Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-29
Clash With Russia Will End in a
Fight for Existence,
CARS STRIDES In THE EAST
slavic Race Dominant From a MILL
tary Point OF View-Great
Britain Helpless.


Tribune from Washington says;
The government at Washington has
come into possession Of important views
on the sweeping developments now
occurring In the far east, as entertained
by one OF lis most trusted agents at
present IN China-an official who has
spent much Of the last twenty years
there and In Corea and Japan. From
this confidential communication the
Tribune is enabled to make the follow
ing verbatim extracts:
THE STORM CENTER.
Corea is the storm center. II there Is
one, Just now. The government Of the
emperor is a greedy. cruel and rapa-
clous personal despotlsm and Russia Is
playing with the territory as a eat does
with mouse She is perfecting her
railway system in Siberia and Man
churia, and when she is ready she will
come down through the Corean penin-
sula and plant her military and COM
mercial establishments In the magnih-
cent harbor Of Masanpho, In the south
east, whence she can descend upon
Japan, and which lies between the
British interests IN the north and their
base at Hongkong. To this end Russia
seeks TO control or build and control a
railway from the Northwestern frontier
OF Corea near Mukden TO Masanpho,
but her agreement with Japan forbids
her seeking such concessions in Corea.
and therefore France steps In to her
aid
ABSURD INCIDENT.
The effort to dIsplace J. McLeavy
Brown, though made on n side issue TO
which he lent himself with absurd stu
pidity, was for the purpose OF getting
the pledge Of the customs revenue for
the loan For the purpose Of protecting
her credit Corea placed her customs
under the control Of a foreigner as
commissioner and without his consent
II cannot be pledged. Mr.. Brown was
dismissed for refusing TO vacate some
public offices but under pressure, was
renstated.
The matter Is IN allegiance for the mo-
ment Russia views the opposition
with tolerant amusement and will win.
DRIFTING TO WAR.
When the real purport Of the Brown
incident became apparent Japan was
much alarmed, and with good reason.
Her finances could not stand the stress
of her armament, and the cabinet has
gone TO pieces on the irancial issue.
A feeble. stop-gap ministry can hardly |
be said TO be In power. and the coun-
try Is drifting, possibly. into war with |
Russia, like a rudderless Junk. What |
ever temporary success Japan may |
have Il she goes 20 war with Russia. II |
viii insure her having TO fight for her
very existence in her own Islands, and |
that before many years.
BRITAIN HELPLESS.
Great Britain could not stop Russia |
II she would, and II she could, she |
would not, for she does not care 10 ac- |
the Russian advance to the |
head Of the Persian gulf, which already |
threatens India. The Russians hold
the great port Of New Chwang, without
being anywhere a vessel or in effect a
single shred or pretence Of Chinese au-
thority, and an official tells me he was
astonlshed TO see armed Russian sol
liers quietly allowed TO overhaul the
British steamer on board of which he
was travelling. New Chwang, mind
you, was an open treaty port
Germany Is as powerless as Great
Britain and In fact her position Is be-
ween the French hammer and the
Russian anvil She takes no initiative
Il Pekin, where Russia Is concerned.
Frances fear and hatred Of Germany
ire strong motives for the solidarity OF
he Russian-French policy.