The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29
JAPAN'S CABINET RESIGNS.
A siren War Spirit Is Said 10 Be ths
SCuiC OF lTOlbe.
FILE SAL Id + Be GATHERING.
ton--Ihc same Number OF Japanese
Near Nagasaki' and In Touch
With the Dritish squadron.

YOKOHAMA, Dec Slowing to tha
failure of the Premier. Marquis Saigo 20
reconstruct the Cabinet all the members
OF that body have resigned.
The newspapers demand the formation
or very strong ministry capable o.
coping with the situation IN the East.
THE MILITARY PARTY.
LONDON, Dec. IA dispatch TO The
Times, frOm Kobe. Japan, says:
The dissolution of the Diet has great
ly angered the political parties"
II IL probable thai the Marquis Ito,
former Premier. and Count Okuna.
former Foreign Minister, will form
eign policy.
The military party is eager for action.
extraordinary activity prevails at the
military and naval depOts and warshp5
are assembling at NagasakL"
The Paris correspondent OF the Morn
ing Post, says:
Russia has long been negotiating TO
raise Chinese loan OF Ao.VD.OVO IN
France 10 pay the indemnity and secure
the japanese evacuation of Wei-ifai-WoL
The negotiations were broken of owing
To France insisting that the bank OF
France should issue the loan and Russia
desiring that the Russo-Chlnese bank
should take the lead. certain cooiness
now exists between France and Russia.
THE JAPANESE FLEET.
A special dispatch from Shanghai dated
yesterday TUESDAY says:
1t is reported that a japanese fleet or
over twenty warshlps Is waiting near
Goto Island, outside Nagasakl, fully
equipped for war and only awaiting In
structions This Includes the fasnima
and the tuji, two of the finest vessels ir
the Japanese navy. and the Chen fuen
that was captured from China.
The japanese fleet, IL Is understood, u
acting In close touch with the british
squadron under Nice-Admiral Sir Alexan
der Butler. commander-in-chief on th'
Japan will certainly oppose a perms-
nent Russian occupation OF Port Arthur,
The sudden dissolution OF the Japanese
Diet was owing to the war spirit IL -
said that the Japanese fleet VIII attempt
to prevent the landing OF relnforcement
from odessa for the protection Oh ens
Russian Trans-Asiatic railway III MAN
0'''''''' BRITISH VESSELS.
LONDON. December 2S.-The Globc this
afternoon says a private telegram reach.
ed London last evening announcing that
over twenty British warships nave ar
riveh at Port Hamilton.
A special dispatch from Shanghai say
the British feet has anchored at for'
Hamilton.
Tho dispatch further says that a re-
port is current at Chec Flu 20 the effect
that the Japanese feet has now arrived
CHINA TROUBLED.
PEKIN. December S.-The German
question ls unsettled. China's difficulty
Is increased because OF the uncertainty
OF the attitude OF the Powers.
Germanys withdrawal from Kiao Chou
bay is said 10 be conditional upon her
finding q suitable naval station elsewhere.
China Is becoming alarmed at the pres
ent situation The government appears
10 be utterly powerless. No answer has
been received from Russia concerning the
proposed loan. There are calamitous fore
holdings connected with the Chinese New
Year.
II TOLD You so"
VIENNA. Dec 2S.-The Neuer Wiener
Tageblatt claims that Count Goiuchowski. .
the Austro-Hunearian Foreign Minister.
foretold everything In the famous speech
appealing 10 Europe 10 unite against
America ft adds:
There is plenty Of room for all. and IL
England will fight with the European
Powers against those dangerOus rivals
the United States and Japan-the proof
Of what United Europe is capable viii be
given I'm eastern Asia"