Ina recent note 'o the Corean Foreign Otice, the Russian Representative Seoul' has repeated his objection to the opening of Yang-Ampho as well as Wij threatening that_ if Corea accedes to the proposal of certain Powers, Russia will be Jompelled to take her own measures a she Geemns advisable, la order to safeguard her interests, especially at Yang-Ampho, which is the scene of the Russian lumber oper tions. In reply, the Corean Foreign Office has rejected the Russian statement on the round that it impairs Corea's sovereignty. Ruch is the every-day current of Seoul politics, Corea's vacillation is, the main crux of the difficulty.
'A later message otates that nine Russian soldiers, with ninety Chinese coolies, have expelled the villagers in the Keum-dor island near Wiju, declaring the island will be made a log depot. The local 1 authorities ordered off the Russians, but in vain, A long story of such an affair in unnecessary for your readers, but it may be noted that the present Russian game is to contravene Japanese influence in the pending lumber dispute on the Yalor.
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