| Show Carpenter in Corea Tnrii i 4 i Tho Coronn Rebellion and tho Prospoot of a War Botwoo n t Japan and China i Nand fIJ rtthl IMweafar of GM All A6fI1IAr cwy tat Ifs KffH it JMf 01 ewr fW xxt blkwa fn flys ttTt K > vt heard aI II w II Ibfd SJ O for fists l fshlaA 1 fr 1rvae GIld CA15ne Arr SMru fAftA 1M ClilMu hllIItilII 1M Jtear AMSx the 00 ers of She Wuintt and lilt dlfesrloe of Ha OItfdl = = Ly + t Mr + atae ran Nawa t tv s7mttta W tnstn ci ata Nstl > KOKIA July 101894 HAVE I taken a run from l I I ChMM to Co 111 tea and It look me three days la RO r I fromTtenTsIn lo the harbor at Chemulpo I wa rounded t round-ed for I time w else riM r p > I I 1 deer and had I a rough voyage voy-age over the fellow ma tall o saw a the befell city 01 lot wvdwtul l kncdom and I am surrMsxM by tile quserat slfhls and the svsaeat people on the lace of the globe I found Uw harbor of Che mulpo Ailed wtlh gunboats and after ailing up Ihe liver 1 Man I was met about four mile front the dty with a I chair from the American legallonnhlch was carried by lour Corean and whkh was guarded by soldier It was In this 1 way I came Into the city of Seoul I passed the gales without trouble and I am now almost at home In this Cotton world I have A most efficient Inter preter whom I call Gen Iak lie comes of one of the oldest families ol this country mid Ills grandfather was aLI a-LI magistrate Me Iou as much cheek as a New York plumber and he would make a good ricwipipcr reporter Gen Grcalhouse the American adviser lo the king has loaned him to me during my slay lie Is the confidential Interpreter Inter-preter of the general and he will accompany ac-company me In my tour over Cora Me U such an arlslocrallc looking man that I laays feel out of place when I ask him to do anything for me lie I b I far better dressed tlun I am lilt brand new liorselialr hat I venture cost f 15 and this Is tied on under his chin with ribbons of black cro grain silk He wear q gown of the most delicate sky blue I Till readies from limo I mink lo his teat It It lied at the waist with n purple silk cord and the sleeves r of It have pockets in them so large that they ould hold a baby It I le speak Kngllth well and he Is I an iiniliuMe nun In these troublous times With him and a couple soldiers or kesoes feel 1 quilt safe I usually ride Inn chair borne on the shouldeu of four men In uniform while the soldiers I trot slang al tuty aid I think that li i allanled of me or that lie think he ought to be riding too He generally walk about ten feet In advance or that much In the tear and saings himself along oa though lie were a a gentleman ol leisure If here are any other Cotton nobles I about eri I cant get him to help the photographer or do yh sort of manual 1 frI This I ould be beneath him He Is I very particular par-ticular about my carrying anything and we have to lake an extra coolie along for tills purpose 1 hate also a Corean artist with me and strange as it may seem I am jetting tome very tine pictures made ol Co teat type I and scenes by this man Hejulnl I as well as sketches and Is considered the finest irtlst of the kingdom He Is I a noble and It is i hard lo get him to do work quickly hut Ills pictures are true to life allhough ihcy seem strange lo American eyes lie sketched one of my soldier for lira I today and also made ome pictures of the rebels who are unking tvch a trouble here He gave tuna picture of an olliclal on his way to the palace I uw blue lellow going mist put 1 la dtf II the door and asked him lo skitcli I him The olhclal wan dressed In a long green gown will ofliciil boots of black cloth peeping from under lu hem He had a great belly band decorated with gold sticking out Iron his waist and 1 his horse hair cap bad huge wings fastened to Its I back personifying I ears and I denoting de-noting that he runs always ready to listen to the conunds ol the king He i sat In a chair UK > II a leopard skin and two Corean coolies In uniform look him along on the dead run sod e tub servant ran by Ills suite llehlnd him came one of the kings olbclalt possibly n general ol the army from the country IIda el hil oUnlt He 1 hud amber beads around his neck a bow In one lund and a quiver of arrows at his back while other arrows were fastened to Ihe crown of his hat The Currant are good shims and they still stick lo the bow and arrow both lor amusement and to a certain extent for war The king troops are armed with modern guns but many of the rebels have bows and not a few of them carried tridents And Ihls brings me lo the rebellion It Is a mighty big story and It Is I hard 1 to handle It In a newspaper letter 1 urn told by those closest to Ihe king that the rebels did not intend to fight I ngalnsl his majesty at all they only I look up arms to oust the olhcUls l of tholr provinces They have been terribly ter-ribly oppressed Olhce he been sold for years and of late years Die prices of Ihe olhces hue gone up and the tenure ol ollice has been shortened here Is out man here who has had thin matter In charge who Is I worlh nnny millions ol dollar 1 today He was a pour in i in t Iulfl fl r fu Idau I b len ears ago and his fortune lias been ni de bi kquceilng The I ohVlils have hilts pay MI much for olhces that they