The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-26
T FROM THE ORIENT
SUIT GROWING OUT OF THE LANDING
OF ARMS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Work Of the Gunboat Yorktown-Brit.
ish Flag Hoisfed by Palavan Ma
tives, hut soon Hauled Down.

VICTORIA. British Columbia. April q
Japan's delegates TO the peace conference a.
The Hague have arrived here on the En-
press of China. The delegation consists OF
Captains Sakemoto and Uyehora and a law-
yer named niagara. Sir James w. Car
rington. chief justice at Hong-Kong. was
also a passenger on the Empress OF China.
He says that Great Britain will take over
the Kowloon extension on May IL.
Mail advices from the Orient say on April
! a writ was served on w. F. Sylvester. OF
the firm Of Louis Spitzel & Co, Of Tien-
Tsin. by an officer of the United States con-
sulate, on board the steamer Caledonia. The
writ was in a suit filed with the United
States consular court at Canton March II
by +. b. Drew, who seeks 10 recover from
Sylvester the sum OF 1900 taels. alleged to
be due under a bond given Drew which pro-
vided that the steamer Abbey should con-
vey direct TO Singapore 800 Mausers and half
a million cartridges. On the strength Of the
bond a customs permit was granted The
shipment was not landed at Singapore, but
on the Island of Luzon. The steamer ABB
hey was afterward seized and at present is
in the hands of the United States naval
authorities.
Owing to the Mohammedan unrest in the
uOI III tSNSEn part Ol 1ulIid III EhhiHhCSS
Dowager sent orders to the viceroy Of Louc-
chow authorizing the raising of extra troops
for defense, and dispatched a large consign-
ment of rapid-iring field guns and machine
pieces. together with modern rifles.
The Yorktown discovered the Filipino
STEINER San Joaquin hidden near Daguipan.
The native crew had mutinied and murdered
the captain and mate, and looted the ship.
Tne Yorktown flowed her 10 Manila.
Hong-Kong papers give the following par
ticulars relative to the natives of Palawan
hosting the British flag over that island:
III. NJ. S. Archer, which left Singapore
suddenly on the morning of February 70, nn-
der sealed orders. returned yesterday. Her
orders were received from home by tele-
graph and they were to the effect that she
was to proceed as quickly as possible to
alawan where, ii was stated, the British
flag had been hoisted by the natives. The
Archer's mission was TO haul IL down. ON
her arrival off a small settlement on the
Palawan coast the British red ensign was
seen to be noailng: ne snip nsd NOT Deen
F1lipinos came aboard and had an interview
with Commander Dare. He informed them
that he had been instructed TO take the nag
down. The inhabitants OF the town had
hoisted the flag because they thought II
might afford them protection from bands OF
brigands who were enSconced IN the hills,
TIL Filipino deputation made IL clear that
they had not heard the island Of Palawan
a ~ 1thCQ ~ Spain ~. AAC mix
States and they accordingly promised that
the flag should be lowered. When they re-
turned TO the shore the ensign was pulled
down. The brigands who held the hills at
the rear of the settlement caused the in
habitants a great deal OF annoyance. but
their depredauons had been considerably
lessened since the British ensign had been
hoisted. When the Archer entered they
hastily retired. There were no Europeans
The Yorktown seized the Spanish steamer
Mundara off the Gulf of Lingayen on March
% as a hibuster. She gave the yorktown
a two hours run before she was captured.
A mob in Kongu, Korea, has sacked a
French m~issionary,s residence and carried
him off captive. Korean troops have been
dispatched TO attempt to recover the mis-
sionary, whose fate is unknown.
Fresh outrages against the missionaries
have occurred in Shan-Tung, and Germany
has sent soldiers into the districts affected.
Chinese soldiers murdered two or three Ger
man soldiers In the beginning OF April in
the vicinity of Kiao-Chou. The Germans
entered the village and shot down the muir
derers. Germany has made several de-
mands on China with regard to the lchow
affair and asks for mining and railway con-
c~essions and the right of collecting ikiu
daily in Shan-Tung province.
Thirty Chinese B-ddhists have been muir
dered in Kausu by rebel Mohanmedans. and
a general rebellion is feared The North
west is defenseless, owing TO the withdraw
al of the best troops.
The Mahommedans threaten war to the
knife against the Buddhists.
The YorodZu says there has been another
disturbance IN the hoTSdn caDlhel- wv
ministers were driven out of Office and ban
ished FOR terms of ten and twelve years
respectively. 1t is reported that he incl
dent was due to an intrigue a. Lady ON,
the favorite mistress OF the Korean En-
perOr. She has so completely entrapped the
Emperor that he is a puppet n her hands
Russia had, by some means or other Sc
cured her sympathy. The two dlsgraced
ministers. IL appears, did not know this and
imprudently rejected the demands OF the
ST. Petersburg government In connection
with whaling privileges for Russian sub,
jects. The upshot of the affair was that
Russia appealed 10 Lady ON, who lectured
the Emperor. The Emperor listened. burst
forth into terrible wrath and ordered the
two ministers out of the cabinet into exile.
Though nothing remarkable appears on the
surface, a keen struggle is being ,steadlly
waged between Korea, Russia ana Japan
II is expected that Korea will be practically
a Russian province before long