Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-01
THE MIKADO HOPEFUL.

The Emperor OF Japan In opening
the parliament that Is to provide for
the shows Of war; stated that the ox-
pcctatlon Of the government was that
the Japanese would ultimately triumph
IN the war; His expressions were re-
markedly moderate, not to say modest
for the ruler Of a nation that has just
achieved so notable victories on land
and sen. hut moderation Is certainly
not Incompatible with strength.
Undoubtedly the japanese expect 10
win this war hut IL they carry OF
the victory It win be as d result OF
still harder struggles thar those al
ready on record The Russians Them
selves, II reports are correct hold that
The war has not yet commenced ia
earnest The soldiers cncamped south
o., Mukden, 1t is said are Of a different
mottle from those beaten back in the
various engagements. a correspondent
quoted by the New York SUM- says that
the Russians. after Kmchau Wotango
Tashihchao and Yausulng made light
Of their reyetses and said' mo mat
ter the war viii begin soon, and then
YOU viii see. They were beaten nc
Iashihchlo but beyond being % little
depressed. O little tired the stolid
soldiers who thronged the streets Of
Llaoyang were as sure Of the ultimate
triumph Of Russian arms rs ever:
"What ala il matter? The war had
not begun yet" The correspondent
then went 10 Mukdou where he expected
to see the same lhIck.set, shock
haired. sturdy stolid Siberian soldiers
But a surprise awaited him. Just south
OF Mukden and in a stretch Of sand on
the northern side OF the Hun river he
found himself IN "a city OF white can.
VAS tents, This he says was a new
Bind OF camp 10 encounter in Man
churIa. The same kind OF tents but
somehow SET end arranged more smart-
ly But il was not only that. What else
was Il that made the look of the en-
campmeot So different? ] looked round
again 10 was the soldier who was the
new element Why, Die was "a different
stamp OF man from those we had been
accustomed TO meet the thlck-set
heavily moving. shock-halred peasants
who had modified with their bearded
re,eryists IN the siberian wllds These
newcomers were slim, supple, even
smart, by comparison with the others
And they were young, There was not
Ions bearded, rcseryist, father-of-a'
mm!ly-looklng soldier among them And
they were bubbling over with alertness
and the quick, eager interest in things
of youth. These were the first men !
had encountered who manifested any
interest IN the presence Of foreigner
The siberian soldiers interest n any
thing was satisfied by one duh yokel
stare OF half comprehension at anything
unaccustomed one dun stare, and then
he went ON with his ploddIng. But
these men were Of another stamp When
I stopped to make am inquiry they
crowded round me- eager to know who
and what / was, where / had come
from and what I had seen. Some OF
them talked with me in French, and
one spoke excellent English
This agrees with previous reports,
as to the enormous preparations Russia
has been making, since the commence
ment Of the war, for defense against
Japan. 1t will be no surprise, II Russia
succeeds ultimately IN turning defeat
into victory. as aid Gear Peter In an
apparently more hopeless struggle than
the present.