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AIRS. Walsh viii not be at home to-
morrow. having gone to New York for
Il short stay.
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palace, yet who was strong ruler and
thoroughly imbued with the mission
and purpose OF Russian her reign In
l772 came the first partition of Poland.
At the height OF her power Poland had
from 100000 to 100000 popula-
ton and above quarter OF million
square miles, being larger In area than
France. hut internal dissensions came
possibly al the instigation Of Catherine
and the great bear shambled over to
make peace and preserve order. lie
also interested Austria and Prussia In
his benevolent plans, and the result
was that, presumably to maintain the
peace more efiectually, each took a
large slice of Polish territory. Then In
1913 came a second partition, and this
time Russia secured twice as large a
slice as before, over half the kingdom
In all. Two years later the fiction OF
an Independent government was wiped
out, Russia took all of the Ill fated
kingdom that was left, and Poland be-
came a Muscovite province. All this
was not accomplished without fighting,
some OF the nercest fighting IN the
worlds history and there were occa-
sional outbreaks for years after.
At the very time poor Poland was
being absorbed the bear was also busy
In the Crlmea, There In a fierce war
the Turk was driven back and most OF
the Caucasus came into the hands OF
the Russian. Azov was taken second
time with several OF the provinces ly-
ing roundabout, naval road into the
Euxine and the Mediterranean was
opened and Sevastopol arose, as 81.
Petersburg had arisen before and as
Odessa arose later. Some Of this ter
ritory was lost In the subsequent Cri-
mean war with England, France and
Turkey, but most of IL remained per-
manenuy Russian
During the nineteenth century the
empire OF the SlaV steadily pushed out
in directions. In 1872 Bessarabia
was AIKEN from the Turk, In 1914 and
1915 came further acquisitions In Po-
land. From 1889 TO 1859 was the COM
plete subjugation OF the Caucasus and
Transcaucasus. In 1855 was the cap
ture of Kars. From 1859 to 1875 cen.
trail Asia was overrun and portions OF
Turkestan, Bokhara and Khiya came
under the dominion OF the car. Fight
ing and settling, the Cossack moved to
the southeast.
Now II is Manchuria. Port Arthur
and Dalny are already secured Rus
sian troops are in Mukden, the capital;
a Russian railroad traverses the coun-
try and Russian settlements are being
made az various points along It's route.
After Manchuria what? Korea' Per-
STA? Northern China2 The Balkan
states? Turkey?
The world has not yet measured the
strength of the Russian, He is only
awakening from the sleep Of barbarism,
He Is the last Of the great races that
came from the Aryan migration TO so
awaken. When he Is fully aroused.
what then?
CHESTER l.. FIELDER
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Horace Allen an American the Most Powerful Man In Korea

cry step In the development of the Her.
init Kingdom since 1t was opened to
western influences.
Korea lies on the rough little penin-
sula OF Chosen, Land Of the Morning
Calm" II is the dumping ground. the
refuse corner Of eastern Asia. Despite
the fact that It was much more back
ward than either Japan or even China
to admit the outside world, It Is still
made up Of almost every nationality.
There is no very distinct national type,
the complexion OF the people varying
all the way from the lightness OF the
Caucasian to the black skin Of the me-
gro.
