Show II and Japan manage to 10 hold the attention of ot the tho th world and every In Information Ina formation concerning their plats movements or 01 conditions u is eagerly perused by II the reading ran public It U B seems m to bo be a II general genera n a prelude Is being played to 10 a R performance on the stage of n ninn inn rno roost t character The Tile Portland Oregonian n quotes Charles S Osborn to the effect that the th business bushiness lIu men of ot Ilus Itu Russia la ln do rIot not expect war wor now Ho lie has Ins been traveling In Inthe the country for tOl several everal months and km end It Is hI presumed opportunities of or oft t the Ihl views of oC lending bust busi bustnes business ness nes liS men nus li he Ito says gays ID is too poor tr In t Civile war at nt present but she Is con cote confident lt of or victory In III the end According to 10 0 Mr r Osborn O born Itu design n Is to absorb not only Manchuria but also nl o Coma In III Asia Ash In lit Europe she will an annex nex sex tho rho Scandinavian peninsula Itus nus sin ida he h says already line has her eye on the port part of ot In Norway the tile northern north northern ern em uC the tho Swed national railway She Is desirous de to 10 get because the tho port IH lit open opell most of or the Hie year yar lie He further points out that IC III has hUI pushed a 1 railway through the tho region as nil asfar asfar far as nl Merv h r within IHO 10 miles of ot Herat on an the lire th frontier of or Afghanistan n nail and she lu la now Reeking seeking to 10 push a n railway ru II 11 Y through Persia to the Arabian Sea geu When Hussla finds ands herself firmly set settled fled In ht Manchuria and onel Corea shin Bho could threaten Pekin she gnu could threaten Indin In III India din dia she could threaten mid by that hut time lime Constantinople would become IJ com hers without n a 11 Osborne ilia years carR will Mill ba bo the tho only competitor of Qt tho rho United Jailed Stater This Is lit n a comprehensive plan for Cor the conquest of ot tho the earth It Jt t Is la but Lut tho Iho following out of or Czar Peters program to Its his logical 10 conclusion And tho the won wonder dot der h Is I that tilt the ho country can en continue this steady liten y conquest while It Is tram from Internal convulsions unit Ulle poverty It 11 has bun b eu shown recently that the Russian former farmer Is IH under tho the necessity of ot making n living hiving upon smaller forms titan than any In Europe li liand and upon land greatly Impoverished by b lack of ot fertilization nail and rational cult cultivation I Tim Thus It IH Is In gum Euro penn peat Itu sla ns as 8 a 1 whole the average yield of ot grain Is U only 1101 1401 pounds to 10 the 27 acres while In Italy Haly It Is In In III Oer In Franco seventy five In the United States s and In England How Hew the thu fanner lives lIos Is Illus hums t rated tell In the limo following figures quoted by George In III The nit Outlook He tie Buys S the 1 average peasant formers fain cant faintly t lIy Ily consists of or eight potions persons Its Hs annual an annual nual gross revenue all nil sources amounts to Of Ot this sum sum In money anti and in farm produce nt fit Its cash clIsh ens value Of at the cash receipts r I SO or nearly goes Hoea to pay Ilay taxes to el and mId rent rant for tOI additional land leaving 1562 l In III cash for clothing tea ten sugar salt Ball oil all song soap agricultural Implements mails ments s household ld furniture etc for Cor u a family of at eight parsons ons during a II period of or one year Such a I family It Is paid PI III spends l annually for tor clothing for Cor ten en Wt r household furniture r for tor unit Hatt l alt j 69 63 cents for tor kerosene 33 39 cents for soup coup anti and 4 cents s for far articles articleD of at personal comfort com tort It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is to comment upon tho the economic o condition of or a 1 rural pope population lation In which the average family pays ISSO 1150 In ht II taxes and rent and Is then lieu aide able to spend only Oil tUI n a 1 year for tot SS 58 cents for COI lights 30 3 cent cent for far soap and ami 4 cents for tor articles of ot per personal personal comfort Ant And yet the tho farming population PO eo fed std and clothed Is III the time mainstay of ot n ii power that slowly encompasses the earth carth In Its embrace Jt t IH la n a wonder and 1111 no one can cAli blame for Cor be Lc believing lieving In Inn a mission omission a 1 destiny |