The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-30
IN The JAPANESE PRESS
UT 10
Events in China as Seen From a
Nearby Viewpoint.
4 Feeling of Pity Rather Than En-
nifty for the NeighbOring Empire
observation-disclosures Interest in the
Movements Made by the Powers
Bomba rdment of the Forts at Talsu

NEW YORK, July 29.-The leading
journals of Japan reflect a feeling CT
pity for China in the present Crisis.
rather than one of enmity. 1t may
be said, too that the editorials which ap
pear in these journals, II they are in say
way indicative of the popular feeling OF the
Japanese, disclose a pat-onizing titude
toward their neighbors. A casual reader
of the Japanese press cannot but be i'm
pressed with these apparent facts. The
Japan Weekly Mall and the japan
Weekly Times" which arrived in the last
mail from the East, TEEN with the accocnts
of the disturbances in Manchuria and Cal,
and the space devoted by these papers TO
reports of the uprisngs of the Boxers far
exceeds that devoted to the chronicling of
happenings in Japan.
In the editorials little is discussed
which does not relate directly to vic. is
called Disturbed China" The news ac-
counts show that 1t Is not in the northern
provinces alone that outbreaks have oc-
Cured but that nearly every province in
China has experienced for nearly a year
past some Kind of trouble. Many ioczlit.es
lean papers so much as inumating that dis
turbances existed there, are reported as
being turbulent.
The interest which the Japanese display
in the movements made by the powers,
particularly Russia, is intense. Discussing
the Chinese situation ed.tor!ally the ia
pan Weekly Times says in its issue CT
June 90:
Satisfactory as the news of the relief
We irfn ~ dty
is, so far as it goes. we should think it
well not to attach too much Importance
to it. To secure the connections and to
send forward with regularity and despatch
all that may be required at Tieatsn in
the way of military stores and provisions
is now task which demands the imme-
date attention of the powers, and it Is a
task of no small difficulty in the existing
state OF things. When, fu furthermore, we
bear in mind what would be required for
the ultimate march to Pekin, with It's at
tendant necessity Of holding communica-
tons open and so on, it Is evident that
large additions to the forces now on Chi
nese soil is I matter CT the most urgent
necessity.
Action of the flowers.
at is, therefore. with much satisfaction
that We learn that the principal foreign
powers interested in China have at last
awakened to the reality Of the situation
AID decided to despatch large re-enforce-
meuts. AS mentioned by Reuters tele-
grams published elsewhere, Russia has
already begun nlobiIizing her army In east
eTn Siberia, while England has added CON
siderably to her Indian contingent for
China
Still more welcome and satisfactory to
all Interested in the present trouble will
NE.N al III ali fa6
to set her military machinery in motion
to meet the requirements OF the situation,
for it is from these shores that re-en-
forcemeEfs can be most quickly forwarded.
Yesterday morning, Doubtless as the re-
suit Of the previous days Cabinet council,
Marquis Yaniggata Obtained His Imperial
Maiesty's sanction fol putting the Fifth
Division TAT HirUshirIi.s on a war footing.
AT the same time il was decided on
the same morning, with the concurrence OF
the Privy Council, that the fleet main
tenanee educational, and famine relief
funds, amounting altogether to 50.Go0,O00
yen, be temporarily appropriated for the
requirements OF the forces now in emma
and those that may he's eater be de-
spatched 1t is not to De- assumed that the
whole division now in course Of mobiliZa-
ton will necessarily be forwarded. 1t be-
ing evidently the intention of the Govern
portions OF it as may be required by the
future developments of the situation.
There may be a disposition to blame
the Government for not having taken this
step much earlier and we ourselves have
urged the immediate adoption Of such a
measure almost day after day during the
last fortnight. In justice to the Govern
ment, it must. however, be remarked that
il has earned the approval and gratitude
of the nation by its steadfast adherence to
that policy Of wholehearted cooperation
with other powers. which. as we recently |
noted in these columns. has been urged by |
the whole press OF the country In an IN
mistakabls manner.
THE very hardness of the Government /
in deciding upon the mobilization OF a large |
force Of troops. which has evoked some /
unfavorable criticism, bespeakes its ex /
IRENE caution to avoid anything that may I
tend in the slightest degree TO prejudice |
that spirit of unity and harmony which 4
now happily exists among the different /
powers concerned, and which it sincerely I
and honestly means to preserve and pro-
mote in SO far as it lies in its power. From (
this point Of view we have not the least ,
hesitation in assuring the Government that ,
it enjoys the entire approval and conf !
dence OF the country
In another column, mention il made OF .
the safe arrival OF Secretary Marumo. OF (
the japanese Legation IN p KIN, al Tfentsin. .
and surprise is expressed as to his abii y
TO leave the imperial city. He brought the /
information, the articl. go7s on to state, ,
that the ENJOYS had been ordered TO leave .
Pekin on June 20, by he Ch nesa Govern
ment. and, according to Mr.. MaTumo. were
expected to reach Tientsin or June g, his .
opinion being that they would take boats |
down the river at Tung-chow.
News From Shanghai.
News from Shanghai on June % was to
the effect that an outbreak was likely to
occur there at any moment. and that the
foreigners OF the sett,erns nj had organ zed
q volunteer brigade ard we're necessarily
on the watch. Particulars Ct the TakI en-
gagement as they appear in an Official de-
spatch sent by the conln, uCer of the Maya
saki Torpedo Corps. to Rear Admiral Siito,
of the japanese Navy, state that the Taku
forts declared war on the alii5d squadI on
in the harbor by opening fire on them at
II 45 o'clock on the morning of June II,
and that the British sloop Algerine end he
torpedo heat destIoyers Fame ard Whiting
captured four Chinese torpedo boat de-
The engagement lasted over five hours,
and the Whiting was struck by the enemy
shells, sustaining slight damage. Credit is
given in the report OF Captain Sakamoto.
of the Toyohashi, to the Jlpaneze m ariues.
in having occupied. ahead of all others,
. ha ort hs Of bo