The country was for long time un-
der the suzeralnty Of China hence the
Chlnaman IL there found In force. II
touches elbows with Manchuria, and
for that reason the Mantchoos are In
evidence. Japan is near nelghbor and
is seeking to colonize the land for her
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tendency hence the reluctance on the
part Of her masters to allow her a sep
arate representation to foreign power,
Another difficulty was encountered In
Washington In having the legation rec
ognized. Finally the mission was sue
cessful after two years OF labor. and
Or. Allen returned to Seoul only to be
appointed secretary OF the American
legation, In 1898 he returned TO Amer
lea IN charge OF the Korean exhibit TO
the Worlds fair but was hurried back
to his post by the troubled conditions
In the Korean capital At this time he
was practically at the head Of the
American legation and was made so in
fact early In President McKinleys first
administration. He has the ear Of the
king as has no other man. native or
foreign. The fact that America has
larger concessions in Korea than any
other nation, with the possible excep-
ton OF Japan, is due in large part TO
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At Waterford will occur the most diff
fcult piece OF work on the entire ca
nal, consisting of three adjoining dou-
BILE locks and two single locks, also an
immense dam I'm the Mohawk river OF
2,iO0 feet in length and IS feet IN height
which will back up the river for over
ten miles, These elaborate works win
all occur In less than two miles In
length and win serve to transfer the
main line Of the canal from the Hudson
river at Waterford into the Mohawk
river above Cohoes,
In detail the route OF the main or new
Erie canal will be as follows Congress
street. Troy, by Hudson river to Wa
terford, west by branch north Of Peo-
pies Island, thence by locks already de-
scribed into the Mohawk river above
Cohoes up the Mohawk to Little Falls,
by the present canal around Little Falls
into the Mohawk river again. thence
to a point near Jacksonburg, by EXIST
Ing canal 10 Herklmer by the Mohawk
river to a point six miles east of Rome,
by Woodoreek valley 10 oneida lake,
through the lake to oneida river, TO the
Oswego river TO the outlet OF Onon-
daga lake, by Seneca river Ca Crusoe
creek, thence parallel TO the New York
Central railroad 10 the old canal near
Clyde then to Frceport, then by new
canal across to old canal again at a
point near lrondequolt creek, then by
old canal to two miles west OF Pitts
ford, then south OF Rochester TO GEN
esee river near Genesee Valley park,
then across river west of Rochester 10
old canal, TO point near South Greece
then by old canal to Niagara river at
1onawanda, then 10 BLACK Rock harbor
Buffalo aud Lake Erie, Tho present
Erie canal from ronawanda creek 10
Main street, Bunalo, Is TO be kept as a
feeder Thc improved Oswego canal Is
10 run from the junction OF the Oswego.
Seneca ana Oneida rivers north "a Lake
ontario BY the Oswego river aud the
Old eaual The Champaign canal Is 10
follow the Hudson river from Water
ford 70 Fort Edward thence hy old ca
nal TO Lake champlum.
The number OF mon 20 be- put 20 work
in such a slganllo undertaking Us NO
Uncomfortable feature OF the benefit
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Minister Aliens efforts This truly re-
markable man was born at Delaware o.,
In 1868 and graduated from the Ohio
Wesleyan university there In 1882
After taking a two years medical
course he went as a missionary 10
Shanghai, China. where he remained
only one year. thence going to Korea,
His wife is relative OF ex- President
Hayes
Some estimate Of the man may be
formed from an utterance In time OF
danger Just after his arrival at Seoul,
when houses were burning, bullets ny
ing and all other white men were flee.
ing for safety Dr. Allen went into the
hastily vacated home Of the American
legation and held the fort. ~ came TO
do just such work." he said - can't
leave these wounded people. We shall
live In the legation, with the old nag
flying, and trust the kind Father 10 care
for u.s. LESLIE W. MAGOuN.
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even being allowed name but each
being referred to as "the daughter Of
----' or "the wife OF - The people
are exceedingly superstitious and are
little more than children IN mind
These were the conditions that were
found by Mr., Allen when he visited
Korea In 1856, being the first mission
AIRY to enter the Hermit Kingdom file
sent back such reports of the possible
ties Of the work In this virgin soil that
the Presbyterian mission board wired
him to remain. lie had taken a med
ical coupse and was what is known as a
medical missionary" Shortly after his
advent into his new field occurred
riot in which one Of the princes was
dangerously wounded Civil war SEEM
ed imminent and all other Europeans
and Americans fed DR.. Allen re-
maIned and saved the princes life, or
at least prevented the native doctors
from pouring pitch into his wounds,
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between the Muscovlte and every other
conquerlng nation, Rome and England
have taken colonies wherever they
could be secured, Russia took only
those adjacent, She even sold Alaska,
which, though near, was separated by
water There is no nation 50 unified, so
organic, and this unity is not only gov
ernmental, but geographic. Whatever
she takes she asslmilates. II may be
never so much at enmty TO her, she
makes It Russian. This process may
require centuries. Her purpose is lon
ger, She may leave the captured ter
ritory the fiction Of a separate govern
ment. even permit II TO remain ostensi-
bly, under the control of some other
great power II sufilces that she has
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according to their custom. then by APP
plying the methods OF western surgery
gave nature a chance to save his life.
