'A couple of days since one of our staff had an interview with Mr. 0. N. Denny, Adviser to the King of Cores, and Director of Foreign Afiairs. Ins. Denny from his previous residence at the U.S. Consulate neral here, is so well-known to most of our readers, thatit is unnecessary to preface his personal ance, After, & mild and remarks with the usual description of his good nati rotest against the cat tical Etccriem, as an, institution, of which the Reporter' reminded him,' Mr. Denny's countrymen were the responsible patentees, Mr. Denny said he had no objection to speak, on Corean affairs, which he proceeded to do without much appearance of reserve, save upon one or two personal points, and with great fluency of speech, and earnestness. The first part of the conversation was ina large measure made uj of a sestiication of his pamphlet, whic! Mr. Denny said he was forced to write to explain his attitude towards the Chinese resident Yuan, and to place the outside world in possession of the latter's overbearing and blustering conduct towards the Corean Government. Mr. Denny expressed himself very forcibly upon the subject of Yuan's misconduct and attitude towards an independent King, who although a tributary of the Emperor of China, is, said he, and never been a vassal of this empire. But my chief wish in the line which I have taken" said the King's Adviser" is to preserve the good feeling and harmony between China and Corea which have always existed till the present time, and have now only been interrupted by the unfortunate and unbearable conduct of the Representive Yuan." Mr. Denny laid great emphasis upon the fact that his position towards China, notwithstanding his championing the cause of the ' Hermit Kingdom" was as cordial and friendly as ever, while his feelings towards the Viceroy of Chihli were quite as cordial as before the present straining of the relations, between the two countries, Proceeding further into the subject of the natural connection between China and Corea, Mr, Denny's language was even more unmistakable, and he spoke of the close bond of intimacy which had during the past, drawn the two countries together, Corea having drawn largely upon China for her laws, religion, manners, and customs, while the sympathies of the two peoples have always been in common, and the language of Korea to-day is the language of China of a thousand years "But" pursued Mr. Denny although everything, lints to the closest intimacy and friend jines between China and her peninsular neighbour, who it is true has signed a tributary treaty with the Emperor, China has no earthly right to claim, under international aren A preserved, and will I hope, be 8 OF, or their histonial relations, 0 from Corea, which has ever ever able to preserve her independence and freedom from interference in her do-mastic as well as international policy, her more powerful neighbour." In proof of this assertion Mr. Denny reverted to the several treaties which Corea has concluded with European powers, and with the United States, in which it was expressly stated in the preamble that Corea was an independent state. Iam sorry to say" said Mr. Denny "that in her struggle with the tyrannical and violent Chinese Representive at Seoul, Corea has had her motives misconstrued, and her position vis a vis China misstated by the foreign press in China and Japan. Mr. Denny as a case in point, referred to erroneous, and imis-leading statements in the Chinese Times that @ treaty of vassalage was con-eluded between Corea an Manchu "Now this is erroneous" "The treaty by which the writer endeavours to place Corea in a false position, was concluded in 1636 with a prince in open rebellion against the then ruling dynasty; and under no rule of international Jaw that I have ever read, can it be construed into a treaty of vassalage to China, It was ten years anterior to the jing of the Chinese
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