Show Questions Between Uncle Sam Sarre and China and Japan Ja an I f r rII f fJ II 11 J b t 1 1 i 4 eS T R 7 r 4 rca v rJ p l v t 1 w 4 1 x v e w j t f i 1 J k A i r et 3 4 gar lr i i 51 a yb t t f Y e vt i p tea lA lAIl t i Iii Ii f t of J t o y r I Ii Il t s rw l I If y l If i f 1 1 t I I J P jl t r rI I It I PRINCE or CHINA TItE et b k kI T Is le an Interesting fact tact that the IT I present questions which affect tho relations of or the United States with China and end Japan directly end some of ot the Euro Duro European peen an powers indirectly coma came C to the front while tho the president of or the tho United States was on a pleasure trip In la the UIO west and southwest and the tho head of ot the department of ot state was wea enjoying his vocation at his 1113 country home homo at nt Valley Forge Forgo Pa PaThe PaThe PaThe The publicity resulted as 84 everybody knows knowlI In tho th recall of Charles It U Crane Just lust as ho was wall ready r adY to sail mail from San tan Francisco to his newly appointed post at Pekin as ae tho to accredited min minister liter later from this country to China Ills lila return to Washington was followed by his resignation resl In cipher to President Taft Tatt Following the tho dispatch of ot President Taft to Secretary Knox touching the tho resignation of Mr Crane the secretary of ot state announced that tho the Incident was warn closed Following this title announce announcement announcement ment the press of tho to country opened the case ense or rather it denied dented that tho the Incident was Willi closed and the situation was declared to be bo acute In other quarters It was asserted by i I i Mr Cranes friends frIend and some somo others 1 that the resignation of Mr Crane Crone was the result of a political Intrigue The curtain raiser of the tho trouble was the construction of ot i ti railroad In Man churla and mining Interests In which 1 China and Japan were wore concerned were also alo potent mischief breeders The United Unitt States instituted a special In Investigation as all a preparatory measure to determine what should be the atti attl attitude tude tudo tu o of this government In several diplomatic questions that will become the subject of ot official adjustment in inthe Inthe inthe the next rw few f w months Tho The United States prepared quickly to protest ear r f A nestly against anything that threatened gravely what In diplomacy Is le termed the principle of ot equal opportunity I Reduced to a II commonplace term this meant protecting the open door pol 1101 poll polI I l Icy of ot this th government One of ot tho the questions In tho the situation 1 arises out of ot the efforts of ot a syndicate of American and British to toI 1 I build a 11 railroad in western Manchuria 1 11 om to An Another Another other question is la to determine whether certain exclusive mining concessions recently obtained from China by Japan Jap JapI I are Me in violation of ot this open door policy Defore Before Mr Taft became president it was WILl known that he was Wul greatly interested in oriental policies Ho realized that China ChInn was WIlli on the eve ove of ot Important commercial developments lie knew that within the next ten years ears I I the tho old empire would build many miles of ot railroad The Tho president and his hits secretary of state were Iere In fn accord on the question of ot oriental expansion Secretary Knox has hall been boon anxious that American merchants and capital ca should havo have a fair share in the indus industrial trial and commercial awakening In China The earnestness of ot Secretary Knox was shown In tho the manner in which he be insisted that the United 1 States should havo have an nn original shore share in inthe i 1 I the th railway loan lonn that was negotiated not long ago ngo forthe for tor forthe the benefit of ln in treat reat I f am vain Germany I I Obstruction by Japan I Several 1 months ago Japan obstructed the tho efforts of ot British capitalists to construct con construct I a railroad from o 0 kumen in Manchuria Lost Last So an agreement was signed signal t Dalny Delay by which China promised In the tho event of or undertaking to construct a railway between these two points to I arrange matters mailers previously with Japan I l r I IO t 4 y t 1 isle O II ti tf a I l 0 k rl e f 1 I YUAN SHIN KAl C N 9 1 THRONE IN THE r fiss ys r I British capitalists finding