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Show VAMlIGTOV Proponiiton ti Pnr jHpaa lor Her Uoud Otlirvs. The Question ot ResutupLiuu (hattr I'rjm ihe ( Hpitml. COREA. Washington, 19. The Japanese minister regarJe with much anxiety the resolution recently uifere.l by Seu-alur Seu-alur Sargent, L.wing iu view a tuj:ttv of amity and commerce with Coiea, in northeastern As:, with a population popula-tion of about IJ.000,1'00 of persons. Although Corea ia tributary to Cnina, Japan, gome years ago, recognized her independence. The trade of Corea ia almost wholly with Japan; intimate and friendly relations exial between these nations; therefore, the good offices of Japan could be inter j poiod to effect-such a treaty as Sar- : gent contemplates. As preliminary j to such proceedings and to induce Japan to take a greater interest in the Buhject e0or(s will be made to have returned to Japan a million and a half of dollars now in the United States treasury, known as the Japanese iudem'iity fund, retaining a mall sum only to compensate for actual loss to tea American citizans, resulting from disturbances some years ago id that country. . RESUMPTION P0S3IBIUTIE3. The bouse committee on banking conference this morning with John A. Stewart of the United Slates Trust company of New York, and J. D. Ver-milye,ot Ver-milye,ot the Merchants' hank of New York. The question of the practicability practica-bility of mamtaining resumption was pressed upon these gentlemen by Ewing, but they held inflexibly to the position that resumption can bo safely entered upon the 1st. of January, 1S79, and that with the present favorable outlook of good crops and the balance of trade in favor of this country, resumption can be maintained. main-tained. They expressed the belief, howeryr, that the maintenance ol specie payments would uot be assured unless a portion of the currency cir culation ia retired aud foreign ex changes continue to be in our iavnr. Vermilye thought that $100,000,000 or floJ.000,000 of the outstanding United States notes should be retired in order, to make specie resumption entirely eaie, i. ...... - .. aJ RECOGNITION OF DIAZ. '"The 'flepartmcnt "of slate haa re ceived information from Minister PosUr that on the lJth inst. he recog-1 uiztd the Diaz government. A pri , vate letter saya the recognition was. received with general . deiight by the citizens ol Mexico. ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE, Representative Eugene Hale, ohair-man ohair-man of the rupublican congressional committee, has named the following gentlemen as members of the committee com-mittee provided for by the republican caucus to confer with the senate com mitteo upon the course lo be pursued by republicans in matlora coming before the present session of congress: Hon. Hiram Price of Iowa, Hsu. J. A. Garfield of Onio, Hon. O. D. Conger Con-ger of Michigan, Hon. M. H. Dun-uell Dun-uell of Minnesota, Hob. Wm. P. Fry of Maine, Hon. G. L. Port of Illinois, Hon. D. M. Thornburg of Tenneaee, Hon. W. M. Ciafliu of Massachusetts, Hon. J. Dwightof Now York, Hon, Russell Everelt of Pennsylvania, Hon. Horace Davis of California. |
