Tokio, 7th February Two m ths age the Curean Government pid to interdict the currency in Curea of notes issued at S: onl by the First Bank, which is a.|thoroushly stable Japanese institnthe presidency of Biron ni this Japan din asmuch as such action is plainly contra to the treaty of 1876, which gu full facil.tics to Japanese trvle in Corea, whereupon the Corean G officially promis d ta can diet, but has now without any notice to, pre-who proposes to start a Corean bank with a nate issue to be organised by a Belgi whose engage ment is projected. 'I'herenpon Japan has renewed her protest The Japanese Press is indignant at Coren''s arbitrary me of the treaty and arrogant caprice; moreover Rus-jan influence is sup-otod, because Li Yang-ik took shelter in the Russian Legation during the recent political is, and escaped to Port Arthur in ian man-of-war, That itis a Russian imrigue, however, is scarcely credible, inasmuch as the Russo-Chinese Bank also probably desires a note issue to increase its power in Tue Japanese Government is resolute, but pacific—Special telegram.
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