The Gaulcris publishes a long communication on the Far East
from a writer who signs himself " Amourski," and evidently knows his text well, which contains a statement that, if true, is important. It has, he says, been formally decided at St. Petersburg not to allow any rival Power to establish itself in Korea, even if war should be the consequence of the resolve. This, if confirmed, is a direct defiance to Japan, where the fixed policy is that if Russia takes Manchuria, Japan must take Korea. The writer affirms that Russia is pushing troops, Cossacks, and colonists on towards the frontier of Manchuria, being eager to anticipate the day when Japan, which is already educating and drilling the Chinese, shall control the Yellow block (" Is bloc Jaune ") in its entirety. These latter remarks are a little too prophetic ; but the decision reported to have been taken at St. Petersburg would greatly strengthen the hands of the war party at Tokio, their belief being that possession of Korea is vital to Japan, and that Russia gains in strength on the Pacific with every year allowed her to accumulate forces in Manchuria.
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