The queen was the real ruler Of the
kingdom, and the prince was her neph-
ew. The young American was at once
high In royal favor, and the king estab-
lshed a hospital. with Or. Allen In
charge. Later the American physician
saved the life Of the monarch himself.
and this stIll further enlarged his hold
on the royal affections He was estab-
lished as court physician. as personal
friend and as political adviser all In
one.
When Korea decided to send lega-
ton to Washington, the first that had
left her shores for any other country
than China and Japan, the American
missionary accompanied the body He
had great difficulty in getting them past
the Chinese fleet 10 an American ship.
Korea had always been a Chinese de-
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own, so that her settlements are IN ev-
cry important city OF the Kingdom, AS
n result there Is little national homo
genety the general attitude Of each
man to his neighbor being one Of III
Will. The native inhabitants are gem
orally lazy, the women doing most Of
the work, There are two weeks in the
year, however, when the male portion
Of the community becomes active, This
is the clearing up time" following the
first moon OF each new year, when
there Is license for all sorts Of fighting
In the streets. and grudges made during
the previous twelve months may be set
tied by the arbitrament OF the fist.
These characteristics account for the
frequent political outbreaks and riots
In Korea. The towns are filthy, with
out any sort of drainage or sewerage,
and the houses are III constructed
The women are the burden bearers
and are given little consideration, not
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Territorial Acquisitions of the Russian Empire

NS@mAuE reluctance OF Russia
!. !: !: !. ! !" !.
fuululLu TO admit American and
E6TA3 other foreign consuls
into the Manchuran
y capital, Mukden, and
I'LL the Yalu river towns
fnT11TIIll3 Of Antung and Tatung-
S kow In accordance with
...rs Of the recent treaty between
Wv ,,rlted states and China gives
tne ~ Illustration Of the motives and
p OF the Russian empire Never
,be history OF nations has there been
~ s geh example of persistent ex-
p"y' .Ion az that afforded by the Slav.
- only about four or five centuries
AKA, no emerged from barbarlsm
90 so1 Monaghan rule, at which time he
h"a .sSsed a territory but little larger
p ,he other nations Of Europe.
s .s and unremlttently from that
san "a This he has gone from step to
s,en gathering tract after tract and
s,redom after kingdom until now he
assesses the largest amount OF con-
,s,,ous territory of any government on
earth, 49,, . -,
,oten have varied. Sometimes by war,
sometimes by diplomacy, sometimes by
ss,uament he has reached his ends.
The method seemed always a second
s,y matter. To secure the land was
,bs urinary object He did not hesi-
,s,a at butchery il butchery were nec-
.ssary. He cheerfully lied II lying |
wouh forward his purpose. He TO-
wanted internal discords In the coveted |
kingdom II he thus could come in UNI
AR the guise OF peacemaker and take |
me country for his own. II It were
necessary to reach his goal by indlrec-
,lon then the indirect route was fol-
Ioved II he was compelled to seize his
p,ey when the other powers were not
lookIng. such seizure was made; II he
had TO wait century before achieving
Me object, he waited patiently and
,iolldly. Beaten back at one point, he
reached out 1T ulHtlSi Dub hlNdiS anu
everywhere he kept IN view one thing
10 get the land. Cars were born and
died but the Russian purpose was
deathless. Governments changed, but
this one vital, central policy was
changeless. Ivan, Peter Catherine AL
eSander, Nicholas - these monarchs
personally have represented the widest
divergence of makeup and character
but on the line OF expansion they have
followed one course.
