Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-28
REPORTS THAT THEY ARE ARMISG
FOR WAR NOT CREDITED.
HAVE A KOREAN AGREEMENT
NEITHER HAS SHOWN A DISPOSITION
TO VIOLATE II.
III Feeling Between Japan and China
Has Been ObIiterated and the
Two Countries Are Now
on the Best of
Terms.

WASHINGTON, July 27-Reports that
Japan and Russia are ar!ning for strug-
gle over Korea are received with much al
lowarce in the diplomatic quarters chiefly
p concerned. and ii is pointed out that an
entente cordiRle was arranged between the
two countries last year concerning affairs
in Korea. This arrangement is still in
force, and there has been no evidence that
either government desired TO depart from
it. II is in the Formosa protocol, dated
at Toxic April 25, 1885, and is signed by
Baron Rosen. Russian minister to Japan,
and. Baron Hissi, plenipotentiary for Japan.
Its main provisions are as follows:
The imperial governments of Russia and
Japan recognize definitely the sovereignty
and the entire independence of Korea and
mutually engage between themselves to
abstain from all interference In the inter-
nal affairs Of the country.
Desiring 10 avoid all possible cause for
misunderstanding, the governments of
Russia and Japan mutually engage, in case
Korea has recourse to the counsel or as
sistance either of Russia or Japan, not to
take measures for the nomination of mill
tary instructors and of councillors of
finance without previously reaching a mu-
tual accord on the subject
I'm view OF the development attending
The commerce and industry of Japan in
Korea, and the considerable number of
Japanese residing I'm Korea, the govern
ment of Russia will not interfere in the de-
Veiopmeht of the commerce and industry
between Japan and Korea"
This protocol is said 10 have brougii.
about a satisfactory condition OF affairs
I'm Korea, and of late no word has reached
here that the former strained relations be-
tween Japan and Russia had been renewed
1t is recognized In diplomatic quarters on
both sides that each government has a
deep interest in Korea, and that neither Is
likely to submit to any move contrary 10
the above protocol which may bring in
question the sovereignty of Korea. E.
In diplomatic quarters, concerning the
affairs of China and Japan, it is said that
the old ill-feeling between the two coun-
tries, dating long before the war, and made
more acute by that struggle, recently has
been obliterated. and several graceful and
significant courtesies exchanged between
the emperor OF China and the emperor OF
Japan. The latter was the first to extend
the olive branch by comforting on the en-
peror of China the decoration of the high
est order In Japan. This was conveyed td
the emperor OF China returned the com.
pliment by decorating the emperor o1
Japan with the highest order of China
similar spirit was shown on the death
of the field marshal of the Japanses army
short time ago Although he had beer
active In the war with China, one of the
strongest tributes paid him at the time
OF his death came from officials high ir
the Chinese service. Another recent mari
of restored good feeling is the sending OF
many Chinese students to Japan for mod.
ern educations. These number about l0
and include the son of Viceory Chang OF
Human, the rival of Ii Hung. Chang.
This era of good feeling In the Orient was
referred TO at the legations here in connec
fion with reports fIom Peking as to the
visit of the Japanese admiral and sQtladr or
ana the probable consummatfon OF a Jap
anese-China trsSty. While the officials
here have no direct information, they say
the treaty report doubtless grows out oi
recent talk of an offensive and defensive
alliance between China and Japan. This
II is said that Japan no longer consider:
tt opportune and that 1t would not be con
cluded In the present aspect of information
al affairs