Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, Appendix I, Chinese-Japanese War, Enforcement of Regulation Respective to Fur Seals, Mosquito Territory, Affairs at Bluefields, Claim of Antonio Maximo Mora, Import Duties on Certain Products of Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela, Affairs in the Samoan Islands

Mr. Dun to Mr. Gresham.

No. 100.]

Legation of the United States,
Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 1895. (Received March 1.)

Sir: As indicative of public sentiment in Japan in regard to the prosecution of the war with China, I have the honor to embody below a translation of a resolution which was unanimously adopted by the lower house of the Imperial Diet on the 1st instant. The translation reads as follows:

Whereas, in the opinion of this house, the time is still distant when the objects on account of which war was proclaimed by His Majesty will be accomplished and the country’s prestige established, therefore this house is prepared to grant whatever amount of appropriations may be necessary for the purposes of military expenditures, and adopts this resolution with the express intention of making known its sentiments on the subject.

I have the honor, etc.,

Edwin Dun.