Russia can be compared to a lake fed
from some invisible source and ever
Increasing In It's area. Sometimes 1t
has crept foot by foot, sometimes rush.
ing over some impeding embankment
It has swept over leagues and leagues
Of plain, Sometimes a human upheaval
has crowded It back at one point. Its
waters increased at others, Whatever
the Incidents attendant upon It's prog
ress, II moved on. Like the lake, too, II
has only spread over contiguous terri
tory. This Is the peculiar difference
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menaCingIy above Korea.

tightening her grip upon Manchurla.
Who can wonder that Napoleon, who
had the longest vision into the future
Of any man Of modern times, said that
Europe would ultimately become "all
Cossack or all republican,? He could
have added that Asia will become all
Slay or all civilized
The original Russia Is said to have
been of Scandinavian origin. These
virle Norsemen that gave vigor to the
Anglo-Saxon, the Teuton and the
Frenchman also stirred into life the
Say. In the tenth century all the cOun-
try known by the Russian name lay In
the regions later occupied by Poland
and Lithuanla Then In the eleventh
century arose NovgOrod under Vadi-
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viii proceed much In the same way as
would large private corporation.
Plans will be made under the direction
OF the state engineer covering the con-
struction In detail, and on these plans
contracts win be let, as In ordinary
public works.
There are about AS miles Of canal 10
be built OF which practically 290 miles
are new. and l55 miles consist OF i'm.
provements OF existing canals. II Is
intended TO take up the most difficult
work first, which IL that az the Troy
end, about Waterford and Cohoes, TO
which reference has been made. The
second point selected for immediate
operation In about four miles west Of
Rome and reaching from that to onei.
da lake, whore harbor will be built
This section Of the canal includes two
locks, with total drop Of forty-seven
feet Other points selected for early
attention He just west Of Rochester.
The body Of men having IN charge
this mammoth undertaking are the
lieutenant governor state treasurer, at
torney general, state engineer commits
sloner of public works, state comptrol-
Ter and secretary Of state.
The original Erie canal was opened
by Governor Clinton In 1925 and was
one of the noteworthy achievements Of
the new century II now develops that
George Washington before his death
urged the construction OF such a wa
terway ana In measure may bo con.
sidered the father OF the plan, After
being opened the canal was repeatedly
improved and always had an important
influence on the transportation problem
81 ihe Empire State, II WAS ana IL tho
longest canal IN the world
The proposed improvements how
ever win make this already historic
waterway so much greater than ever
before os 10 completely dwart i,s past
pretensions, For example, me new
1000 ton barges will be- more than four
times as large as The present boats. and
set over against the three or four ml,
lion toms OF freight handled Boz AN the
canals of Sew York at present is "a re-
QuIrel 10 600 600 toms capacity Boo the
new klle canal alone
CLAIMING A. BARTON
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gained foothold This she never re-
linqulshes, but bides her time, gaining
larger and larger concessions. until at
last the captured province is a portion
of her ever advancing empire. Thus
she spread eastward from Moscow TO
the Ural mountains, Thus she moved
onward into Asia and annexed Siberia.
Thus by struggle after struggle she
took Finland from Sweden. Thus by
partition after partition she absorbed
the larger portion Of Poland, Thus by
war after war she wrested the Cauca-
sus and Transcaucasus from Turkey
Thus by crowdlng and fighting she
conquered portions Of Turkestan,
Transcaspla, Khiva and Boukhara,
Thus by diplomacy she is gradually
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mir, aud this was all Of Russia that
was free during the two centuries OF
the Tartar invasion. The modern Rus
STA. however, dates from Ivan OF Mos
COW. who arose at the time the Tartar
nundation ebbed back from natural
causes. Ivan took Novgorod in li7S.
