The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-28
GIVEN A GREAT OVATION
American Volunteers Landed at
Yokohama.
RUM0RS OF AN ALLIANCE
Important Negotiations Between China
and Japan - First Murder Trial
Under the New Treaty-Ex-
ample of Patriotism.

Yokohama, Aug. II, via Victoria, b.
c., Aug e7-The United States trans
4 port Grant arrived here this morning
from Manila with the Dakota, Idaho
and Wyoming troops. They have just
/ come ashore and are being accorded a
great ovation. They will remain here
five days.
Papers of last week both native and
foreign, have been filled with rumors
of the alliance of some sort between
China and Japan. Among the best in
formed, little credence is given TO popu-
lar 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 murder
trial of a foreigner in the japanese
courts. Though there is no doubt of the
guilt of the accused, an American
named Miller, curiosity is greatly
strengthened by the opportunity thus
early given to note the rulings of the
judge and the method of procedure.
Thus far the trial has been exceedingly
dignified and fair, and in the opinion
of a leading foreign barrister, who will
prove to be far more efficient in secur-
ing a just verdict than could be pos
sible under the old system. The
promptness with which The accused was
brought to the bar and the entire alb
sence of any disposition to delay pro-
ceilings excites favorable comment and
goes far toward allaying foreign 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 inter-
ference 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 commu-
nifty here is small, but it is intensely
American. The task which it has un
dertaken in connection with the pas
sage of American troops Is all suffi-
cient to prove its ardent patriotism.
For some 40 or SO families, hardly
enough to make up small county viii
lage, 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 accomplished
and the devoted hosts are full of pluck
and energy to pursue it to the end.
They feel amply repaid by the I'M
bounded gratitude of the soldiers, while
even the japanese have been taught a
new lesson in patriotism.
The Japanese capacity for democratic
institutions is being just now severely
tested. Party feeling has led to the
necessity of surrounding with a heavy
guard one of the political leaders on
tour through the northern provinces
and 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 jinFikisha men are putting in
protest against the adoption of electric
railways and last evening their protest
took the form of a direct assault upon
the city council, then in session. Only
the interference of large force of po-
lice prevented serious trouble.
The Hon. Kentaro Kaniko, the first
Japanese to receive the honorary de-
gree of L. L. d. from Harvard univer-
sity, is expected to arrive here on the
l4th instant on his return on the EN-
press Of India.