Word: manchuria
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...administration of the penal settlements has permitted the escape of prisoners, many of whom have become forest outlaws. The natives of the region belong to five different peoples, and among them are some whose religious rites include the keeping and sacrificing of bears. The return journey was made through Manchuria, which at that time had to be crossed in disguise...
...Emerson, who had been a member of the Rough Riders, during the Spanish War was sent to Manchuria as the representative of the Chicago News, the New York World, and other prominent dailies...
Prince Sadanaru Fushimi, personal representative of the Emperor of Japan to President Roosevelt and the St. Louis Exposition, will be the guest of President Eliot this morning. The Prince commanded the first division of the Second Army of Japan in Manchuria last...
Though Port Arthur was Japan's reward for the war with China, Baron Kaneko said, she surrendered it at the request of France, Germany, and Russia. By secret negotiations and by taking advantage of the Boxer rebellion, however, Russia converted Manchuria into a fortified Russian province which threatened the freedom of Korea and China and the existence of Japan...
...February 28, 1903, the Japanese government began negotiating with Russia for an understanding regarding Manchuria and Korea, but Russia's only reply was successive delays and the rapid strengthening of her forces until Japan was forced to send to St. Petersburg, on February 5, 1904, an ultimatum stating that she would defend her "menaced position...