The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
JAPAN BUSY IN KOREA
Railroad Building Pushed in
the Hermit Kingdom.
OPEN DOOR TO BE MAINTAINED
Material Progress Being Made in
Manchuria-Unresf in China May
Lead to Serious Trouble, Studerts
Fomenting DiscOrd-New Anti-tOx-
in for Dysentery Is Discovered.

LOAuUll. Il tb- 1n--4NOW IldE the Japan
csc government, suspicious al first. has
become convinced of Russia's good faith
in her promise Immediately to evacuate
Manchuria, preparations for vast transit
improvement are growing apace.
The branch line of railway from Chang
Chung to Kirin. eighty miles long, is to
be constructed early this year jointly by
Chinese and japanese engineers. and the
present feet inch guage of the South
Manchuria Railway is to be changed to
standard guage. TO agree with other rail
ways in Nanchuria south of Kirin and
kwang- cheng-tsu. and in Korea. Thus
with the completion Of the short line to
join Mukden and Shing- ming-ting, the
capital of China viii acquire direct rail
way communication uninterrupted by any
break Of guage. with KWan-Cheng-tsu,
more than 600 miles to the northeast
with Port Arthur. about the same dis
tance due east, and with Fusan. in
Southeast Korea via Mukden and Kiu-
Hen-cheng. on the Yalu River, about 800
miles.
The facilities for international COM
merce afforded by the network of rail-
ways that is gradually coming into eX-
istence cannot but be promotive of trade
in an unprecedented degree, judging even
by the results already attained in con-
nection with the South Manchurian line
as it stands. and which has been worked
by japan since the close of the war.
Winter or summer the Journey from Pc
kin to Tokyo viii presently be shorn Of
all its tediousness, for, apart from the
ferry between Fusan and Shimonoseki,
which at most should take M four hours.
the traveller will be in d railway carriage
and covering twenty miles an hour the
whole way. It should be feasible in the
near future TO get from Pekin to Tokyo
within seventy hours
Material progress of this kind is high
ly satisfactory 10 those who are OF opin-
ion that to great extent the preserva-
tiOn Of the open door in the regions con-
tiguous to Northern China depends in an
appreciable degree on the progress in re-
gard TO Western civilization made by
China herself. In the abandonment Of
her old policy Of playing off the powers
one against the other, she has been we'll
advised, and the alienation of internal
troubles has in a very perceDtible degree
paved the way for better things. not q
little of the good effect being ascribable
TO the extremely well-iUdged edict that
was issued at Pekin on the fifth of last
March, warning the EmperOr's subjects
rot to indulge in anti-fOreiEn sentiments,
and decTeeing severe punishment for
those who might persist in spreading wild
and malicious rumoTs lest there should
arise further difficulties with Occidental
powers
The ground has been we'll prepared i'm
Manchuria, so far as there has yet been
time and opportunity 10 do so for the be-
ginning of a new era, one that shall
be distinguished by fair play to all
parties, and there is room there for
q vastly increased population and for
The establishment of manufactures OF
every kind. The dawn of this era Of
prosperity is at hand Il may be hoped.
now That there is some genuine prospect
Of the country being relieved OF the pres
cnce OF more armed men Of either side
than the Portsmouth treaty sanctions the
retention of as guards for the railways
Japan has brought her force down 20
very moderate dimensions for economy. /
and whatever may be the motive for
haste in Russias case. her decision TO
quit forthwith VIII be heartily welcomed
In the far East
lar Information received earlier i'm the
week, state that daily arrests throughout
the Lower Yangtse region Of Chinese stu
dents who have returned from Japan.
coupled with the reactionary successes
In PeBin and the attitude of the Shang- I
hal mixed court. is causing CONSERVATION
among the Reform party The Tao-tai /
sun, nephew Of the Grand Secretary Sun /
chla-nai, has been arrested at Nankin /
ana charged with conspiracy against the /
government.
huang-yik and Chang pao-ching, che +
two alleged revolutionaries who were sur
rendered to the Chinese authorities by 4
the Shanghai Mixed Court. have reached /
Nanking
Foreign structures on the inactivity Of I
tie native authorities in the matter of /
relief works for the famine area. which /
have been circulated by the native press, /
Rave caused mild sensation in the Chi
neSe Xamens
Tuanfang, the Ranking viceroy. has
now instructed twenty-five engineering /
students TO proceed to Kiang-peh to su- /
perintend the deepening of the Grand I
Canal on the Huai River
The Belgian Mixed Military Commission. /
appointed to inquire as to the best dispo- /
sition for the second line of defense for /
Antwerp has reported in favor Of per /
manent system. and has defined the lines
which il should take.
IN the course of its report the commits /
sion declares that the system of terraced /
defensive curtains. with trenches full of /
water. and permanent points of support
connected by defensive paIisade. is prac-
ticable, and the Schynn Canal should Ia,
used as part OF the scheme The decisions I
OF the commission. therefore, support the |
government measure dealing with the de-
lenses Of the city.
The details of discovery Of new anti
toxin treatment for dysentery were given
by DR.. Dozen, an army surgeon, at a recent
meeting of the Imperial SiedicaI Society.
DIR. Dozen, in conjunction with Prof. Kraus.
has been engaged for several years in sero-
therapeutic research. and has at length
succeeded in injecting rabbits with the
particular form OF dysentery bacillus
which was discovered by Shiga and
kruse. From this source DR.. Dozen and
Prof kTaus obtained their new serum.
Their experimental treatment of soldiers
or The garrison OF CraCOW in 1894 proved
highly successful. as have also their later
experiments in Bosnia and ROumania Il
Is expected that the new serum will also
be valuable as a prOphylactic
The heavy snowfaIls of the last week
have in many places paralyzed the Italian
railway service. Signor ScarfogIio. editor
Of the Naples Mattino and husband of
Signora Matilde Serao the novelist. has
written a graphic account Of his suffering