Show THE KOREAN TROUBLE The latest oriental advises Ind indicate cate that a conflict l la is imminent between China and Japan on account of ot a dispute ute concerning the rights of the rulers of ot the respective countries in a neighboring kingdom Korea occupies a peninsula attached to the northern portion of the Chinese empire and Is ii separated from the south south- southern southern ern ern coast of Japan only by a channel The country has bai an area of ot about square quare miles and a population estimated at from ten to twelve mil mil- millions lions They are described as ai generally poor and full tuu of ot bigotry and even more exclusive than the Chinese as toi foreigners I From the he very earliest times of ot h b hi tory ory China has baa claimed over the kingdom levying a tribu on the Inhabitants inhabitant and imposing u O them the use uie of the Chinese and but otherwise leavi their own rulers in possession J In JD D the middle ages agee t ages Koreans became involved in a w with Japan during which several the oldest clUes cities were destroYed a tr three fourths three of ot the country fell feU in ID int inthe the hands banda of ot the invaders in spite pite t the vigorous assistance rendered b bT China When peace was wai restored Jam Jail ja jalpan pan exacted a heavy tribute and r re tamed one strong fort tort in Korea be id making it obligatory on the gover ment to send lend an sn embassy to Japan announce the accession lon of ot each ne De king By this thie arrangement the cona try virtually became a vassal to boU bouts It its itc mightier neighbors neighbor Through ugh Chinese works work on Christi Christianity Chri t- t anity a Christian sect lect i sprang rang u up I Ithe ithe the country in the beginning ginning of th tb century and this gave Catholic ml an excuse for tor penetrating In inthe the Interior Some success Was wa 0 tamed notwithstanding the ness of the Korean authorities but 1866 all Europeans European were expelled a some ome missionaries cruelly manage massac A French warship avenged the mUr by mUrby destroying an Important city the European commander did not s 8 in obtaining any nonce from the government In order toa toa to DMa a stop to the burning of Americ vessels a United States State war man man of w r dispatched to Korea in 1867 1887 In 18 r Admiral Rodgers Bodgen proceeded upriver upriver up river to o the capital but was wai met w determined resistance remittance and althou the American vessels ve els soon loon silenced t forts the admiral brought his hii ex to a close clo e only partly plashing the object of his hil mission mi From the dispatches it Is i not anti ly clear ol ar what the cause of ot the pre press prea trou trouble ble Is beyond the fact tact that Jealousy of China seems eema to be arou on Ob account of ot the aggressive lve policy Japan It is more than probable t Russian Intrigues are at the bottom ithe the affair notwithstanding the om declarations of f that country Its It s hardly credible that Japan would d dito to take the bold i tand stand she abe has hai tak against China unless backed by so 80 power of ot considerable importance |