Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-07-09

occasion of their admission to the Hall
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Frederick the Great" is one Of the
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"Slav or Saxon" a study of the
growth and tendencies of Russian civ
ilization, by William Dudley Foulke.
The new chapters in Mr.. Foulke's
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ent war in the Far East, and the issues
involved. He traces the diplomatic
and military events which led to the
present war; the struggle between
China and Japan in 1894 the cession
of the Liao-tung peninsula to Japan;
the requirement of Russia, France,
and Germany that the peninsula
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subsequent intrigues by which Russia
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Then follows a statement of the re-
cent negotiations between Japan and
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