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2 ing ground. It is believed thatin case tpe credit he has asked for is refused he will dissolve Parliament. : A royal decree for this purpose has already been drawn up and only awaits promulgation. After peace has been declared, King Menelik will, it is said, visit the. Ozar. The Russian Emba ssador is negotiating for the passage of a Russian ambulance corps through Moscow. b S HELD EBY MENELIK’S FORCES. Fifteen Hundred Italian Prisoners in the Hands of Abyssinians. ROME, Itavy, March 19.—Private dis- patches from Massowah state thai Major Salsa, who was sent from-the Italian head- quarters to obtain from King Mene!ik per- mission to bury the Italians killed. in the battle at Adowah and to succor the wounded, has .returned to the Italian camp. He states that the Abyssinians hold 1500 Italiau prisoners, NICARAGUA’S REVOLUTION, Other Central American States May Be- come Involved. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 19.—A Sun special from Washingten says: Private information received from Nica- ragua indicates that the revolution in that republic is much more serious than has been represented in the press, and that it may be continued for many months. There is a danger that the other Central American republics may be drawn into i, and a fear lest the trouble may extend throughout all of Central America. An embargo has been placed on the tele- graph wires and no dispatches in cipher or containing news concerning the out- break are allowed to be sent out of the country. Minister Baker, anticipating trouble, dwbled for a man-of-war to protect 2 some weeks ago. PC BALROD DEBTS John C. Coombs Favors the Build- ing of the Sioux City Branch. A Sub-Committee Appointed to Confer With Senators on a Plan of Settlement. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—John C. Coombs of Boston, representing the | Credits Commutation Company, whose interests are located in Sioux City, to-day appeared before the House Committee on | Pacific Railroads for the purpose of seein where he could attach the interests he represented to the plans suggested by | other parties. Referring to the several changes made | in. the suggestions of the Union and | Central people he said that he found it very bard to put sait on the tail of a bird | that never lights. With the form of security to be offered the Government still | unknown it was very difficult for him to say his amendment should come in. He was confident, however, that the Government would not go out of the rail- road business for fifty or a hundred vears, and for one of these periods wouid have a strong box of railroad securities. His provosition was to provide in any plan of | settlement for aiding in the construction of the Sioux City branch. To accomplish | this be wanted the Secretary of the Treas- | ury to be given authority to invest not over $4,500,000 of the fund accrued under the Thurman act in the securities of the Sioux City road. He wanted this plan in- corporated in any general plan, as he did not think it would stand alone. Representative Shafroth of Colorado spoke in support of his biil looking to a settlement of the Pacific road matters by foreclosure. DEBATE ON THE ACTS OF BAYAR, Opposition of Democrats to the Resolution of Censure. ACTION IS POSTPONED. Two Members of the House Indulge in Personalities While Arguing. GIBSON REFUTES A SLANDER. Did Not Send a Circular to Constitu- ents Under His Own Frank. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—The debate on the Bayard resolutions was con- tinued in the House to-day,and toward the close of the session descended into an exchange of personalities between Sulzer (D.) of New York and Gibson (R.) of Ten- nessee. The display of a circular letter by Gibson to his constituents by Sulzer, and the charge that it was being circulated under a frank elicited an angry outburst from the Tennesseean, who denied that he was using a frank 2pon the document, and that the person who said so was the author of a vile slander. Later Sulzer withdrew the assertion, and also apologized to the gentleman for anything he had said which might bave given bim offense, but that did not wholly satisfy Gibson, who in the course of & personal explanation said the circular had been stolen, being still o far as he knew in the hands of the printer, and asserted that if there were no receivers there would be no thieves. The episode was quickly over, and at its close the House adjourned. The speakers to-day were: Tucker (D.) of Virginia and Cooper (D.) of Florida | egainst the resolutions of censure, and Taft and Wilson (R.) of Ohio, Pear- son (R.) of North Carolina and McCall and Barrett (R.)of Massachusetts in favor of them. