Show various topics ot tile seoul korea independent we have been repeatedly informed through different sources that a negotiation will bo between and japan concerning the employing ot military officers by abo korean government it very kind ot the two powers to take ench balne in adjusting korean abe two mean to treat an independent detate they amnet not expect that korea will be tl act according to whatever will be agreed upon between the two powers concerning her affairs aa we under elabd the object of the coming aaion between count and baron isa A roien Is to hape a deer understanding concerning korea between the governments they represent and korea is in no way to take part la the conference therefore korea will not be in any manner or degree to act or recognize the agreement which the two may make between themselves philadelphia record toe scheme to reclaim the zuyder sea which has been mooted in holland since 1648 has at last taken concrete shape A huge dam I 1 ie to be built from the island of bierin i ken to the coast of zeeland and the waters abua impounded are to be drained off by a eyslee of canale with tidal locks to prevent the of theeda the timatea the work la end the lime required to complete it Is thirty three years the undertaking will require the work ot many hands and will enable the elates general for a while to evade the dobem of the unemployed artince the completion com of thie enterprise will add from to square kilometers kilo to the area of the country that timeworn time worn pleasantry abent the dutch having conquered ciol land bids fair to be a joke providence journal the govera ment the great banks at lb financial centers the railways the steamship lines ambassadors consul the trade and technical schools all labor together for the development and protection of germanys foreign commerce As an example ol 01 the intelligence and thoroughness of the efforts made in that direction may be cited tho sending out this year of a epenial economic econom io expedition to china and japan to study the wants and tastes of the people of those countries and instruct manufacturers at home how best to carry german competition into those markets that is a way of doing business in comparison with which the methods employed in most countries are slow and old fashioned and it la not that it has caused a marked expansion of german commerce the election of general ignacio andrade as president of venezuela is regarded as a victory tor the proposed arbitration between venezuela and great britain lie has been an earnest advocate of that means of settling the dispute andrade who is about fifty eight yeara old has a conidi croue figure in venezuelan affairs |