Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-07-30
RUSSIA IS MONARCH.
Gradually Pushing Her Plans With
out Much MOlestation.
JAPAN Is DISTURBED
II Seems That Russia WIN Force Japan
to Fight or TO Let y coua.
try Have a Free in
the C0rean Affairs.

New York. July ga special TO
The Tribune from Washington says:
Tho government at washingtay llas
come into possession Of importalN fpss
upon the sweeping development r.. =,
occurring in the far east, as ent&l.ned'
by one Of its most trnst5d agents az
present in China-an official who has
spent much of the last 20 years there
and in Ccrea and Japan. From this
confidential communication The Trib-
une is enabled 20 make the following
verbatim extracts:
Cogea is the storm center If there is
one. just now The government u tho
emperor is a greedy. cruel and mracious
personal desp)hsm and Russia is play
ing with tho territory as cat does
with mouse. She * periCcting
her railway system ia Siberia and Nam
churia. and when she Is ready she viii
come down through the Corean PENN.
sula and plant her military and com.
mercial establishments IN the maguih.
cent harbor Of Masanphoh. in the south.
east. whence can she descend upon japan
and which lies between the British In.
torests ia the north and their base at
Hong Kong To this end Russia seeks
20 control. or build and control. rail.
way from the northwestern frontier Of F.
Corea. near Mukdon. 20 Maanphoh, |
but her agreement with Japan flrbids I
her seeking such concessions In C0rca. I
and therefore France steps in 60 her aid I
Efforts 10 displace McLoavy Brown, /
though made on a side issue O. which .
he lent himself with absurd stupidity.
was for the purpose Of getting the
pledge of the customs revenue f1r tho .
loan. For the purpose Of protecting
her credit, Corea placed her customs
revenue under the control OF f0ra guer
as commissioner. aud without his con.
sent it cannot Do pledged Mr. Brown
was dismissed for refusing to vaeato
some public offices bat under pressure.
was reinsiated and the matter is in
lbeyance for the moment Russia
views the opp sitiou with tolerant
and will win.
When the real purport Of tho No.
Leavy Brown incident became evident
Japan was much alarmed and with good
reason. Her finances cannot stand tho
I,ress Of her ornaments. and the cabi.
let has gone 70 pieces on the financial
ssue. 4 feeble stop-gap ministry can !,
iardly be SAID 10 DO In power and the
ountry is drifting. passibly into war
Nth Russia. like rudderless junk.
Whatever temporary success japan may
ave II she goes 20 war with Russia. IL
ill insure her having 10 fight for hor
cry existence in her own islands, and !,
nat before many years Great Britain
luld not stop Russia II she would. and =
she could. she would not. for she does
OF care 10 accelerate the Russian ad. =
ance. .
The Russians hold the great port Of {,
lew Chwang. without there being any
here visible or in effect a single shred
: pretense Of Chinese authority. and
a official tells me he was astonished TO "a
70 aimed Russian soldiers quietly al Al
wed 20 overhaul the British steamer "
q board Of which he was travelling IA
ew Chwang. mind you, was an open e.
eaty port. d
Germany ia as powerless as Great di
ritain. and. bearing IN mind her east HI
n frontier open 20 Russia. aud in fact, b,
" position between the French ham- a,
or and Russian anvil. she takes no IA
itiativo az Pekn where Russia is con. ca
rned. Frances fear and hatred OF fr
armany are strong motives Tor the hi
lidarity Of the Russian. French policy.