The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-02-18
JAPANESE CREW MUT|N|[D
Attacked Eur opean Steamers
Passengers.
SEVERAL SEVERELY INJURED
Anti-Foreign Feeling Crowfng-England
Negotiating With China for the Open
ing of q New Treaty Port.

ing of a New Treaty Port.
San Francisco, Feb. 15.-The Ori-
entail & Occidental steamer Gaelic ar
rived today from Hong Kong, Yoka-
hama and Honolulu, bringing the fol-
lowing Oriental advices:
The Hong Kong Telegraph says that
continual trouble is being reported
from vessels manned by japanese crews,
the Japanese resenting any instructions
OF. surveillance from European officers,
and showing an especial aversion for
European passengers. Several cases
have been reported whereby officers
were marked for attack by the japanese
and warned to withdraw from the serv-
ice, the retention of their positions be-
ing inevitably followed by murderous
attack from an ambushed japanese
enemy.
A case In point is reported from the
liner Hakata Maru, from Japan via
Hong Kong, for England. There were
38 passengers on board the liner, many
of whom were repeatedly attacked by
the Japanese crew whenever they left
their own statemrooms after nightfall.
New Years day, the Telegraph says,
all the Japansese sailors and walters
became drunk. and, clad only in breech-
clouts, made an organized attack On the
English officers and passengers. The
japanese, who were armed with knives,
crowbars and Delaying pins, brutally
beat the chief engineer and his third
assistant and attacked. a passenger,
Thomas Hall, in his berth, cutting his
head open with marlispike. Accord
ing to the account in the Telegraph, the
passengers and officers We're driven to
the bridge, where 40 Englishmen, un-
armed kept 200 Japanese at bay during
the entire night by brandishing their
walking sticks.
The Shanghai Recorder deplores any
partition Of China, which, it says, will
certainly be unfavorable to missionary
work, adding that it will 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 continuous strife
and bloodshed. The Recorder calls
upon Great Britain to interfere and
says that China shall not be divided,
but that she shall be reformed and
saved, predicting that in such interior.
ence England would have the support
of Japan and the active acquiesence of
the United States.
Three Chinese were hanged stimuli
taneously in the Victoria Jail at Hong
Kong January 2 2, the drop being made
to Accommodate all three and-ihey fall
ing together. The executed men were
members of gang of ship thieves, and
in raiding store killed Chinese en-
ploye. The criminals were disbanded
soldiers.
The annual cotton report from Shang-
hal states that the year 1897 was one
of extraordinary vicissitudes to the
trade. Fhe year began with an enor-
nous amount of unsold goods on hand.
Prices declined steadily until the end
of August. Then came stringency in
the Chinese money market, resulting
in widespread disaster among the cot
ton dealers, very few importers escap-
ing heavy losses. The turning point is
believed to have been reached, however,
the year 1898 opening with an i'm
proved demand and an increased num-
ber Of transactions, although Shanghai
jobbers can hardly continue in business
on the prices obtained.
- Japan's foreign trade during Deem
Der last was as follows: Exports, 49,
265, 1872 yen; imports, 11,170, 103 yen.
The exports of gold and silver bullion
amounted to $3.50. s62 yen and the i'm
ports to 676, 1S2 yen.