Yoshimura. Outside the Leased Territory, at Lisoyang, Makdeo, Tichling. Changchun (or Kwaachengtza), snd Antang are Consuls, appointed by Tokio, but receiving their instructions and transmitting their reports through Port Arthar, Into this system the souths Manchuria Railway Company, under residency of Mr. ura, is led, undertaking throughout the ea outside the Leased Territory sneb miscellaneous functions xs the supply of electric light, the erection of hotels and places of amusement, and the building of primary and commercial schools, All this it does, of course, at enormous cost, which would seem to' be far in excess of its receipts, Bnt there are 30,000 Japanese in the Leased Territory and 36,000 outside it; and at Linoyang, Haicheog, and Kungehnling infantry, artillery, and cavalry bead-quarters of at least 15,000 men. So! the Railway Company is prepared to do things on a large scale, One can understand therefore if one does not agree with—and personally T do not—the view that secs in all this expenditure of money and effort s deliberate intention of closing the "open door" at no very distant date, Englishmen out here have long been asking the question mich, according to Reuter's telegrams, now being asked at home—namely, How far does Japan intend to go?"
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