There is a general movement in the li tical world preparatory to the meeting of the Diet. which will probably be formally opened on the 29th inst, It meets on the 25th for the election of officers and other business of a preliminary nature. Meetin of the Kaishinto and Jiyuto have taken place and programmes have been submitted and passed; and all is ready for the coming fray. The Jiy party's policy and alme are thus ondined by the executive officers The party shall hold the Government to the pledges given the Fourth Diet; seek to enforce the reduction of land tax proposed and the re-assessment of taxable values of ist upon treaty revision as outlined in the address to the Throne passed in the Inst Diet; determine and fix the policy of national defence; reorganise the navy and abolish the xbuses therein ug; amend the present system of local government and afford scope to the principle of so ment, and eradicate prevailing evils in connection with official interference in elections; amend the newspaper regulations; reform the "dusinistration of the Hokkaido; impose a tax on the Bank of Japan; anend the Customs tari redeem the loan for war expenses (Ci War 1887); adopt some definite plan in nection with inundations; amend Law 'o, 84 issued in the 23ed year of Meiji 1890); abolish the admonition law; and the peace preservation regulations amend the law of elections, the Inw of the Houses, and the Registration law enact a game law; and effectually stop oficial interference of elections. Thus the Liberals under Count Itagaki. On the other government, in accordance with the original view of the party, and generally to give effect to the policy of the Popular Party hitherto pursued. 2.—To scrutinize the result of the admin e reforms just ordered by the Government, and to carry out the original views of the party in so far as they bear upon aid reform. 3.—To ascertain what surplus there is in the National Treasury and to endeavour to control the use of it, in accordance with the original principles of the party. 4.—To rectify measures already taken by the Govment in a manner contrary to the Contution, and to maintain the Constitution.
—To compel the Government to carry out treaty revision. 6.—To determine the fundamental policy for the control of rivers and to adopt preventive measures with a floods. effect an improvement in view to preclude a recurrence of disastrous the administration of Hokkaido and to agree upon a settled policy for the reclamation and colonisation of Hokknido. 8,—To expose the decline and looseness of official discipline, and to force the Government to recognise its responsibility in the matter. 9,—To legislate with a view to the extension of individual rights. Though both these outlines contain no isl reference to the question of mixed residence, the parties named—by far the most powerful of the bodies with which the Government has to reckon—are known to be in favour of more extended intercourse with foreigners. It is to be snrrounded by safeguards and limitations, but on broad grounds they favour a state of things the leaders have the wisdom to perceive must be a feature of treaty re-
So long as the ownership of lands, mines, railways, canals, ships, arse etc., and the right to engage in enterprises connected with the same, wre withheld, the two great political parties in opp: are willing to vote for mixed residence, lat MIXED RESIDENCE, as understood by them, may resolve itself into, may be gathered from the conditions named, The Dai Nipon: Ki Japan Society) on the.orher hand resolute ly opposes mixed residence; an the Diet opens petitions are to be presented from all parts of the country. This party was formed this year, but it has been most active of recent mentha, and it may play 8 {a prominent part in the Diet.
Tu fact, there are signs that one of the crucial subjects of controversy in the near future will be this one of mixed residence. Steangely enough the opponents of more general intercourse profess to believe that the accomplishment of their ends is in no way inconsistent with treaty revision, It only shows how ill-fitted they are to pose as leaders. Nothing is authoritatively known us to the Government's real attitude regarding this question, 'TIE LATEST MOVE IN THE CHISHIMA" CASE.
The last development in this important case is thus set forth by the Japan Herald: appears, made the surprising discovery that—Some of the wiseacres in Tokio have, it
although the treaties render foreign subjects liable to trial by their own courts for offences committed on Japanese territory, nothing is said in them about giving foreign courts the same jurisdiction over their citizens when the offence is committed in territorial waters, and therefore the Chishima-Ravenna case will be brought ina Japanese Court, It is rather a late hour of the day, considering the number of foreigners who have been tried and convicted for committing crimes within Japanese waters, to discover this fact, and we can scarcely suppose that the Japanese thor n earnest in believing thoo this contention is valid, especially as it has already been waived in this very case. However, presuming that it is intended to adopt the course mentioned, it is easy to see what will happen, The Japanese bring their suit in a Japanese Court, and the P. 0. refuse to appear, and judgment given against them by default. Ssu far, the tea apanese carry out their theory to tophet's task is easy; but what next?
its logical conclusion, they must then the first P. & O. steamer that comes i a Japanese that Grent ea: and as it is very certain britain will not submit to an such outrage, Japan will have to dim! down, for we can scarcely imagine that the Japavese Ministers are prepared to go to war on behalf of an untenable proposition. Apropos the foregoing it may interest North Chinn readers to ww that according to the ese Governmenthasalready 1 thousand dollars upon T learn from the Advertiser, does nut include the costs granted by the Supreme Court at Shang hai, but is principally for expenses incurred in detaining M. Esnault, the guarantee engineer of the Chishima, in Japan, and for fees and travelling expenses, News was received here yesterday of the death at Yokohama yesterday morning of Hauptmann Gustav Ritter von Kreitner, Austro-Hungerian Consul-General. The deceased gentleman had been many years in Japan, and was promoted from Consul to Consul-General. He was very popular among his nationals, and was esteotned by all who knew him. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Von Kreitner in her bereavement, Kobe, 2ist November,
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