The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-01
PUBLIC FEELING IN JAPAN
INTENSELY AROUSED OVER
CHINESE DIFFICULTIES.
It Finds Expression In the State
ment That Europe Is Governed BY
the Rule That the Flesh of the
Weak Is the Food of the Strong
Other Foreign Notes.

the government itself has an eye to tn
gravity of the question is shown b!
a statement of the prime minister, il
the course of a reply to delegation
He said:
with affairs tending toward dan
gerous developments, as is now the case
in the east, We shall not hesitate to ash
the diet f1r SO.OoO,0OO yen, or even 40
000000 il ;secessary.'
This was only a short time before
the premier was forced to resign be-
cause of the public feeling that the
cabinet was too weak to deal with the
descent OF the European powers upon
China, and the probable dismember-
ment of the latter country.
ARRAIGNS GERMANY.
The Jill shimpo, the most influential
paper in Japan, contains a scathing
arraignment of Germany's course, de-
claring the occupation of Kiao-Chau
shows that the laws and tenets of in
| ternational morality have ceased to be
anything more than a specious pretense
/ by European pow rs, and that the rule
] by which their -o1duct is really reg
ulated is the flesh of the weak is the
food of the strong After declaring
that Germany has thrown off the mask
and has taken the lead of western pow
ers in the struggle to devour China, the
/ paper adds, as to the attitude of Japan:
THE conhagration is on the other
side of the river, but the river is a
narrow one. and the sparks may easily
fly across. The lesson for Japan is, that
a country's security depends solely on
its strength to resist aggression, and
that aggression has come to her own
gates. 1t will not suffice that she
should be merely on the defensive. To
preserve what one already has, it is
sometimes necessary to add more. A
crisis in the orient now confronts
Japan. and her undivided strength
must be devoted to guarding against
the perils that menace her"
JAPAN's DUTY.
The Toxic Shimpo takes the radical
position that it is Japan's duty to Suc-
cor China at this juncture, on the
ground that the boosted civilization
and Christianity of the western world
is slowly trampling down right and
justice in its descent upon the orient.
Aside from the excited discussion of
the problem in China, the Japanese
press is mainly concerned in the coun-
try's extensive naval and military de-
velopment. The expenditures on arm
ament expansion" this year will be So,
CAS-, 721 yen, and next year, 63,250,000
yen.
6GllildnI Itiu lldIEuNcIS nave OCCu
executed by the two army corps of the
north and south, in the presence of
many foreign diplomats and military
experts. The battleship Yashima has
Just arrived from the English ship
yards. She is the second of the big
battleships added to Japan's new nag.
the first being the Fugi. They are So
ter ships of 12.517 tons displacement
each. of 20 knots speed, and in arma-
ment and general appearance much like
the United States battleship Indiana.
The Yashima is the largest warship
that ever passed the SueZ canal, and
it was found necessary to unship the
heavy guns and take off some of the
outer armor to get her through the
canal.
FRENCH SECRET MISSION.
London. Dec. IA special dispatch
from Paris says that NJ. ROEme. head
of the Asiatic department of the
French colonial Office, starts on a Sc
cret mission to China Sunday in con-
nection with the crisis in the far-east.
The dispatch adds, that special mill
tary mission will also start for China.
shortly.
THIS AFFAIR COMPROMISED.
Pekin. Dec. 31.-Advices just received
from Seoul, the capitol of Corea. say
that a compromise has been Effected
by an agreement by which Mr.. J. Levy
Brown. the British customs agent AID
NJ. Alexieff, the Russian agent Ito
make room for whom Mr.. Brown was
removed, will work the Corean Gus
toms together. The British warships /
which were present at Chemulpo. |
Seoul, are there in order 70 give moral |
support to Mr.. Brown.
CHIlIA'S NEED OF MONEY.
British loan, the Chinese government |
refuses to agree to a foreign control !
Of the internal revenue either immedi-
ate or in case of default. Ii Hung /
Chang, however. is disposed to favor
the control of the internal revenue in
case of default.
In the event of a loan not being
procurable, China will not pay her war
until 1902, in accordance
with one of the provisions of the treaty
Of Simonezki. The final decision is
postponed until after the holiday.
Further German missionary trouble
Is reported from the Shantung prov
nce. It viii possibly delay and COM
plicate the negotiations.
IS IT POSSIBLE?
According to a special dispatch from
Shanghai, sudden stiffening has taken
place in the attitude of the Tsung Ii
Yamen toward Germany, resulting in
l demand Tor the evacuation of Kiao-
Chau, and leading to the belief that
Great Britain is bringing pressure to
pear upon Pekin.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
hat on Thursday, Emperor Nicholas
granted an audience to the Chinese
minister plenipotentiary, Yang Yu, who
handed the car a personal letter from
he emperor of China. 1t is said that
he conversation turned on the pro-
posed Chinese loan.
The st. Petersburg Herald announces
hat some Russian vessels have left
Port Arthur and gone into the harbor
# TalienWan with China's consent,
he harbor at Port Arthur being too
mall for the free movement of the
russian vessels.
ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG.
London, Dec. 31.-A dispatch to the
Vines from Hong Kong says:
There is the greatest activity in the
avy yards here, while profound Sc
recy is maintained. The movement Of
he British fleet and its whereabouts
re not known at Hong Kong. The
ruiser Grafton, having taken on sup
lies of coal and ammunition, leaves
oday (Friday).