The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-04
GL|MPSES
OF ASIA
Admiral BeardsIee at
Uraga,
JAPS ABHOR RUSSIANS
Osaka a Plague Port--The Fire in
the Imperial Palace at
Seoul.

YOKOHAMA. Nov. Ia meeting ol
tho H.ivukai a soc,at association formed
by Japanese who have been in America
was held at the Maple club, Shiba, TOKYO
on Tuesday afternoon Among lI'"S'
present were Baron Kaneko, Minister Tor
Justice, MIR. lioshi, Minister Tor COM
munications, Colonel Buck, Rear-Auhhtai
Beardslee and MIR. H. wilson Au4h'lH
Reardslee, who is now on visit TO Japan
delivered an address. In the course OF ms
speech the Admiral referred to ms N.s;t
TO J,raga forty eight years ago with
Commodore Perry. He said that he had
paid a visit to Uraga, but could not make
out whether the place was the same ne
saw so many years ago. Nhile ne was
there he met an old man VINO remembered
the visit of Commodore Perry's snip 20
JJraga and was employed for the con-
struction of a ianding-place at Nagaura
for the Americans. 1t was proposed AT
the meeting to erect monument at
JJraga in memory of the advent OF the
American ship, which proved to be har-
binger of the dawn of the present CIVIL
ization in Japan.
JAPS DENOUNCE RUSSIANS.
Some sixty Japanese journalists held a
meeting on Tuesday evening at the h'ta
gawaro, Tokyo, and addresses were de-
liyered by Messrs. U. Taguchi and Il. Tsu-
boya on Impressions gathered by them In
China Mr. Tsuboya spoke in detail or
the outrages committed by the Russian
ana French troops in the shape OF loot
ing, murder rape and arson. AfterWards
the meeting unanimously adopted a res
olution that the outrages committed by
the Russians and French in emma are Il
disgrace to humanity, and cannot De
passed over in silence. Steps should there,
fore be taken to express reprobation OF
their conduct by appealing to pubic
opinion throughout the world
OSAKA a PLAGUE PORT.
The American Sanitary Inspector at
Kobe received a telegram from the nome
Government on the nth inst that, Osaka
being recognized plague-strlcker
port no goods shipped from or via OSAKA
should be allowed to land at any Amerl
can port The American sanitary IN
spector at Kobe is laid to have declared
that if no fresh case of plague occurs
during eighteen days the regulations al
to the prohibition of imports would Ut
rescinded. The Osaka merchants are a
n loss to understand the meaning OF I'M
eighteen days provision, or the reason th'
American Government came to consiue
Osaka a placue-infected port. AS there
have been only few sporadic cases. I'M
Osaka people propose to petition the Jap
anese Government 10 take the necessar!
steps in the matter.
EVENTS IN COREA.
Writing On the 18th ult. tine Seoul cor
responuent Uf The Nc. Daily News say :
ON Satu!day night last the city of Seou
was illunl. uated by huge blaze OF mr.
from wItn.n the Palace enclosure. IN
building sacred to the memory of an
cestors, G,nu containing the pictures an
tablets Of me founders of the liiuslrlou
dynasty, took ire, no one knows now, u
the carry hours of the morning III
Majesty sans cercmOn.e, was hustled GU
of his apartment inUo 1t red hot Hades
lust In time to see the tablets ana he
nigu faces of his ancestors disappear u
"a most horrible holocaust. Without wait
ing to tie on garlers, arrange skirts, or u
up ms hair, he flea from the enclosure
through tie rear gateway along the IAN