themselves thwarted by this move hove allied them themselves themselves I selves with an American syndicate and proposed the construction of ot a railroad I from fu to with an extension to AI n China manifested I no opposition to this at the time timo and I has not since shown any disposition to oppose It On the other hand band news dispatches from Pekin are ore to the effect that Japan has served notice on China that the Japanese government reserves the tho right to be bo with respect I Ito to ho the proposed railway project I The Tue line of ot tho proposed road is in inthe inthe the tho extreme extremo western part of Man Manchuria churl churia a outside of ot what is ia regarded as a athe the tho Japanese zone zono of Influence Both Doth terminals will be bo In Manchuria but a 11 considerable oon portion of the Iho line lino will run I through Mongolia the tho province to the west of ot Manchuria Tho The importance of ot i the proposed line lIno lies in the fact that I it will connect at et T with the tho it was I I I It nn feared that the road I would divert traffic coming from Eu EuI Europe I rope over the railway from the tile South Manchurian railway which road is II owned by Japan Jap n So much for tor the feature in the railroad situation China and nd Japans Japan Manchuria Mines Minas In the treaty between China and Japan regarding the development of mines In Manchuria Secretary Knox Is II j or has been much more Interested I Copies of ot the agreement between China and Japan on this matter have havo been studied by hy the American secretary of state The article in the agreement which it is believed the secretary has hos been chiefly Interested In Is as follows All mines along tho the Muk Mukden den railway and the main line of the tho South Manchuria line excepting those at Ft Fi than han and shall be ex ox 1 plotted as Joint enterprises of Japanese I and Chinese subjects on the general I principles which tho the viceroy of or the i eastern three provinces and the gov governor govI I of ot province agreed up upon upon upon on with the Japanese consul general in 1907 1007 It lL was charged that Minister Cranes I publicity of tho the fact that Secretary I I Knox was preparing a protest to this resulted in Mr tr Cranes recall Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Undoubtedly edly Mr tr Cranes Cranell utterances had much to do with the tho canceling of his tur Nevertheless other reasons reason have been hinted at Ono One of ot these is le that he had selected as his counselor and adviser tho rho former vice consul at Muk Mukden Mukden Mukden den who was persona non nan grata to the department of or state It is the opinion In some jorno quarters that China Is looking to the tho United States for tor assistance and that this ad administration administration ministration Is inclined to help China Is 18 the opinion In other quarters and this opinion is le based upon the utter utterances antes ances of or President Tuft Taft upon Chinese ChIn NO matters and that China has already shown Its appreciation of this fact by j j admitting the United States Slates to equal lual I participation In Its recent railway loan The Interests Inter ts of or the old empire that thatIs Is b awakening to the Importance of linkIng Hu Its It II destiny with tho the commerce of the tie ago age are largely largel in the care of Yuan ShIh Kal Kai this the grand old man mon of I China Chinn M who ho Is la In line with his I I predecessor LI Hung flung Chang I who long before ho he closed his career had foreseen the needs of ot his hla country In this work Yuan iuan Stith ShIh Kal lial has the tho I I confidence and aid of ot Prince Chun regent of or the realm during the coming i j to tho the throne of Pu YI il some BOmo time re rev I moto mote from the ago In which he will j I tako lake up tho the burden that awaits him GILFORD GLENN OLENN I Wireless For Forest Fires Fire The use une of ot the wireless for tor giving no notice tice tic of trouble In ships at e sea MIl a hue has made madea a 11 profound impression Impre lon upon the world It ham hai given RIven the traveling public fresh tresh in ocean transportation and logically should In time reduce the cost coat co t tuf of marine Insurance But nut It Is III quite Quito probable that the tho potential value alue of this device delce for tor protective purposes has hns hasby by br no means been exhausted It