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio defended the reputation of General Schenck from the inference arising from the statements made yesterday by McCreary (D.) of Ken- tucky about his connection with the Emma mine and the publication of his rules of poker while he was Minister to England. Just before adjournment an agreement was reached to take a vote on the resolu- tions at 2 o’clock to-morrow. Taylor (R.) of Ohio reported the resolu- tions of the Committee on Elections No. 2, declaring the seat vacant now occupied by Boatner (D.) of Louisiana, and gave notice that they would be called up to-mor row after the pending resolutions bave been disposed of and be voted on without debate. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, responding to the remarks made yesterday by McCreary (D.) of Kentucky, regarding the late Gen- eral Schenck’s connection with the Emma mine, said there was nothing in General Schenck’s record which left a spot or blem- ish upon his reputation. He conscien- tiously believed absolutely in the merits of After the hearing a sub-committee con- i rman Powers and Wright, | 3 d Sulzer was appointed to | consider the various measures for the set- tlement of the indebtedness of the roads. They are to consult with the Senate Pa- cific Railway Committee and recommend | to the full committee as early as possible a | bill to settle all matters pertaining to the | roads. S Rt ARREST OF A WIRE-TAPPER. William H. McNutt Suspected of Having Had a Hand in the Royal Nettie Swindle. CHICAGO, Irr., March 19.—William H. | McNutt, the most notorious wire-tapper in | the United States, was arrest;d at noon | to-day in the Brevort House, on Madison | street, by Central station detectives on suspicion 6f being implicated in the sen- sational wire-tapping case at New Orleans last Saturday. This was the case in which bookmakers all over the country were hit for §150,000 on the substitution of Royal | Nettie for Plug as winner of the last race. McNutt was locked ups at the Central sta- tion, but was not booked. McNutt claims that he had nothing to do with the wire- tapping, but that he knew all about it. The police do not think McNutt is a professional wire-tapper and ave of the opinion that he knows very little about telegraphy. They believe, however, that he is a confidence man and on a pledge to tap wires has had money advanced to him. He will have a hearing to-morrow. HeERT, BT 4 ROW FuOM THE START. There Was a Lively Time at the New Brighton Convention. NEW BRIGHTON, S. L, March 19.— The Revpublican Convention in the Sev- enth Congressional District was held here to-night. There was a row from the start and the McKinley faction, numbering fourteen of the fifty-three delegates, left the hall before the vote on chairman was taken. The delegates chosen to the Na- tional Convention are: Cornelius Van Cott of New York and Hugh McRoberts of Staten Island; presidential elector, Fred- erick Haldy of New York. The bolters later selected Martin Healy and Abram Cole as delegates. Coming Out to the Coast. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 19.—The Tribune says this morning that Cornelius Vanderbilt and Chauncey M. Depew will start for tbe Pacific Coast in a private car to-morrow afternoon. With them will go John Hope Jr., a broker, and Colonel J. R. Fearing of Newport. Depew says that the trip is for health and recreation, and that there is nothing in the story that Vander- bilt intends to examine the Central Pacific Railroad with the idea of absorbing it. He says that the Union Pacific has a satis- factory outlet for traffic, withoutassuming any new liabilities. Conventions in Alabama. .BIRMINGHAM, Axa., March 19.—Dr. Morley, chairman of the Republican exec- utive committee, to-day stated that there have been thirty-six county Republican conventions held in the State up to date, and of these twenty-six are anti-McKinley and ten for McKinley. With some con- tests pending he does not believe that Mc- the enterprise. Referring then to what he denominated “'the cruel reference to the book on poker,” Grosvenorsaid that a full, complete defense to the impropriety,if any there were, on the part of General Sckenck in connection with it had been read time and time again by every man in the United States of the age of responsi- bility who could read, how that .the rules were written by Schenck at the request of a lady, who, without his knowledge or consent and greatly to his annoyance and chagrin, published them. Grosvenor briefly sketched General Schenck’s career, asserting thatit was that of the foremost of Americans, a gallant soldier, a true patriot, an able statesman and an honest man. [Applause.] Pearson (R.) of North Carolina sup- ported the resolutions and was followed by Tucker (D.) of Virginia in