St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-13
TERMS FOR CHINA.
Peace Negotiators Have Prae-
tically Reached an
agreement.
JAPAN TO HAVE FORMOSA
And Occupy Port Arthur and
Wei-Hai-Wei for q Term
Of Years.
JAPAN TO HAVE FORMOSA
INDEPENDENCE OF C0REA
To Be Admitted and China to
Pay a War Indemnity
OF $25O,OOO, 900.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-AS a
result of the negotiations between
Minister Dun, in Japan, and Min
lister DENLY, in China, the terms of
the peace about to be concluded be-
known with little short of exactness.
AS understood in high official cir
cles they are as follows:
First-The treaty between Japan
and China has ceased to exist by
reason of the war, but on the re-
newal of peace a new treaty will
grant Japan extra territorial juriS-
diction over China, but the latter
country will surrender the extra ter
ritorial jurisdiction she formerly held
in Japan.
Second-There will be no extension
of Japanese territory on the main
land OF Asia, but the island of For
mosa, a Chinese possession lying off
the coast, will be permanently coded
to Japan.
Third-The Japanese will by treaty
be granted the right to continue the
occupation of Port Arthur and Wei
Hai-Wei, the two great naval sta
tons leading to the Gulf of Pe-Chili,
for term of years.
Fourth-The claims of China that
Corea is a dependency of hers shall
be forever relinquished, and Corea
shall henceforth be independent.
F'ifth-The cash indemnity to be
paid by China will not exceed $780,
100000 in gold.
HUMILIATING TO CHINA.
The foregoing terms give num-
Der of new features which the cable
information from Pekin and Toxic
has not thus far disclosed The pur-
pose not to extend Japanese terri
tory on the mainland, but to confine
it to the outlying island of Formosa
inSures the conclusion of peace
without European Intervention. The
maintenance of Japan'S extra ter
ritorial jurisdiction leaves China as
the only Oriental country submit
ting to this jurisdiction. Until re-
Gently all civilized nations have in
sisted that the courts were SO prim-
tive and punishments so barbarous
sular courts should protect foreign
ers residing in these countries. Japan
has recently negotiated a new set
of treaties with the United States,
Great Britain and other countries,
in which her modern court pro-
cedure is reorganized and consular
courts abandoned. In conformity
with this new system, Japan now
terminates China'S consular courts
in Japan, although Japan'S consular
courts in China are to be continued.
This presents the singular spectacle
of China's conceding the advance
of Japan into modern methods, while
at the same time conceding that she
is still in the
BENIGHTED CONDITION
requiring extra territorial jurisdic-
ton to protect foreigners in China.
Probably the most important con-
cession is Japan's occupation of Port
Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei for a term
of years. This will assure contin-
uance of the peace for many years,
as China is in no condition to re-
new hostilities SO long as the gate
way to Pekin and to China's COM
merce is guarded ON either side by
the great fortresses which China
grants to Japan for a term of years.
The permanent annexation of
Formosa to Japan will give a rich
and fertile country to the japanese
The production of the island is very
extensive. Moreover, there are ex-
tensive tracts of arabic land we'll
suited to Japanese coolie labor,
should it be desired to withdraw the
Japanese from Hawaii.