The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-12
pDSs|l'S ATTITUDE N KOREA
HON. !. sLoAT FAsserr's VIEW.
Inam1Es ahe vast Heterogeneous
11assss ~ Chfss. with No Cen
apn1 Governnsent and No Comnmn-
~ u Hnseresfs VIII seek Sew po-
.I143saa ReIsnsns = Why Japan
Waa4s Was-Unvsitten History.

ssThe trouble with Tammauy." sasd Hon
!. eioat Fxssett yesserdsy. ia that IL
resfs upon = political idea that ia radi-
eaIly wrong. Mr. Fsssett left yesterday
afternoon for the East. bat before going
he consented to speak little more fu'sy
and definitely ti=an he had done The day
bezors concerning matters in the Ofient
and IN the United 6lstes. As announced
n the Post-Intelilrrncer OF yesterday, he
q thoroughly convinced that 1t II oEils "a
question Of time when the vast territory
81 China viii be partitioasa out Russia =
pfsssnt attitude Ia Korea be thinks has
been Rucls misunderstood. and is the re-
pult NOT Of any sudden aggression or tho
past u the Bear, but Of. a secret treaty
which was negotiated between korea and
zusaie after the tragic death Of the qaaeen
q xorea.
- Tar o. Tammany IL concerned. lie
4hints that the result OF the recent mu-
1te1pa: elscticn viii be to impress on that
eroat organization the necessity of better
eoyorument He comedies the superb
evoytiug efficiency Of the sschems ,ha,
nxA1ide In the bis wigwam. nut insists
Teoa& Tnmmany for = while at least ~li
1ave 20 be on It's good behavior. 30 far
- congressional legislation is eoncerEod.
10 would 70 no further than 10 predict
tho passage OF general bankruptcy law.
m acs which he thinks VIII grew Oh. u
3 The vwy necessity OF the relations Degn "a
the debtor and creditor classes.
n. s.lr mil
lnterviewed at all on the subject OF sew
York poiitica. but when urged yesterday
~ o1ve his iHpc sseions OF the recent nc
60 az TaEmany hail IN the municipal
oeotest, he said:
xhe TSoubls with Tammaps.
ssxhe great trsa5le wits Tammany' is
41nt e rests upon political theory tha. is
salloally unsound. 1t IL a superb political
otgnuisstion. perhaps tho most complete
tho world has ever seen Furthermers. /
Will ccucede that II numbers in It's ranks
oopno good men. But the idea on which it
a,roceeds Ii essentially vicious. Il holds
80 tho old theory OF administration and
contfol ~ proceeding from one tnan
downward. and not from the mass OF the
people upward. The mission OF famnlapy
! n conceived ny itself Is 10 make war. IL
~ 40lHtUk ~ HUI aEkGEE@AFfs tsAh ~ ta4& hsN
xAr TeIentieAsiy. IL holds literally that
III IL fair In war. 1t stops at no measures.
l1oweyar unsrrupuious, IN order TO secure
IT. eE1s. And when the ends have bten
secured Il hslieyes In that doctrine 80
Suhvcsstse OF the best interests OF Anlgfi-
tsfl institutions. that to tbs yictors belong
the Epoils,
Hut Tammany is astute. II knows full
we'll that the political conscience OF New
m-f.t.e
q tho recent campaign that II Will demand.
TOR ii tifne at least. the best possible gov
ernanent. Tanmany Ii shrcwd enough. ia
my Judgment. 90 give the people - good
kova.nrneut for a time. hut ] would fur
ihcr say that II will do this merely a
mems 10 en- end. Ii will behave t,seif
well only long enough to lail peopt" -
sleep again. Its policy is ono OF corrup'
ton and of disruption. OF course The tam.
q pofary effect Of It's recent victory viii be
10 insure Democratic supremacy ~ ne
state. inasmnch MS Tammany. stroagly
enirenched as II is now. affords a sort OF
pg.stfea. citadel. whose strength II bard
I To ptprestimate The amount Of patron
are which II has at It's disposal h almost
inc1nceivahly great.
Russia and Korea.
sRussia's attitude in Korea ard IN the
Orient has been much misunderstood
though ! am free To say that ihe general
Oriental situation IN In the main corr clly
reported here. II II rather remarkable
that the news Is correct. when one ,oa-
asders the average neagernesS and lis OF.
ton Of cable news from the Orient tia
Hussia's present movements IN koect ats
not the result of any sudden aEkre i0u
on her part. They are the result OF 80
treaty that was negotiated between Ks "a
ard Russia NJ the time of ihe qua IS
death. At that time Japan uverrca- "a
herself. No Responsible Statesman Ia
Japan will undertake 10 deny tina. theY
the queen vas murdered aad burned Is.
paIare was In charge 81 Japaassc Et4rs{s
while the japanese minister in rhArac wa,
= MAN whose war experience had trens
toned him to the harshest measures A
any rate the king or Korea, aiaruic.l -r.
terrified. sought TssuFe IN the Nnseian n
hAssy. and IL was while he was there p
secret treaty was negotiated t.,... -.
Korea and Russia. by which Russta v...l-
ally agreed to assume a preteetorais ~
the peninsula. Tn return far which sha g..
20 Fave cesirai OF th,, Korean fn.t,sa .-.
sword. :. Is In accordance wish tAfe FIR. N,
that Rrs9a has taken n.y. heY urrsss.- 81
sition IN Korea II g. tn accorsiaa,e .tIl
this treaty that she has rrq;leetcA -, ...s
txnasion and withdrawal Of Mr. Nell ~
Brawa. who had charge 90 the rus.eu..
Ton VII understand. ~ eoar, .>
Russia II seeking = southern ter,ain- -
r. great traE>ccnsinertaf railway .- "a
3 ca which Is stiil lslng v.i-o.sa~t, ru. e.
- - - g.