| Show MEAN TO CRUH CHINA prefer to have no foreign mediation y chinese MUST COME TO TIME the and ills his people bent on humiliating their En enemies enties will do business with the emperor and 5 ITO ho ono one else elsemore war funds in tho the immediate future citizens are ra patriotic tokio nov 29 per steamer gaelic via tin run can franeisco dec 14 it Is with the greatest c reluctance that japan listens to suggestion for mediation irom fron spy quarter the rim aim ot of the chinese na government has always been to delude its people into the belief that the lie em f arror rules all nations and that when one particular vassal state becomes S troublesome he be has only to order its subjugation by the others and thus restore tranquility without unnecessary un necess try disturbance of 0 1114 own composure the idea that th the m knighty saty middle Xing dOrn can humble itself EO tar far aa to suo for I 1 peace Is one that must never enter the ill mind ind of 0 she he populace if japan were to treat indirectly through western powers it would in course ot of thue ahne be V given out that china had commended the tributary states of 0 buicko to 1 bring the rebellious japanese to terras i and had villa thus settled the business v I 1 th h out impairing her cm omi n dignity tills this conviction once established through olit tile umpire empire the iha C court ourt of ft pekin would resume its habitual insolence solance In and aim block the wheels s ot of progress in ili the y bast that Is what japan firmly be debem anti and she bile Is therefore resolved p 1 that flat tile whole chint chinese se nation chalabe ahall be nade avore ot of the abose base ident on no other deiv is oln oan becu beciri t for the furuie bo be assured ahsu ed ani ella n oro one phase of oc japans sot r upal to receive tile peace commis sione I 1 det ita it ai employee empio yoo yee ot of ve lit lublow 11 ao 10 ol 01 t ism tim tain who was sent t to a seronil rate port t e with 0 boly bokly M 0 chiaese CIRIN ot 01 tines rr rani n la ix a merchant blile of 0 ll f chinese cl anse con company iny i ny unace tho the gelman flar ase bear arg li 4 a letter letier fici on 1 I LI hung hun cl chars arl in ili lh the Jaran Jaral cEa leso were viria earn to ai terms 0 of dallon nothing wo 11 I ll il l dalit ds lit more inore than to be ame able to say thet that t the L had been carided over by op one a oc tile the VIce royx tr to an all lordan clork tor for settle ettle ment nent as a mattev matter unworthy of 0 the emperors person parson ai 1 l attention lon ANDS the Y of 0 the Util tell states as 1 to japans to accent a prot prof fur ot of assistance lj ij ree aided rather as retarding than accelerating the batis factory conclusion loll 1011 ot of the aar ar N lever the ib tile the at tok tomo tokio io are not ai together indisposed to allow the avowal of 0 cainas chinas Cli iras submission to be 1 raide through ish american diplomatic diplomat ls agencies gen cles they would prefer that it cime without direct from roin the chinese sovereign clen but they are at least conscious that the strong objections to intervention which pre W lit themselves when european governments ern ments are in question do not exist in tho the case 0 ot of the united st states tes japanese caa ministers will not ad admit mi t that tho the 4 matter is yet decided their silence on tills this as on oil most other oth r subjects is virtually impenetrable japanese newspapers that mr dun the Yi minister nister of 0 the united states la Is on his way to 11 hiroshima to inquire irto this and other proposals tor for peace these statements are untrue in fit every particular the american minister contemplates no visit to hiroshima Hiros at present ebent reed MORE MONEY the need ot of more money Is asserting itself but bue the minister of 0 finance has called tor for a second wor war loan ot of it fifty fly million yen veil the official announcement states slates that the bonds will be for one hundred each ind and ninety five yen will lic b the lowest price accepted the interest will be live per cent the indications cr tlona now ara that no matter what vital the may be to this appeal A afi no further efforts will be made to raise finds at home the popular voice Is 13 still clamorous clamor cl imo roii against the ir ev lep lectance tance of oc aid from abroad but popular inexperience will not stand 0 long before ane stress of monetary necessity ces sity already the leading financiers ere endeavoring to bring brine the community to a clear understanding of the measures that may lecome essential and nd to soften the opposition to what in a commonly regarded as an