The Dolores star., 1905-09-29
RICH SPOILS OF WAR
JAPAN'S GAINS TOTAL MORE
THAN $500, o,ooo, 900.
m'kado Could Well Afford to Waive
Question of Money Indemnity in the
Negotiations for Peace-Has All He
Fought For.

When the Marquis Ito persuaded the
Mikado Of Japan to waive the indem-
nifty and make peace with Russia, he
was perfectly well aware, it is de-
clared now, that the concessions which
Japan had gained were worth far more
than the s60O.OO00 0OO 1t is also said
to have been known that Russia would
not pay any money, even IL Japan
fought for another year or more.
Mr.. Dennison, in an interview with
Times reporter before he left New
York for Seattle, said:
Japan has gained much more than
she went to war for. The three essen
tial points were the evacuation of Man
churia, the return of Port Arthur to
China, and the withdrawal of Russia
from Korea"
What do you think is the value of
the railways transferred by Russia to
Japan" was asked.
That is difficult question to an
swer offhand," was the reply, but I
should estimate their value roughly at
$15O,OOO, ,OOO."
What is the value approximately
of the Yentan and Fushan coal
mines?"
81 cannot Say positively" said Mr..
Dennison, but l should think they
are worth anything from $3.50, O,O0O, 900
upward. The Liao-Tung peninsula,
with the ports of Dalny and Port Ar
thur, upon which the Russians have
expended SO many millions. are very
valuable, and will be rapidly devel-
oped by Japanese trade and enter
prise. The southern half of Sakhalin
contains valuable mines and has very
rich seal fisheries on its coasts.
In speaking of the value of the fish
ing concessions ceded by Russia in
the new treaty, E. Yamaza. director
Of the political bureau in Toxic, said:
"The fisheries along the Russian
maritime provinces teen with salmon,
salmon trout, herring and cod. Three
years ago Russia made a provisional
regulation by which the fisheries of
a large part of the Russian coast were
closed to foreign fishermen. A yearly
license was granted to Japanese fish
ermen which allowed them to fish off
the southern end of Sakhalin only. and
out of this the trade amounted to
100000. OF the Kamchatka coast
the fishing is reported to be phenome-
nal in it's abundance. Under the new
concessions the japanese fishing trade
should develop rapidly and be worth
$1O,000,000 year in very short
time"
AS to the control of the railroads in
Korea and the Liao-Tung peninsula,
NJ Yamaza said:
Japan now operates the Trans-Ko-
rean railway from Fusan to Wiju, the
light military railways from Wfju to
Mukden, the Eastern Chinese railway
from Kwang-cheng-Tse to Port Arthur
and Dalny, branch lines from the
main line to the coal mines of Fushun
and Yenta. There is a concession for
a new line from Mukden to Sing-min-
Tung, a distance of thirty miles. to
join the Chinese Imperial railway
from Tien-Tsin, and the concession
for the line to Kirin from Kwang
cheng-Tse about 100 miles; also the
line from Niu-Chwang to the main
line to Port Arthur"
The Chinese government nominally
operates it's own lines, but these Will
come under japanese direction, in or
der to facilitate the handling of the
Joint systems and the through trafiic.
The japanese government has been
backing China up in her attempt to
get back the concessions Of the Can
ton-Hankow and Hankow-Peking rail-
ways.
Originally the Belgians had the con-
cession to build the Hankow-Peking
railway. and the line from Hankow
to Canton was to be constructed by
the American-China Development
company. Finding later that Russian
and French capital was at the back OF
the Belgian concession. Japan wanted
the concession returned to China. Re-
Gently the American syndicate sold
back its Canton-Hankow concession to
China, after building twenty miles of
the road.-New York Tines.