Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
AN APOLOGY TO JAPAN
THE CHINESE ENJOYS RECEPTION
AT ToKIO.9V
Letter of China's Emperor Read and
the Reply of the Japanese
Ruler.

DISPATCHES and newspapers forwarded to
the State Department by the United States
legation at Toxic give interesting details of
the ceremonies observed at the Japanese
capital September II on the occasion of the
formal apology of the Chinese emperor
conveyed to the japanese emperor by his
special envoy, Ma Tung, vice minister of
finance, for the assassination of Sugiyama
Akira, chancellor of the japanese legation
at Pekn, during the Boxer troubles last
year. The Chinese envoy was received at
Toxic with distinguished consideration and
the Emperor of Japan gave him and his
suite special audience in the imperial pal
ace, after which they We're entertained in
the Bamboo Hall. In presenting the Chi
nese emperors personal letter of apology,
Envoy Ma Tung said that he had been
charged to convey to the Japanese emperor
an expression of the profound grief of the
Chinese emperor for the unfortunate occur
renee and that he had also been COM
manded by his majesty the emperor to
accord honorable reparation to the memory
of Sugyama Akira by performing religious
ceremonies before his tomb and by trans
hitting to the proper recipient an offering
from my imperial MASTER
The Chinese Emperor's Letter.
In his letter the Chinese emperor ad-
dresses the Emperor of Japan as Great
and Illustrious Sovereign and, referring
to the cordial relations long existing be
tween China and Japan, proceeds, in part,
as follows:
unfortunately. when the capital of our
country was suddenly infested by the Boxer
! Insurgents in the fifth moon Of The last
year. and in consequence when both the
sodiery and civic population gave them
selves up to uncontrolled fury and disorder,
Sugiyama Akira, the chancellor of your
majestys legation in Pekin, fell a victim
to their lawlessness and lost his life. The
chancellor, coming to China, as he did, in
the suite of your majestys minister was
entitled to the highest protection from us.
The disturbance, however. broke out SO
suddenly and SO Unexpectedly that his
grievous death could not be dverted. We
are conscious that the immeasura Div Ge-
plorable end which befel an official OF a
friendly power and the consequent interrupt
ton of cordial relations between he two
countries are the results of our faiings, In
that We We're unable to prevent in time
the critical turn of events. We therefore
feel the deepest regret, and We have accord
lngly caused our minister to perform reli-
gious rites for the memory of The lamcEtcd
chancellor and at the same time, We have
made offerings from our private purse in
honor of the deceased
I'VE have commanded Ma Tung. a vice
minister for finance of the first degree of
rank, to proceed to your majestys empire
and to present this imperial letter in the
capacity Of our envoy in special mission
We have specially charged him to make
hioNu oui feelings OF pTOIOunO regret, thus
making honorable reparation for the death
of Sugiyama.
when the forces which were sent by your
majesty on their distant expedition. arrived
in Pekin their first and paramount aim was
to give peace and security to the inhabi-
tants. In the negotiations for peace which
followed, your majesty's beneficent infiu-
ence was invariably felt in the adjustment
Of important questions. That the general
situation in the orient has so happily been
preserved intact is due to the just and i'm
partial views which your majesty has
maintained in the councils of nations Your
majesty fame as a just and humane SOW
ereign now extends far and wide and deep
iy touched by your majeSty's benevolent
attitude, we have commanded our envoy to
present to your majesty in our name our
sincere thanks. 1t only remains for us to
express our earnest wish that your majes-
ty, setting aside the displeasure which
past events have occasioned, will be gra-
ciousy disposed to draw closer and closer
the bonds Of friendship which unite the two
countries: that the existing sentiments of
mutual good Will may be fostered more and
more as time progresses; that tranquility
may henceforth reign over the earth: and
that the blessings of peace and prosperity
may descend upon our respective empires
Japanese Emperor's Reply
The japanese emperor made the following
reply to the Chinese envoy:
I'm the disturbances which occurred in
Pekin last year, Sugiyama Akira the chan
cellor of our legation, was made the victim
of a crue! assassination, perpetrated by the
soldiers of your country
His majesty the emperor of China feel
ing profound regret at the incident, has
been pleased to send you to our court on a
special mission, with an imperial letter in
acknowledgment of the reparation which
Is due to us. In accepting the message
which you have been charged to deliver to
us 1t behooves us to express our belief that
the friendly relations between the two
countries Will in the future become closer
and closer. 1t is our earnest wish that the
great work Of reform, which depends on
your sovereign, will soon be found in effec-
tive progress, and that the maintenance Of
permanent peace in eastern Asia be there
by secured. In submitting to his majesty
the result of your mission you will not fail
to state that pray for his unbounded
happiness and prosperity"
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