The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-15
JAPANESE
AND LOOT
Charges of Theft
in Imperial
Diet.
ALLEGATION THAT
EVIDENCE IS LOST
Viceroy Yuan's Plans for Reforms
in Ctina-Empress Dowager
Said to be lnsincere.

The sensation in the japanese Hous
of Representatives is the interpellatio
Y by members Of the Sanshi Club as t
charges of looting at Pekin, mad
8 against japanese soldiery. Mr.. Taken
y ouchi, in making the address, said L
Q the effect that military glory obtained
2 by the Japanese army in the Chimes,
campaign was not only due to it's val
or, but also to the strict discipline KEEP
up throughout the campaign. But ru-
mors have been recently abroad that
some of the Japanese military officers
did some footing while they were yet
in the celestial country, and some pa
pers have given the detailed accounts
suit that none of the people of this
| country who are possessed of common
| sense believe in the purity of the ia
| panese army at present. The govern
! ment, however. has done nothing to
| dispose of the loot question. Nay, it
| appears rather to be intent upon the
| suppression of the facts. The Sanshi
Club had postponed making the pres
ent Interpolation in compliance with
the request of the government, on the I'M
derstanding that the latter would mi
nutely interrogate the military officers
suspected Of the preparation Of loot, in
a few days; whereas IT has been found
quite unexpectedly that the promise of
the government has turned out simply
to be the arrest of a person who clan !
destinely informed against the military |
officers Nor is this all; there are some
signs that the government has set to .
work for the destruction of evidence.
VICEROY YUAN'S REFORMS.
Viceroy Yuan Shfh-k'ai has secretly
memorialized the throne suggesting re-
forms in the formation of the Chengwu
Gnu (Board of Government Affairs)-l
az That there should be engaged an
ADVISORY Staff consisting OF a British I
err an American, japanese, a Rus
sian, German and a Frenchman. CD
Inc ofhcIals of each province shall send
TWO or three well-known enlightened 1
and experienced men, who thoroughly
understand the needs and condition of
heir own provinces, who shall form an
advisory staff on provincial affairs Cd
70 invite and avail of the services of T
men who have been abroad and possess
rood education, and experience, re-
elect able and talented men from the :.
Foreign Ministry
EMPRESS DOWAGER'S PLANS
A Shanghai dispatch says that for :
lerly reliable native correspondent of
he North China Daily News, who has T
ow returned to Picking, writes that
ne Empress Dowager's adoption of a
eforming policy is entirely iIlusory and -
a tPD1TlO1a ~ AZ
y her fear of foreigners. The infer
nee would seem to be that it will be l.
to instil and maintain a sal
tary fear of the penalties of wrong
ping in the heart of the said tickle and =
usive lady.
ORIENTAL NEWS NOTES.
It is reported that at a joint confer
&c recently held by the Nippon Yu-
n kaisha, the Togo Kisen Kaisha
racine steamship Company, the
cidental and Oriental Steamshin -,
lnpany and the Canadian Pacific W
-Ii"dy company, it was decided to 7
Sc at an early date the rate of I
lght between Japan and America
II the instance of the Motor Com
ny OF Gina, an automobile club is n
ng established in Toxic. The num- I
OF the members will be limited to
and all of them will be allowed to
club. The club will dissolve Itself V
Inc END OF one year after its estab "
lhleht, and then these automobiles
De given to the members by lot XII
n decree dated January 10. the
press Dowager commands that ON
nese New Years day February 81.
emperor should appear at the head
Ill the princes, dukes and high met
ohtan officials to pay obeisance to
majesty IN the Huang-chf throne = 4
he financial condition of Korea is
erstood to have reached an extra
ndrily difficult phase. The total
enditure is 100000 yen; but the
.nueS do not come up to 1000 OOa
The shortage of 5000, 600 yen is $50
'rted to be due to an accumulation &8
4 previous years still unpaid
lie representative at Korea of the
can syndicate telegraphs that the
'osed Paris loan to Korea is hone
owing to Anglo-Japane objec-
ordlng to a telegram received nv -
Korean government from Gensan
than ten natives in the latter
have been arrested on suspicion of
pHlng with the refugees in japan
: Chhi-ho. Governor of Gensan is
expected to be arrested. Tbs p,,
of this coup is said to he tb.
. OF the provincial inspector. whe
'teo Tor ms conservative incIina
!, 10 natter the Korean court by
IIls those persons. 1t is suspect T
iIt as they were all wealthy men
ffests might have been made I'LL
Fe TO the forfeiture of tbeir 80 TIL
: & WI
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