have overtaxed the people to get Ihe mi ney back and they have oppressed them to such nn extent tint amriAtlon slated them In the lace lad I tic king It fluent alone and not come to the sui port of tub ifliclals there null has r b fn no relielllon ngauibt him He out howeer Ills troops not lo punish them the I rebels defeated the troupe tAn t-An the king asked the Chillis liar some soldiers l to help him put down tin trouble I Ihn Jarnnese also sent nol 11 J diets 1 and this walled city of Hroul now swarms with armed men There are uards everywhere The lw I aiainit = = = men going out at night It I strictly enforced en-forced and anyone bun a foreigner found wandering about the streets is I liable I lo arrest The gate are irefully r guarded and the wall are watched The Japanese have a large camp at the pus ol the mountain between here and the part ol Chemulpo and every one It I excited and alarmed as In the posilMI fetes mil a war not only between the king and his rebellious sublets but between China and Japan flue Chinese Chi-nese and fll Japanese soldiers art by no mean Irlendly to one another and lie Japanese ate ready and anxious for n pretext to fight The llalliniute N till In the harbor of Chemulpo and our marine are ready to march from thereat there-at a moment notice to protect our legation And the missionaries Die Korean to a large extent look upon the mailer as a great joke They walk a nut In their Ane white gowns amok ing pipe as long as themselves and laughing under their big black hat at the queer figures which the Chinese and Japanese soldiers make They go by I thousands In the camp and they do not I seem to realise that blue very existence t ol heir government tll Is threatened I The I I I king however I understands It I very well He Is terribly j alarmed 1 and he counsels with his ofhclals night Alter night under the electric I llghls of the mace He does no work whalever In the daytime I snub there Is I II rumor that he fear assassination assas-sination and that he IlKe no dirk core tiers in his cor-e Ills troops hue I nhown themselves unable lo cope with I Hit rebels among Ins own people to nay nothing ol r the I Chinese and of Japan I cot They have been defeated suveral limes and they are largely outnumbered Ire I by the forces of Japan and China which i are now on Coroan soil The Ling army consists all told of not more Hun eight thousand roops I borne of these are well armed And A number have been trained by the American officers w ho came over lie to organise the army Of These all have tell except Gen Win dick Die 1 who IMS I been more of an intruclor than a commander but the 1111 ers are ginemlly Corn and they are not lit lo fight the more experienced heads of the foreign troop In than meantime the king Is I under the control ol the Chinese and all Information In-formation which Is I tent out from hereby here-by the Corean is I dictated by the Chinese Chi-nese Corea has claimed to bo Independent Inde-pendent lot some lime but she Is I really under Chinas thumb and when 11 Hung Chang ol the Chinese empire pull the tiring slue Is I compelled to dance I cant glue In a tow words my reason fur this statement I may write of It later There Is no doubt however I ol f thin fact The calling In ol the Chinese r I Chi-nese troops without asking the consent of Japan was contrary lo the terms of a Ihe treaty which exists between China and Japan Ihe Japanese naturally were angry They hive large colonies at HIV poll of Chemulpo on the Yellow sea liensan on the west coast Inan I on the south coast and here In Soul as well They own a great deal ol prop city and they are the leading foreign nation In Cores hey I will not permit China to hate Ills peninsula and it is by no means uncerliln Hut there may not be a war between Chin and Jipan on Corean sod this land has been Ihe lighting ground of these two nations In lime past and If a war occur now II with he the bloodiest of Asiatic history his-tory The Coreans hove hew galling guns and some cannons The Japanese miuns und Chinese can supply their Hoops with all soils of modern munitions ol war They have millions ol invested In-vested in war material and timer soldiers sol-diers and marine are armed wllh the newest and blest Inventions As It Is now It looks as though China would In slut h a case have tile friendship and support ul the king bill there Is I much dissatisfaction wllh the government here Seoul and the apanese would not lack friends or followers The king In fact cant help himself as retards China He has borrowed 1 money from the Chi eh i r ohl hose government and all ul his customs I teieipts have been mortgaged to pay thin Interest on the debt I he king It so much In debt and so hard pressed for money that whether a war occurs or not he Is bound to open up Cored to foreigners HP has a wonderful king dam Idled with enormous resources and it will pay American speculators to keep their ea on the milling and rail Iliad posslbllitle of Hilt land Core Is perhaps the least under I stood land I in Asia and it Is I o Heal the nl t wonderful countries on the face of the globe I paid my lest vtsit to It six 1 i ears ago only u short lime after ll had been opened up I toihe world About lilleen year ago no