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The. Commoner.
JULY 17, 1903.
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AN EXPERT OPINION OF
RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA
Dr. Morrison, the well-known cor
respondent in Peking of the London
Times, has been interviewed by the
Melbourne, Australia, Argus; and
gives a gloomy view of the situation
in Manchuria and the far east, as the
following extracts show:
"This is the year of danger, looked
forward to as possibly the most im
portant in eastern history, because
the strength of Japan is relatively
greater by comparison with Russia
than it is likely to be in the future.
Both the Japanese naval and military
programs are complete. She has in
her own waters her newest warships
six of the Qnest battleships in the
world; her infantry have been re
armed with the 'thirty-year' rifle; her
artillery equipment is modern and
complete. It has always been ex
pected that Japan would make some
effort to prevent the Russian occupa
tion of Manchuria; the impediment to
popular, if not official, desire is her
alliance with a peaceful power. It la
just a question how far the inclination
and policy of Great Britain can temper
popular revengeful feeling In Japan.
That spirit Is quite explicable,- too,
for they find Russia, as a result of
peaceful diplomacy in absolute pos
session of Port Arthur, the formidable
position which they won by force of
arms, the taking of which, is the great
event in their military history, but
which, by agreement of the great pow
ers, they were compelled to evacuate.
No wonder that the students of the
new and greater eastern question con
sider the problem more serious now
than It ever was."
As to the Russian evacuation of
Manchuria, he says:
"She will evacuate to the letter but
not the spirit of her treaty. That is
the masterful phase of Russian di
plomacy treaties so phrased that
they can violate them utterly in the
spirit, yet point to the parchment and
say, 'We have done that which we
agreed to do
"Manchuria is one of the granaries
of the east Millet and beans are its
chief products. The millet grows as
high as a man on horseback, and the
bean trade in the busy season Is one
of the most remarkable sights in the
world. There is a daily road traffic
to Niu-chwang of 2,000 carts, each
drawn by from five to seven mules,
and carrying, perhaps, three tons. The
read, traffic is all over the frozen snow.
In summer some 20,000 boats are en
gaged in the river trade 3,000 will
ccme in. together, and on one occasion,
when the river pirates were active,
6,000 boats were convoyed to port in
a single flotilla. There is abundance
of live stock, horses, cattle, sheep,
goats and pigs no bother about sup
plies. All eastern Asia is supplied
with horses from the frontiers of
Manchuria, and the small stout Mon
gol ponies are the very stamp on
which Russia mounts x-er Kozak cav
alry. The railway unites Port Arthur
with Vladivostok, just north of which
is the great Russian military camp.
"With the present rolling stock Rus
sia can move 20,000 troops a day. Ja
pan was checked by Russia on the
plea that her conquest might have
an injurious effect on the lasting peace
of the Orient,-and now Russia occu
pies the great strategical points from
which Japan was deposed. So pop
ular feeling in Japan is one of intense
indignation.
"The tendency in Japan is to help
the education and enlightenment of
the Chlneso, to try to obtain for them
some of the advantages in trade and
cemmerco which the Japanese have
I themselves secured by better educa
tion, closer Intercourse with the out
side world and the adoption of west
ern progressive methods. Tho Chi
nese and Japanese got on well to
gether during the occupation of Pok
ing. The portion of the city assigned
to tho control of the Japanese went
on as if nothing exceptional had oc
curred. There are soveral hundred of
Chinese studying now in the Japan
ese military schools at Tokyo, and
lately sixty students went over in one
batch all these the sons of promi
rent officials or from the best Chi
nese families. All this must help to
a better understanding between the
two powers." Japan and America.
Nagging the Miner.
The coal trust has not abandoned
its set purpose to destroy the organi
zation of mine workers. It manifests
no intention to abide in good faith
by the decree of the strike commis
sion. Its representatives on tho dead
locked "board of conciliation" are not
there to adjust grievances, but to pro
voke another anthracite strike. No
other conclusion can be drawn from
their refusal to recognize tho mem
bers of the board chosen by tho min
ers. Their alleged objections to the
method by which the miners mado se
lection of representatives are the
veriest quibbles.
