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In 1896, when the Corean King was a refuge JAPAN AND COREA.

independence of Cores, but undertaking re sponsibilities for the maintenence of order and in the Russian Legation, one of the political Japan's interest in Coren dates from the pre- the protection of the lives and proportios émeuter which are frequent in hie capital, he it. Such a system was induced to grant ia a Russian subject a historic days of the Empress Jingu. It is Bet of foreigners within

util the 'sth Century of the Christian Era could novor be lasting when the two parties concession for entting timber in the valley of that authentic Japanese history begins. The were actuated by motives as widely apart as the Yalu, the river which forms the North- Empress Jinga reigned from 201-269 &... and the Poles. Continued experience showed that Western boundary of ones. No action was it was in the beginning of her reign that, the Corean Government was itself, hopeless. taken under this concession, nor was anything prompted by Diving visions, the undertook the Neither time nor intercourse with the world | heard of it in public for some years, and its conquest of Coros. Miraculous help was given taught lessons of prudence or brought any im- propise terms have never been published. In the to her, huge shoals of great fishes nided to carry prevesnout. The Ministers romained corrupt, early mor of 19, it suddenly came to the her fast from Japan, and a landing was success. Lyrannical, ernel, and extortionate to their front, when its privileges were for the first interests of time ex-reisel. Large malers of Chiness fully accomplished in the south. The invasion own people; indifferent to the

their country, and guided in all their sets by Inbiurams were drafted froni Manchuria into was almost bloodless. The Sovereign of Corea

the entire valley of the Yalu. Timber felling submitted without u straggle, surrendere his selfish considerations of personal or family ambi

ou au exensive scale was commenced in dis treason promised that his country should tion, the people, naturally dosile, genie, and for err remain tributary to Jopsy, and the peaceful, wore broken in spirit by centuries of triets which the Coreans now ullege were netor conquest is still oken of with pride by the oppression, and, always at the mercy of au contemplated by them at all as incindad in the

were concession. Even the forests on the mored Now Japanese as their first triumph beyond the scrupulous farmers of the revenue,

the docpost poverty, destituto mountain of Pug Ma, a few miles to the ԶՐՈՒՑ in the ixth Century, Buddhist mir in

of industrial capacity, and without any encour east of Wiju. were not hold inviolate; and sio aris entered Japan from Cove Brizing mult doralup it. No improvement in the depth of the outrage this caused to errau with them the elements of Chinese civilisation,

the Government, and, while the Government soutiment may be gangal by the turt that there and Corean migrants of every class, crossing

was unreformie, in the paople, could be logs is an ancient pleny, aeropod with implicit tho nerrow was in farge numbers. laid this

for under the highling inflnones of China, faith, that the Kingdom of Cores will fall along Finally, foundations of the systems that were destined

which almost seemed to take a mischievons plen- with the last tress on that monstain. to be the sole guiding influenes of Japan in

literature for thirteen sure in thwarting the effort of Ingum. It was Russian trongs wore transported norms the nrt, science, and

not until the military strength of Chine was Yalu and stationed on Corma territory, for the crutaries, By them

nation, whole, was converted to Buddhism, which broken by the war of 181 that this allures the alleged purpose of protecting the timber carpe to an end, and Japan'a establishment as cutters. There Bots were the direct beginning brems one of the strongest forces in

the great Asiatic Power of the Far E stat last of the present crisis. The feeble and vacillating moulding the characters of the people, and in forming the political administrative system of gave her a dominant position in Carea's rela Coreal Govorament protested with such hors tions with the outward world. With that usi-ss it contid cammond against both the abuse of the Government. In the Sixteenth Century a srond inthaion took place, if a very different taon now and serious responsibilities and to be the concession they had given in good faith and the vidiation of their territory, but their pro While Chiun was still believed in Europe to tests ware contemptuously disregarded by the nature from the first, with all its tabulcus inci- assam-d. dents. Japan was then governed by the Regent

he strong Military Power, capable of efficient Russing representative at Seoul. Not only was Hileyoshi, a self-made soldier, whose success in war, genius, determination, and nahouuled ambily proteesing bath hotel and her tributaries, the tiraber felling continued, but land and tion have procured for him among his country and while Russia's overland communications honsa for the use of Russian subhers, who wore mon the title of the Napoleon of Japan. with the East were still incomplete and her all alleged to be in reality soldiers, were illegally Having firmly established his anthority through main traveport facilities limited. Corea was purchased fean the natives at Yong-chhyong a post town, some miles from the frontier, on ent his own country, he conceived the idea of safe feu Russian aggression. the conqueet, and of waking himself the E-China fell before Japaneso pome, and when, sub- the high road to the capital, and at Yong- peror of all Asia, and as an initial step towards equally, the Japanese were driven out of ampho. The latter is an insign fiant place;

has teen prepared in the Inteligence Report- 1 he realisation of this project be undertook the Latin and arbitrarily deprived by the thres it is put oven marked on the map of Cores that second conquest of Cores. Tribute had then European Powers of what they had fairly won long ceased to be sent, and only the west insign war; when, still later, the Roxer disturbances ment of the War Office, but is was used by the were used by Russia as a pretext for the military Japanese for the dis-keplatin 'n oups nificant commercial intercourse between the two nations was maintained through the territorial occupation of the whole of Munchuria, and what during the Chin War, and its natural at TALEGRAPHIC Andres; MIDZUSULMA, Kobe, Moji, Oaks, Wakamatin, and Hongkong

