reyered affairs, there re-
mains nothing but for us to perish.
1t is rumored that the edict was pri-
vately circulated in the palace in Decem-
ber last. and became known to the outor
world through treachery; but the genuine
ness of the edict needs further attcsta-
ton.
The ransom paid for the release of Ma
dame ChaIllet and her daughter from Chi
nese pirates was about $4,000.