opposition | and by McCall (R.) of Massachusetts in their support. Barrett (R.) of Massachusetts, who in- troduced the resolution, quoted various comments made by the English press upon the Edinburgh speech to show that any censure passed upon Mr. Bayard would be less than he deserved, one being from the pen of George W. Smalley, whom he char- acterized as “a denationalized’ American who can be depended on at all times to voice the conservative, high church, ultra- English sentiments.” Mr. Smalley ina recent defense of Mr. Bayard had desig- nated those who sought to bring him to'a decent sense of accountability as associates of and sympathizers with dynamiters and assassins. Barrett claimed a part of the programme of the defendersof Mr. Bayard was to induce the British public to be- lieve that the Republican party in the United States, becanse of the opposition by members of it to the views held by Mr. Bayard, was banded with dynamiters and assassins, Barrett claimed that Mr. Bayard had violated the instructions of the Depart- ment of State, aside from the Boston and Edinburgh speeches, by injecting himself into the matter of the regulations for the importation and quarantine of cattle into an issue that was at stake in Great Britain. At the conclusion of Barreit's remarks an agreement was reached to take a vote on the resolutions at 2 o’clock to-morrow. Cooper (D.) of Florida characterized the movement in support of the resolutions as an infamous attempt to further the cause of protection. > The course of the debate was inter- rupted to permit Taylor (R.) of Ohio to present the majority report of Elections Committee No. 2 in the matter of the con- tested election case of Benoit vs. Boatner, from the Fiith Louisiana District, and gave notice that he would call it up to-morrow at the close of the vote on the pending resolutions. ‘Watson (R.) of Ohio urged the adoption of the resolutions as a message to every home in the land where the benefits of protection have been seen and enjoyed; that the House reasserts and reaffirms its devotion to thai great American principle. The only exciting episode of the day’s discussion came when Sulzer (D.) of New York, following Gibson (R.) of Tennessee, exhibited a-campaign circular issued by Gibson and humorously commented on the statements in - it relating to his (Gib- Kinley will have over six delegates in the National Convention from Alabama. son’s) services in bebalf of pension claim- auts and to the charge by some Democrats THE SAN FRANCISCO CA.LE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1896. that he is “egotistic.”” Sulzer stated that the circular had been circulated under a Congressional frank, to which Gibson took exceptions. “Do you say that I circulated the letter under my frank?” shouted the excitable Tennesseean. Suizer ‘was on the opposite side of the hall, and speaking himself to the accom- paniment of a vigorous rapping by the Speaker, did not comprehend the remark, saying “The next time the gentleman had better use a trumpet.” | Gibson was trying to get recognition, but . Sulzer declined to yield and the Speaker directed Gibson ‘to take his seat. He did so, shaking his hands and shouting that a man who made a charge of that kind-and then refused to give an oppor- tunity for response, “Was a coward.” The tenor of Gibson’s assertion having been conveyed to Sulzer by those about him, he said he had been informed that the letter was being circulated under the Congressman’s frank. 1f 1t were not so he would withdraw that statement. B “I want to know who your informant is?” asked Gibson. Again Sulzer declined to yield, where- upon Gibson cried angrily: “Itis a false statement and your informant is the author of a vile slander, and if you refuse to give his name you are as bad as he is.”’ In a minute or two Sulzer said if he had said anything which bad offended Gibson he felt that in an honorable, manly way he should withdraw it and apologize for it, and he dia so. % The resolutions were then discussed for a few minutes by Sulzer, and, recurring to Gibson, said that wben he got back to Tennessee and the people asked kim what the Republicans had done he could an- swer, “We censured Bayard.” With this the incident’ended, and the House, on motion by Hitt (R.) of Illinois," at 5:15 p. M., adjourned until to-morrow. SENATOR BRICE CLEARED Not Particularly Interested in Refunding Bonds Issued by New Mexico. Governor Thornton Makes an Explana- {tion to the Committee on Territories. