| Show happenings IN THE ORIENT M mr r funck ha hit hao o been appointed third secretory of the japanese legation in washington Washl neton fire desi destroyed troyed over dwellen dw dwelling ellin at gmachl on the afternoon of 0 november bilth marqula minister of 0 education has been appointed a member of the privy council air Il hainan arnac armin anita president ot of tho the imperial unive university r ity has received tho the portfolio of 0 tho the department of 0 education fire broke out at higashi hama on tho the night of november and about F wrenty houses were destroyed before the blaze aloza wits waa under control boxon baron camado governor of kyoto has been appointed of 0 the agricultural cultural and commercial department part ment rendered vacant by the ration of 0 count okum at the request of the Imper toJ university ver sity the he japanese betm For elern office bm instructed minister hato in london to engage a 9 professor on the science of 0 ship bullying la in england En eland it la is rumored that viscount atilt japanese Wi minister nister to Germi germany arlY will be relieved ol of his post in the near future and that sir mr ex vi cle e manla it ads ter of education will relieve him the recent ministerial crisis in japan resulted in count okuma being relieved of his post of 0 minister of 0 foreign affairs and the appointment of 0 baron fishl Toku tokujiro kiro a a member of 0 the patty council ll and formerly minister bonum to atun slathe japanese government has ha d aldei to construct forts on oft yarns yama a very important strategic strAte elo pc position t guarding thi the straits of beux Teu naru ta and an area of lana hamd has bein been allotted for or thu Pur purpose POSO work will commence in the spring tho th Ja japanese japolee government ha bag decided to rut put the new tariff into operation from july 1 IW na its treaty revision has hafl been accomplished with the exception of oc austro hungary the th increase or of the customs revenue Is estimated at about yen no november I 1 ith axi an attempt was made to blow up the railway station sit at on an tile tha I 1 yetsu tau una line with dyn dynamite amita the station bull buildings ding iron bt idge and other property properly nvere completely wrecked dand find a locomotive was blon aloun into three parts no new ono one waa alex injured ten mir arresta rests have been I 1 made on shamai A ser serious ou riot occurred in yokohama on the n I 1 gilt of 0 No november 12 th between about fifty inmates of 0 the se amens I 1 boarding hou hodio end and a number of 0 tho the workmen or kmen from the yokohama dock yards sticks stick stones clubs and swords sword ii were mere reely freely used and many of 0 the participants I 1 t ts were injured more or op leys less seriously 1 i 0 s y before the police were ablo able to quell thet the disturbance |