abandonment on ot of patriotic principle the govi ov eminent is certainly looking forward to a foreign loan sooner or later dy by a few authorities another al alternative ter native is 11 bug suggested based upon the pr precedent of the united states in the civil war K that of throwing open tho the domestic klijn inan to in all countries and endeavoring to make it sufficiently antly ati to avert the necessity or of a t special loan in europe or america the advocates advocat ois of tills this expedient argue that less L exertion and expense would ate be required to beaure foreign invest indents lit in a regular Japan emp loan inan than to 10 float a separate one and it if this could A be done all tile conditions which the japanese find so distasteful might be aa i bened pe ned with 5 mr nato kato komel kernel ono one of ja japans pans ablest diplomats diplomat and the present director of tile poll political tica bureau at the foreign ollice has been appointed minister to grest great britain viscount aoel oki who has hitherto held the two posts of london and berlin will hereafter confine himself to the duties of alio latorr capital PATRIOTIC CITIZENS f the family one of the oldest houses in japan lima lias con twel twenty ty thousand yen to the eld ed crosti society end and in addition has tied up areat t machine works at isoji ilir the special requirements of the war ind presents the entile t the chii government ent this athla example of in f rivaled it if not surpassed ty 7 the th mayeda who under the faunal udal bastein arstena was TS the richest nome noble in tho thi empire but aiho A he in ow ranks inuos sell lower in tile scale of 0 wealth lie he as given one on hundred thousand yen 10 be divided between the army and alvy VY funds six thousand yen to tile the of 0 rien men enlisted front from the three ro vincos which lie he once ruled and aree rep thousand yards of 0 flannel to he be ade d into underclothing for or soldiers tid d ea sailors bailors Bai lors lloro furthermore lie promises lien his bis clansmen clansman clans men tile dlo tn in bittl to pa pay ty yen to the family of each officer lorenty yen to the family of 0 each petty 0 nicer and rive rsvp yen to tie the family of mb private no other individual has haa one n as ail far as wit in ili actual if dOl donation littiOn though thousands have fren ell equally generous ee nerous in proportion to nl meins JAPAZ JAPAN jsn CEN SUS RETURNS esus returns just published show a ital a I 1 japan cue population of 0 forty ons oils lon three liun litin died awl chiv alty six Oi wim two hundred and olty II alve IH tho the inalea exceeding tile alie ire fe lr by about four hundred thousand le of the last year was two hundred and brinety six sit thou I 1 vand band tareo hundred and twenty five tho th latest reports from X korea c r ate aie to czan the effect that tle llo tal won I 1 kun C having found his duplicity laid bars bare appears bell inclined to carry ills his schemes for the advancement of 0 his faction to the e tremelt m limit with u e view of discovering disc c how far he may defy the c counsels of the ne new w japanese representative count ino inouye uye Firra riess and resle resolution tion are greatly needed in dealing with this aged intriguer who holds himself superior to all law and roeann means I 1 lint 1 government overn ment shall exercise ot of his individual will to him would scarcely tn meet st ille the of the situation tor for there Is no other r statesman who ean can biang to bear the au authority that Is n needed L eded over the various 0 bodies but to make his power and influence beneficially effective in the public service is it a task which fe few iv besides count inouye would care to undertake find and which even he be may lod find exhaust illg in the tat tal won nun kun has now definitely declared himself opposed to such stich domestic improvements us ua japan deems count inouye Is determined I 1 n enod nevertheless that the movement r of reform friall conal continue and d t that h elthea tat tal won kun aurl shall either co operate cooperate e t therein or rethie fram the scene the plesent pie sent the th wheels of progress move very cry slowly captain obrien len the military representative senta tive of the unlit states has been visiting ting the chyong yang yan battle held field and will soon join the second army as EL a guert of gen genral general ral oyama the guell at the british legation Lc gAtlon in ili seoul was withdrawn on november sill and sent on blaid the ship of war archer at on nove november n ber lah the work r of building a railway y from seoul to dinsen was begun by japanese contractors |