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—Sen- ators Brice and Wolcott and Governor Thornton of New Mexico appeared before the Committee on Territories this morn- ing for a hearing on Mr. Brice’s amend- ment to the House bill, approving certain acts of the Territorial Legislature, auth or- izing the issue of certain bonds of that Territory. When the bill was reported to the Senate it carried an amendment which also validates and confirms all bonds issued by the Territory (amounting to $172,500) in refunding the bonds issuea to aid in the construction of the Texas, Santa Fe and Northern Railroad. A de- cision of the Supreme Court of the United States having cast a cloud upon these bonds, the Senate committee took the grounds that they, hawing been issued in good faith and the work for which they were issued having been done, the act be so amended as to validate them along with the other bonds enumerated in the bill. Governor Thornton appeared for the pur- pose of antagonizing such validation, al- though the people of the Territory had on five different occasions voted to authorize the issue. Senator Brice's interest in the matter was to an extent at least personal. Some time ago it was telegraphed East that at a meeting held in Santa Fe he had been charged with seeking to have fraudulent bonds made good through the action of Congress, and resolutions were passed denouncing him for such acts. Brice asked Governor Thornton if there was any charge of fraudulent transactions in the matter, and the Governor said there were none. He deplored the action of the meeting and specifically disclaimed any charge that Senator Brice had been seeking to influence legislation in any im- proper direction. It was admitted that the road was built; that the Territory held the stock; that it was taxed and was valuable, and that it had defaunlted in the payment of its inter- est. Senator Brice, satisfied with the statements made by Governor I'hornton, said that that was all the interest he had in the matter and withdrew. Senator Wolcott remarked that the trans- action was nothing more nor less than an effort on the part of the Territory to repu- diate its debts, and he further observed that with the Territory seeking admission to Statehood it was a most inopportune time for such efforts to be put forth. * Colonel Holt of New York, representing the firm of Kohler & Co., who floated the Territorial bonds, was present but wasnot heard to-day. VISITED THE “GREAT (FATHER.” Indians Protest Enforced Civilization. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—There was a picturesque gathering in the Presi- dent’s office in the White House this morning, when a delégation of Kickapoo Indians from Oklahoma Territory had an interview with Mr. Cleveland about the severalty law. % 5 The venerable chief Whita Water ex- plained through an interpreter that his reople were dissatisfied with the law divid- ing their lands in severality. They ob- tained the land from the Great Spirit, he said, and wished to preserve their tribal relations and not be obliged to take up separate farms and become civilized. They had therefore come to Washington to see the great father to secure redress. The President replied in kindly tones that the severalty act was a law of the Jand and be was obliged to carry it out. The white man had endeavored to improve his condition and the [ndian shouid do the same. He hoped the Kickapoos would realize the wisdom of this, and advised them to abide by the law and become civilized. Kickapoo Against SR S NEW BANKRUPICY PBILL. It Has Been Prepared by @ Sub-Com- mittee of the House. WASHINGTON, D. C:, March 19.—The sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee, which has been engaged in the preparation of a bankraptcy bill, fin- ished their Jabors at a late hour this after- noon. Their bill will be laid before the full committee to-morrow. ‘The_original Torrey bill as amended in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con- gresses serves as the basis of the new measure, which {wvideflar voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy. The only ground of involuntary bankruptcy in the new bill is fraud, actual or implied, on the part of tbe bankrupt. The involuntary features of the new bill do not apply to laborers or farmers engaged in tilling the soil. ——— Ochiltree Is Recovering. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 19.—Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree, who has been seri- ously ill at his home in this city, was re- rted to be greatly improved last night, Ffle abscess in his ti mavhich has caused him so much pain, bad broken and 1t is expected that he will be out of the house by the latter part of this week, FOR A SYSTEM OF ARBITRATON Representative Men Asked to Attend a National Conference. MEETS AT WASHINGTON. It Is a Movement to Carry Out the Desire at Home and Abroad. THOSE WHO SIGN THE CALL. Evidence Relating to the Boundary Dispute Considered by the Vene- zuelan Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—The following letter nas recently been mailed to over 1000 representative men through- out the United States: 'WASHINGTON, D. C., March 12, 1896. Dear Sir: A widespread desire has been mani- fested both in the United - States and in Great Britain for the establishment between these two countries tor a permanentsystem of arbi- tration. With a view to the accomplishment of that end, we hereby invite you to attend a National conference, to be held in the city of Washing- ton on Wednesday and Thursday, the 22d and 234 of April next, to express the general con- viction that such a system of arbitration should be speedily provided for by the proper authorities and with the most comprehensive application practicable. It is earnestly desired that all partsof the country should be represented at this confer- ence, and in order that this may be assured a similar invitation has been sent to representa- tive men, irrespective of partyor creed, in every State and Territory of the United States, the combined membership of the two houses of Congress, being taken as a general basis of numbers and apportionment. Assuming that you share our belief as to the importance of the end proposed, we deem it unnecessary in this eommunication to enter into an extended] statement of the subject. By repeated acts, as well as by repeated decla tions, our Government has appeared before the world in advocacy of international arbitra- tion as a measure conformable to our interests and the general interests of our institutions, as well as to the cause of general justice and civilization. To this effect patriotism, bhilan- thropy, ststesmanship and religion have spoken as with one voice. In coufining the present movement to the promotion of arbitration between the United States and Grea Britaln we are notuncon- cerned for the wider application of the prin- ciple involved. But, taking into consideration the importance and value of practieal results, 1t has seemed wise to concentrate our imme- diate efforts upon the attainment of a perma- nent system between the two great English- speaking peoples. Earnestly trusting that at any early day your acceptance of the invitation hereby extended, we remain, yours faithfully, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller; Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A.; Admiral John G. Walker, U. 8. N.; Hon. John W. Foster, LL.D., of Washing- ton; EHon. Abram 8. Hewitt, Hon. Charles P. Daly,William E. Dodge ; President Seth Low, LL.D., of New York; Hon. George B.Swift, Marshall Field, Marvin Hughitt, Potter Palmer, Cyrus H. McCorwick of Chicago, President William Preston Johnson: Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.D., of New Orleans; Hon. Charles F.War- wick, Mayor; Most Rev.J. P, Ryan, D.D., LL. D., of Philadelphia; President Charles W. Eliot, LL.D.; Hon. William E. Russell (ex-Gov- eruor); Right Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., of Horace Davis, I. W. Hellman, William y of San Francisco, James Cardinal Giboons of Baltimore. S i MEETING OF THE COMMISSION. There Is @ Great Mass of Evidence Bear- ing on the Dispute. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—The Venezuelan Commission beld a formal meeting to-day for the transaction - of routine business, Justice Alvey presiding in the absence of President Brewer. All the other members were in attendance. Having been in possession of the British blue book since Monday and of the Vene- zuelan documents for over a week, the commissioners had made copiougnotes of their reading and to-day took up the dis- cussion of various conflicting and inhar- monious points in the two cases as pre- sented, referring also to the great accumu- lations of evidence the commission had aiready made bearing upon the different phases of the question. A complete bibliography of the books ana maps in the Lenox library, New York, was presented to the commission, naming some 300 works, covering the cor- respondence from the years 1500 to 1799, to which access is offered ; also a catalogue of 167 manuscripts relating to Spanish- American missions, settlements and simi- lar matters, which are held ready for the commission’s inspection. A report was also received upon the Tank collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s library, consisting of Dutch records, some of them of great value. The commission was in- formed by the State Department that the governments of Holland and Spain had expressed willingness to assist in the in- vestigation of their archives. The ques- tion of sending some one to wake an in- vestigation in Europe was deferred for the present. TWO BROKERS ARRESTED King and Royer Accused of Embezzlement by Denver Mining Men. There Is No End to the Complications Growing Out of the Blue Jay Deal. DENVER, Coro., March 19.