| Show I CHINESE THEATER OT OF CONFLICT N r The Ammo Amur Region Where the lie Celestials lave l Clashed With the Forces of the Czar Russia Hupt has lIal been In u sea the tad aDd h fl only friend of the self If de deposed posed pod government or of ChIDa and lid std that other alibi shall hall be from the caP eap caPI I hat tal I a perks of events bu bas transpired on the northern frontier of ChIna which gives a coloring to her evident though unannounced the Itle fervent ot of the l ulan bt bear ar to the effect that he nu further In China ChIn hI his heing these events give the lie to whatever he may mar have I Is Issued sued BUill In III the put TM The first O occurrence of at Importance waa w at lut latt summer ummer when Willm it 11 Wu announced capital of the Amur province fit had fallen alien a prey to a savage horde of S and lid Mongolians from the Two da days later came reliable news newl that r tb the Chinese had been driven from their positions with great slaughter losing men hieD and 17 tans I and that the I right bank of the Amur o opposite hall had been n occupied by troops troop The crux ot of the situation was wa explained lat lal laler i er when wilen Russian n reports an pounced the killin killing and putting to toU tor r Might U ht of Chinese with no casual ike U whatever to the troops or of the tho Isar This bloodless VIctory It was U later u as r Wu nothing more or Ie less U an atrocious massacre or of Chinese of at them laving havill been disarmed stripped ot of their belongings to the rivers river lank bank and ordered to cross CIOll to te the oUter other the Chinese side The Th Amur ls II a mile wide at this place No boats boata were provided and when the poor wretches wretch protested it II wu was report port portH c H ed mh men women and children were pre flung Into the It stream am stabbed and tf shot not one Gf at them escaping alive r t To th those with relentless tM for the put past hundred years and more mon such uch a massacre might seem incredible a as well U Inexplicable j I but tut to one who hu baa followed th the trend I p eC events In this region on It forms forma only n a lie atone In a structure built ot of the bones bone of countless victims and c tented lit In blood and t tears lIra That tare lure I is throughout all Asia AlIa advance of at al rOM roes Iberia to the Amur le la no new move mint but hu bu been persisted In vr ever dace the vat vast possibilities of this Mil Nis ot of the coat coast were pro Iro proclaimed claimed b by a Russian traveler earl early In tM tie seventeenth century The Russo Chinese frontier WU was delimited lIy by treaty In lW and In III 1851 after contin con tin agitation an all Al erla north or of the Amur wu was ceded to Rusala Itula At last lut the tM bear lIr had got partly into Inlo the lent and Imd the i left bank ot of tb the Amur Amr represented lt hi hinote his note nose lie Ile put a foot inside when helpless In ID th the ItU graap of the a allied ar In ISO 1110 gave him the entin sea ea country ot of rent the mouth to the boundary ot of Ko Ka Katea KorM tea rM without hoo t tb the loss Icea to the tbt czar CIa r of a life lite or th the expenditure or of a hun dad n a aAn An Any other nation than that thal rut rub d b by the remorseless or Ih the Mua Mu would have hats Wen satisfied ap al for Ill he had now hl his hearts outlet on em the Ill i Ilk IIII for tor his including and r nAI neti ural harbor below elow tile the It line De or of sal ual frosts But Bul not Ute the ursine appetite wal only oDly whetted by br the In n of t this vast country and he bl mild made poor Ioor John Chinaman virtually cede rede another vast YUt province when wIlen the latter allowed Russia to project the southern lOuthern branch of his hll transcontinental railroad to KI riD Mukden and at last lut to lort 1011 Ar Arthur Arthur thur nil nn the Tellow sea No Now he ha had hadan l an outlet within or mile mUe of Pt r king and had a port aI always Va a f free froth winter Ice Rut Dut was he be Oh Db not no HI He still a little mono mom Having se secured I Ired cured red a leue of Port ort Arthur aver ro l its Ita aloe heat Japan Jalan which had won It n es the s 1011 or of war warthe U the bear became paramount In Man by means of hi his railroad lions and now as a fa fact whet r Lass JaIl loa bag been in III effect tb of Nn Manchuria burla and aDd tion of the bank Ilk of 01 Uw the Amur sew f the right hank bank of tl the Amur bg ing tile the I southern bank will probably lw Iw ex extended s wll tended to to all the territory I Pe end the or of Man fan may alo Imply 1 all aJl Chins ChIDa proper which woe conquered by br Its It I former rul em 11 whose hOle d descendants Occupy the fr throne today y Thai Thal fu tt bound houn try ary line has hili tart n advancing southward for rop ant and now like the great t wall of fled Its Ita terminus in III the gulf of fe il I on the Yellow sea ae There it I will III be anchored for tor a period while the hue bear drawn draWl la In the slick tad al lightens the coil COUI sacra till his dearly be beloved loved Chinese brother until nUI the gnat 1111 and Peking will more nearly ap approximate proximate Ih the northern ort frontier than Ihan the boundary e which ts ia In InI fact falt vague vrue and Indeterminate I The ot of the Amur held by