Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-22
WAR AND MISERY,

The result Of the battle south Of Muk.
den seems 10 be that both armies are
exhausted unable to continue their eS-
ertlons for the present The Russian on.
slaught was repulsed, but the japanese,
as on former occasions, were unable to
follow up their advantage and the en-
envy was given an opportunity to rally
and gather new strength The result
Of one weeks sanguInary slaughter ap-
pears 10 be almost nil, except for the
loss Of life sustained by both sides.
This Is terrible feature Of that gl-
gantc conflict The losses In killed
and wounded are vorously estimated,
but there are reasons 10 believe that
they amount to no less than 10000
What a terrible indictment Of our cIy-
lllzation Japan no sooner energies
from her primitive state and dons the
robes OF civilization than she has to
lead her sons TO the altar Of Mars there
to be sacrificed by the tens OF thous.
ands. And the world looks on, appar-
emily unooncerned.
Tho Russian ruler whose policy has
brought on this conflict is not uncon-
cerned however II rmors are true. A
Paris dispatch says the Car Is suffer-
Ing from insomnia For three days and
nights, n is said when the fate Of
General Kuropatkln's army hung In the
balance, he wouldn't lie down The
fourth night he fell asleep In
his chair, only to wake with a
shudder and scream. a Berlin
dispatch corroborates this. II quotes
q letter from the Russian empress TO a
friend at the court Of Hesse. Darmstadt,
to the effect that the health Of the em-
peror is falling The reyerses suf-
fered by his army and navy are said TO
have made a deep impression on him,
and ln addition 90 bad war news, he
has been receiving hundreds Of letters
from persons who reproach him for
having permitted the war which has
robbed them Of their loved ones These
letters the dispatch says, have become
so numerous that special department
has been created to deal with them.
The empress has prevailed upon the
chief Of that department 20 see that
none Of these letters reach the car.
The other day, however, the czar uu-
eypectedly visited the department and
gathered q number of letters at random.
The first letter which he opened came
from Il woman IN Karkoff who solemnly
invoked the curse Of God upon him for
having slain her son. Other letters, pitt
eous, threatening or desperate, all beg
for cessation OF the war which, as
they style II, your majesty has been
pleased to make No man can enjoy
life under such circumstances. How
long before he Is ready to listen to those
whose counsel Is for peace?
The continuation Of this unholy war
may make happy conclusion Of It
more difficult, than It would be now
There are signs Of unrest In China, Jap
anese success seems 90 have given the
reyolutIonlsts new courage to attempt
movement against foreign devils"
A correspondent OF Philadelphia pa
per describes this latest movement A
new organization, he says, similar In
purpose and inspiration TO the Boxers.
has been formed under the name OF
"TsaI Yuen," which. being interpreted,
Is said to signify TO be IN the garden"
Missionaries call them "The Orchard
lists The numbers OF this organiza.
ton are said TO be drilling publicly and
even posting placards warning the mis-
slonarIos to depart. They are said to
number several thousands and to be
responsible for disorders Of which the
British minister In Pekln has taken Of.
dcIal coguizaucc. II IS thus clear that
The war is not without danger to the
ret Of the world owing TO the peculiar
temperament OF the Mongolians. The
influential powers Of the world ought
10 exert themselves for cessation Of
carnage and the resumption OF negotla-
tons