Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-19
MASSING
TROOPS IN SIBERIA
Fully Expects to have Another
Scrap With Japan Over Manchu.
achievement Of Troops Made
With as Much Quiet as Possible
Russia Getting Ready.

ST. PETERSEN nG, by courier to
the Frontier. Dec. 25.--rhe gradual
gathering together of the choicest
regiments In the Russian Army and
their hurried movement toward the
Far East the scene OF Jhe worlds
last war, Is becoming daily more and
more open. The only excuse given
for this unprecedented action is that
the men are needed for service In ST.
IBERIA.
Regiment after regiment of sea-
sOned war veterans now being rushed
to the East are not needed In 81.
IBERIA. where Russia has no enemies.
The tendency, too, to concentrate
these troops along the Manchurian
frontier Is plainly evident, and gives
the lie to the statement the regiments
are needed in Siberia. This tendency
IL too plain to escape the notice OF
the various military attaches sta.
toned In the Russian capital and
nearly all Of them are making long
reports to their home governments.
Instead of assigning new officers to
regiments being sent to the Far East
II IL noted every regiment. recruited
to It's fullest war footing is In
charge of officers who saw service In
the war with Japan, and more of
these veteran officers are being re.
called to TIE colors from various
ether posts and joining their regi-
ments along the line Of the Trans.
Siberian Railway.
There is continued gossip In bu.
reaucratic circles that hostilities be-
TWEEN Russia and japan are bound to
come, though hardly before the
Mikado and his Statesmen announce
the annexation Of Korea. which Is
confidently expected. Russian OF
acers and officials admit they have
a painful recollection of the last war,
which was such blow to their ma.
tional pride that only another war,
with a different termination can
satisfy them. They point to the sud.
dcnness Of the last war and declare
Russia, fearing another strife I'm the
Orient. does not intend to be caught
mapping. They admit they can never
catch the japanese mapping. and
want to be I'M the same position
should hostilities occur.
Official denials from Toxic and
even from st. Petersburg that hos.
Titles, are. threatened are believed to
be untrustworthy. It can safely be
said Russian IL momentarily anticipat.
Ing a policy Of aggression on the part
OF the japanese In Eastern Siberia
that will practically force her into
another war.
The Cars Minister believes. II Is
said, from information furnished by
spies, that the Mikado 10 determined
to acquire all the Asiatic mainland
from the Pacific coast to Lake
Baikal. This information Is said to
have come to the Muscovite officials
In such an authentic manner they
believe 1t implicitly. The Govern.
ment's informant adds that Japan Is
not DESTROYS OF precipitating another
war until she has partially recovered
financially from the last. but that
she will certainly strike before Rus.
STA completes the doubie.tracking of
the Siberian Railway.
Russian officials speak as though
they were confident another war was
inevitable, and add that Russia will
be found In much better shape. with
her army and navy reorganized and
Overhauled.
In government circles II IL doubted
II japan would be allowed by other
European nations to continue her
policy of aggression In the Far East,
and official anxiety here Is somewhat
lessened by the conviction the Gear
would have powerful allies II the
Mikado forced him into another war.
The Cars advisers arc said to be
convinced the Mikado will never be
satis fed until he controls all of Man.
churia. II such is the case, and the
MikadO considers possession of the
coast line necessary to remove a
menace to Manchurian control. It is
doubted II diplomatic argument will
be strong enough to prevent such a
grab"
The assassination Of Prince Ito. It is
admitted. has called halt to the
negotiations under way for new
treaty between Russia and Japan. Ito
was the only Japanese statesman the
Russians trusted and the Mikado has
cent no other representative to 're
sumo the negotiations.