Hideis euphemistically called her sphere of infinancovantages are such that a fortified harbour can Barons of thu Island of Tsushima. yoshi's Army, which was not accompanied by bacamo enterminous with the entire Northern be mude at it with lite enst.

frontier of Coren, it was mean that it was only together with Auting and Takusban, ou thes himself, landed at Fusan in 1502; and during

a question of time for her grasp to threaten the Manchurian coast, it will gite compiste com- į the succeeding six years not only was Corea reduced to abject subjection, notwithstanding whole of the Corean Peninsula, The strategie and of the approach to the Yalu tiver, es well The Russian Minister sono assistance that was sent from China, bat importance of Carea was fully recoguisol. Its us of the river ins-lf

immense coast line, its excellent harlours-most claimed that Russhy was only exercising the the whole country was ruhlasaly devastated from

of them open all the year round, and espaisì of rights conveyed by the timber falling ones, easy defines-rendered it of great value to son that that carried with it the sight of istio of the age, ia Europe as well as in the East. To this day there stands within the grounds of any strong Naval Power, suffieions to give overy operation incidental to Chuvariginal subject, to any such Power holding it reasonable hopes iucluding those of acquiring tank constructing the great Temple of Kwannon, the Goddess of Mercy.nt Kiot, near to whichlideyoshi himself of the entire cansad of the Far Eastern radways or roads, and erreting telegraphs, and When Russi made her mistress that the valley of the Yali comprise not only is buried, un artificial mound, over ninety feet in sess. height, known as the Tomb of the Ears." It of Linotung, the jogression of Corea became the entire length of the river itself. In all its tributaries and every place in the neighbouring is said to have been raised over the ears and necessary to her to secure usinterrupted sea noses of Coreacs slain in battle, brought back by communication between Vladivostocks Port districts.

The 1 and acquired by purchase from the the Japanese soldiers as eridones of their Arthur, but its att simngut would place at the prowess. The memory of the horrors which very dons of Japaus powerful," "aggressive, natives at Yong-ampla is of an area of thirty- they suffered caused the Coreans to speak of the and coretous neighbour, whose presence wou'd siz quare miles. The sanction of a fort was "the accursed nation," and the constitute a perpetual menace, not only to her speedily began, gaus wees, mounted, and a gar rison af en andred and fifty men placed in it. Japanese as torm still occurs in the ordinary vernacular of position as a Great Power, but even to her very the Corean peasant, just as the "curse of Crom-existence as au judepondent nation. From 1800 Everything pointed to the fact that bussia had entered upon an occupation of Northern Core, well" comes rendily to the lips of his Irish Japan has steadily fhereased her Navy, and sha

is how the singest Nasal factor is the Far similar to that she ntreedy maintained in Man counterpart. Hideyoshi died in 1598, and on his death the Japanese Army was withdrawn East She is, while doing so, consistently chúrja, and her acts maid in hose her more considered exasperating to Jupin had they been deliberato shar and the invasion Guded. During the succeeding and openly deciured that

Japan; #f continued independenre Corey audertaken with that object; the two hundred and fifty years, white Japan was

fail- however. that,

provocation BAR though her vital importauce, uder the rule of the Tokugawa Shoguns, of

other hands than her own. oppos: Russin by diplomacy. She strongly embassies; but he was left in the enjoyment falling into un

Russia has, at no stage, had ono particle of urged Cores to at one decre Yong of her harmit seclusion from all the word

exene for mistaking this foremost plank in amplo and Wijn open to foreign trade, and s by the representa- [3335 Efforts were made towards the end of that

period by the Frenol and United States Gohor foreign policy. Japan has had and has no was supported in doing

She is anxiota tires of Enghul and the United States, soraments to brak in ou her sec usion, but they wish to embark in new wars failed in both cases, and as far as Japan was can now for the means of entinuing her wondrons Corean Coferiment recognised the prudence commercial and industrial del punt-far of this step, and was willing to take it was, in cornet she was left in peace.

