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Show UTAH STATE JOURNAL OGDEN, UTAH. I FRANK J. CANNON, EDITOR. j- ' I rtf- M & L - Russia is baring her teeth warningly at England. It is reported from St. Petersburg in that the commander of the czar s forces for Turkestan has been instructed to prepare in the event of military action in India, Great Britain adopting an attitude openly hostile to Russia, or attempting to prejudice Russian interests in Persia or Tibet. For the sake of the worlds peace, it is to be absolutely wished that England will not her inpermit her Japanese sympathies to get to trouble. It has been demonstrated that on the sea Japan is Russia's master and it is expected that on shore, too, the Russians will be outgeneraled and outfought. But the reserve military power of Russia is enormous. After sending to Manchuria all the men she can dispatch there with her limited means of communication, she will still have material for other tremendous armies. Against a highly intelligent people like the Japanese, alert, resourceful and masters of all that modern science has to teach of the art of war, the relatively backward and stupid Russians may make a poor and humiliating showing, but on land, at least, there is no reason to suppose that they will prove at all inferior to the English. Remembering the astonishing want of brains rendered by the British in the long and costly war with a handful of Boer farmers, the incapacity to learn exhibited by the officers who walked time and again into the same kind of trap laid for them by the burghers the Russians who run their own ships on their own mines and sank their own torpedo boats do not seem exceptionally imbecile. Defeat by the Japanese, however complete, would not by any means make Russia a power to be despised by the English. It would simply decide that the Japanese have better heads than the czars generals, who, if they are like the czar's admirals, deserve the description applied to the British officers by a discerning fellow countryman, without fear of death or knowledge of war. That Russia should hint of a possible intention to descend upon India at once warns England and alarms mankind. A European war, as one of the consequences of the conflict in the Orient, is, of all evils, the most to be dreaded by every friend of Christian civilization. Therefore, it must be the universal hope that England will so conduct herself as to avoid a clash of arms with Russia. Dull and efficient as the latter may be, she is still a colossus, and a formidable menace, if aroused, to all powers that do not possess the intellectual superiority of the studious, tireless and modern Japanese. San Francisco Examiner. - 'It PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION F. H. Newell, of the United States I? n if : geo- IDEAS id HOBSON PROPHESIES WHAT WOULD OCCUR . Richard P. Hobson, former constructor in the United States navy, writing from Jasper, Ala., under the date of February 17th, to the San Francisco Examiner, prophesies what would occur in the event of a general struggle in the Far East. Mr. Hobson says : The dashing spirit in the Japanese navy is again illustrated in the second torpedo boat attack on Pprt Arthur. It will be interesting to learn the success of this dash, as indicating the inefficiency of the Russian defenses of the city ; also upon the question whether there are Japanese sympathizers in the Russian service or the question whether there is a lack of discipline and efficiency in the Russian army as well as navy. The strategic situation remains unchanged. Interest will be centered upon Port Arthur, which in a measure will be probably affected by the local topography. Whether the Japanese can secure positions for mounting large guns and remain outside the fire of the Rus sian ships is a question. The situation offers many dramatic possibilities for dashing efforts by land and sea. It is interesting to consider, as a matter of speculation, what would be the strategic situation in the Orient in the event of European complications. In the event of France joining Russia, a French fleet of 350,000 tons could be thrown into the scene, large enough to overpower the Japanese fleet, cut off Japanese communications, blockade the Japanese coast and bring the war to a conclusion, the French fleet operating from Saigon as a base until it established its base with the Russian fleet at Port At Central Park Presbyterian Church, and Washington, corner of Thirty-firSunday school at 3 p. m. There will be no services either morning or evening, as the Rev. 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MONDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY Surfs AND MUM 22 STETSONS Original Big Double DIGNANS UNCLE Spectacular TOMS CABIN COMPANY DANCING ACADEMY. First Presbyterian Church Morning service at 11, subject, "The Hidden REGULAR DANCE EVERY MONDAY Support of Life; evening service at THE BARNUM OF THEM ALL! EVENING. 7:30, subpect, The Gracious Invitation of the Gospel. Sunday school at 12:15, Under the management of Leon W. Endeavor at t:30. Midweek meeting for bible and prayer, Wednesday at 8 Washburn. More Grand Novelties than Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Three riore Round Trips FREE o'clock. Church of the Good Shepherd, corner Alfred Grant and Twenty-fourtBrown, rector; first Sunday in Lent Early celebration at 8 a. m., Sunday school at 9:45, morning prayer and sermon at 11, confirmation class at p. m., evening prayer and sermon at 7:30. Morning topic, Mans Responsibility; evening, The Fourth Commandment 'Remember That Thou Keep Holy the Sabbath Day.' 