Later he gathered In several other
provinces to the south and east. Fol-
lowing him came Ivan the Terrible,
who gave himself the title of ear Of
Muscoyy. This title he derived not
from Caesar, as is generally supposed,
but from an oriental name, the Russian
translation OF the Biblical king, II was
during the reign Of this second Ivan
that the first war with the Grim Tar
tars was fought resulting In their re-
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| pulse, and also that Siberia was cap
tured. 1ermac went over the Ural
mountains and swept through the
sparsely settled plains Of northern Asia
with his Cossacks turning over his
conquests to the car. In o century
nearly all the present Siberian territory
had been overrln and taken
The next accession of any moment to
Muscovy, or Russia. as It was coming
to be called, was In 1862, when the
Cossacks OF the Ukraine revolted from
Poland and gave their allegiance TO the
car The land movement at this time
however, was away from Russia, for
GUstayus Adolphus was defeating her
half civilized soldiers and forcing cess
sions Of territory TO Sweden Among
the rest the site where now stands St
Petersburg went TO the triumphant
Swedish king
TO become effective this material hui
mainly, this Muscoyite body needed a
soul, That soul came I'm 1853. The
name II bore was Peter-Peter the
Great he has been called by succeeding
ages Russia had been an animal
mass before. This man touched II with
higher HE. taught II civilization, gave
II Il capital, organized II til 1t could
fight IN modern fashion. brought It into
touch with other national human units
that had culturc--nadc II, In fact, an
entity an organic thing. And OF
course he continued the acquisition Of
territory. lie invaded Liyona, mgria
and other Of the swedish possessions,
and when dsHsuously defeated by
Charles XII, rather giimly remarked
that Sweden VIII teach the Russians
how 10 whip her yet AS grimly he
went to raising and training an army,
and his prediction was verified when
Charles was utterly demolished az
PultoWa. IL may be remarked IN pass.
Ing that the two most intrepid lighters
OF modern Europe, who had daz2led
the world with their previous victories
dashed against the human mass OF
Russia and We're shattered. II one
would form just estimate of the pow
er of the Muscovite he has but to look
at the closing chapters of the lives Of
Charles XII. and Napoleon Bonaparte,
Peter defeated the Turks and took
Azov the first time, He defeated the
Swedes and took the present site OF St.
Petersburg and a large amount of ter
rtory roundabout. Then he founded
the capital practically in a swamp,
calling II "the window to western Eu-
rope,"\Later he moved his court there,
who has not read the melancholy
fate OF Finland and Poland? II was
long after Peter had awakened him into
life that the great bear came hulkng
up to the northwest across the wheat
fields OF Pomeranla and Finland, fought
of the Swedish guards and took most
of the country for his own. This hap
pened in l7i3 Nearly thirty years
later, In the reign of Catherne-Cath-
crime who had instlgated the murder Of
her husband and had taken the throne
from her son, Catherine who lived
openly with her lovers In the imperial
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vANIED IOPIcS Of AOME ANp AaHOAp.

DNN'spleH IN Loudon receive So "a
'',l aa a Goihlug allowance.
ne hoipl'lo milne ID Cornwall runs
"o''hln'H of a mile oul under tho
" i''' an Nnailalian slook0laM kan,
4" hunting plCte4 up aa omar
" W'h Nmlrala, hhH o,nollel An,
NN'' Wofih ~ lhom
'N''e ala b'lisli bolats ana ahal.a
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n Great iHNaW az these onh illl,f
pcs are pliMio dwelling houses Of
more lhlu 500 yearh rental
SOME 90 ,ae hlghUr INSTITUTIONS of
leurnng la ucfwnDt have increased
tne lpps O0r mlclsn HluAeda
rwSv pladNc'i ,ihlns pngnas Of
hefl ftfNr dufur Iht Mst Sons
witch $50 lailNs PM ol ono, IbUl lam
the previous tes,oh lhH IA a feault
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If most influential man
In Korea Is an Amer
lean, Notwithstanding
the fact that he is the
official representative
of another government,
being the minister res
ident from the United
States no Ia fha nolIt-
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that Is TO come from Inc enterprise In
the very nature of the work the larger
portion Of the SlOi 100000 To- be spent
on the canal must be given ont for la
hor lut cyou on The supp0sitlon that
only half of n ga so spent, that would
still leave enough ia employ 10000 men
for little over a dollar and a halt por
day during the entire ave years thntlt
IA estimated viii be required To CONF
plote Che task. Of coursc very many of
HE mvu employed VIII receive much