Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-13

army worthy the lame one mas no
military class, no military aspira-
tions, no military aptitude, no mill
tary instruction. Her present army, /
nominally Of seven thousand men, is
d~eservedly a laughing stock and an
object Of proper ridicule when it is
not an object Of dread. Her soldiers,
poorly equipped and badly paid, in
stead of being a body for protection,
become a band of desperadoes, of
which the emperor, the court, and
the people are desperately afraid.
The Koreans are not towards, hut
they are spirit-broken, resembling in
this respect the fellaheen Of Egypt.
"The ideal solution of the eastern
question, as at present it manifests
itself, would be to put Korea in com
mission, with her integrity and indie
pendence guaranteed by the great
powers. For many centuries, she
was the vassal both of China and
Japan. She paid homage to them
both, and she paid tribute to them
both. She was the pretext and oc-
casion for many a contest at arms
between the Chinese and the Japan
ese people. This contest over Korea
eliminated in 1894, when China vio-
lated her treaty obligations and sent
troops into Korea. Japan resented
this, and after an engagement in
which the Kowshing, a Chinese trans
port, was sunk, Japan formally de-
clared war against China. This war
was prosecuted by Japan with great
vigor, both IN sea and on land, and
resulted in an uninterrupted series
of victories for Japan. She drove
the Chinese armies out of Korea, de-
stroyed or captured all the Chinese
navy that ventured into the Yellow
sea, invaded Manchuria and Shang-
tung, and captured the fo~rtresses of
Wei-hai-we and Port Arthur. She
was then in control of the Gulf of
Pe-chi-li and the Yellow sea. The
world looked on with wonder and adj
miration at the fine discipline Of the
land and sea forces Of Japan, and the
vigor and efficiency with which the
entire campaign was executed.
Peace was declared in April, 1895.
! and a treaty was negotiated al
Shimonoseki by Ii Hung Chang, aid
!. ed by John W. Foster, an American
for the Chinese, and Count Ito ant
Viscount Mutso, for the Japanese
By this treaty, the independence 0
4 Korea was recognized by both par
ties. All Of that part of Manchuri;
g which had been overrun by the Jap
anese armies, including the Lao
Tong peninsula, known as the Re
gents Sword, and Port Arthur, wa
IL coded to Japan. Japan also receive
a heavy indemnity in money, an
many other concessions which do nc
enter INTO the present difficulties
Japan thus came into possession of
- rich ter~ritory-one of the richest !
!, China-larger than her entire en-
pire. 1t is now claimed that at th
- very time that Ii Hung Chang cor
:, sented to affix his name to thi
treaty he had already come to an III
a Outstanding with Count Cassini, ac'
ing in behalf of Russia, whereof
. Russia raj to prevent Japan frol
q ever obtaining any foothold upon tn
Asiatic mainland. At all events
Russia acted most promptly. Backe
=. by Germany and France, she brougl
3 pressure to bear upon Japan, an
De upon alleged friends of Japan, whic
"A resulted in compelling Japan
4 abandon all her possessions thus OIL
w taineo in Manchurla, and to acceI
, in lieu thereof a further indemnity
the paltry sum of thirty million tael
Japan has never recovered be
q equanimity since this humiliating su
v. render was forced upon her. ST
i. had won the fairest prize that ha
ID ever in all her history fallen to hi
y prowess. The pretext was tn;
ne Japan's occupancy Of Port Arthl
Ut would be a menace to Picking and