The fishing folk of Japan—no small proportion of the population—are gifted With a considerable share of that pugnacity which all people that go down to the sea in ships possess, and they are accordingly resenting their treatment! Ly the Russim authorities with a vigour of language which may at any future time lead to action and thence to complications of a very regrettable kind. A general meeting of the Fishery Association was held here on Sunday "last, dnd at that meeting Lieutenant, Gunji, probably" the most intrepid of all the navigators, explorers, and seamen that Japan' ever pose-sed, told some startling things about Russian discourtesy to Japanese fishermen, Te seems that the Siberian authorities de not allow foreign fishermen to approach within 30 miles of the Russian coast and when, last year, a luge number of Japanese fishing craft pursued their finny prey with heedless impetuosity inside that limit of the Commandaskie group, they wore seized and destroyed and their crews arrested and imprisoned. The latter have been released this year, "but surely, cried Lieutenant "Ganji," at the public mesting referred to," "surely such summary and overbearing action on the partof the Russian authorities must not suffered to gu on with impunity."
It is not probable, however, that the Lieutenant is so innocent of the intentions of his Government as these words might lead one to imagine, for he is ard recognised by the anchoritics and conveyed from place to place white engaged in carrying out hi- various emigration and exploration schemes by Japanese men-of-wat, Besides, the Japanese have iten to impose a prohibitive tax on the or by; herring guano from Siberia and thus pay sending to Russia hack in her own coin.
rs hig Wills for damages. The Ho-Lussiv's harsh action in these matters nola'u authorities barned down an Asiatic "and her successful financial coup in Corea rookery list year with the huiable are proofs of a desire to let Japan feel the object of extirpu'ing the plague, but weight—or rather the pinpricks—of her the Japanese people who lived in the said displeasure on account of Japan's conduct ro.kery suddenly discovered afterwards connection with the Manchurian Con-that property of ontald value had been vention; but these discourteous acts are recklessly destroyed on the occasion in the having a bad effect in this country, and fire. The Americans laughed loud and gre making some of the extremists ask jut it is the Japanese themselves if it would not lie better to, are Jaughing now, for necordin; toa! arrange matters so that Japanese fishermen telegram received here " few days ago, the could pursue their calling anywhere they hawaiian congress hus just been induced liked, along the Pacific coast of Siberia, not to psy the Japanese in' question the sum ax intruders or ay unwelcome guests bat as of $600,000 by wey of compensation lords and masters.
Aescend from great things 10 Yokio, 3rd May.
Japanese coolie tw whom an English sh officer gave a black eye the other day in Yokohama for insubordination and abusive Tanguige not only got his assailant
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