has hIlS hase I e l to timber cruisers in the Iho far farI 1 northwest that It could be profitably I employed ed to RIve give Ue warning of ot Co forest rout I Ores nr in that territory a nu u wu car vr iu h I glon there Is Ie a vast lUt one and lumbermen lumber lumbermen lumbermen men say Kay that more timber Is III annually consumed by fire than by the tho saw A thousand acres of primeval forest were ere destroyed by fire In fn western wc torn Washing Washington ton last year and as much or more In various portions portion of the tho Inland empire and oven even then thon the tosses losses worn were regarded as II lighter than usual It is 18 claimed that but for tor tho tits de destruction by lire fir the this timber supply might easily NUll bo ho conserved oon so as ns to last for tor centuries The Till chief f reason rod son for the spread pread of ot lire Is III that after its start in I I discovered a long time must 1 be before before before fore aid can nn b be summoned It gener generally generally ally gives its itH It own on warning through the flume that are working Its destruction and then the trouble Is le I beyond control The telephone and an l the th telegraph are not of ot much service The poles burnand burn burnand and amI blazing blaring brunches branches fall tall arrow across ho wires wire and anil render them of ot no avail Itis It IH is therefore proposed to establish a I system of ot wireless signal boxes and tech the tho forest rangers how to use them That would not wholly solve the problem but would prove rove of ot great gre t as ali I In reducing the danger to an Industry that pays pals annually about 78 76 I In wages In kraut section eUon Where Old People Are Not Old OldIn OldIn I In Norfolk there are ore In InI I every village Individuals more than I eighty years of ot age agO and not Infrequent Infrequently ly one ono or two over ninety and those th of I seventy and upward are regarded as DB not oven even old Many farm tarm laborers of ot seventy are quite quit hale hal and hearty working from early morning up UI to 6 5 and 6 0 In the evening and some somo are so lID vigorous OH OK to earn a 11 mans full wages In ono one village containing about I Soo people within the putt pat six months havo have died three women more moro than ninety years jeara ears of age the tho oldest being no less than ninetysix In an on another onI another I I other Norfolk villaga with inhabitants to tho the number of thoro live Ih n a 1 man manof manof of ot a 11 woman of ot ninety a 1 1 I woman of ot a woman of ot i i and several everal of ot both sexes i iv v it In yet ct another village j are arc a blacksmith K I tho the widow of ot a mi I c whose M sf nd II j The longevity of r tI I t e ehas r has a very ry inter s t J Ito I t r to tel It That tn to enI i nt sj 11 a u g y wholesome food t I r i iop c op open n air and to n i uT T i cupy the mind and i a will enable a man titan t the evils of n nto T I Tto Ito to be he shown n l t i I k Not Norfolk folk laborer Canada City Made to Order Prince Rupert ri i i imade made to order m has tuu l hen been en cho chosen n i t i t a I i of the Canadian CanI Cana t I tway way wall Or which win wilt i hr r harbor 80 miles i i l i mi I miles ne nerve re i 1 city is and wo too m III u t The fhe gOI I I u I j m I road Are arc working m In 11 i J n 1 y v a i development of IM w i l I It t I t e best beat theoretical Un him 1 i f i J Jot of ot the time architects d i g a erv become one on of the u id I Ja t lire t l I world with its Is n vII 11 i U iii u main business art rl a adred dred tired feet wide its jeer h tho the residential se ton n in Iti ji II rutty squares Its f F 11 l I Inot IrI not On paper tu h i i i r iery m J very ery fine and yet yot th rn n rl In living in oil au i h 1 r 1 r 4 g gland land town when wh hC h gr wi aft t han h r 13 ta t tI too anticipated a aid 1 g s l a i t 1 I 1 Snowfall In Europe In I Tim snow full In 11 central CI Eop J Jpe lilt winter inter broke all records Ir r c ani r years yearB Germany r re t t t I worst vor t of ot It For Tor da loss s at a Crt r t towing lowing Iloh big stor steer ori t Ibe the t ni I were w ro blocked 1 to tl su eu h it hUt an t r that the street Tt of cUbe UK if mint mini capital Mas was tax 1 I I i rr 11 vi Ono One snowstorm cost coal f t If h t r It Jl I clear clor away i e ri ty vans being used u oo to a tr gr 11 i tr 0 a athe the work |