Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-17
usNcHuRIA MAY Be RESTORED
%, Arthur, When Captured May
y" Also be Turned Over to
The Chinese.
WAR MAY TAKE ON A NEW PHASE
PAYERS May be Called on to Act as
The Neutrality Of the Celestial
Empire yaniShes.

%. p.torsburg. Sept lL-lmpor'hn'
,,,,,,ronts regarding Chinas alu-
, u toward the belligerents Is an'i'l-
s.,sd IN well.lnformed quarters. Ihere
,re umors OF closer relations between
china and Japan, OF the possibility Oh
~, Iopapese turning over Port Arthur
.bsp captured to china, OF their ie-
storing Manchuria 10 the Chinese e'''
Although these reports are not con-
AIMED they lead to quite a general be-
H., that some sort Of negotiations are
.oIng ON behind the scenes Of which the
.n,,ido world has little cognlzance' the
p"ss says IL believes the japanese sue
is go. are emboldenng the chinese
oovorrnent more and more ana that
,bsy Are prompting such diplomatic
s,s1s as china never dreamed OF be.
s,rs since the japanese occupation OF
Nsvchwang and direct contact between
,ho chinese and Japanese they nave
ssep,ed 20 quickly reach an understand
,ne the occupation Of neutral territory
cl Okldh iu NlNNNNN'
NEW PHASE OF WAR.
The Russ expects the war to take
an phase, as Chinese neutrality
yopishes, which the powers IN their
agreement to preserve China's neutRl-
M cannot ignore Moreover the Russ
believes the situation will call for deeds
and not words IL concludes
We need not be unduly alarmed
however. The Interference of china
will scarcely be to our disadvantage
Ambassador Mccormick, as custodian
Of Japanese interests, has made m.
oulrles regarding the two suspected
Japanese spies, Constantine Saratori
End Mamachei Tokak, recently arrest
ed here. lie ascertalns that the au-
thorities only contemplate deporlins
them abroad.
PEACE SUGGESTION DENOUNCED,
The Noyoe Vremya bitterly denounces
he suggestion OF peace advanced by
NJ, Meshshersky, IN the Ga2edanin, as
means OF defeating the. selfish ends
OF Great Britain and Germany both OF
whom, NJ. Meshshersky asserts, are in
terested IN weakening Russia and Jap
an.
The Noyoe Vremya announces that
the Russian people would not tolerate
the decentralization Of the empire be-
fore Japan.
The emperOr's congratulatory mes
sage TO Gen, Kuropatkin Is regarded
as effectively putting an end to the
stories Of imperial displeasure with
Kuropatkin's generalship at the battle
Of LAO Yang,
REPORTS ON PATIENTS
Ttlegraphic reports from the Red
Cross show the following proportion Of
patients suffering from wounds or
disease out Of the total sent to the hos
pltals IN the area OF the military opera
tons-cases OF severe illness. 10 per
cent slight illness Sc per cent; wound
ed "a per cent. The only epidemic dis
ease noted Is dysentery with per cent
Of cases.
Upon his promotion to the rank Of
general Of division. announced last
night Gen, Samsonoff gets the Siber-
tan CoSsack division.
Gen skugarevski Is promoted to the
command Of the sixth army corps, He
formerly commanded the Twenty
seventh infantry division.
JAPANESE ARE FLAMING.
Mukden, Sept 1.-THE Japanese are
reported TO be advancing on both
hanks trom the east, southeast and
southwest.
The outposts are closely engaged 20
Mules southeastward, there being al
most constant sklrmlshing,
indications point TO another great
battle 10 the vicinity Of Mukden. Rus
s&n troops occupy all the surrounding
villages Refugees are nocking into the
cltN Chinese among them complain Of
severity on the part Of the Japanese.