Show I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 91 I 1 ca 3 g I 1 4 I 1 ASIATIC AFFAIRS the particulars of tho the recent rebel lion and biot riot in corea the U 8 Go government rejects the treaty with corea british to tancle bom sam lly by W U to thome tho II erald raid i YOKOHAMA au aug II 11 about fire in the ovenin evening of july an organized ed body of insurgents took possession pos assion orthe of the main thoroughfares th thorough orough fares in seoul the capital of corea and attacked tho tile royal reside residence and the japanese Leza legation tion tile latter building was set on lire fire the japanese envoy and consul escaped with about I 1 twenty followers follower and sand made their way to the tile palace for protection but found it alread ia tho tile possession of ill alic robbers they then retreated to finsen port fifteen miles distant beinnie being le peat heatedly edly assailed on tile way wity four lour were killed three wounded and several arc are mish ipg tho the survivors among the envoy and the consul reached the british surveying i ship in the neighborhood arriving at sit nagasaki a japanese ship shi 1 of war was ir as ordered to corea to rescue tho tile imperiled Japan Jap ancee cec and to obtain information as to he the causa of tit the e outbreak 0 ak but with orders to avoid a discussion or dispute tile mel returned on aug fourth announcing that tho tile japanese at seoul had bad probably beon slaughtered and the tho capital was in a elate of anarchy of the tile royal loyal inmates of the balaco the king ring alone was spared iho ilic was murdered elso also his licer and the batters lat betrothed act both ii the tile children having poison forcibly adminis administered d to them thirteen Sinia tera of state and other high dignitaries slain their proceedings are said to have been directed by tho the ex regent tai in ill kun by some pronounced to be the father by others tho tile uncle of the tile bilig un lt lias has always been a violent opponent of the foreign intercourse whether mether lie assumed control of the government is not yot yet known the ports fu san and bensan have not yet been visited bythe by alie disturbance aj japan apan 0 acted with promptness tum and prudence ru dence A naval and militar rendezvous lias blis been established at ne nearest nearest irest point to coron A fleet was dis dispatched patel aed to the scene of the disorder r a and t id t troops r oops g gathered to await ait the development of t the he affairs reparation must bo be absolute and un conditional or a war will ensue A telegram from the navy department at NV washington ashington was received uy uy admiral clitz comin commanding anding the united states naval force in asia announcing noun cing that commodore ts treaty with corea had been rejected requesting that a ship of war bo be bent to corea and stating eliat mr young US U S envoy to china would assume the diplomatic control of alio question the german treaty with corea has hu been signed and an all attempt tempt at to negotiate a french treaty has been foiled owing to the french aganes agents 9 ansis that catholic mi missionaries baries be allowed to pursue their rc calling alling in the kingdom leono o koy gauly 30 conreux Con raux the tile r french rench missionary reported killed by a native mob at it peichun Pe ishun near the amoor river still survives but is in a 1 pitiable iti ab I 1 a c condition ond tion the injuries in I 1 I ic t ed u upon pon him aro of tho most horrible kind tho the french legation at peking is now investigating affairs are still unsettled between tile in anam and the tile native authorities young united states envoy to eh china chinal inal on tile way from shanghai to tien tein tsin will meet li hung chang YOKOHAMA aug alth ill feeling among the american residents of japan is stated to ex embt st on account of repeated and apparently studied dis di s e courtesies to the united states fla flag on the part of british naval officers the american ship swatara left yokohama kol iama homeward bound on july when she was saluted according to tho the custom by the war sl ships i of 01 every nationality except the engli english ish tho the british fleet at yokohama was sent away on the ad of july last and remained at sea over the ath avoiding the necessity for fora salute similar incidents were of common occurrence during grants visit and the determination of the british army officers at hong longto kong to withhold the salutes on birthday has been the cause of or difference diXe rence between these officers and the governor sir john hennessy who shows a senshi of the tile proprieties on such occasions ca claimed on the behalf of oftie tie british agents that their conduct was regulated by orders from london the final installment of japans first foreign forein loan contracted in england ten years ago was paid aid on july the fore foreign ig n indebtedness is now only a few millions dollars the emperor of japan ia ii reported suffer suffering I 1 n f from in d disease sease wilh with diaraj te dropsy ropsy and acute rheumatism tho corean rean troubles have injuriously 0 affected iho the paper currency which is now at a discount 70 per pez cent below silver extraordinary reports are published in tho the japanese newspapers respects ing the cremation of tho tile C corpses of the poorer victims to tho tile c cholera the operatives app appear aarto to havo have been stricken willi with a panic and considerable blen numbers timbers forsook their work the government authorities findan finding it possible to replace them ulm only bymon of great igno ignorance ranco and question questionable abla character tho work was neglected scores of bodies dried before burned and persons still alive thrown i into nto ill the a flames tho the reforms instituted by okuma recently head of the finance department have been thrown aside fears r ears prevail now of a it season of reckless extravagance violent gales prevailed between japan and china during the early part of august many sailing wailing ships are reported heavily damaged several missing dispatches from china announce a hurricane along the southeastern coast proved disastrous to shipping ing I 1 heavy eavy floods in tho the interior provinces of japan are causing great injury to the rice crop and loss 0 ot f hu bu mart martline life and cattle it ia Is announced that captain von Eisen brecher who ile lias has just left the post vest of envoy from germany german to Ja japan panis ia to be transferred tx to washington sh the cholera cli olera is increasing in in yokohama tokio and vicinity the chinese envoy to japan was suddenly summoned summoned home borne the public aro given to understand that this is to impart to him tha the nodded instructions touching the C corean orean business |