Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24

pNshment. They said that Russia want
ed Nanchuria as a breeding ground 10
ralse Russian soldiers and a Russian
nonuiatlon 10 raise food and supplies Tor
M great war Of the future. The army
MN soon be followed by emigrants aud
russians are already coming In along
the line Of their new railroad, There are
reeular emlgrant steamers which come
from odessa. bringing C)i0nlslH 10 81
IBERIA. These Will soon be directed 10
land their passengers on the RUSSIAN
port on the yellow sea. ..
Al preeent the Russian soldiers are
| am told. bringing their families WIN
them and are colonizlng all along me
line Of the Russian Chinese railroad
THE invasion Of troops has been going
an since 1897. and 10 Is claimed tnat
there are now 10000 Russian soldiers IN
NoHchuria and eastern Siberia. the
Russians take the lands along the llne
of their road, paying their own prices
for them and an their actions go 70
chow that they consider Manchuria
their own territory They look upon
MONGOLIA In the same light and in these
two great countries have perhaps the
most valuable provinces of China. Man
cburia Is naturally rich II has great
oreoe ~ good wheat lands. and 10 VIII IN
tbe future be one Of the bread baske"
MI Asia II contains valuable minerals
ard depoelts OF gold and silver Non
r,iia he said 10 be rich ga It's arricul-
turai and mineral resources. IL Is the
cbief horse-breedlng ground Of east
| Asia and as such viii be Of value 10
Russia as q feeder FOR lis cavalry
THE RUSSIANS ~ coREA
At the same time the Russians are
working their way more and more INTO
Corca and II Is this that the japanese
| most object 10. The Russians DO al
they can 70 secure the friendship oil
| the Coreans. a feeling which would ma
turally 60 to Japan, had Us people not
angered the Coreans by their rude
| treatment OF them after they had de-
feated the Chinese, The japanese have
| been very conceited in their actions
toward the Coreans. They are d0lni-
necring and al times very insulting
| The Russians, on the other hand. are
/ conciliatory They are employing the
| Coreans along the northern boundary
Of the country and are doing all they
can to gain their good VIII.
JAPAN's PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
But what Is Japan doing?
She Is by no means idle. ] can tell
YOU. Her preparations are going on
! both openly and in secret. She Is
perfecting her military organization,
and she could m Corea with troops
within a few weeks She has today
one of the best fleets OF war vessels
afloat. and Is, II is believed here, far
better prepared for long struggle
than Russia.
Japan has her spies all over the
Chinese empire. They are Japanese
who understand and speak the Chinese
language quite as well as the natives,
who wear pigtails Ike the Chinese and
are supposed TO be Chinese. The great
variety of dialects and features in the
different provinces Of China makes
such spying comparatively easy. THESE
spies are In the employ o. the japanese
government and make regular reports
TO IL. Some Of them are supposed TO
be Chinese merchants; others are EN-
| Moved In the Chinese ships, and they
are to be found even In Pekn.
heard yesterday Of curious incl
dent which shows how widely these
spies are scattered. II occurred at
Tongku, the port Of the Yellow sea
where passengers from the steamers
embark for Tentsln and Pekin. An
American who spoke japanese found
here party Of twenty young japanese
students Of q commercial college who
had been travelling with their professor
about the ports Of Corea and China.
They were being entertained at Tongku
by what was supposed n Chinese mer-
chant or .he town. The American adj
dressed the professor In japanese and
he was taken into the party. He soon
saw that the Chinese host spoke per
feet japanese and he charged him
with being a japanese. The man ac-
knowledged that he was so, and from
the circumstances and surroundings
there was no doubt but that he was
japanese spy. Later boat was
needed to go out TO the steamer and q
japanese sailor who wore a pigtail
and was dressed as a chinese, COM
manded the boat. Both were probably
stationed at that important point TO
report to the government, the sailor
from his knowledge OF the waters being
ready to act as a pilot for the war yes
sci In case Of need
JAPAN AND COREA.
am told that Japan has for some
time been sending men into Corea. and
that she has already soldiers there in
disguise, She has. know. large
number OF japanese at all Of the ports.
A large part Of the business OF the sea-
coast towns is now done by japanese.
The high officials Of Japan claim that
these people are in Corea merely for
trading purposes, but the whole world
has not q more patriotic nation than
the japanese, and the mlkado knows
that ne can call upon any OF his sub
jects in time OF need.
The Russians may conduct them
selves so dlscreetly that there will be
no excuse for war. but any overt act
on their part may precipitate II at any
time. and there is a strong likelihood
that A will come sooner or later.