Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27

London, Jan. "a special dispatch
from Seoul. Corea, dated Friday, says
japanese railway men have been at
tackled by Coreans at several points alono
the Seoul-Fusan railway and that tha
Corean authorities have been, notified
that unless they prevent recurrence OF
these disorders necessary measures will
be taken by Japanese troops.
Empress Realizes Peril.
The doWager empress of China is
thoroughly alive to the peril threatening
China as result of the Russo-Japanesa
crisis, and has, according to the Globes
Shanghai correspondent, determined at
all costs to fight for the freedom of Man
churia from foreign control. Confer
ences between the dovager and the
leading statesmen, it is added, have con-
WINGED her that any other policy would
be tantamOunt to dynastic suicide. al
the dishonor of the ancestral tombs.
implied by foreign domination, would
be objectionable in the eyes of the Chi
nese and unless a vigorous effort is
made to reassert Manchu authority the
Taip!ngs and Kolashui will attempt to
restore the Ming dynasty, with the result
of the complete destruction of China
The correspondent adds that the dow
ager has been informed that some of the
foreign powers are willing to give the
Manchus final opportunity for rehabil-
itating themselves even to the extent of
aiding them by force, if necessary, pro-
ho
cerely favorable%to reform. The Rus
sian minister at Picking, the correspond
ent continues, has learned of the result
If these conferences and is convinced
that in the event of war China will be
forced to participate, with the result that
the whole world will practically become
involved.
I'm the meanwhile" the dispatch con-
cludes, Japan, though ostensibly en-
gagged in it's own quarrel, is really the
spokesman of the whole group of pow
ers, devoted to the policy of anti-parti-
ton and who have virtually agreed to-
gether to defend China
Situation Improved.
Paris, Jan. %. - Information reach
ing the foreign Office during the last "a
hours shows, definite improvement in
the Russo-Japanese situation. The an
swer Of Russia has not yet been sent.
but it will be dispatched within the
next tTo days. The question of the
Limitation of Japanese settlements in
Manchuria has been one of the most
difficult under consideration. The Rus
sian view, as made known here, is that
the real issue is the maintenance of
white supremacy in northern ASIA The
situation is compared with that Of Cali
fornia during the Chinese invasion,
compelling the United States to ex-
clude the Chinese. Owing to the i'm
portance attached to this branch of the
controversy, the Russian officials have
taken steps to secure copy of the Brit
ish laws restricting Mongolians from
entering Australia. It is maintained
that Russia's insistence that reasonable
limits be placed on the establishment of
Japanese settlements in Manchuria has
the same end as the American and Brit
ish laws in protecting their commerce
and labor of whites from Mongols. 1t
appears that Russia is chiefly apprehen-
sive of the springing up of large Jap.
anese settlements and villages along the
lines of the Russian railroads and 9TH
er centers of Russian improvement and
development, as it is. held thatssuch a
Japanese influx will practically nullify
Russia's privileged position in Man
churia, which Japan has been willing to
recognize.