Show scientific important part played by eloon triciti in eastern hostilities the garl Geni bral adoption of 0 telegraphic communication by tile people are arc adapts in the art it is interesting to note the important part played by electrical appliances in the war between chinn and japan the japanese especially are quick to turn to account ally advantage offered by scientific appliances anil and in ill corea they hiiva h ave materially strengthened i their hands by taking possession pos of the lines linc s ind and Stati stations of the telegraph aph service their men inen are trained in construction st a as well as al in actual manipulation says the chicago tribune and can call he be trusted to keep the lines in working order as long as they retain control the mikado s people have taken very kindly to the telegraph since its introduction in 1870 their first installation of a couple of short lines about forty miles lot long altogether speedily grew into four thousand miles and now the wires dc demoted doted to the service measure close on twenty six thousand miles including several submarine cables of various lengths len one of the longest being ng that connecting the main island with 1 tsu I su shima the largest island midday between japan and corea a poi position tion Nv liiLi as may be readily imagined i is just now of the utmost importance so well indeed have anese clever cOPY copyists its appropriated and utilized the telegraphic developments of western civilization that there here is now hardly a point on the const more than a few hours distant from a telegraph office so that a fleet runner could convey the news of a ll hostile ostile descent to the adjacent outpost and a defensive force be called to the threatened region in less time than it would take the to determine upon their point of attack this thi was demonstrated very clearly in 1870 1876 when the news of the satsuma rebellion was brought by a boatman to kumamoto in one night anil and hashed flashed to the lie capital almost before the insurgents rear guard had cleared cle ired from kil goshima the consequence was that tile rebel gen cen wa was promptly met and snuffed out olit before lie had ren reached clied the territory in which his forces might have become dangerous through being augmented by numerous sympathizers but for the telegraph there would doubtless have been serious trouble for it would have taken a fortnight for a runner to reach tile the capital and the delay would have licen been all in favor of jn in the matter of field belc telegraphy raphy too the die japanese are adepts adepts their portable in instruments etc being aein modeled upon apparatus which hey y have imported from europe the posts are made in sections with spiked bases to stick in the soil and the wire runs out from reels on hialit liand hand barrows the japanese are entirely undisturbed by uny ny t 4 as to patent in n au rin gement canent when the first telephone aee receiver eiver reached dapah from america it was receded with delight and enthusiasm thusia sm und ind within a week or so there some home edison receivers of native make being experimented upon the police and fire bri brigade ado systems system of telephonic alarms and culls calls nowes bowes in japan are complete in every detail many jany of the japanese c vessels are arc furnished with the electric light and it is stated that the manipulation of the projectors is remarkably notice has been given that owing clining to the outbreak of the alie war lights on thu formesi For musi boist have been extinguished aud and no doubt others both in ill japan Jap anand and china will also be put out or fane false lights substituted to suit huit tile the purpose of either cither it will therefore be betes s sary ary for all steamers steamer navi navigating d those waters to be extremely careful and a correspondent tf of a london daily suggests u ge ts that one of the best preen titio is to u use t alie lie submarine sentry as ly by its aill a vessel ve nel going at ten tell knots ian can be assured that it has at least twenty fathoms of water under its keel and wa warning anin is given on board if loss less depth is reacted reached thus giving givin ample time for position to be verified verified the submarine sentry is a recently invented electrical arrangement for giving the warning mentioned I 1 |