—The Blue Jay Company, through attorneys, to-day served notice upon the Colorado Mining Exchange warning the Cleaing-house not todeliver the stock on seller 30 option, due to Broker King, alleging that all such stock or its proceeds belongs to the Blue Jay Company. Accordingly the board of directors of the Mining Exchange adopted resolutions suspending all deliveries under seller .30 contracts until full investigation is made and theit validity determined. Broker King’s stock will be held in the Clearing- bouse until the question of ownership shall have been'settled, but purchasers must make payments to the manager just the same. Brokers King and Royer were arrested this morning upon warrants sworn out by President Rice of the Blue Jay Company and held by a Justice of the Peace to stand trial upon a charge of embezzlement in the sum of $5700. A committee from the exchange is now engaged in an investiga- tion of the entire deal. e PATRONAGE OF THE SENATE. Employes Who Hare No Present Backing Will Bave to Go. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—The Democratic members of the Senate held a caucug this afternoon at the adjournment of the Senate for the purpose of discussing the question of patronage. The proposi- tion on which Senator Gorman, represent. mg the Democrats, and Senator Elkins, representing the Kepublicans, have been working for several weeks, was submitted to the caucus and appeared to meet with favorable consideration. This proposition provides for a non-par- tisan distribution of the patronage equally among the ninety Senators who compose the body. There are about eighteen em- ployes, who, from long years of experi- ence have become invaluable to the Sen- ate and these men will be placed in a list and charged up to the Senate as a body. The other places will then be distributed equally. There were ten Democratic Sen- ators who ceased to be members of the Senate with the last session and their suc- cessors have no one in office through their influence. The same can be said of the new Republican Senators. Of course a revision of this sort means that some of the employes will have to go and they will probably be those whose Senators have lost their seats and who are therefore no longer with Senatorial back- ing. The whole subject, after discussion, was left to the steering committee. The committee will confer with a similar com- mittee for the Republicans, and aftera caucus it is believed the whole matter will be settled on the basis herein indicated. No other subject was brought up in the caucus. STILES HAS DEPARTED, The Promoter of ther British Empire Exposition Scheme Not in Evidence. Considerable Money Was Paid to the Agent on Account of Conces- sions. MONTREAL, Queskc, March 19.—A sen- sation has been caused here by the sudden departure of Jaseph H. Stiles, promoter of the defunct British Empire Exposition scheme. Since the collapse of the project Stiles has been besieged by creditors, and not being able to meet them he quietly left the city en route for England. Considerable sums of money had been paid to Stiles and his agents on account of the concessions and contracts of various kinds, but these sums are far from repre senting the actudl losses of different parties interested. C. Gaston Akoun of New York is said to have paid $1000 to Stiles for the privilege of showing the Streets of Cairo at the proposed expe- dition. Akoun has a large consignment of camels, donkeys and Arabian horses here and twenty-five women, natives of Algeria, are now on their way across the Atlantic to Mr. Akoun, who had to pay the French Governrrant 1000 francs deposit on each member of the troupe as a guaran- tee for their safe return. The greatest victims here of the collapse of the expo- sition scheme are George C. Huttmeyer & Co., who are creditors for about $20,000 for printing and who to-day made an assign- mert. gtz C LARA BARTON'S RELIEF WORK. An Armenian Complains Bitterly of Minister Terrell's Apathy in Assist- ing Her. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 19.—Spencer Trask, chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the National Armenian Relief committee, to-day received the following cablegram from Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross Society, who is now at Constan- tinople: “Caravan started en route for Marash and Zeitoun in Aleppo province; very cold in mountains, snow deep; have sent funds and supplies forward.” The Times to-morrow will publish the following: An Armenian who. recently arrived here from Constantinople com- plained bitterly tc-day against United States Minister Terrell for his apathy in the matter of securing recognition for Clara Barton as the head of the Red Cross Society in her mission to the suffering Armenians. “At present,” he said, “the Sultan only recognizes her as ‘Clara Barton, an Ameri- can,’ end consequently sbhe is not guaran- teed’ protection. Minister Terrell is a great crony of the Sultan. “He is the only foreign-born representa- tive ever invited to dine with the Sultan, and the latter frequently calls upon him for advice. It is a noticeable fact, how- ever, that when another foreign represent- ative gives a dinner Mr. Terrell is never invited. 