| Show CHINA AND JAPAN I imperial uvrl al decease and disease troops p lv choo contro progress ad ac i by V W UT U cle graph to uie the Horal dl sy SA X FRANCISCO june by I the british steamer the following low news has been received from ina C china na and japan anina INA HONO hona KO KONG 10 may the rha empress dowager of the E east ast and not of the west as previously erroneously notified from the palace in peking vexing has died her death leth w was unexpected and occurred from i theria the second dowager empress continues to be seriously ill the young emperor aged only 11 years ears is is report reported bd ill of the measles if f tho the emperor should diotha state power ower will fall into the hands of prince rince chun father of the emperor and anti progressive he is reported to favor tho the cabal pro progressing gressin g against li 11 hung chang troops aro are being in removed from the northeastern frontier in large numbers so that tho the russian danger is quite dissipated the question of the partition of the rin kin moo loo choo islands between china and japan is ignored by the tsung li yamen ya men who quietly assume in a document their long associated right to possession meanwhile the japanese virt virtually dally retain the whole group and the matter is likely to be protracted retracted for months or years by tie the asiatic diplomacy plo macy i railways and other innovations are still striven for by li hung chang and and I other members of the progressive party the duke of genoa Genon was cord cordially cordially jally entertained i by the king and court urt in siam the duke shortly proceeds to europe visiting the indian pa porta kang King kalakaua reached singapore on or i his way to europe latest news from peking with reference to the chinese loan lately talked of indicates a tendency to keep everything as much as possible in chinese hands bands it is not ampo impossible that a small loan will be arranged through foreign aid a larger one will subsequently bo be attempted by the chinese agency JAPAN YOKOHAMA may 17 it is still thought that the russians intend to make an effort to petain attain a militar military y and naval base in korea TI the koreans themselves are very anxious anxious and andu a strong party has been formed to obstruct all foreign inter cour seand even to cease all communication ni with japan and to expel yel from the treaty settlements in korea T orea all settlers of the latter country the korean delegation to japan has been stopped by the popular prejudice en route one of its chief promoters assassinated and large deputations have been sent to the capital to impress the king against the aliens the king however is is firm in big policy of enlightenment and has sent a second deputation to japan which has already arrived the japanese government has taken special measures to entertain these two or three abree score guests and to show their j the progress made by this country in foreign arts in the last twenty five years for the first time the mikado has attended a foreign race meeting where he was received with hig high honor A prince of siam has been traveling in i copito in in japan ahe the editors of all princ principal apal japanese newspapers have been fined for publication of the document addressed by two ministers to the government ern ment deprecating official trading and too much paternal interference with the trade the paper was surreptitiously obtained by a leading metropolitan sheet and almost universally copied by the other journalists the japanese merchants in yokohama propose to estaba establish ish a la large fa e tea tm warehouse in rivalry to fore foreign I agn firms b by whom so far all preparation is dono for the american market impact in all directions great efforts are arc being made to bring borei foreign n trade into native hands tb a first tea crop is is late this y year ear but is of a fair quality Yie the has been detained tined owing to the lateness of the arrivals tr larger quantities than previously arc ac expected to go forward by the suez canal route to new york A government enactment has been published repudiating tho the privileges of officials to indulge in private trading tho file object is to enco encourage urage investment of savings in in r railway a alway and other productive enterprises the united states steamers richmond monocacy monocracy Mono cacy and palos are in in port I |
