The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-01-14
THE CABINET IMPEACnED.
OPPOSITION PARTIES WANT Jar.
AsEsE OFFICIALS To REsioN.
Queens Murderer. s,rspsied -MsrauIs
ito's As.siisnts acknowledgements
Cruiser Lost Korean kings Order.



The Diet was opened for business
by the Emperor on the 2Sth Decem.
Der, when the usual replies TO the
speech from the throne were voted,
after which both Houses adjourned
over the New Years holidays.
Before adjourning, however, the
combined opposition parties filed a
document for future debate, i'm
peaching the cabinet for the retro
cession Of the Liaotung peninsula
and the state of affairs in Corea.
The representation is signed by
Kutsumoto Masataka, President of
the House of Representatives.
The representation concludes
with an appeal to His Majesty,
that though he may be magnani-
nous enough to overlook the Min
istry's misconduct, such magnani-
nifty it is feared will be prejudicial
to the interests of the country, and
the signatories of the representa-
ton would consider themselves
guilty Of an act Of disloyalty did
they keep silence on the question.
They are conscious that the diff
culties Of the situation in the East
are serious, and they consider that
no measure is more urgently re-
quired under the circumstances
than to settle the responsibility for
past errors Of administration, and
make the Ministers of State resign
their portfolio.
The Budget has been published,
and the Receipts are placed at 1873
millions and the Expenditure at
I52 millions, showing a deficiency
Of fourteen millions to be raised by
fresh taxation. Roughly speaking,
the expenditure is doubled to what
1t was before the war.
The British cruiser Edgar sailed
on Christmas morning to search for
the British steamer bennington,
which sailed for Kobe on ard De-
cember but returned from a futile
search for the missing steamer
which is now presumed to be lost
with all hands. The opinion
among experienced local seafaring
men is that the bennington was
driven in the gale of the 4th Dec.
on to the rocky islets outside Vries
Island, and there struck and went
to pieces.
Watanabe Takeo, and Shinozaki
Yuichiro, who were under trial in the
Supreme Court, accused Of pre-
pairing to assassinate Marquis Ito,
were acquitted on the ~ of
December.
The Japanese cruiser Kohei has
been lost off the Pescadores, and a
number of the crew are still
missing.
A Naval Court has been held
into the collision Of the Isis and
American ship w. H. Macy, and
the captain of the former vessel has
been exonerated.
The principal point in the bill for
the monopoly of the tobacco trade
by the Government is that all leaf
tobacco is to be secured by the
Government at fixed price, and
no person allowed to transact bust
ness in the article unless it be pur-
chared from the Government.
KOREAN AFFAIRS.
1t has been ascertained that Boku
Sen, Korean employed by Jap
anese resident, was the real muir
derer of the Queen, and that Ii
Shu Kai and In Sha Ku were his
active assistants. 1t is also said
it was he who assassinated Ko Kei
Kun, Commander Of the Palace
Guards. Boku Sen is said to have
cut down the Queen, poured some
kerosene oil over the body and
after dragging the same under the
caves of the house, set fire to it.
Ii Shu Kai commanded the rioters
on the occasion. They were SEN
fenced to death on the 28th instant,
and strangled the same night. The
expenses for the national funeral OF
the late Queen are fixed at 10000
ven.
A royal order has been issued
stating that the King will have his
hair cut, and his subjects should
follow suit. A notification has been
issued ordering the people to have
their hair cut The people, as vel
as the officials, having a strong dis
to this, are fleeing to other parts.