foreigner could land lilt lIa coasts and shipwrecked sailors were forced lo stay in the country or fear they might carry news of It to the barbarous people ol I urope and AmerIca Amer-Ica During my stay In II I hive traveled trav-eled many miles over its mount ilns and valleys and I expect lo push my way lI If possible right I through I the Interior of the country to the west coast I have lsiled many 01 the countries of tha world lull tills Is I the queerest and the least known There u I little Information m tho bunks of Irncl concerning n There are no guide books whatever It is I like no other country and every lay I heir new mid stringe things bout U and Us people It Is I going lobe lo-be a very Important I country In the ejes of the 1 Ie1 his people I are of their own kind I and 1 Gen Clarence Great houselhc American adviser of tho king tells MIC that the land contains between ixteen and twenty millions Ihls is I about one fourth of bin population of the titatmh I hi lies II is i In hoc more peopli Him there are In Spain It Is I hall admit an many as lure are In Mexico Mex-ico mid three times as many people l at can be counted in Ilio stale of New York To I iwoiilc are scattered over n tirrl fury ol about line hundred thouand xqujri mllet Fake jour map ol Ala Luait I nt the uort ieiMrn put of It und you will ne the peninsula of Cora luniing down tike r a note from the lower runner of Siberia and 1 the Online protuuc of M minima Ibis peninsula i > oi ubuht the fcame tlupe ns 1lorr1 1 or lu y u has tomill Ing like the area oi ih i ountr > this between four anti v mandrel miles long and from II ma 1 north to thin VIIIIOd5t coast thin c ii mm o IS am0ut thin same as that between Cleveland and New York At no place Is I It much wider linn between New York and Washington The ears surrounding it Is peppered I with rocky rs ants II Iro f Islands mid Its lower coasts are only a days tall from Japan TilE CORKAN OLD MINE Whatever be the outcome of Ibis trouble with Japan and Chin It is I bound to result In the I opening up of the country and the character of the I lam and lit rnnurcet nil be matters 01 Interest I have traveled over much of Cores An11 I have asked yuestionsabout All parts of IL 1t1 made up ofmoun tall and valleys There are a few large plains but the valleys arc ni fatso fat-so the low 1 lands of the Nile rdASt the mountains are filled with all sorts of mineral The gold mines of Corea mm out from two I to three million dollars worth of dust and nuggets every poor and practically nothing but place I mining It I done All of Ihe gold belong I to the king and I hear It whispered that his majesty has a great quantity of but lion stored away In his palaces No I long ago It was a ntrisity that some money be raised at once In complete Ilho I electric plant which is n w > being put Into the palace and there was brae tlctlly nthing In I the treasury I I seven llioU4 iul dollar had to h gotten or the work could not gu ont on-t The king was specially anxious that i that there 1 should be no delay S and he > ir sent to Mr Power the American who I has charge of the electric lighting two boxes ol gold dust and nuggets these antelrum the palace in Mr lowers i house the distance of at least a mile i without guard and It Is a riueMlon whether Ihe loners who carried them i knew what they were bringing The rdw nt rrj gold was packed 1 In 1 pine boxes and the < were hung upon a pole which rested on the shoulders ol the two men I who carried them The only man who went with them was the Coiean Interpet lerofMr I Tower They were opened when they reached the house enrl were found tacked full of gold dust and nUl gets The nuggctls t were of all stspes llor and sires from that ot 1 the head 1 of a pinto pin-to lumps at big as your Hit There I were two lump of solid gold of this I I lie and another was as thick as the palm of a mans hind and of about the tame shape It was ol such a nature tint It ta could not have been It far by the water and It mutt have been found I very near the side of the original lode T 1nelt II This gold was tent by irO Tower to the mint at Osaka nJ Japan There was 175 poundsol r It and r assayed eightyseert percent gold and about ten per cent silver fto was sold lo the I oJr Kong and Slunghsl bank fur 17000 and the money was applied lo the part Daymen ol l ei J I lnt In ol the electrical machinery which Is not supplying hit majesty with light There It little iloubt but that the mountains ul north Corea are full of gold and a great deal more Is probably gotten than Is I generally supposed The Corean clllien luau no sec unity of properly and the possession I ol money always brings the oDioaU down upon him and they luck at hit lIat Ia till the money Is squeezed I out of him livery now and then a native will come Into the establishment of the the American firm at Cllenmlpj and will pay for what he wants with gold dust which he takes out of a pipe stem or from a bell which he lias bound about hit body under his clothes Olsen men want lo hunt the gold Into Corean cash and I It Is by no means safe for Ihcm to have It found upon them The mines are worked under a superintendent protwbly gels a big slice of the I output 1 oi J f lly the aid ol modern mining machinery