The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-28
Ovation rendered tie Idaho, Wyom-
ing and Dakota Volunteers.
REMAIN THERE FIVE DAYS
ALL THE RETURNING SOLDIERS
HANDSOMELY TREATED.
Only About Forty or Fifty In Japan
csc City, But Heroes Are Enter
tanned In Manner Never Before
Equaled Under Like Circum-
stances-Repaid By Gratitude.

Yokohama, Aug. II (via Victoria, B.
c., Aug. 2O.-The United States trans
port Grant arrived here this morning
and Wyoming troops. They have just
come ashore, and are being accorded
great ovation. They will remain here
five days.
Papers of last week, both native and
foreign, have been filed with rumors
of the alliance of some sort between
China and Japan. Among the best in
formed little credence is given TO pop
ular rumors. At the same time it is
known that important negotiations of
some sort are going on between the
two governments. Conjoined with the
gossip about China, it is but natural
that there should be reports of strained
relations between Japan and Russia.
The time is not yet ripe, however, for
Japan, even with China to aid her. to
try conclusions with her northern foe.
The foreign community here is watch
ing with eager interest the first muir
der trial of a foreigner in the Japa-
nese courts. Though there is no doubt
of the guilt of the accused, an Ameri-
can named Miller, curiosity is greatly
strengthened by the opportunity thus
early given to note the rulings of the
judge and the method OF procedure.
American Tried For Murder.
Thus far the trial has been exceed
ingly dignified and fair, and in the
opinion of leading foreign barrister.
will prove to be far more efficient in
securing a just verdict than could be
possible under the old system. The
promptness with which the accused
was brought TO the bar and the entire
absence of any disposition to delay
proceedings, eXcites favorable COM
ment. and goes far toward aIlaying for
eign fears of oriental dilatoriness, from
which they expected to suffer greatly.
Another assurance to the same effect
was given in the speedy trial and ac-
quittal of the engineer of the United
States transport Sherman, arrested for
larceny This case is notable as being
the solitary instance of police interfer-
ence with any one connected with the
American troops passing through here.
Five thousand have now come and
gone, roaming through the streets of
Yokohama and Toxic for an average
of two days without causing a ripple
of disturbance. The American COM
munity here is small, but it is intensely
American. The task which it has I'M
dertaken in connection with the pas
sage of American troops is all suffi-
cient to prove its ardent patriotism.
Patriotism of Americans.
For some forty or fifty families, hard
ly enough to make up a small country
village, to feed and to entertain in
every possible way an army of 10000
troops is something never before known
in the annals of hospitality. Yet half
of this gigantic task is already accom-
plished, and the devoted hosts are full
of pluck and energy to pursue it to the
end. They feel amply sepaid by the
gratitude or the soldiers,
while even the Japanese have been
taught a new lesson in patriotism.
The japanese capacity for demo-
cratic institutions is being just now
severely tested. Party feeling has led
to the necessity of surrounding with a
heavy guard one of the political lead
ers on tour through the northern
provinces, and a lively battle, in which
one man was fatally injured, was the
result. Here in Yokohama the trouble
is not so much political as social.
The Jinrikisha men are putting in a
protest against the adoption of cleo.
trio railways, and las. evening their
protest took the form of a direct as
sault upon the city council, then in
session. Only the interference of a
large force of police prevented serious
trouble.
The Hon. Kentaro Kaniko, the first
Japanese to receive the honorary de-
gree of Ii. D. from Harvard univer-
sity, is expected to arrive here on the
l4th inst, on his return, on the EN-
press of India.