New-York tribune., 1896-03-29
COREA'S FUGITIVE KING.
MATTERS GETTING WORSE IN HIS UN-
HAPPY DOMAIN.
r,,,, r,,r,,,r WITHIN TEN MILES OF SEOUL AND
THE GovERNMENT PowERLEss-MiN'srhh
crrr,s GOOD wORK-NET; JAPANESE


sur,s GOOD woRK-NEW JAPANESE
Io,x-cKrAr CHINESE TRAGEDY
,,..,. ,,o,ob u via san Francisco. March %-The
state OF affairs in Corea goes from pau 10 "o'He
Da,,tt,,ars IN Seoul insist that by taking refuge III
80, -, agaton and remaining there the King
va v,-r,,uv Quit his domains the pre-
cInc.s OF n legation being extraterrito''"' sum
lar v,ew IS held by the leading Citizens oi 'e o"p
tai who naturally see that little power oi sore,"
ing can be attributed 10 a sovereign anu MS N'o'-
net so long they dare not Ne'''"' "
shadow OF a foreign nls.
rbo insurgents in the provinces have adopted
new tone. dictated. of course. by adherents OF the
Prince ce-parents party. They say me men .. ""''"
,h KIN, yvas persuaicd 70 seek asylum In the Rus
sian Legation are traitors 10 the country an" must
no exteru,nated but they also proclaim that all
foreigners must be expelled from the hlne4om-an
announcement probably intended as a D'hd' ine'
hay. nushcd on TO "A place not more than ten miles
from Seoul and the Government has no troops to
cope with them. The raising OF seVerai new Dat
talions OF Royal Guards has been ordered py enc',
but money TO pay them Is not iorihoom'hs' even II
they could be organized soon enough to meet the
emergency.
Tho whole situation Is rapidly growing insup-
portable and the idea gains ground that the de-
parturc OF the King from the Russian Legation
VIII be the sigma. for tho downfall ot the present
Cabinet II has been argued by IN. pro-Kus"i"h
OF the question 50 long japanese troops have
their barracks IN the immediate vicinity. The troops
were put there originally by desire OF the corean
Government. but as the Japanesr author.ued have
neither need occasion 10 keep them there, tney are
about to be removed.
Tinted STAT, Minister Sill Is winning golden oP'r
ions among ~. JapIr-sc D. Seoul AZ this cr.S.s rs
influence. they report. is steadily enerted IN the
u right an. 1untice. strong ant IN great paTI
su'ressfui efforts are said 10 have been made BY
him TO mtga', tht cruelti's pfa use! 0f ihr 'an!-
ne; aealnsi H. political opponents ail L. csN'n TIE
brualies Tcsortcd t. d. tDe .eSa! Tribunals IN their
examination .. prisoners
The Japanes- Government has announced another
Issue Oi the va. lOIa. amounting 90 3."p'' yen.
Only lOcr.rp how~Vr.. are orerci for Pub.r SIP
scrpton, the remaining @,.rnVD be.ng taken by the
Bank OF Japan. Inc minimum selling pr.re ot the
bonds is 20 ba par. and the rate of !n'eres; per
cent as before
I)etal.ed accounts from kianlya. which lc, MD
way hetwce; the mouth oi IN" Yangtsc and ching
Klane. show that mutiny OIL iarge 80 among
poson OF magazine The insurreS;ion
pann,-i the programme being 10 k.. the general In
Command get possession G.; the magazines AMI riaes
and then mast-- N. city. the foreign Instructors
being frst sent away by boat 10 shanghai. Rifles
had begun 10 c.ack ara the nIt!neers were rcmOv-
Ing the contents ~ the mag t2.ne when The argos,
OF three, containing about seven tons o. gunpOwder.
blew up The ~ the explosion IL not known.
az all the In near TIE magazine. - tho mum
ber OF about 3Cj. were shattered 70 pieces. The
catastrophe terrible that IL completely cow"l
the soldiers. and they desstcd from further acts o.
violence.