Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

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be planning a naval and coaling station
there. This will give them ommand Of
the Corean strait and they will not be far
away from Japan and from the Shiminoseka
strait, where there are great Japanese
Notifications.
Car and COrean Emperor.
The Japanese are jealous of the friend
ship which the emperor Of Corea has for
the Russians. 1t will be remembered that
during the troubles which followed the Chi.
nese-Japan war his majesty left his
palace and fed to the Russion legation for
protection. He sneaked out in a closed
sedan chair, with a woman walking on
each side of it Just like a common noble
mans wife, in order to escape the Corean
mobiles who had him in keeping. The
Russian minister took him in and for a
long time the Russian legation was the
seat of the government Of Corea. From
it the emperor sent forth a decree that
his cabinet should be arrested. He Or
dered that the members have their heads
chopped off and that the said heads be
brought to him at the legation, which you
will agree was
A dainty dish to set before the king.
At this time Russian officers were chosen
to drill the army and 1t looked for a while
as though Corea was 10 be at once Russian
lied. Shortly after this, however, the Rus
SLAMS concluded to take Manchuria first,
and they signed a treaty with the japanese
that neither government should interfere
in the politics or trade of the Corean PENN
sula.
In the meantime the Japanese are buying
up the railroads of Corea as fast as they
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Fusan, one of the ports on the south coast
to the capital, Seoul. The French, which Is
probably another name for the Russians
have obtained a concession for a railroad
from Seoul to the northern boundary Of the
country. and this will probably eventually
be connected with the Manchurian railroad
and enable the car to put his soldiers into
the Corean capital at will.
Russian Schemes in China.
1t is difficult to say where the czar'i
schemes as to China begin and end. Dur,
ing the war the Russians seized the Tier
Tsin- Shanhaikwan railroad and they will
eventually want to control this line as al
extension Of the Transsiberian system t
Pekin. II they cannot buy the road out,
right there will be little trouble in paral
telling It, as most of the country is level
and as it possesses but few engineering
difficulties. The road was largely bull
with English money, but II is owned b.
:, Chinese. The line from Pekin to Hankoy
is said to practically belong to the Rus
SLAMS. A concession for it was given to tn
, Belgians and the French. They capitalize
it at S25, 900, 900, and building is now goin
) on from both ends. The money is said I
( be furnished by the Russo-C Chinese banl
E and this is really the Russian government
5 The bank has its branch houses at all tn
= ports Of China, including those Of Man
y churia. 1t is backed by the government
D and acts as the financial agent Of Russia 1
I Siberia. This ban has other concession
!. from the Chinese and It is more or les
a connected with all the railroad movement
4 Of this part of the world. All sorts of line
I are being projected. Some are to open u
$ the Shansi coal fields, one is a railroa
I Ever the old caravan route through tn
{ Nankow Pass from Pekin into Mongolia an