Unquestionably the district presi
dents represent tho organized miners
of the districts. Refusal to recognize
them Is only a renewal of the coal
trust's fight against the mine work
ers' organization. Tho miners are
eager to give the commission's plan
o? conciliation a fair trial, and stand
ready to submit their grievances to a
board chosen in accordance with the
commission's directions. There is
nothing conciliatory in the attitude of
the operators. They have selected
members of a board of irritation.
The miners have been held at work,
tinder conditions condemned by the
strike commission, only by the as
surances of their leaders that there
was hope of an early hearing of their
grievances before a board represent
ing both sides. They have been pa
tient and reasonable. If they are de
nied a hearing and nagged into a
strike to force tho coal trust to abide
by the award of the commission, the
blame will be placed where it belongs.
Philadelphia North American.
Passengers going to Colorado via
Union Pacific can secure berths in
Tourist Sleepers every day. Apply to
City Office, 1044 O street, Lincoln, Neb.
Twenty Awful Dmys.
In the history of this country no
previous twenty days, wo believe, af
ford a parallel to those between May
21 and June 15 for combined destruc
tion of life and property.
Beginning with the tornado at St
Elmo, Mo., on May 2G, in which twenty
persons were killed, the list continues
as follows:
May 29 to June 6, Kansas river
floods; 80 killed.
June 1, Gainesville (Ga.) tornado;
100 killed.
June d, Glendale (S. C.) cloudburst;
58 killed.
June 7 to 15, St Louis flood; 30
killed.
June 14, Heppner (Ore.) Cloudburst;
300 killed.
The total value of, tho property lost
in tho above-named disasters Is esti
mated at $27,500,000, and $3,000,000
more Is computed to have been lost In
the forest fires that raged from June
3 to 7 in Now York, Now Jersey, New
England and Pennsylvania. This
makes a grand total of 568 lives and
$30,500,000 worth of property wipe.i
out by flood and flro in theso twenty
days of destruct! c N. Y. World.
Postal Service Extravagance.
It the present investigation Into tho
postofllca department has no other
good result it will at least serve tho
usoful purpose of directing attention
to tho extravagance which character
izes public business methods. A few
days ago Postmaster General Payne
made it known that a number of per
sons employed by the postofflce de
partment throughout tin country havo
been receiving salaries in excess of
tho amount allowed them by law. In
some instnnces salaries have been
paid to porsons who hold offlco "un
der designations not authorized by
law"in other words, offices which do
not entitle them to salaries at all.
Close upon tho heels of this announce
ment comes tho charge that the gov
ernment has been paying extravagant
sums for tho postoffico space which
it rents. As a result of a recent in
vestigation it Is charged that in tho
state of New York the government
pays from 25 per cent to 100 and even
200 per cent more for the space which
it rents than would be paid by pri
vate concerns for tho same accommo
dations. In that state alono it is es
timated tho excess amounts to $500,
C00 a year, and aa the rentals are for
ten-year periods this means an ex
cess of $5,000,000 for tho life of tho
leases.
It is not surprising, perhaps, that
landlords with office space to rent look
upon Uncle Sara as a tenant who
should bo mado to pay dea- for his ac
commodations. The private tenant in
sists upon being treated as his fellows
are treated and his resources arc lim
ited. The national government is
vague and Impersonal and has unlim
ited means. It is something to mulct
of as much money as it can bo made
to give up. The point to bo considered
is that apparently this Is not the at
titude of the landlords alone, but of
postoffico officials and members of
congress.
The present reports should cause a
general investigation throughout the
union. Joplin Globe.
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SSrtii nn ?JfS.iS.t,l5 count7 todcme here without anything and bare
worCidJErorn 5Trtf n mdependcnco by farming and etockralslng.
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tth abt7rnlrIKl(to,7-00perMre' toProred fa'r cin b?
Dougnt at rrom 7.00 to $1X00 per acre.
W, It. Qki yes, Graham, Texas."
Texas land is steadily advancing in value ; it should be
worth double its present cost in a few years.
Send twenty-five cents in stamps for a year's subscrip
tion to the Western Trail it tells all about it.
Homeseekers' Excursions Southwest first and third
Tuesdays each month. One fare plus $2.00 for the round
trip ; one-way tickets correspondingly low.
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Passenger Traffic Manager,
Chicago, Ut.