The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-25

Correspondence of he Associated Press.
Nukden. Nov. ga month back the
natives of Nukden were on tie verge oi
panic. The Russians were rstIeatinS tIo.n
Liao-Yans. and. So the story went were
not going 10 stop short Of Telling cr H;GT-
bin. Everyone who had the means e:tier
left the city or prepared TO do 81. y hat
provisions there were rose to famine
prices. private vehicles disappeared from
the streets and the Chinese two-whev!ed
carts that serve as druskies vanished.
Shutters Were placed upon many of the
stores and the whole place looked like a
city about to be abandoned to the enemy.
To-day Mukden is as thriving 1t ever
was. IL not more so. The Russians are
fortified thirteen miles 10 the south on a
line that everyone believes the japanese
can neither break nor turn. The city has
opened up again like a Jericho rose
thrown into bowl of water. and life is
gcing On as smoothly as If there We're not
two big armies at quarters close enough
for US 10 hear every big gun that is fired
THRIVING TRADE.
The shops are open and doing a thriving
trade not only in the necessar1es of life,
but luxuries as we'll Furs are in the
greatest demand In the big shops one
can find skins of seal and tiger. otter and
bear and the thousand and one other va
riefies that the Chinese work into over
coats, shubas. gloves and capes. Silks.
stiff with embroidery in gold and silver,
find ready purchasers and old and rare bits
of bronze. chinaware and jewel work that
disappeared SO inysteriOusly when the city
was thought to be threatened are again
displayed for sale.
Native cabs are again seen on the street
and soldiers on duty at the street cross
ings direct the busy traffic like the police
on the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg.
Altogether, the fear of war and hostile
occupancy has appai emily vanished from
Mukden. and the town ls living its OLD,
easy Oriental HE with just 81 ieaven OF
modern energy introduced by popuia-
tor OF about a qlarte: OF a million FOR
eigrers scattered reuhG about:
CONTRAST OF SENTIMENTS.
Apparently there is little personal ami
mostly toward the japanese among the
European Russians. The Russian reservist
gees out to tight simply because the En-
peror wills it and takes little interest in
the political reasons involved in the strIg-
gle.
Also he has much of the philosophy at
tributed to Tommy Atkins. whats the
use OF attn those You are paid to KILL"
but with the Siberians it is different The
war is closer to their native soil and they
regard the japanese as their enemies. For
tlIfs reason the only animosity that has
been displayed toward the Japanese
wounded has been in those hospitals
where there were majority of Siberans.
The Sisters of Mercy, on the other icind
haze shown a decided partiafity for Japa-
ncse patients and there has been some
Jealousy aroused among the Siberlans, who
thought the Japanese were getting the
best of it, at the hands of the nurses
AfnRf r,f fh.a jf.J h.
therefore, been placed in the hospitals
most alone of the Europeans take an in
tsrest in the, policies OF the lighting, but
M ''As i'o'ae ''e "o'se ''t''ieis toi
TENnE>-f-y TO S,T1,-,Dr
- .,,,s.,-,
~, - -. INES -
IlsI ..u''ian eoiue is ~" Nap,' Vi inc
Japanese 10 commit SUICIDE when con-
fronted with defeat. There are so many
eys-xitness. REPORTS of tbis natur. that i.
:. .,,,,,sszs,s,a ~ -. nr '',a. - -
Is hi1isssstpis - tneii. an. Jaih-
pEHstieS uI oL s'.$t1g ehelr iasI caLttiose tor
themselves, a hiss,ah. urioer 'he cfrcGm-
stances would Sither go DOWN hshting.
lttN iils nis .lIeH..eS ts W uo tne kIilthS, OF
else SURRENDER II ne Lnousht there was
notilHS TO DE sdiheu u! noiull2 Out IN
the capture OF Poutiiof tLone Tree, Hill
especially theFe were NUMBER OF such
casSs -
Mhsn the Sapanese % sa..sries were cap, !,