Show LETTERS the china japan correspondence japan anticipates chinas offer line interesting documents yokohama advices via tha em aress of china washington nov 20 the japanese government has anticipated the ferson china to the foremen powers to furnish the complete correspondence leading up to the present war and has bublie this corre indence it I 1 published in full as a part of the recent of the japanese det which have been received by the japanese location here the most of the controversy contro verey has already apen made known to the public but the official letters between balna aad japan give the first account of the sharp diplo mAllo between the countries up few days before ilia war the letters run from alth they are numbered froni one to nine number one Is from wany chinese minister to japan it informs jar ar that a telegram has been just broin II 11 stating the corean requested china to send troops to suppress a rebellion of the tong haks viceroy LI it says considers the rebellion serious and therefore compiles with the request for troops to protect our tributary state first notifying japan in accordance with treaty provision that each shall inform the other before entering corea number two is from 0 foreign affairs of japan it very pointed in reply 1 beg to declare that althon eh the words tributary tate appear in your note the japanese government has never recognized corea as a tributary state of china number three ie a notice the japanese govern men athi it intends sending troops to corea to suppress the rebellion in number four china shows her teeth tor the fint time ills letter from alie LI the cabinet to the japanese minister at peking tholet esica surprise that japan e bould send troops to corea when it has noi been so requested by corea it adds the follow in 1 the object ot conr country in sending to protect the legation consulates atad people in corea and consequently it may not be necessary on the pait of your country to dispatch a great number of troops and besides ai no application has been made by borea it Is requested that no troops shall pro eel ee l to the int eilor of corea so they may not cause alarm to her people and moreover mure over ance it Is that in the event the soldiers of the two nations should meet on the way case of unexpected might occur owing to the difference of language and bihary etiquette we beg to request in eddi loni that you will bo cooj enough to this to the gove ament of japan number five I 1 japans answer to 16 tsung li in which japan t lows her teeth it As to the number of troops to be to corea the japanese government compelled to exercise their own iff although no restriction Is placed x i the japanese troops in corea they 1 not be sent where their presence u deemed necessary taft japanese troops are under edrict discipline and the japanese is confident they will not a collision the chinese forces it Is hoped china has adopted similar precautions number six is an of the japanese to join china in a general readjustment of torea on modern hues number is chinas rejection of the in which she cays the idea may be excellent but the measures of improvement may be left to corea bere elf Is from Japan to china stating that japan cannot longer diere card the law of preservation self which impels her to reform the deplorable condition of corea at the root 01 her frequent llone bamber nine Is alo from japan to china staling that as china has declined to join in the administrative deorra of gore the only conclusion is hint the chinese government is disposed to precipitate complications tl la closes the correspondence the last letter leing dated eleven daye before the transport ko aing dairying cair ying the chinese troops of core i was sunk by japan declaration of war followed six days later yokohama advice to nov bolh victoria nov steamship s of calia arrived at noon today with yokohama advises advices ad vices to the some excitement has been created in yokohama by the detention of the 0 steamship gaelic on her outward voyage 1 in order that a search for contraband articles might be made by the japanese authorities A group of custom honse officers came on board and asked permission to examine the cargo explaining that they biad received notice that contraband wares bad been shipped at san francisco captain pearn protested against the ae areli but otherwise offered opposition the proceeding ce were conducted with perfect courtesy on both bides inspection the waa elven over and the filp allowed to go on her way nothing liable to seizure wai found while the examination at yokohama was browing to a close was received hat the suspected travelers tra velera had transferred themselves and belongings to the french malt steamer sydney and were on the way to by way in obedience to tele arama port permission to earcle the ship was obtained from the french consul and the wa soon made that a pa himself john lbrown an acknowledged to bean american was bound for china under contract walh 1 lie authorities of tant empire to the japanese navy within echt from the time of his arrival vaL lie sepa to have discovered an explosive of power wh ch he declared he bad ilist offered to japan but as ills proposal was contemptuously re fused he turned to the other belligerent and ought employment from the chinese legation at Wah logton receiving rece ivine buffi cicet encouragement for hie purpose ho barted for the east accompanied by an american registered as george howie and a chinese interpreter lur dished him by the the arrested men are under close guardianship in kobe the altair concerns more or less directly three western nations the united gutc france and annl it te already under by the of ho governments the 11 arrested bear a letter to ll 11 l l chain from llie envoy at wa alti ton and 1 formal contract promising to pay lO OOOO for thy of the japanese navy ami a specified sum to every merchant ship destroyed it appears that have already been paid on account some double are entertained to the nationality tiona lity of brown and hoare they declare themselves by birth but americans by naturalization aee or both served in the brazilian navy the official report of the great earthquake of october in northern japan shows that 2150 houses were overthrown 2000 houses were burled persons were killed and injured in lured the damage to property is estimated at over yen the japanese army in Manc burls finues its march of inva frion with r a show of opposition chin lien ha s been taken on october the adv e was resumed on the following day to i about thirty live i distant on the road to 1 city again was entered october alt 1 as usual without the necessity of b the garrison fleeing in dio r the nia part shaping their clarsa yince walgn al has taken filtz rounds and 2000 rounds general ya inn ita lost no time in to the of the newly occupied territory that they have nothing to fear for the japanese if they duried Du rued their peacefully and abstain from interference with the movement of soldiers consequently most of the inhabitant rolanne l to thair homes general has remitted all taxes for the remainder p the year and has established a temporary form of civil government under control of a secretary from the le ration at seoul which is to consider all complaints the peasants aro especially outspoken out spoken in contrasting the treatment they receive arora the new co n manceri with that the were coni belled to endure from their |