Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-01
JAPANESE DIET
CLOSES LAB0R5
Finally Passes War Taxes as
Proposed By the Gov
eminent.
THE PROGRAMME APPROVED
Amount to Be Raised Annually Is
THE PROGRAMME APPROVED
Amount to Be Raised Annually Is
So, 100000 Slight Changes in
Government Schedules Made =
Correspondents Barred.

Toxic, March 3O.-The special diet
concluded it's labors yesterday, finally
passing the series OF war taxes for
the measures proposed by the govern
ment. 1t will finally adjourn today.
Almost the entire financial program
submitted by the cabinet will be ap-
proved, although several changes
were made. The amount to be raised
annually by taxation was reduced
from $34,OOO,O0O to $31,0O0,00O. The
government plans to make up the ne.
felt thereby created In the estimate
by cutting down the military census.
Another change in the program was
the refusal to sanction the creation
OF salt monopoly. An interesting
feature OF the financial legislation is
the passage of an act authorizing the
banks to issue savings prize deben-
lures. The total issue of these deben-
lures is limited to $15,0OO,0OO per
! year. The rate of interest and the
amount of prizes under lottery draw
ing scheme are limited. The whole
plan ends when the war is over. The
government has the right to borrow
the money realized by the sale of the
savings prize debentures, but the
management, sale and redemption of
the debentures is entirely in the
hands of the banks.
London, March 31-The Japanese
legation has received the following
report from Toxic Of the fighting at
Chong .Ju, Corea, Monday:
"On March % a portion Of our cav
airy and infantry forces occur ed
Chong Ju after defeating the enemy.
The enemy, who numbered about six
hundred men retreated in the direc-
ton of Win. Our casualties were
Lieutenant Kano and four others
! killed, Captain Kurokawa and twelve
others wounded of the cavalry force.
There were no casualties among our
infantry. Two dead bodies were left
by the enemy on the field, but it Is re-
ported that some seven or elgnt were
killed inside the town. These were
| promptly carried off by the enemy Gu
horseback or by ambulance. The Rus
SLAMS were seen conveying in an am
bulance two dead men, apparently
! officers, and blood stained bandages
were found scattered around The en-
envy must have sustained losses at
least equal to our own"
st. Petersburg, March 3l.-A later
official dispatch from General Mlsh-
tchenok reports that on the authority
of inhabitants of Chong Jul the Japan
csc lost forty men killed, 100 men
wounded and number of horses dur
ing the fighting there Monday. The
Japanese employed 500 Korean bear
ers to carry their wounded to ANU.
General MishtchenkoH adds that
Captain Stopanoff, who was among
the Russian wounded, is dead.
London, March 31.-The Telegraph
says the Japanese authorities have re-
fused correspondents the use OF the
field telegraph lines, and that all dis
! patches must be sent to Toxic by
mail. The paper says that there is
no sign that any foreigners will be
! permitted to go to the front, though
the native newspaper men Will be al
lowed to go.
The Telegraph, in an editorial on
the unprecedented severity OF this
censorship, suggests that Japan has
some new and important move TO
conceal, possibly the embarkation Of
/, portion of her forces already in
Korea for some other point in the
,heater Of war, and Is anxious To
guard agsins. the possibility OF leak
sge through foreign correspondents
j. no might sylnpathize with Russia.
v!ha.e Sets CT Russian Mine.
yladiyostook, March Clone Of tn"
Il ines in Possiet bay has been ex.
p.oded by a whale. The mutiiatea cal
a SIS subsequently was washed ashore.
Il bore evidence VI the destructive
a, aIities OF the mines laid by the -s''s-
SUNS in expectation Of Japunese
liz ,ding at Rpssiet bay.
.0,527 are Dead from the Plague. "a
Eoribsy. March 30--TLe iatest
available bubonic plague returns fer
the whole Of India for the week endihe
March 10 show the appalling mortal
t5ity Of 40,D27,s an Increase CT Z eco over
those Of the preceding week.