The San Francisco call., 1896-08-13
CHINA AND JAPAN
REACH A TREATY
Favored Nation Privileges
for the Mikado's
Country.
NO RECIPROCAL RIGHTS.
Field Marshal Yamagata Makes
a Report of His Tour and
Receptions.
APPALLING FLOODS IN NAGANo
Over a Hundred Deaths and I8o,oo
Destitute Inhabitants Receiving
Government Relief.

TOXIC, JAPAN, Aug. 2.-The plenipo-
tentiariss of China and Japan have signed
the new commercial treaty between the
TWO empires and ratifcations are to be
exchanged in Peking within three months,
Until then the contents Of the document
will remain private. It has transpired
however, that the treaty secures for Japan
access TO the interior of China for pur-
poses of trade, invests Japanese consular
courts in China with extraterritorial iur-
isdiction and guarantees most favored
nation treatment to Japan, none OF
which privileges are reciprocal.
Field Marshal Yamagata has returned
from his mission to Russia, where he rep
resented the Emperor at the coronation.
His health is impaired and he looks greatly
emaciated. When asked if he had been
coolly treated in Russia he smiled and
emphatically denied the allegation. He
was greatly pleased with the warm recep-
tion accorded him in America. Speaking
specially of Ii Hung Chang, he said he
was almost idolized in Russia, but his
ignorance of etiquette frequently involved
him and his Russian hosts in embarrassing
situations. On one occasion the Marshal
met Lord Ii and accosted him heartily,
saying how desircus he had long been
of meeting him. Ii made a suitable reply.
Several ambassadors, says the marshal,
naively, expressed surprise that field
Marshal of the victorious country should
hold long coIloquy with an aged official
of the vanquished empire. The marshal
says the notabIes at the coronation were
the various royalties and the American,
French, German, British and Austrian
ambassadors.
The NichI-Nichi, one of the leading
Japanese papers, has devoted considerable
space in it's leading columns lately to
grave discussion of two great diplomatic
problems of the East, that is: the relation
of Russia and England with reference to
the far East and Japan. The Nichi-Nichi
does not believe that Korea will be
abandoned to the control of Russia alone
Russia being pledged not to attempt such
a monopoly. 1t holds that Russia is not
absorbed in encroaching on others rights
and territories, but that the southern
expansion OF Russia is dictated by sheer
necessity and that the growth of the great
northern power must not be regarded as
the outcome simply of ambition ana
greed.
The Nichis great point is that Japan
should go hand in hand with Russia in
solving the Eastern problem and in estab-
fishing a good understanding. In short,
it advocates putting a dainty chain of
chrysanthemums around the stiff neck OF
the bear The Nichi's opinion of England
in regard to the situation is that Great
Britain viii find it difficult to maintain
her attitude of isolation, saying: "It is
impossible for her single-handed to check
the southern expansion of Russia, nor is
she competent to become mistress of the
Orient with the cooperation of other
states"
Japanese Surgeon Murata, who went
officially to Cupa some months age, has
written to the Toxic papers his opinion of
the Spanish Government hospital at Ha-
vans. He estimates the status of Spanish
surgery very low and the nursing as slov-
emily and negligent, the wounded soldiers
being roughly treated by the surgeon and
his nurses, the latter of whom appear to
be laborers with dirty limbs and bad
manners. He cannot, he says, bring him.
self to describe all that he saw.
The Mohammedan rebellion in Kansu
seems to be developing much larger pro-
portions. The general-in chief of the i'm
perial forces has apparently received COM
mands to carry on war of extermination.
At one place in a disaffected region he
slew 5000 tradespeople and sold their wives
and female children. This is expected to
provoke terrible resistance, IN which Mo-
hammedans across the border in Russia
are expected to take hand.
With reference to the outbreak Of the in.
surrection in Formosa and cruelty on the
part of Japanese civil and military Off
cials the Nichi-Nichi Shinbun charac-
terizes the reports of cruelties as reckless
fables, base calumnies and deserving nc
attention.
The Yokohama Bicycle Works has re-
ceived an order from America for 10C
bicycles. Those who affect the bicycle in
Japan are employees of mercantile and
banking corporations, young peers and
schoolteachers. The opinion of Japanese
medical experts is averse to the use of the
bicycle by either sex.
Count Kamei Jimei died on the 18th ult.
He was the late feudal lord of Iwami
Province, and during the war against
China took more than 600 photographs on
the battlefelds.
Recent floods throughout japan as a re-
suit of the heavy rainfall were the worst
experienced in forty years. An official
report from the Governor of Nagano saws
that the floods caused in his province los
casualties to life, washed away 342 houses
wrecked 223 others and flooded 14,80O. II
devastated immense tracts of land. Over
Vulnerable roads and embankments were
destroyed. The damage in other provinces
was even more serious. The total hum
Der OF sufferers is 100000, and of these
180, 900 persons are receiving relief.
These figures are exclusive of the
province of Hida, where the flood was also
serious. A very wide tract of country be-
tween the rivers Niagara and Yebi is
turned into great lake. LandsIldes have
also added to the general disaster
An irruption has taken place from
6hantung into Hsuchon. They have
been joined by some 30O0 local confreres
and are devastating and burning on q
large scale. the 1000 men under the com.
mand of the Taotai being unable to cope
with them. Fresh troops have been dis
patched from Marking. The Shantung
bandits are supposed to be old soldiers
that deserted, carrying their arms with
them, on the occasion of the Japanese in
vasion of that province.