The record-union., 1897-09-12
HAWAIIAN And
ORIENTAL ADVICES,
Correspondence Relating to the
immigration Incident.
The Letter Of Count 0kuma Answered by
Minister Cooper.
The Chinese Government Negotiat-
ing for a Loan of One Hundred
Million TaeIs for the Purpose
of Paying Off the Balance of
the Indemnity to Japan.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE
steamer Gaelic, which arrived to-day
from Yokohama and Hongkong, via
Honolulu, brought the following Ha-
waiian advices. under date Of Septem
ber 4th:
The official correspondence between
the Japanese and Hawaiian Govern
ments upon the subject of the PROPOSE
tion to submit their differences to ar
bitration was given out for publica-
ton bS the Foreign Office on Septem-
Der 1st. 1t consists of the letter from
Count Okuma to Minister Cooper, al
ready published in the United States,
and the following reply of the latter
official:
Honolulu, H. l., Aug. 80, 1897.
His Excellency, H. Shimamura, H.
l., j. Ms Minister Resident, Honolulu
Sir: Adverting to the letter of in
struction addressed to you by Count
Okuma Shigenobu, under date of the
4th inst, wherein he confirms his tele-
gram, which was to the effect that the
Japanese Government accepted in prin-
! ciple the suggestion of the Hawaiian
Government for arbitration, and also
I SldlGS LIIC lidluAS < OI lIlS lGIllS anu CO1l-
ditions considered essential by the I'M
perial Government to a satisfactory IS
sue of the contemplated arbitration, a
copy of which accompanies your letter
of the 10th inst, l have the honor to
say:
THAT this Government recognizes
the desirability of expressly defining
the scope of the reference, and for that
reason regrets that his excellency's
! letter does not more fully define the
issues which the Imperial Government
would lie willing to submit for decision
Ir | understand his excellehcy correct
ly, the Imperial Government cannot
consent to the submission to arbitration
of the question of the bona fides of the
possession of the $50 by each of the
rejected immigrants, or the applicable
ity of the treaty of 1871 to Japanese
subjects other than those belonging to
the merchant class, This being So
it is suggested that this Government
cannot be expected to give its reply as
to whether or not this proposal is ac-
ceptabie until the points which the I'M
perial Government are willing to have
submitted to arbitration are definitely
made known to it; and in the absence
of an agreement as to the scope of
the reference, it is likewise suggested
that no answer can be expected in
regard to the choice of arbitrator
In view of this, | am under the
necessity Of asking that his excellency
fully define the points which the I'M
perial Government consider at issue
upon which the decision of the arbitra-
tor is to be invited.
with sentiments of the highest con-
sideratiOn, l have the honor to be- sir
your Cxcellency's obedient servant,
HENRY E. COOPER,
Minister of Foreign Affairs"
The Japanese cruiser Naniwa, which
has been here for four motnhs, will
leave for home on the 1th. Her Cap
tain claims that she is foul and is in
great need of an OveThauling. She VIII
probably return to this port in about
six weeks tilIe. The Philadelphia is
expected to leave for San Francisco
next week also.
George w. McFarlane, flag owner of
the steamship China, won a victory to-
day in his fight against the Hawaiian
| Government. The Circuit Court has
decided that MTTarlane had in all re-
spects complied with the law. and that
he is entitled to the certificate of regis
try which he applied for The Gov
ernmelt viii take the case to the Su-
preme Court.
/ A surveying party from the Benning-
ton is now at work at Pearl Harbor
JAPANESE ADVIcES.
The following Japanese adyices We're
also received here to-day per steamship
Gaelic:
The Japanese Government has given
an order to Messrs. Thompson & Co.,
the famous Clyde shipbuilders, for an
other first class battleship of 1900
tons q sister ship to the Skikishima
1t is also contemplating the building Of
a frst-class cruiser of 5000 tons at
Yokosuka.
The "Maiuchi" states that the Chin
ese Government is negotiating with a
/ foreign syndicate for a loan of one
hundred million taels for the purpose of
paying off the balance of the indemnity
to Japan, and it is believed that the
matter vii! soon be brought to an is
sue.
/ H NJ S. Daphne, while on the voyage
to Nagasaki from Chez Foo recently,
/ collided with a Japanese steamer, and
was so badly damaged that she was
compelled to dock at Shanghai for re-
1 pairs. Nothing is known of the steam
er with which she collided.
! Japanese papers report the appear
ance of so-called Russian military spies
/ in different parts of the country Their
headquarters are said to be in Hako-
date, where there are several Russian
/ residents Their movements are be-
I ing watched by the japanese authori-
/ ties.
/ The authorities of Narashino have for
some weeks past been carrying on a
series of trials of quick-firfng guns
made in Japan and European couu-
/ tries, the result of which have been
/ carefully suppressed. 1t is stated.
j however, that the authorities and the
/ representatives of the foreign factories
who were present were very much i'm
pressed with the new quicI-fring guns
invented by Colonel Arizaka of the To-
i lxio arsenal Thirty pieces of this pat
4 tern have been made by the Koisshi-
kawa arsenal.
The "Mainichi'' publishes the follow
| ing interview with Ezyoe Renzo, a we'll
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