Evening journal., 1898-02-14
DRINK CRAZED JAPS.
Forty Englishmen Keep Ono
Hundred Madmen at Bay.
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM TIE ORIENT.
Shanghai Recorder Dsplores Any Parti-
tion OF China-Exeoution Of Three Bur-
glars-Faiiure Of Cotton Trade
In Mongolian Empire.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.-The ORR
entail and Occidental Steamship COM
pany's steamer Gaelic, just arrived from
Hongk0ng. Yokohama and Honolulu,
brings the following oriental advices:
The Hongkong Telegraph says that
continual trouble is being reported from
vessels manned by japanese crews, the
japanese resenting any instructions or
surveillance from European officers and
reserving an especial grudge for Euro
pean passengers. Several cases have
been reported where officers were mark
ed for attack by the japanese and
warned to withdraw from the service,
the retention of their positions being in
variably followed by a murderous at
tack from ambushed Japanese enemies.
A case in point IS reported from the
steamship HaSata Maru. from Japan
via Hongkong for England. There were
3S passengers on board the steamer
many Of whom We're repeatedly attack
cd by the Japanese crew when they
left their staterooms after nightfall
on New Years day. The Telegraph
says, all the Japanese sailors aud walt
ers, "mad drunk and clad only in
breech cloths, made an organized attack
on the English officers and passengers
OF the Hakata Maru.
The Japanese, armed with knives,
crowbars and Delaying pins, brutally
beat the chief engineer and his assist
ant and attacked a passenger Thomas
Hall. in his berth. cutting his head open
with a marlin spike. According to the
account in The Telegraph, the officers
and most of the passengers were driven
10 the bridge, where 40 Englishmen
kept 100 drink maddened japanese at
bay during the entire night by bran
dishing their walking sticks.
The Shanghai Recorder deplores any
| partition Of China, which it says viii
certainly be unfavorable 10 missionary
work adding that it win be a sad thing
not only for China. but for all con-
cerned if the powers undertake such
/ action, predicting that partition would
be the beginning of unending strife and
/ bloodshed. The Recorder calls upon
/ Great Britain to interfere and say that
! China shall not be divided, but that she
/ shall he reformed and saved, predicting
| that In such interference England would
have the support Of Japan and the ac-
tive acQuiescence Of the United States.
Three Chinese We're hanged smulta-
neously in. the Victoria jail at Hong
] KONG on Jan Il, the drop helub maui
TO accommodate all three and the trio
falling together. The executed mer
were members of an armed gang OF
shop thieves. and in raiding a store
killed a Chinese employee. The Grim
inals were disbanded soldiers.
The annual cotton report from Shang.
hal states that the year of 1897 was on,
of extraordinary vicissitudes to those
i'm this trade. The year began with az
/ enormous stock of unsold goods OF
hand. Prices declined steadily until th'
end of August. Then came q stringenc!
I'm the Chinese money market. the re
suit being widespread disaster amoni
the cotton dealers, very few importer
escaping heavy losses. The turning
point is believed to have been reached
however. the year 1898 opening with al
improved demand and an increase,
number of transactions. although
Shanghai jobbers can hardly congratu
late themselves on the prices obtained.
Hoyasu shon, founder Of the Yomiur
Shimunda, one Of the oldest papers 81
Japan, died on Jan. Is. aged 63. He wa
| formerly Junior secretary of the foreigl
office. He started the first mutual lif
insurance association in Japan. AM
among other achievements edited tn
best English japanese dictionary Of IL
day in 1898.