The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
HOW JAPAN FIGURES.
Has Little TO Lose and Much to Cav
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by a War.
Washington. jan. I9-InluInestiets
conveyed to the state department FA,i,
day through japanese official channel
points directly to the conclusion that
Japan has determined TO fight for het
contentious as to Man.huria and koreA
unless the Russian government modified
Its present position.
No hope is held in administration cir,
e1es that Russia will recede from IL /
stand taken in her last note, and War Ii
regarded as inevitable.
The state department is now fully
advised as to what Japan insists on
and what she intends to do il her oppo7
nent is obdurate. The efforts Of Eng
Japan not to engage in hostilities, will
come to nothing.
May Benefit Japan.
This government has been advised
that Japan feels that she ear lose no
more, or very little more, as he result
of an unsuccessful war with the cars
forces, than she would lose now by
giving way to the Russian proposals,
She believes, therefore, that a war viii
do her no great harm, except in a finan-
cial way, and may do her an immense
amount of good.
She holds that the integrity of Chi
ma and Korea are worth fighting for.
particularly as, according to her view,
one of them will pass into Russia's
possession and the annexation of the
other by Russia be merely postponed
by an acceptance of the present plan OF
the cars government.
Japan intends to have a run for her
money at least" was the way the mat
ter was put yesterday by one who il
familiar with Japan's position.
Russia May Be Strengthened.
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state department has reports entirely
at variance with the idea that war is
at hand From Paris and Berlin, it
heard that France and Germany We're
preparing to induce Japan to give way
to Russia and thus avert a bloody
struggle which might involve other ma
IONS. It heard also from another
source tina England was a party to this
movement.
1t is known that the British govern
ment Is terribly worried over the Rus
sian-Japanese crisis n willing to do
much to avert a clash, mainly for the
reason thai the outcome might only
Orient to the detri1nent of E%ngland'I
and might even involve Great Britain
in a struggle with the ambitious Mus
covite.
Washington is Not Pleased.
Che administration Is not pleased. aS
might nave been supposed, with the as
given to Secretary Hay BY
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador.
on Monday, that "the Russian author
tiles would place no obstacle in the way
of the full enjoyment by the power1
having treaties with China of all tho
rights and privileges guaranteed by
such treaties in Manehuria."
This is taken as an assumption that
Russia is hereafter to be sovereign ia
M - ob,r a 1Nhot iIaa 10 rasonfaS 4hara
on the ground that all the powers which
participated liz the suppression of tho
Boxer uprising of 1900 are pledged I'd
respect the territorial integrity of Chf7
ma. The United States government
claims that it has a political as well q "a
a commercial interest in Manchuria.
and should that province be annexed
by the car, a protest from Washington
is likely to go to ST. Petersburg,
Situation at Seoul.
Seoul, jan. 19.-The American guard
Of the United States embassy has been
increased. Sixty additional marines arr
rived here last night and are quartered
in the city at the Electric Power COM
pany's building. The native press ia
slightly offensive to foreign residents.
and it is quite possible there will yet
be trouble with Korea. Troops now
guard all the foreign residences. prob
ably in suficient numbers to keep the
natives in check should they begin to
make trouble Foreigners canEc ba
considered in danger.
A German man of war has just arr
rived at Chemulpo. Change in the per-
sonnet Of the government has begun, in
favor of the Japanese, and as the peo-a
pie have been more angry with the
government thar with foreigners, It'd
is likely the change will completely
pacify them. The American authorities
have taken precautions to provide male
escorts for women and children Of thar
nationality while on the street.
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Missionaries in Danger.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 19.-Bishop Gall
loway of the Methodist Episcopal
church in the south today cabled the
Methodist missionaries in Korea to