Lieutenant Sagara, now in Wladivostock, have been ordered to return home.
Owing to the approaching visit of Admiral Lessofsky, fifteen officials have been appointed to attend to the arrangements for his reception.
Cries for the establishment of represontative institutions echo from the eight corners of the Empire. During the current month the patriots who have banded themselves by solemn promise to present petitions on the subject until their prayer is granted, will assemble in Tokio, many of them having already commenced their journey towards the capital. We know that now when the Tokio citizens see people who appear to be neither students nor officials, they style them Kokai Ken (members of the National Assembly Brotherhood), but what does the Government call them? We have been informed that regulations respecting the presentation of petitions have been drawn up, and are now under consideration at the Genro-in. The proposal is to divide all such documents inia two classes. One—called Sogwan (petition)—will refer to the private affairs of the petitioner only. The other—Kempalw (memorial)—will include all matters relating to the public generally. It is further Fig ego that these memorials are only to be received when forwarded through the local governors, a device which will prevent presentation by a number of people acting in association.—Herald.
Crimes of violence, says the Mail, appear to be on the increase about Yokohama, and the police seem powerless in these matters. 'A few days ago.an armed gang stopped so: three or four jinrikshas the top of the well known hill, just this side of Totsuka, and robbed the occupants of their valuables and clothing. As this was happening, one of the Odawara omnibuses came up; seeing that there was something wrong, the driver whipped up his cattle and tried to escape, but a fallen fir tree, lying across the road, effectually prevented him getting away. The robbers plundered the passengers and actually wounded some of them with knives or swords, maliciously. After this they made good their escape, and their victims reported the affair at the nearest police station.—On the same day, three men armed with naked swords burglariously entered a silk and general drapery store, kept by a Japanese named Tokushimaya, in Nichome, Honmura. The rufans tie up the unfortunate proprietor and his employes, and proceeded to holp_themselves to what they could. Having collected nearly eight hundred yen, and. all the small portable articles they could lay their hands upon, they left the premises, taking the house lanterns with them in order to deceive the police, who, be it remarked, seem to have had no inkling that there was anything wrong, although
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