Garland Globe | 1906-06-02 | Page 2 | Trouble in Manchuria

TROUBLE IN MANCHURIA. Japanese Merchants Are Accused of Being Greedy. Washington. Eastern malls bring nows of friction between tho English merchants and tho Japancso otnclaln, resulting from tho difficulty experienced experi-enced by tho former In obtaining access ac-cess to tho markets of Manchuria. It Is charged that tho Japancso seized tho opportunity afforded by their military occupancy of tho country coun-try to conccntrato all of tho trado In tho hands of their own merchants, and that not only Is tho country glutted with goods brought In by tho Japancso to a point which makes It practically lmposstblo to find openings to European Euro-pean goods, but through their control of tho transportation routes In Manchuria Man-churia and Korea tho Japancso officials aro ublo to discriminate against traders trad-ers of other nationalities. In ono placo tho Chinese thomsolvcs complain that tho Japanese hnvo built a bridge across ono of tho principal streams so low that It cannot longer bo used by tho Chlneso boats, with tho result that tho trafllc Is diverted entirely to tho Japancso owned railroad.