| Show THE JAPS AND 1 1 ANNEXATION p i Question Alust Not Even Be Recognized i PAPERS WILD OVER THE SUGGESTION JAPAN HAS COMCATD HEB REASON TO THE POWERS Startling Experience I Connection With H 31 S Immortalite Anchored An-chored Off Woosung on Sunday Afternoon Came Very Close to Complications San Francisco July 24The iron steamship China arrived today from Hong Kong and Yokahoma bringing Japanese advices to July 7 The Japanese Jap-anese papers contain more fully an Interview with Count Okuma the Japanese Jap-anese minister of foreign affairs a brief synopsis of which was telegraphed tele-graphed from Vancouver a few days ago In the interview which was published pub-lished in the Yomiuri Count Okuma is quoted as saying relative to the proposed pro-posed United annexation States of Hawaii by the Japan must oppose it to the utmost The annexation must not be recognized recog-nized England has repeatedly tried to make Egypt dependent but France being be-ing positively opposed to the arrangement arrange-ment England is obliged to abide b > the status quo Just in the same way Japan must oppose the annexation to the utmost and must stand by this decision de-cision resolutely In diplomatic disputes dis-putes if one country finds its own power insufficient for attaining a certain end I it is frequently undertaken by the joint efforts of two or three powers for if by the combined endeavors of similarly simi-larly interested powers a policy dictated dic-tated by justice is strenuously maintained main-tained nothing could prevent its attainment at-tainment Japan has communicated to England En-gland Germany and France the reasons rea-sons for her protest against American annexation They may send their answers an-swers before long After all no excitement ex-citement should be raised against this affair Mr Oishi vice minister of agriculture and commerce who is regarded as one of the lieutenants of Count Okuma leutenants according to the Japan Gazette is said to have spoken on the annexation question ques-tion to the following effect We have now made a vigorous protest pro-test against the United States with a view to maintaining the peace of the Pacific This is a great advance in Japans diplomacy Just ic how many countries there are in the world which dare to prefer such a protest against America Even the socalled six powers pow-ers of Europe concede a step to the United States Japans protest has astonished as-tonished the European powers for her plucky resolve and they seem inclined to follow Japans example In future the DOers will ascertain the attitud5 of Japan in any important question that may arise in the Pacific and the far east before they map out their I policy Should the treaty pass the senate sen-ate unfortunately we must maintain I our protest under any circumstances and for any length of time The Japanese Jap-anese are apt to he very headlong and impatient in dealing with diplomatic matters and often make undue concessions con-cessions for the sake of early settlements settle-ments This is a trait to be guarded against with caution According > to the Japanese papers the government proposes to order Mr Kamiya consul at San Francisco to proceed tc Hawaii in the capacity of advisor to Minister Shimamura It is stated that the cruiser Takachico 3709 tons is making preparations to leave I for Hawaii where she will relieve the Naniwa The Japanese battleships Fuji and Yoshima are expected to t leave England for Japan via the Suez canal The former will take H R H Prince Arlsugawa on board and will call at one of the Spanish ports I is stated by one of the local papers of I Tokio that the object of this call is to I make a treaty with Spain to combine against the < United States as regards Cuba and Hawaii The United Spates steamer Torktown is now at Kobe The Yomluri says that on the 28th of June a Ion and important telegraph tele-graph message arrived at the foreign office from America I has not yet been made public By the snapping of a cable four flour boats near Canton were overturned late in June and 100 persons lost their lives The sealing schooner Agnes MacDonald Mac-Donald was run ashore on the japanese ese coast The captain and crew are t safe safeDr Porter his wife and family and 1 the Rev Arthur Smith missionaries traveling in Shantung China were attacked at-tacked in June by a mob They were rescued by soldiers from the Yamen and had a narrow escape The British bark Ardmore of Glas go was reported wrecked in the Gas par Straits on the 12th of May She was bound for Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of rice No lives were lost An extraordinary affair is reported at Woosung on June 28 H M S Im mortalite anchored off Woosung on Sunday afternoon On Monday morn rIng r-ing one cf the guns in the fort was fired and the shot fell into the water about 3 yards from the ship This was followed by another the shot falling still nearer Thinking that he i was being fired upon Captain Chiches ter cleared his ship for action and prepared pre-pared to give battle to the fort No more shots were fire however and it was explained that the suns were fired for the edification of a Chinese official |
