Show scientific I 1 important part played by aloo tricey in eastorn eastern torn hostilities the general adoption of telegraphic communication by tho the reo people Ja japanese ponese aro are adepts in tho the art it is interesting to note the important electrical appliances in in part played by the war between china and japan the japanese especially esp are arc quick to turn to account any advantage offered by scientific appliances and in ill corea coma they have hare materially strengthened their hands hand hy by taking possess possession ion of the lines and stations of the telegraph service their men are trained in construction st as well as in actual manipulation says the chicago tribune and can bo be trusted to keep the lines in working gorder order as long as they retain control the mi people have taken very kindly to the telegraph since its introduction in their first installation of a couple of short lines about forty miles long altogether speedily grew into four thousand miles and now the wires devoted to the service measure close on twenty six thousand miles including several submarine cables of various lengths one of the longest being in that thab connecting the ma main in 1 island with tsu shima the largest island midway between japan and corea corca a position which as may be readily imagined ima ined is just now of the utmost importance so well indeed have these the so clever copyists appropriated and utilized the telegraphic developments of western civilization that there is now hardly a point on the coast more than a few hours distant from a telegraph office so that a fleet runner could convey the news of a hostile descent to the adjacent outpost anti and a defensive force be called to the threatened region in loss time than it would take the to determine upon their point of attack this was demonstrated very clearly in IS 6 when the news of the satsuma rebellion was brought by a boatman to kumamoto IC in orz one night and hashed flashed to the capital almost before tho the ansur bents ants rear guard had cleared from kagoshima the consequence was that the rebel gen was promptly met and snuffed out olit before lie he had reached the territory in which his forces might have become llauge dangerous through being augmented au dented I 1 by 3 numerous irous sympathizers but for the telegraph there would doubtless have been serious trouble for it would have taken a fortnight for a runner to reach tho the capital and the delay would have been all in favor of in the matter of field telegraphy too the japanese are adepts their portable instruments etc being modeled upon apparatus which they have imported from europe the posts are made mada in sections with spiked bases to stick in the soil and the wire runs out from reels on light hand barrows the japanese are entirely undisturbed ly by any considerations as to patent infringement gement when the first telephone receiver receiver reached dapah from america it was received with delight and enthusiasm thusia sm and within a week or so there were some edison receivers of native make being experimented upon the police and fire brigade systems of telephonic alarms and calls now established in japan are complete in every detail many of the japanese vessels ar arc furnished with tile the electric light li ht and a nd it is stated that the manipulation of the projectors is remarkably efficient notice has been given that owing to the outbreak of the war lights on the formosa coast have been extinguished and no doubt others both in japan and china will vill also be put out or false lights substituted to suit the purpose of either cither it will therefore be necessary for all steamers navigating those waters to be extremely calef careful ul and a correspondent of a london daily suggests that ono of the best precautions is is to use the submarine sentry as by its aid a vessel going at ten knots can be assured that it has at I 1 least cast twenty f fathoms of water under it its 1 keel cc I 1 and warning arning is given on board if less depth is reached thus giving ample time for position to be verified the submarine sentry is a recently invented electrical arrangement for giving the farnin war nin mentioned |