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DEE .... a JOHN PINGREE JAMES F. BURTON Waihinton 45-Phone Ave. 2. Song and Dane THE NEW JERUSALEM Waahington Ave. CAPITAL 15th Oriental Neeromanctr ALI ZAKA OQDEN BROKERAGE CO. E 50c. Lyceum Family Theater Bought tnd iold for cash or carried on margin. ConUnuou quotation. Irenes, First National Bank. VERYTHING Gorgeous Scenery. Mechanical Prof. Derr's Military Bani Creole To our customers. A coupon free with each dollars purchase, at The International Brotherhood of Teamsters gives one of Its most entertaining balls at Conley's, Wednesday February 24th. move on the part of France. From Hong-Kon- g they could cut off the French at Saigon, and from Wei Hai Wei they could hold Port Ar- When finally the limit of water attainable has been reached and it is not practicable to irrigate more land the entire fund will be turned into the general treasury. The work of surveying the Western streams to ascertain the amount of water supply and how the lands may be reclaimed by irrigation has been in progress since 1888 and is still going on. The work of building the storage reservoirs has only just beirun in Nevada and Arizona. Some of the states and territories from which the largest contributions to the fund are received because they include the greater part of the acreage sold will derive least benefit from the fund. The contribution of military powers. MR. FREDERIC BELASCO st This event, however, would precipitate a war alliance between Great Britain by the present British-Japanes- e treaty. Great Britain could readily throw into the Far East 500,000 tons of warship displacement and still retain in Europe a force adequate to put Russia and France on the defensive, placing about 1,000,000 tons of warship displacement against 400,000 tons of French and 350,000 of Russian, or a total of 750,000 tons, which would not be adequate to save the Russian and French coasts from blockade The British could readily checkmate any Russia might otherwise have available for Manchuria. The situation would be a comple te checkmate to the French-Russia- n move, and Japan would be free to save China from invasion from the north, Great Britain preventing invasion from the southwest. If, however, Germany should enter and join Russia and France the whole situation would change. With the addition of 450,000 tons of German warship displacement the predominance would shift to the side of new triple alliance, assuming the same average of efficiency of the navies. Great Britain and Japan would lose co'n-trof the sea, and then the military power would have a free hand to partition China, Russia advancing from Manchuria, Germany from the Shantung peninsula and France from Cochin China. If the United States now entered and joined the island powers, placing 300,000 tons of efficient warship displacement upon the scale, the scene would shift sgain and the control of the sea would be wrested from the hands of the military powers, insuring the preservation of China The fate of China and the peace of the world thus hinges upon the control of the sea and upon keeping it out of the hands of the Friday, Feb. igtl Baptist Church Morning worship with sermon and special music at 11 o'clock, blble school at 12:15. Junior B. Y. P. U. at 3 p. m.. Senior B. Y. P. U. at C:30, special gospel service at 7:30. Subject, Rock of Ages Cleft for Me. This Immortal hymn will be Illustrated with stereopticon' views and its story told. Seats are free to all. Arthur. logical survey, in charge of the reclamation service in the arid West, in a recent paper in the National Geographic magazine gives some interesting data of the work. The reclamation fund now amounts to about $15,000,000 and is increasing rapidly. The fund is accumulated under the provisions of the reclamation law, which set apart the proceeds from the sale of public lands in thirteen Western States and three territories for the construction of irrigation works. The land sales in 1901 started the fund with $3,000,000 ; in 1902 the sum of $4,000,-00- 0 was added, and 1903 about $8,000,000. The more irrigation works are built the more public land within reach of the water supply will become marketable, and thus the progress of the work will help to swell the fund. As the water is supplied the owners of the land benefited will pay for what they use and will ultimately pay for the entire cost of the improvement. All the money they pay will be turned back into the fund, and thus will be used over and over again for the building of more storage reservoirs. CORRECT Oklahoma is a large contributor, but with Flint Church of Christ, Scientist climate it has little need of irits edifice corner Twenty-fourt- h is land Church little other hand, rigation. On the Service 11 a. m., suband Lincoln the is to fund addition sold in Nevada and its Chriat Sunday achool at Jeaua; the ject, affords largest opsmall, but the state 10 a. m. Wediieaday evening meeting portunity for irrigation development. to all. Colorado is the greatest mining state, but at 7:30. A cordial Inivltation 213 Ecclea suite Free reading rooms, the proceeds from the small irrigation area in building. 6 2 to from p. m. Open dally Colorado are already more valuable than the Visitors welcome. of land gold and silver produced. The area is that can be reclaimed by irrigation relativeFirst Congregational Church, Adama and ly small, but if 2 or 3 per cent of the vast area avenue, between Twenty-fourt- h of arid land is ultimately reclaimed and put un- Twenty-fift- h streets. Hours for Sunder cultivation it will mean a population in the day services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Western half of the United States almost as Morning subject, The Relation of great as that now in the Eastern half of the Conslcence to Faith. Eevening subject, Washing ton. Sunday school at country. in one value land has way 12:15, Young People's meeting at 6:80. Nearly all the alwill Bible study on Wednesday evening at or another, and the grazing industry of 7:30. All are Invited to service. cent the arid 90 or 80 per ways occupy of lands. But the value grazing products will not be so great as that of the crops raised German Evangelical St. Paul's church, P. G. Wuebben, pastor Seron the reclaimed lands. next Sunday In the Swedish Here, in concise form, is stated the present vices Lutheran church, corner Twenty-thir- d status as well as' the prospective general re- and Jefferson at 6:45 m. sharp. Sunsult to be attained in the respective states day school at 2 p. m.p. Instruction In mentioned through the work now proceeding German 6 4 m. to from p. language under the direction of the government. Den- every Tuesday and Wednesday. You ver News. are Invited. sub-hum- f - North Dakota is very large, but there will be little irrigation in that state because Irrigable lands and an adequate .water supply are hard to find. AN ALARMING THREAT FROM I T SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904 DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL, I 10a Admiaaion, Fresh Fish and Oysters Received Every Day. J smes Ballard 3,1 C. J. A. 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