5 “He is so subservient to the Suitan that he is afraid to stand upon his rights, much less ask favors of him. Had Clara Barton come from England or Russia she would have had passports long 8go.” R For a Mized Commission. LONDON, Exe., March 19.—The Daily News will to-morrow say that a convention has been concluded between Nicaragua and Great Britain through the Satvadorean Minister in England, providing for the ap- pointment of a mixed commission to de- cide the claims of British subjects arising from the events that occurred in Mosquito in 1894, The commission will consist of three members, one British, one Nica- raguan and the third to be nominated by Great Britain and Niearagua jointly, or, failing an agreement, by Switzerland. s ity Won by the Satanita. CANNES, Fgance, March 19. — The yacht race for the cup given by Baron Hirsch was sailed to-day and won by the Satanita. The Ailsa was second and the Britannia third and last. The Santanita won easily. Ogden Goelet’s Sapphire won the race for twenty-raters. Mr, Goelet and Colonel Paget had a row withl the Cercle Nautique yesterday, and both are likely to-resign from the club. —_—— A Duel With Sabers. BUDAPEST, HuNeArY, March 19.—A duel with sabers was fought this morning between Baron Josika, ‘representative of the Imperial Cabinet of the Humearian Council of Ministers, and Baron Klobels- berg, The Iatter was mortally wounded. The duel grew out of a letter published by Baron Klobelsberg retiecting upon Baron Josika, who, becoming incensed at the purport, challenged the writer. oy e AR Booth-Tucker .Soon to Sail. LONDON, Exa., March 19.—Commander Booth-Tucker, who has been appointed to the command of the Salvation Army in the United States, and his_wife will sail from Southampton for New York on board the American liim steamer St. Louis on Saturday. KOREA'S AFFAIRS WA BAD TANGLE, Safety Not Found in the Confusing Conflict of Interests. NO BENEFIT IN SIGHT. Sovereignty Exists Only Under the Shadow of a Foreign Flag. CONTROLLED BY THE RUSSIANS The Political Crisis in Japan Caused by the Coup d’Etat Narrowly Averted. TOKIO, Jarax, March 3.—At no time since the opening of Korea to foreign in- tercourse have her domestic affairs been in such disorder as at present. The Viceroy Li, who, in his days of greatness, used to be virtually King of the peninsula, in- tended, when he introduced her to the outer world, that she should tind safety in a conflict of interests. He did not foresee that the interests of two powers, Japan and Russia, must ultimately dominate ail others and that the little kingdom would become the arena of their rivalry. There is no reason to doubt that had Japan been left in undisturbed possession of the posi- tion of vantage won by bher in war she would have introduced order into the af- fairs of Korea gnd led the Koreans defi- nitely into the paths of progress. But Russia, Germany and France ousted her from that position, explicitly because her tenure of it would render the inde- pendence of the peninsular kingdom illu- sory. Thenceforth not only did the three European powers become the declared guardians of Korean independence, but Japan was morally and practically crip- vled for the task she had undertaken—the task of educating the Korean nation in the essentials of self-defense. From every act of Japan the Koreans knew that a high court of appeal existed in Europe, and the agents of the chief judge of that court, Russia, were never idle in turning the les- son to good account. Tlre result isthat Korea has suffered from all the confusion of reform without reaping any of its bene- fits. To-day the sovereignty of her sovereign exists only under the shadow of a foreign flag; her Ministers dare not carry on their functions outside the Russian legation; her Government has no troops that it can safely employ either for its own pro- tection or to quell insurrections that devastate the provinees; her new admin- istrators see no hope of safety for them- selves except by exterminating the most prominent of their official opponents: local rioters, encouraged by the injudicious language of royal proclamations, seize and slay every partisan of progress upon whom they can lay hands; the Russian legation is the seat of government, while the dis- ordersin