The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-16
b)IH SIDES COMPROMISED.
japanese anA Preach Naval O0eers
Disagree ~ - the Position .
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hana-Other Oraental News Notes.

VANCOUVER, B. C.. Dec ls.-Is appears
that quite recently France and japan
came close to falling out over . very tStv-
iaI incident. Admiral Nor, harbOr master
81 Yokohama. gave public notice To the
French flagship Bayard TO move outside the
oreakwater At Yokohama. 90 place aes-
fxnated - man-of-war ancaorge. The
French admiral asked that the Bayard
be allowed to remain where she WAS lying.
a. her propeller was out OF order. and ulti-
m1t~.y said II the harbor master offered OBJ
lection he would ask permission from the
minister OF communications. Admiral Mor
gave notice that he would have TO use force
regulations. The Jaeenoee considered thai
the prestige of the empire xas affected by
the refusal Of the Bayard 70 move outside
Of the breakwater.
MARQUIS Nefnbrini Gonzaka. foreign SEC
Rotary OF the Kanagawa, kenoho, endesv-
ored 70 use his influence privately with the
captain Of the Bayard. but without result
II was maintained by the captain that the
Bayard arrived At Yokohama len days be
fore the harbor regulations came into force:
and tina; the work OF cleaning the nun NAG
been commenced. during when Y would be
announcement TO 60 outside the breakwater.
Admiral Mori waited upon the minister for
foreign affairs and communications TO con-
suit about the matter. Later the minister
for communications assented TO the request
Of the French admiral that the naEsnip
should remain inside the breakW2teT at
p.eted But as the position Of the French
flagship intsrfered with the anchorage oi
merchant vessels. the Bayard was ordered
to take up q position little more nora
ward and this the admiral consented to do.
France is pushing her designs ubon Siam.
lie Siam u the title OF a new weekly Jour
scribes itself as .'the organ Of French IN,
terests on the right bank OF the MekonE.
II declares that notwithstanding thar py
the London convention OF lss6, the Frsnc1
foreign minister was once more duped by
the willy policy Of Lord Salisbury. there
none the loss, in fact, more than ever. ex-
ton. Our adversaries have reluctantly ac-
corded III the left bank OF the 0eknnK.
We must 60 beyond the Mekong. To the
n us;. Of hs a tha
river and Salween, that the line dividing
the watershed and also the peoples must DC
s5ught: on one side are me siameae and
II a natural limit Of the French to the in
fiuence OF Siam. The Siamese well under
| stand. then. that We are resolved not 20
| tolerate IN silence their naughty vexations
and their continual contempt for everything
French.
I'VE win mark the blows. and when the
cup Is fulfil { Is not SO aiready-h!s ma
| jesty the king OF siam. shall learn to his
cost that we have in Indo-China dollars
| and sailors anxious to mark victories on
L
"our programme Is summed up IN these
words: Always forward for France: for
| Indochina.'"
| the time that Viscount Aoki, the present
| japanese minister for foreign affairs, was
minister to Germany. an attempt was
| which ended unsuccessfully. Turkey nat
| uraliy objected to the existence 81 an OK
| territorial territory for Japan subjects In
lss~w art
| a treaty unless this right was abolished.
| Japan on the other hand. was opposed to
| granting this concession. The present min
| ing to revive these negotiations. and it Is
1 believed that Viscount AOki, who Is well
/ versed in all the details Of the subject,
| will be able to bring them to successful
! Termination on the basis OF mutual con-
| cessons.
| Travellers from the far East report that
| during the recent Franco Russian crisis
| the crews OF her matesty's ships at anchor
| In Hongkong harbor gave a practical DEM
| onstration of what could be done in the
| way of landing naval brigade under most
| adverse circumstances. Saturday. which
Is the busiest day on board ship. when ev-
| cry one Is actively engaged in cleaning UP.
| signal was made by Admiral Fitzgerald
| from the Barfieur to lard all available
| men. Cleaning operations were stopped
| tween 1000 and 2.ooo had been landed from
the ships, including marines and field gun
| crews. carrying hundreds of rounds Of am
| munition and two days provisions per
| man. Heavy field guns were also brough,
| ashore. The men then formed up and
marched through the town. headed by the
| ships bands and field gun crews dragging
/ the guns. They made a brave showing
1 I'm their rough-and-tumble clothes. The
| admiral and men were eompllmsn,ed on the
| celebrity with which they effected the land
Ing.
| Swords have been made out OF an aero
| lite Some years ago aeorlite fell al
| Echixenbori. Toxic viscouni Esnomoto
bought a piece OF iron OF which 1t was
| composed and named II Tenko-Tetsu Cron
| fallen from heaven. Recently he cut l. y09
momme ssbou, thirteen poundsl from one
| lump and had three swords made of IL BY
| skilled workmen in the Toxic military ar
| senai. naming the sword Riuseito Uallinc
| star swordse. One OF these weapons Wis
| count Enomoto has presentd to the Crown
| Prince or Japan, while the other two he
| retains in his own possession.