there It I no telling what they will produce pro-duce At present not even blasting powder It I used to get nt the quiiti and the rock Is I br > ken by building a fire against It and thin when It has become hot water thrown upon it and this cracks the quarts Such bits as can be gotten out are hid on a Hat stole and big round rocks are rolled over them again I and again lo crush them and at least I ally per cent 01 the gold III lost There are no pumps no quicksilver d no chemicals icVloolI the gold as Is gut ten comes from washing the sand and crushed rock with water In hand pant and In the winter I the i rock Is erusluesi and boiled to free It ol gold There are large copper mines In difTtr ent t > IlIa ol Core and a great deal I of thlt Is I dug oui smelted and used In the manufacture of brass ware llrm II mote used I perhaps Hun any other metal The eating uteniUs Including diilies spoons and chop sticks are made of It and allot the t washbasins r the country are of this material The quality of the brats It I superior lo that which I hive In any part of the world It takes a polish like cold and It It wonderfully bright I and pure None of the copper Is I believe cxporledand el ler ftedr the same is true of thin coal The Corn coal mine which lie near the big city of Ilng Van about coo mllr mirth of Seoul to lr Appenreller uno ol the best posted missionirlei ol thus country tells meare lather coal quarries I than shads Flue I coil Is dug from the lop ol the ground and III Is taken out at the minimum ol expense It is a line anthracite and It would bring tight here In the capital mount fio to fun ion A big trade could be carried on In It to the dllltlent hurts of Cliint and 1 the east As II Is 1 Japan tells million ol dollars worth ol coil every year and flue mines which I visited last month In nonh China were dUposini of from 100 to a ooo tout of coal a day The coal 1 that cornel lo Seoul however goes chlelly to the palace and due mines await pnctlcil men to turn their dinky lump Into veritable black diamonds Agriculturally considered i the country Is I very rich Not one twentieth ol it rr cultivated and bin fact that the olhclals take the greater part ol the crojn Ie moves all l Incentive to work and ate people farm only enough lo 1 keep them alive Almost anlhlng that can be raised in the United States can be raised here and rice It I grown side by side 1 1 with wheat and barley There I plenty of good li grating land and the cattle r are very line and form time beasts of burden of the country I dont think the people are niturally lacy They are strong and well running They have a fair idea of justice and tight and their Liviliatiim is I by no meant u barbarous one t1dh security of property unit Incentive In-centive lu work they could easily hoI taught lo accumulate rnone and K the ighersare I dloned to eanl hold I II of the mines and build railroads Corea will in a short time approximate Japan III II t progress II has been several 11m t m the verge of giving concessions lo foreigners and only a short time ago the king had agreed lo such a proposl lion An American Mr lamas K Mor e who had I spent tears lal1l Coral and who u the chief partner ol the Ameru lam now bong business here was called Irom New York lo Seoul to lee the kmk about the matter He l was a thoroughly re onilble man In every respect toil hi had nt his back tome 11I1111011 uf Aiiicrkaii capital lie I came to Seoul and 1 dlirt f a tune not the promise prom-ise ol mm i hun mtuotls iis would have given hm m ex uiive right to build railroad one > dm country lo hivo opened up I b i K m 1 IIIlnc and to have en eed m scam fur lh > uinor il > paper were TIe Yelopmenl of mea All ready 10 be st ned and inn American left the palace wnh the 5omonce that the nut dlall would be sellled and he lJurlnr that could begin work at onre night 11 1 however ether tl I ruugh the 1 Chinese or lome nlr influence the king mind was channeJ md A message Iliac wan lent to the Amen sn legation his msjcsty had detdrth to < grant no concessions at present and that Mr Morse wit at liberty b t > Iav as lOOn at hnnnj he chose As to ntsl I how this chane came about no one knot but China probably had l her fingers m the eco U Is said I that one i the foreigner I connected con-nected with the court demanded that he be paid a big percentage of the profit of the scheme hr I the lattice which he chimed to hat weds In getting the king to seere l i < > II TIN was reused re-used and he pi Dably emit hit revenge hlrr 5 through the Cmnevr In I all this trouble hlclIlIIIln min lit Coraa It must be rememberei I thai I mime Lnincse are the enemies of prosrex Iheyare 1 not the true friend of times ocean people They have the upper 10 I d old they are doing sIi they can to kii p I He country back I The railing throuK ur Iu5 scheme was M very unfortunate mmg lor Coiea edOI rt Hid the paper lien sinned iiolh the king and the Aiiiuirin capitalists would now bo on the road lo wealth the 1 people would bait I ail a large amount of their lao reunited or the king treasury would bate bun en full and there would have ke < n no rebellion As It Is now no one can lell what wilt happen bu t sooner or latrr lint 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