the interior are quelled by Jap- anese troops only; the finances of the kingdom, on the eve of baing regulated by Japanese experts, have again fallen into a state of insolvency; and, on the whole, the unhappy kingdom may be said to have drifted into a series of political vendettas, which, commencing in 1881, culminated on February 11, 1896, and will certainly be continued in the .near future unless some strong hand interferes. The responsibility rests now on Europe, Jepan having been incapacitated by ther action of Russia, France and Germany. The Japanese statesmen will try to bring about an agreement of Western powers, with the object of neutralizing the penin- sula and having the conduct of essential reforms entrusted to some one state. Un- less that can be effected, the alternative is plain—an understanding between Russia and Japan to the exclusion of all others, Mrs. Dr. Underwood, the wife of a very able American missionary who is nowa prominent figure in the fields both of Korean propagandism and Korean poli- tics, has addressed to English local jour- nals in the far East a letter declaring that not a foreigner in Seoul has.any feel- ing toward the Japanese except one of detestation. This statement is strongly denied by other missionaries in the Korean capital, who aver that such an assertion is the outcome of prejudice and emotional want of discernment. Mrs. Dr. Under- wood was a friend and warm admirer of the murdered Queen. Naturally sheen- tertains keen resentment against every one connected with the murder. An instance of the strange fearlessness of the Japanese was furnished during the disturbances in Seoul on the 11th of Feb- ruary. = While an infuriated mob was savagely mutilating the naked corpsesof the two Cabinet Ministers assassinated by the police a solitary Japanese interfered and endeavored to save the bodies from further indignity. He was immediately stoned and clubbed to death, Eleven peaceful Japanese subjects, in- NEW TO-DAY. never “caves fii;" hand made and good, straight stuff, end to end. : tag on. cluding one woman, have been foully mur- dered by Korean rioters since the coup d’etat of February 11. The Tokio Govern- ment is showing resolute patience in the presence of these outrages. It appreciates the powerlessness of the Korean executive to deal with the anarchy now prevailing in the peninsula, and refrains from preferring demands that mnst tend only to precipi- tate a more acute crisis. - It is unfortunate for Russia that the dis- graceful disorders occurring in the penin- sula should mark an epoch when the ad- ministration of Korean affairs is conducted from within the walls of the Russian lega- tion. MM. de Speyer and Waeber, the representatives of the great northern power in Korea, Wwho of course acted without the authority of the Cabi- net in St. Petersburg, canrot have ap- vreciated the extreme difficulties that beset Japan’s unobstrusive efforts to maine tain order and inaugurate progress or they would not have lightly lent the authority of their country’s flag to a cabal bent upon upsetting all that had been accomplished and not furnished with resources or strength to build an ything stable on the ruins. It mus! at least be said to Japan’'s credit that she never incurred the danger of provoking disorders without making provision of means to quell them. But Russia’s agents appear to have thought that a hundred marines and one fieldpiece to guard the inclosure of a for- eign legation where the King and his Cabi- net were hiding from a natjon that they dare not attempt to govern openly would suffice to meet the wants of a situation amounting ' to something very like anarchy. That is not Russia’s wonted way of doing things; sne is nothing if not thorough. But in truth she labors under disadvantages cognate with those that impeded Japan’s efforts to civilize the peninsula. Even if she were -prepared to attempt anything immediately against the independence of Korea—pre- pared, in other words, o assume the con- trol of administrative affairs there, she is barred by her pledge given when England evacuated Port Hamilton in 1836, and still more by her association with Germany and France, who joined her in forcing Japan out of Liaotung on the explicit ground of preserving Korean independ- ence, Her interference in Korea must partake, therefore, of the impotence for conciusive results that has crippled Japan also. Japan, however, has one bright page in her record. Throughout the whole time of Count Inouye’s residence in Seoul Korea remained comparatively tranquil. There were no political emeutes in the capital, and the remaining disturbances of the Tonghaks in the provinces were steadily and successfully quelled. 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