The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-25
NEWS BY
THE GAELIC
Echoes Of COfer's
Celebrated \
Case.
YOKOHAMA, Oct. le.-Probably in
reply to the comment published


q on the 7th instant by several
newspapers to the effect that undue
delay is taking place In the settlement
Of the Hawaiian AFFAIR, the Jill Shimpo
writes that, according to intelligence
received from Mr.. Takahira. the pour
parlers are proceeding most satisrac-
torily, and an arrangement will be
, speedily effected.
| This incident gives prominence to a
special feature Of Japanese journalism.
namely, the use Of news agencies. There
are two or three organizations in To-
kyo. and they supply items of news to
various journals at q fixed monthly
charge. 1t Is a poor business. The
income collected by an agency can not
possibly suffice to procure the services
OF really good reporters, and the con-
sequence is that many of the items Of
intelligence furnished by the agencies
are Of the flimsiest and least trust.
worthy character. That Is bad enough.
But much more worse is the fact that
| the subscribing newspapers refrain
carefully from stating the source of tho
intelligence. Thus they not only as
sumo full responsibility for the news.
WV ~ 'hiSp itSultS lilstt
weight and Importance are given to an
item by its simultaneous publication in
the columns of several journals. the
impression inevitably produced upon
the public mind being that the news Is
already widely bruited abroad and gem
orally credited. No such misapprehen-
sion would be created il the item were
openly accredited to its provenance, for
then, in however so many journals IL
appeared, readers would know that its
origin was an ordinary news agency.
The only apparent explanation of this
strange procedure on the part of the
journals is that they desire to palm OF
the intelligence as their own, a feat
which is doubtless frequently success
ful. since the average Tokyo resident
subscribes for not more than one YER
nacular newspaper and Is therefore un-
able TO compare its contents with those
Of another
JAPANESE TROOPS FOR sHANG-
Hal.
japanese newspapers declare that
keen satisfaction is felt by the Japan
csc residents OF Shanghai in conse.
quence of the governments resolve to
station force in that settlement. 1t
Is thought that when England. Ger
many and France are strongly repre-
scented in military sense. the balance
OF power In China would be palpably
disturbed unless Japan also had
place In the arena. The sentiments OF
the Japanese in this matter can be
easily appreciated. What does China
think Of II ALL We wonder. The Yang
tsZe viceroys might justly object that
after they had completely succeeded IN
preserving order throughout the Boxer
crisis. II Is but poor reward that
big garrison consisting of the troops
OF four States should be planted in
their midst. China's independence Is
becoming more and more illusory. TIL.
seizure of kiaochow was the begin
ming Of the end.
A PIRATE SHIP.
The Toxic Asahi publishes a stranE.
rumor to the effect that a pirate ship
has sailed from kclung. in Formosa
under the command of Mr.. Okamura
formerly q staif officer in the army
and. until this escapade, head of the
branch Office Of the Okura firm. He IL
accompanied by about ten Japanese.
among them being n former naval Off
Ger and some gendarmes and sub Off
GERS OF the navy. One story Is that
Okamura's intention is to kill the Chi
nese section of the crew when the junk
gets to sea, but the whole tale seems
to be quite untrustworthy. though one
realizes how possible such an enter
prise would be If any men wer. fool
!sh enough to undertake it,
IMPERIAL BOUNTY.
Various sums have been granted b.
the Emperor to the families of the on
GERS and men Of the navy who died Of
wounds or disease in the Chinese cam
paign, and to thirty-fivc who were Sc
verely wounded. Among the number
are Captain Hattori. who persisted at
the assault Of the Taku forts Appa-
Iently Captain Hattori was not mar
rIed. for the gratuity, 900 yen, goes
to his sister Another name Is that
OF captain Suga, to whose parents his
majesty grants the sum Of LOO yen.
CHINESE COURT MOVES.
The Chinese court did actually leave
Hsian on the 9th instant, las adver-
t!sed." There is to be IA sojourn of
some days at Kai-fong. Perhaps II may
be extended into several months, but
that Is not likely. We can only repeat
that the court deserves great credit.
1t Is giving signal proof of It's conf
dence In the bona iides of the powers
Concerning the departure of the
court the Asahi has a telegram which
says that the Emperor and Empress
were followed in the afternoon by the
Empress Dowager the Prince Imperial
and the Ministers OF state. The i'm
perial party Is travelling In great state,
large sums being lavished en- route
Apparently that means that a trium-
phal character is being given to the
courts progress. Such, at least, is the
light in which great display will
naturally bc interpreted by the Chi
rese under the circumstances On the
other hand, We can easily conceive that
their majesties are unwilling to create
the impression of returning to their
capital In a manner suggesting hu-
initiation or defeat.
RUSSIA ACTIVE IN KOREA.
Rumors so persistent az those re-
Gently circulated about Russian ac-
tNity In Korea cannot be- altogether
without foundation. The latest of them
Is that she Is pressing the Korean
government to construct a line Of teie-
graph between Kyong-song and the
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