| Show CHINESE RUSHING INTO KOREA Are Displaying Great Energy Developing De-veloping Business Opportunities Despite Japanese Occupation I Many of the Native Koreans Are Leaving Their Country to Become Russian Subjects Says M Shlpoff Former Minister of Finance St Petersburg Shlpoff former minister of finance returned hero Sunday after a five months trip in the far east Ho visited Japan China and Siberia on a special government mission the result of which ho has embodied in a report to the emperor M Ship off expressed himself optimistically optimis-tically regarding conditions In the extreme ex-treme Orient which he said Is rapidly rapid-ly recovering from tho period of depression de-pression following the war Ho is convinced from conversations which he has had with prominent men 01 all shudoa of opinion in Toklo that hostilities hos-tilities between tho United States and Japan at present aro out of the question ques-tion M1 Shipoff was greatly impressed Im-pressed by Chinese activity In the colonization of Korea Although faced by the prospect of Japanese occupation occupa-tion of the province the Chinese are rushing thousands of settlers into that country and are displaying tho greatest energy in developing business busi-ness opportunities opening mines and planning railroads This tide of colonization he said has offered an inspiring example to Russia which is confronted by a similar task in tho development Siberia Many of the native Koreans however are leaving the country to become Russian subjects sub-jects rather than remain under Japanese Jap-anese sovereignty f 11 Shlpoft caretully avoided comment com-ment oh Japanese ScltvJRr 1ft Manchuria Man-churia but it was his opinion that China would have to submit to the objections offered by Japanese to tho construction of a new railroad as Japan is fully prepared to support her demands |
