Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-06 | Page 2 | China Regarded as Powder Magazine

CHINA REGARDED AS POWDER MAGAZINE Russia So Looks Upon Chinese, and Realizes the Great Danger. ST. PETERSBURG, May 5. The effect ef-fect of the disaster to Russian arms on the Yalu upon the Chinese is being Watched with considerable apprehension. Tho Russian Government Govern-ment nnnears to be satisfied with, tho situation for the moment, and Paul Lessar, the Russian Minister at Poking. Po-king. Is making dally reports to the Foreign office. The report received from the Minister today contained nothing disquieting. The Peking Government, according to Russian reports, seems to be acting In perfectly good faith, and insists that It Is Intent upon preserving neutrality. neutral-ity. It is turning a deaf ear to the appeals of anti-Russian leaders who want China to throw In lie;- lot with Japan, and Is doing all possible to suppress sup-press antl-forcign agitation among the people. Nevertheless, the Russian authorities regard China as a powder magazine. They realize the danger and necessity for constant pressure on the Russian Government. The danger of an anti-foreign anti-foreign movemont throughout tho Chinese Chi-nese empire exists not only for Russia, but for all the powers, and Russia has at leant three times since the outbreak of the war addressed the powers on the subject, the last time being less than ten days ago. The answers received re-ceived uniformly show a full appreciation apprecia-tion of the need of exercising a restraining re-straining Influence on Peking, and all the powers are co-operating to this end.