There is a ramour among them that this will be the last change of troops. By the end of the year, it is said, China will have raised a loan and paid off the indemnity. After that there will be no excuse for maintaining a garrison on Chinese territory. But in these times events move rapidly, and before another year has passed over us, who knows but there may bestirring times again in the Far East. It is the opinion of not a few that if the trouble in Europe spreads and involves the great Powers, including
reasserting herself in Corea. If a struggle Russia, Japan wil tke the opportunity of between these two Powers must come, a3 many think, it will be better for Japan for it to take place in the near future than for it to be delayed for ten or fifteen years. The reasons for this will be-evident to any who are familiar with the situation in these Far Eastern lands.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.