The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
rHINA'S DEBT TO JAPAN.
,ovs wHr CHINA BROKE OFF
yur LOAN NEGOTIATIONS.

- KH1meuh
-.,,.s silver IntO Geld Requires Freef-
.-,.,,,pt FINDS or the Coin or the c1sar''
,..ror Feb. 1.-THE main cause OF the col
DpHI, N. loan negotiations is that the CHI
hpsS C.r,rrment suspected that, even II ~
he,. ~ tho JApaneso In Accordance with tho
pam nc,re. the latter might stil continue
uss nsS wei Hal Wei. This suspicion led 70
w.. ostine Japan for a promise that tho
Cnne could eyncuate the place upon pay
'ep,."t Tho indemnity. This japan refused &c
neh'U The grounds that the Chinese Govern
ere-.s not entitled to any further essur'
m = that given by the treaty. ana mat the
eneo was. in any case. due. Upon his reply
nOnUs .o.s Government completely altered is
t he a, onped It's negotiation with European
tsoe.. ,or n loan, and entered into no
p,s.,o,s with the Japanese with q VIC"
e"Soro,nq terms with It's creditor
than borrowing money 10 pay on
" AM China enters into these neEo-
= with a very strong position. Japan II
Eli, anxious to diminish as much a. pos
~ ~. srasp Of tho European powers on CHINA
~. ,n,resse her own interests, especially IN
- china. Her policy always has been 70
O.s rrrone.n political interest as far away
~ N. Fast as possible, and II the Chinese
ne-.-rment had had even . small trace OF the
e..sr,no spirit, breadth Of view. and foresight
J.,.n there would have been by this ume
a., union between the two powers Tor mu-
o., do,.nce against foreign aggression. Eur
~.-,ore Japan 10 not anxious to give up
~. NJ, wei at present, or to DO put In
no,ItIon in which her continued reten-
- % a. would DO o breach OF faith.
A. Chinese arc reasonable 1t is moro
A., nrobable that they will for the present
=. Mo N mako arrangements with Japan
-.,,n vtl obytate tho necessity OF borrowing
$500 Among the minor causes that havo
S..,nt.d negotiations with Europe from being
s...I.d through is tho indisposition OF the man
s.sns IN allow any Of the purely native sources
:, ..vsnne 10 como In any circumstances under
~..irn control. The rulers Of hin do not
nj nav treaty ports. or railroads, or any other
-od.rn reforms Of the kind. They will not listen
!. ,hs,r land tax or salt tax or transit duty
s.rr,co under the supervision Of foreigners
,n,JI thew ara driven into the last ditch. 1.-THE
srr has already reported by cable hat Japan
1900. mon the payment Of the indemnity ct
The stipulated time.l
you have heard by cable OF the Hamburg as
trouomefs discovery Of q second moon OF the
e,rth. After reading what DR.. George Waite
usth. the astronomer In question, has 10 say
mon the matter. discovery" seems rather TOO
sovnriRht q word for him to use; suspicion
vould perhaps be nearer the mark.
Altar Wondering over the hitherto inexplica-
Ne irregularities in the moons motions. LIT.
Waltemath felt convinced that only the COM
hin.d mower of some unknown masses, either
i,t.le moons or meteors, could, BY their attrao-
ton. be strong enough to produce such ifregu'
~Iaritiea." Assuming tho existence Of such q
moon ormoons, 1t was clear that some day or
other. in their orbit revolving around our earth.
they would have to pass before the sun from
rirht to left, Having formed o theory, DR..
Wsltemath began to search. "in works OF all
kinds and centuries" for facts to justify 1t. lie
wanted records Of remarkable spots seen before
the sun, and these are what he found:
On June IL. 1856. DR.. Ritter, sailing to Naples.
raw " with bare eyes and without the help OF q
telcscope,"a dark, round body, moving from
risbt to loft across tho suns disc. DR.. Ritter
has even "left two sketches of what he saw
Almost Q hundred years before this. Dr.. Lch-
tenberg, counsellor OF the embassy, and Herr
Won PoelInitz, Upper Bailih. riding in o post
coach to tho university city Of Erlangen, were
startled by an uncommon phenomenon early In
the morning Of Nov. 10. 1862. AT sunrise they
observed, q little under the centre Of the sun. o
large, round. black spot
both observers were much in doubt what to
make out Of this dark body, never seen before.
q they imagined. But one year and o half
later Mr.. Hoffman,, Inspector of tho Forest ct
Gotha. In the first days Of May. 1764, when
standing for the wild roe,' saw the sun rising.
and, upon him, again o large, round, black
spot"
The Forest Inspector describes himself as
being Overwhelmed by the view" Now, be.
tween these two observations there was an in
terval Of $50 days, and DR.. Waltemath was
deeply struck with the remarkable fact Of
meeting with another account of q similar oc.
eurrenee which had happened Just 531 days be-
fore the former case" In this particular case
Dr. Waltemath cannot, unfortunately, give us
the name and quality of his observer. True. he
may have been as we'll qualified for astro.
nomical observation as an Upper Bailiff." OF
s"Forest Inspector" but we are only permitted
70 know that 1t was o gentleman who wrote to
the London Chronicle or Universal Evening
Post. In June. 1761, and signed himself
Anonymous" This nameless correspondent
had seen at st. Neots, in Huntingdonshire, while
Observing the transit Of Venus on Juno g, "a
phenomenon, which by its Laotion appeared tc
move in . curve different from any spots he had
ever before discovered In the SUM-" "Anony
nous also made his observations without thu
cid OF a telescope.
DR.. Waltemath then says: "Diligent re
searches brought about new facts. ] stated
several moro ~transits, the last Of which tool
place In the year 1879. observed in the State o.
Ohio"
do gives US no further details of the "nev
mcts,' nor OF Ohio's transit. but goes on to 80,
that BY a comparison Of all these observation
Twas able TO compute the orbit of the littl,
moon and Its dimensions to the utmost exact
ness"
Apparently DR.. Waltemath has not himsel
ssen the little moon. for he says nothing abou
any personal observation. This is q pity. II h,
aAa only had opportunities for personal investi
CATION we must have had much interesting dc
~ll, Tor from the data already described he cal
Mlusthat 1t Ia just GAO. 900 miles from the earth
mat It's diameter Is ABS miles. Its area nearl.
ooo.ooo square miles. Its orbit very eccentric
inclination to the ecliptic being only two an
enAli degrees. together with other facts. sucl
= lhat 1t shines for only about an hour at
time.
incidentally tho Hamburg doctor clears up
mystery which puzzled Lieut.. Greely In GriI
neil Land, Oct. 20. 1881. He and his party wer
NUN surprised that tho sun was to be see
.saih' ten days after the sun had gone. and tn
sHrs SHINING. Indeed. a beautiful sun rename
SiblOl6 nearly an hama. IL aha-ad N k,lItnr