Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-23

SEALED iNsrHUcrioHs TO The
RUSSIAN RESERVES.
Horrors In the raminc.,tricken Pro'-
iuces.-Wlicspread Corruption
Among the Soldiers.
watching Each oiher In Fast Asia
Nnr Preparations

watching Each oihar In Fast Asia
Nnr Preparations
I.oypoN, Dec. ce.-Thc Chronicles
corf..poudent Al Shanghai telCgraph7;
Although Great Britain IL Represented
on the Yang tee kiaug, the admiral %
the fleet hns teen Tor several We"hs
cruising 10 tho vicinity al Nindivo9-
took AMI of Coroa ana thOre u little
doubt TINT he 1. acting IN accordance
with instructions from the home gov
efnnun.. These operations practically
amount 10 q rcconnoianncr nri are
closely connected with the Russian al.
vance in the frontier.
Russian movements IN Asia have
undoubtedly changed Great Brilains
intention 10 Join the naval dnm0nstil'-
tipn In Chlneto waters, There are
twenty A uerican and Eurnpesn men,
of.war here. They will suizc aud oe.
cuny Shanghai and Wooslng, anu
place cillcora In charge Of the Chinese
customs. II IL the universal opinion
that tho CRISIS II only suspended. 10 "
believed that China IL willing TO code
FoImosa in exchange for tnglGnf'a
rupport against Russia. Forlrosa IN
rich ia minerals.
klafiAN PREPARATION
The st. Petsrnburg correspondent Of
the ylinos says: The Russian reserves
have received sealed Instructions,
which ara not 10 be opened until u cer-
tain signal IL given from headquarters.
The greatest activity prevails ia all
the Russian armament works ana dock
yards.
the FAMtsE.slIuCisEN pisrRICrs.
The IcltOr1pi's correspondent Of II.
| Petersburg snyH that there has been nu
en1rmon. falling on Ia government
| revenues from the igmino-biriuken
provinces. Reports OF marcllusA re-
| preston Of Oltlswry are continually
received. The civil authorities do not
| depend upon themselves alone u put
| down lawltss acts, but upon the meIest
ureteNt summon the military, evident.
| liz with tho intention Of ovurawlng the
people. Three men conviUied Of rob.
| berry Mt Rimborsk were condemned to
undergo punishmUut with the knout.
! The poor wretchss, who had prob.
ably stolen only TO keep alive, died
under the lash. a man detected steal
ing u few turnips was sentenced
| to penal servitudc for life. While
the army Ofiico aud many societies
have giyon up many Of their usual
banquets, etc, devoting the money Va.
ually 90 spent 10 relief OF the famine
sufferers, the lRtter's distress has not
touched the heaTts OF many. They re.
fuse to subscribe anything for the relief
OF their suffering couutrymun. Au
Illustration of the apathy with which
appeals have been received IL the fact
that the collection boxes placed about
the corner OF the Exchange were
found, whom removed, to be filled with
bits Of tin and pieces Of paper. II
numsfou. cases dealers, after receiving
exoTbitAnl prices for grain, have sent
IL to the famine-stficken provinces In
bagB, the contents Of which was mostly
grass. sand and bran.
Corruption Ia widespread among the
soldiers, aud they are little affected by
the sights Of distress. Sickness and
death are visible on every hand. Many
town officials have refused 10 enroll
tho starving peasants on the relief list,
unless they fret pay bride OF ten
copeks for every pound Of rye given.
Petitions to provincial assemblies
and the government, asking that
dram shops he closed and that the sal,
of vodka, the national drink, be for
hidden, have awaited nothing.