The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-23
THE WARM THE EAST
GREAT BRITAIN WOULD LIKE TO
INTERFERE.
Other Powers Will Not support Her -
Japan L. Meantime ThrashinE China
Russian Activity -Conhatants Wilt 1'o
Left Alone for the Present.


Stru-gia IN th@ o~'enf
As the war bctwe IN Oh. ia ard Japan
prog e-ses the situation become, III no
interesting AID more cri;ica'. \ airs
have now reached Il pass Wis some
Of the European govern acntS would
like to Interfere. but their mutual
:ea Cusie, ana conflicting interests and
the pD sible 70 ,ult Of 4 general inter-
continental struggle limi. inte ference
thu far t. d pi, m .tic talks. 1t would
BE- man!fe-'ly to treat Rritain's com
II ercial interest to haze he trlggle
come t. Il eedy end. ana with such
Oh. ect in view she ha sounded other
governments intentions. Germany is
averse to any Interference Russia
is PROBES G ~ pro Japanese, and
will brook 20 intcrferel &C TO
the n ury o. .apan rance,
which secretly c}Cicc, when. YER the
Bri ish lion get, Il kink III its tail and
which i, the ally of ,uss u, ha, no de-
sire to med le in the matter. and Aus
tria. followi the example of Ger
many, does not seek to cmbroil herself
in a matter that does not directly con-
Germ her. Italy alone of the great
powers hearhens to tngland wishes,
for she is anxious to divert the atten-
ton of her ensla:ed millions fir, m
ma!administrati n at home To some
possibly brilliant exploits abroad. But
Italy would he frail reed for England
to RELY on in any Interference in Orien-
tai affairs. and thu, the combatants in
the far east will be left alone for tho
pre- sent to settle their difficulties.
Russian Activitv.
In the expected final defeat of China
and the possible dismemberment of her
territory there doubtless will 10
turopean Interference. The nations
mo t intimately affected outside Japan
are Russia and England, and their in
terests are a. antagOnisti(, as they we'll
can be. hussia will nlue,tionably
endeavOr to secure an increase OF
Manchurian territory. with the object
of establishing new sea port on the
Pacific. Scveral years ago She
asked such grant from China,
but was refused and now it seems
as though the present war turned
| up most opportunely for her pur-
| pose For some reason She is now busy
mobilizing troops in eastern Siberia.
She has powerful fleet Of war vessels
at her Pacific port of Nladivostock, and
has there collected an army of 1900
10000 and all along the line of tho
| Amur hiver are the tossack settle
| ments. which are bOund to contribute
! a large number of men ON any demand
made on them by the Gar. Thus with
out moving a ton of freight or a single
man from her western depari ments,
kussia has strong available army and
fleet in the east. and when the time
comes that it suits Russia to declare
herself she will be ready to strike
strong blow in carrying out
her traditional policy If estab-
fishing the vast empire ON q
broader and grander basis on the
shores of the tactic. How soon that
time may arrive can only be conjec-
tureI. 1t probably will not he before
spring. One thing is certain, that the
Muscovite will not allow the present
opportunity to pass without availing of
it to establ sh his power permanently
in the taciiic. Such action by Russia
England ". uld resent. Long ago she
threatened that if Russia would &C.
uuire any port in Corea she would
seize Port Hamilton, which commands
the emit ance to the Japanese Sea. 1t
is altogether PRO able that the two
nations may begin their long threat
ened quarrel over India, not in Afghan
istan after all, but in the seas that
wash the coast of sluggish China.
,;auan's our.r><r~.
Meantime Japan is making strenu.
Gus efforts to force the war to q finish.
Since the beginning o; hostilities she
has ma ntained the upper hand by
land and sea. and is low concentrating
her effort, to invade China and march
upon Pekin the capital OF the empire.
Her Corean army, after having driven
the Chinese out Of the peninsula, is
marching rapidly on MouKden. ca pital
of the Chinese D. Ovince of Manchuria,
and after the CAPTURE of that cit; 0.
$1,000 souls which should no. be We Y
difficult. this army is to II arch ON Pc
kin. Meantime another Japanese
army j. ready for the invasion 81
China ard if successful landing can
he made on the Gull Of Pechili both
armies will unite under the wallis OF
Pekin. +H ---
This is believed - be the .Taps ne e
programmes: but in war programmes
cannot always be carried out a drawn
up and something may yet occur t0
mar Japanese plans ana prot act the
struggle beyond the present year.
While Japan is thus prosecuting the
war with vigor. China is divided aud
distracted. The government itself II
in di>union. one faction contending fol
war to a finish, the other for reace
Among the masses dis abstraction ex
lists and retty rebellions are croppi ~
up. the navy. defeated by the Japan
ese at the mouth Of the Yalu River
has lost its courage: the army is badl,
organ zed and equipped, and among
high and low there is corruption AND
distrust. relying on its boundless re-
| sources the government. however
hopes to be able to overcome the al
vantages hitherto gained by its sdver
sarr. but it will be many months be
fore the work of organizing war mate
rial can be carried out. and meautim,
Japan has ample time to deal deadl,
; blows at China and even capture Pekil
itself.
THE nations convention of the non
partisan Wonen's Christian Temper