Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-15
FROM CHINESE SOURCES.
Stories Of Intervention By European
Powers in The War
Japan mud Uu,sin Artinr 10 Concert
A Problem Of fuo Htat
tFuturNs

NLw YoWS, Aurl ia ppoUial
dispatch 10 the frsH from Washington
,ayG Apfop1s Of tho report VI the
closing u the war between China and
Japan. Many stories Of expected In
tofiorouCe by Russia or the European
nations whose Interests viii be- affected
10 the conditions itE'sled upJn by
japan are granted, umaua,u from
thiuUHu a8urCUH. These reports are
spread by the Chinese 90 provoke the
Interference which 10 predicted, but
tho representatives Uf the J1UguUsC
government iu Washington do not
l.Us Tor any Interference iu their
affairs with Chiua from outside
sources,
The fact that Russia IL entirely IN
sympathy with japan, aud that an
alliance between these two nations
would uu Instantly proclaimed 90 tho
announcement OF q hostile iutUat on
the puft o. either Great Britain, daf-
many or France ia we'll uudcut0Ud.
The aRgJesslyUuUsB VI japan, which
seemed reckless IN the beginning II
her operations II accounted Tor uliit-
ihctorIly on thus hypothesis. Toe dis.
Greet manner IN which Russla has
kept In the background has not de-
cciyed nny one aware OF the Interior
Interest IN which the car has iu the
extension VI Jap0neso power.
The purpose Of the Mika1O's govern.
mcnt has already been accomplished
In the possession OF Port Arthur ami
Wei Hal Vol, Involving tho control Of
the gulf Of Pouhili, Ia tue indeptu-
denco Of Cotea, anu IN tue possession
u tho island of FormU5n. Diplomats
ia Washington undoutnud that Japan
In the present negotiation ~ looking
far beyond the present moment. She
iblayiug the foundations Tor "a career Of
sovereignty and expansion IN the east
only comparable with the supremacy
Of Great Britain In the west. Win d
shTuwduoss that wOuli DO credit 10 the
most astutu statesman oil tho older
nations Of Europe, HhH has turned %
Tho only ely with whUar intUtsstB here
need not clash, and With the advance.
mcut 0f whose ambitions here may 70
maud In hand. Tho history OF thu frst
half Of the now century viii have 10
do with no questions OF such fstrpach-
lnW Importance as th0sr which concern
the progress Of japan aud Russia
iOWsTie a Joint f0vuruiruty over the
AsIstic shores Of tho Pacific.
one Of the conditions OF the
understanding which BE- believed 60
uNis. between Japan ana Russia o. that
tue latter country shall gain tETrss Co..
the Pacific through ports south VI ii4
present putsussinn-. the surrUss ~
Japan now lhg.s % Russia the iruitlH4
" Der h0ptr
gltE rAgr ARTHUR MASSACRE.
5E Lows, April l4.-Isug-ru Bas.
Eeit, naval cadet on the u. 3. b. lIaIli,
moro spent Sunday Ia 81. LJuG. Tie
was NJ Port Arthur on the dry
alter the fght there, la which Il hiss
been alleged that Che JapauU1b drs-
tWytd their reputation as civilized
people by tho Wholesale massacre ui
dritntelgs' persons. While there were
bot Wcen 800 ami 1000 FERROUS un.
necessarily kiiied at Port Arthur suys
Mr.. Bgasgti, there was undoubtedly
SOME Justification Tor Il. The Japauotr
were M a ugly mood at the time VI the
battle. Two days previous the Chlnese
had cupiuTul number VI japanese IN
| a sKitmlsl, lustead OF holding them
| prisoners OF war they killed them anu
hen Mutlls,eI their bodies IN "A fearful
manner, This Is what melted the
Japanese In lno Port Arthur HVht anu
caused the massacre uituTWardsp
MI BasseIt looks upon tho Japanese
10 d thoroughly civilized people aud
! says that their actions dJuIg the war,
taken as whole, proves guru 10 be 70.
From tho begiuuiug VI the wHr he
says the Chinese have been brutal. In
numerous battlus, instead ui caring Tor
the wuuutUI as civilized people
would do, they have slain tuum with
out mercy, The Japanese trJOps, Mr..
| Batsutt sayF, are modern soldiers, fight
with modern equipments aud thor.
Dughiy understand modern methods.
On tho other hard large proportion
of thu CNiueso troops care nothing
| whatever Tor modern ms,hg4a OF war.
! inru but prefer 10 lght us th.ir Fore
fathers have ought Tor Centuries pact.
MT. Busteli looks upon tho Chinese IA
u semi.uarDgT0us race ~ people.