Russia the of a crop croll crollon II on the right bank of thee the great river rt m may be taken u as the pot ot of mighty who long labored for tor this consummation and aDd insisted that It would rome come The gnat fN com eW daI artery and nd strategic line of own oom la In this region is II of comae fro Amur 1400 mil miles In III length sad aDd for river at all 11 that even In winter forming a fro tro troi frolIa lIa i a highway for tor sledges from It its mouth to tb the head had of navigation Its banks aN lined with forests of oak pi pine D I Ipie area pie and nd cork ork wOO wood and It Its I waters abound with lIh nab The JIm first to ascend the Amur by the way a was Val built In New York In 1867 sad and called the America has baa been but Jul the hopes hopel In indulged ill la rel It have haV been some somewhat what dashed since the short abort cut wu was projected making Port on tilt the gull guU of Pi II the terminus of the elan line H Which te II sit lIt sitUated at the junction of the Amur add aud audIt It its southern the learn is II known tor it Il has bat not IUD long occupied the position It now holds bold u uthe uthe the administrative lInt renter r of the Sibe rian littoraL lIen here th lb great railroad takes take a sudden ludden turn southward to the Il sea leaving the banks f the Amur and following the Ibe course of tM the It III Ia a city at though Its population of about 1 I le fluctuating u q e r 1 t r t y t i a h L 1 t I Ii i i e ef I f y N FLOTILLA AUGHT AY THE r IN ue r I li it itt i I t r man r 1 i j 4 t p 4 t tI I t E S OF r AND HIS FAMILY y a f d dat at k tib Ir t I MILITARY HOSPITAL AT i j I hu has already published elaborate regula lions placing the entire nn and l lI I both banks bank of the river under law and aad authority All Chinese such lIuch u are not planted there are aN forbidden to dwell an n the left or north bAnk Ball and they are informed that the annexation of Manchuria would be a lit fit for lor thu at Itch u upon his 1118 capital At one on fell swoop the schemes h mee of rt ribs were re and Russia Rua be became came In fact as aa well ell u as In name ruler ruhr over all northern and Chi China China I na probably aggregating square miles ot of territory with willa a population ot of perhaps more titan than chiefly Chinese China I l a sea lOA that salts all 11 the wa a I ten rua into It says an old Proverb ro rb tad th this has ha been tn roved proved true especially u n to the northern frontier I country There it II another proverb also allO particularly apropos at t the present I time A hOlt hat ch and toro stores of art are the hungry I are deprived of their food and there then is II III isu I u DO re rest t for lor th those who are called ottlo I toil loll I These are utterances attributed to I Confucius and the great 81 Chinese sage If must mt have baw foreseen just such uch all as ell ez u tile the present for lor the Russian Invasion si of China may lw compared ompa to toa toa a 1 sword ord that fall cuts both bolh ways It will bo b next to Impossible to f feed ud and sup supply up ply the vast forces necessary for future un unless It II taken taMn for reo re colonies planted and bar i f rats t gathered sad in 11 carrying nut I this hire will surely be no norest rest for tor these ObID Chinese who are called fin on to toll toiL As 8 to the danger to be bei i eared from the Isolation of a com comI compare small 11 body of Russian t troops the confiner cOIante of a country that I can mar maI millions for its III defense defea a observer r us The using that tbt Providence I ii on the Ibe side lid of tile the I largest battalions Is one of those laor lems which does dOlI not a apply pJ to Chine battlefields With the coast coastIn In Ru Russian possession as tar south as the river which separates ratH It I from Korea and lid all the UIO be between tween that polo and nd the Ut Laur aur also allO I Adjacent Manchuria which my may ht he known merely l a as an ap p inage anage ot of the Amur province has 1181 vast Rat forest and valleys In which swarm valuable fur bearing animals In and 1 immense plains which bleb UJ ort herds of cattle horses and nd sheep heep There Jt JI gold In both bolh the thet t equally precious and great reat do de posits of Iron and coal lit In Manchuria a the climate ranges from frigid to temperate till the t temperature In summer rising to 10 S 10 degrees and nd In wInter fall fallIn falling ing In W tar below the point Th The two to objectives for tor which Ru Russia I of la late b has fighting are on the Amur and on the pit gulf of tar far to the south louth Ue the only treaty port In riu ria Ru tan troops have tM been en ous oua ItI is both pl places but oDI only after tb the committal or of atrocities which upon any other nation than Ihan the Chinese would 1 have the sympathetic horror ot of the world orld Indeed d while from his hll mouth the beer bear hu has breathed nothing but bat the gospel I of peace sweetness and ind light with hU his paws paWl b he has baa been clawing wa way the heart ot of the coun COUll country try Like lAke the Wolf In the fable he accused the ChI Chinese lamb of tb tie water waN of the Amur near eta It though the tho willow lamb YoWl was maD many hundred mile nearer its mouth than he and 04 another similar 0 of the lion and the lambis