In 1871, the wage of Western civilisation more wondeaus, if it were appreciated in fact, on the very point of doing so, when the began to spread itself orar Japan. The Corean Europe, than her military. But while anxious Russian Minister interfered and paremptorily for peace, she has never intended to purchase it forbude it, thus assuming the position that the Government, itself obstinately adherent to ancient conservative traditions. not only coased at any price, and she has always declared, is Yolu district was reserved exclusively for terms that admit of no possible misit ostraction, Russian enterprise, and entirely closed to that to end the usual tribute, but substitute for it offonsire letters, touating Japon with her that she is ready to fight for Coren whil she of the Japanese and of all other nationalities desertion of her ancient customs, and her advy-has a shio on the set or a man capable of hand-What that meant the precedent of Lindung tion of those of the Westeru barbarians, and ling a rifle. While preclaiming this national shoald. Once Yong-ampho was connected with Russia's Transcontinental Railway system, and openly bidding defiance to her. The Japuucss resolution to the world, she has at the eame for war, that the fame of Japan should once by diplomacy' immauity from Enssian aggress available for pudy operation any time, tu wore deeply indignant--the nation clamoured time earnestly endeavoured to escure to Corsa the military re-urces of Manchuria roudered more, after the lapse of centuries, carsi sion, and a very few words will show the result Corea, her advanes southwards and wilimath But Jupa, slowly recovering of her efforts and with what flagrant un absorption of the entire peninsula would become beyond the seas. from the thors of her own long revolutionary scrupulonsmear themost unqualified ongegements inevitable.--Standard.

HIRANO. WATER, straggle, was in no state for war, even with have been violated by Russia,

Tro important Conventions on Cerna have Bach a weak Power as Corea, and though some of the most prominent leaders of the Revolution boon interchanged between the two Garer THE QUERS OF TABLE WATERS, and mumbore of the Government resigned their ments, the first, in May. 1895, in which both offlces, the Peace party prevailed, and Corea pledged themselves to keep no troops la Corea A few years later a Japanese beyond what were necessary for the protection was left alone.

of the Japanese, and Russian suttlani-nts, with ganunat, while eroising on the coasts, was fred

the addition, in the case of Japan, of a maxi- mam fores of two hundred Gendarmes to be at from a small Corean fort. The fort was destroyed by the gunboat, but the incident again brought the question of Coren to the stationed in smail detnahmeals at various points fr ut, and violent measures were ones more along the overland line of telegraph fro called for by the nation. This time the Govern-Fusin to Seoul, the capital. The Convention mout yielded to the popular cry. An expodi- was explicit as to the number of troope that tion was sunt, bat un fighting took place, might be stationed by either party, the maxi- Coroa signed & treaty of peace and friendship, wam wit, exclusive of the Japanese Gender- and two of her ports were opened to Japanese meries for the projection of the folege-ph, being tenda and rezidence. A small Japaness pottie- fear companies, each of two bandred mo ment had always been maintained at Fusan, and three were to be for the protection of the

Riz but it was on conditions somewhat resembling existing settlements at the capital and the those under which the old Dutch settlement two principal open ports remote from it. was held at Nagasaki under the Tokugawas. Ria has no settlements in Core, Har cum- The Japanese residents were practically pri-mercial interests are absolutely eil. The whol Boners in it, their interesurse with the number of her subjects legitimately resilat flor rights natives fettered by drastic regulations--not so ther scarcely excurds a seere. humiliating, however, those imposed by the ander this Convention have, therefore, remain. Japan las extensive and Japanese themselves on the subservient Dutch-ad a dead letter and their opportu sities of communication with prosperous settlem is at ove v part. ACHEL & CO., Established 1959.

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United States, France, Germany, and Russia, Sho Sas, therefore, important vested interests to guard, and in guarding these with the troops be long history of hitage ended.

But, though opened the world, Coren, in she has provided for that purpose, she bus, at domestic policy, adhered to the Chiness ideals the same time, protected the lives and propar- Rot,

conservation to which she had ever been ties of foreigners of every other activity. faithful, and her intrul both of Japan and A farther Agreement was concluded between European civilisation was in no way abated. the two Empires in 1888, in the form of The Chinese Diplomatic Resident at the Protocol signed by the Japanese Minister Court was de facto ruler of the country; for Foreign Affairs and s Russian Repr nothing was done by the Government with ut sentntiso at Tokyo, Its first Article pen was always videl that the Imperial Governments of Japon his consent, and bis infrence exerted in opposition to progress. In 1882, the andesia finitely record the oversignty Japanese Legatino, the only one then in the and entire independence of Cores, and mutuly capital, was attacked and barnt by a mob, and waged to abstain from every direct inter- the Minister and his stuff had to fight their way frence in the domestic affairs of the country, to the sea, where they were resoued by au and a sabeegnent Article farther provided that English man-of-war lnt happened to be sa Russia should not in ay way impede Japan's veylog the coasts. Diplomatic efforts were commercial development in Coren. Let us now male to create a modus vivendi between China seo how these two Agreements have been ab and Japan, both Empires upholding the national gorsed by Russia.

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