Show Told By the Times London April 1iA dispatch to the Times from Hong Kong says I Is reported that the cession by China of the island of Formosa to Japan dissatisfied the British there The dispatch adds that the Chinese soldiers threaten to kill their commanders comman-ders if the island is ceded A Berlin dispatch to the Times says I in reference to the Chinese edict that I the Import duties at the open pcrts I shall not exceed 2 per cent that a commutation I I com-mutation duty of 2 per cent of the I original cost of imports into China I orignal I represents to all intents and purposes a differential duty against Europe In I favor of Japan Editorially the Times says I presumes I pre-sumes the independence of Corea means a more or less thorough Japanese I I Jap-anese protectorate I adds that when II the terms of the treaty are known European diplomacy will probably i I make a show of considering them but I i the Japanese refuse as they presumably pre-sumably will to listen to diplomatic I exhortations it Is difficult to conceive that any more effective interference I with prehended their plans need be seriously ap I |