called to mind lIy by tile the quietude of the two parties In question giving rise rile to 10 a strong Suspicion that hat they may have bee laIn down till the lamb in III aide Ide TIle The centers ot of population on OD the Amur most moat prominent In connection with Ith the latest Russian advance a are the provincial tai lal and d miles nearer the mouth of th the river end aIMI GOO miles Ue dIstant from Vladivostok the two last named pI places being connected by a per por of the railroad already al alread read ready finished With Vladivostok Cu CuIa Rua alas Ia greet t port Ort on OD the readers are arll pretty well acquainted since It t has bu been aeed prominently bed I ff re them ae 1 the eastern fUtera ob objective tI of that lIt vast ut railroad Its Ita growth mainly ot of soldiers an and gov government It has bat many fine houses however a museum a church a school for far cadets two alleged hotels and nd ft a military hOll hospital Dally trains run regularly between the port an and Ihl this city accomplishing lb the journey In about 30 hours and connecting with steamers that tbt pi ply up the Amur to 10 atre to place the great railway isms baI been completed from Moscow an am ant gt t U It con do not Pf prevent Within tee 10 or three years Russia will have baw the easier Iter und and shorter route from Port Ar Arthur Arthur thur In operation by which Peking and Bt Petersburg will m be placed l In indirect t lon b by rail via Jt It II doubtless wIth W this I In view that the Russians have seized the railway from flom Peking to and aDd Taku with Ith Ahas hal kwan where It through the great wan wait with a comparatively gap between its Ita present terminus nu nus or rail end and aad ancient Mukden through which the tho main mala line has bat been projected Those oho ho have baft looked upon Siberia filbert n as a country of at led cold and barren I will be surprised to find Ind here her such clU cities as with an n estimated of great eat dl department torN stores well ell stocked two t 0 lar large hotels and tele telegraphs graphs phA The Am her u at Kha ov is II about a mute 18 ht width and tb the city is visible for tor a toa long distance before it is reached On the way rap from its sister city the gloomy convict barges convey Ins prisoners to tile the COt coast are aret met t with frequently even though the ear cur has bal recently r a liberal policy or of emancipation atlon There I is a ca cathedral thedral tb ral hero htIU and rJ Greek church churches es a big market plait pIMe a thousand feet reet across and the capital boasts boutI one pr gar garden den that thaI attached to the governors house which ibm It t to 10 the river bank Az AI we e eat I on tb the veranda a after din dill dinner ner writes a recent Y visitor I 1 was al surprised all 1111 at ones 8 to bear ho bugle totes otea within a few of us ua That counts from the other side lido of the river remarked the vice Ice who win sitting Wn next neat tM me sal noticed In my The Chinese soldiers wish us UI to know that they are be add lId lIdd ii d I They hll hail been giving us ua that thaI m lc four 1 a night for tor the I past I three weeks Some of our soldier I have han been giving them musk lessons That was 1181 just juet previous to the report reported port ported ed attack upon the capital and th the con consequent sequent reprisal when thousands wore ore by the And the I vice governors remark u as to his soldier sol die dier giving the Chin Clines music mullo le les lessons sons wu was evidently a bit or of Muscovite pleasantry the purport or of which WU was lout upon kill his visitor teat us tW r once oare the sport port ot of kiD kings and queens queen seems u as far removed from this modern modem age of the scatter catter gum In u the grange and ot of the middle are ages from our JI present nl ar tural era em Yet Yel though the sport port has haa fallen into lato except In the on orl stall aril especially Arabia where beN the flight ht or of the birds I ii followed on horseback it still tine bae It its devot devotees in hi England As Aa a rule the tho smaller maller species of hawk principally the merlin ate art u used ed sad Ud the for this is obvious A few centuries ago alo when storks fly flyIng tI In Ing across to England from Holland and tb the larger sea fowl rowl driven inland by the storms ot of the North nee lilii were wre plentiful the larger hawks found plenty I ut of game rama and II a day days sport port furnished not only the excitement ot of IL a aae I across fields In whIch 1111 ladies lid ed with the knights but a substantial ba bag ot of game 1 for the table NoW that the swift Itt dying game birds of the Jar gee varieties have bae largely disappeared from moland the smaller are left to furnish sport Larks lark from their speed and gameness are re favorite birds bird ot of the elt chase and are often captured lIve alive nook Hooks a are also alo sought lifter after and nil tho lit old birds r frequently escape a either by ff p 1 C 4 tl yip I mounting In swift circles high Into the theaIr theair aIr until the to II tired out or having gained a height b by making makIn A drop In a slanting line for tor cover This ThIa battle hattle In the sir air II full tull of excitement besides Idea furnishing of walking n ft the open OIn air for tor torI |
