Show t I o o e I X 1 nn 11 i iI iI i o O 1 I GI I RUSSIAN EXPANSION i iI Ii I F Meaning a and Its Men Menaces ce II 1 oe i II noun n A A 9 TIlE THE oriental disturbance to prove II Ig merely a In ii a teapot or II Ia It to culminate In on one ot of Ute gr t MI l the th world has hal nr ever Alen n with t UM for partition ot of China and the ua t market a u the vor ultima reward r Xan belleve bellev that the I I 0 lone gathering Is II at al last about aboul to but bunt and not note R of warning In books book I end and the of pub lie Ile non a n are ringing all 11 over Kurop anti I tt lathered around the ya Iro os r tNt Fate torn orm n tit of hapless China art Mern assem I fI Cs ot of cavalry and hurl them into Inlo loll ladis ender the banner of blOOd and a IU as It wore wert thus r the ot of But In China w we find the con contemplating a i Jo loot lt than that of from K he hAIl ha been tempo temporarily turn el It Iles ly Iy Ht at hili hie tNt feet its Ita llor un unable abl able to defend Ind It Then are now no natural to overcome u lit t lato BAN or India within banter of talus t Ing IJ hold bold duh dah and I I I II t I lit litt litI f J 11 I Ir r I Ia II I t Q a of l c 1 1 b I II I i j Ij J i t 1 1 rL I Itt It tl r I m 11 9 I matter of ceding to th thI the state It II In pursuance on 01 a adeep I deep anted and nd poll popsy In int InI t I this the of t Great scheme heme ot of an 0 empire that reach without a break from bay to the Bering Ie ees Czar Clar II H is an n amiable blo young mn man of small stature wk weak eye and n trait irati physique lie m well And would a to f ace Universal e brought about with ot of coupe III a the dictator tor ot of terms But h he I In the hands handl ot of an an or or of enormous power ht he I la at atthe the merc mercy of tradition he be has ha hasin in hi his vt vat numbers of enter enterprising and adventurer whose whole habit ot of Ida hll liar fag a little r and nd yet farther lie he ostensibly deplores but never The nit great gret object of diplomacy as AI that of It has haa bon to keep the latter from amass to the Mediterranean and ana from obtaining ob a port un Ott the free winter Ice the protected western terminus ot of the railway does dOft not the required O for tor a port being I la a portion of the year but In the maUI cent hArbor of Port I ort Arthur southwest ot of It In Chinese ChIM water the Russian Run I found his hll Ideal and bill bate been bee walting long lone years for tor In an opportunity to seize It It 11 I well known that during the Ule war between China and Japan tilt the or of the former Cormer wen wre And the province ot of Manchuria was wat overrun b by the Japs who held among 3 r III bl j THE TAKU FO ro GUARDING APP TO TIEN TIN in AN D 1 S I A I I rat n 1 dj hi hit r tf f l 1011 I J t CI ea I 4 rei SQ I r If I 1 ot t t mil d r fv 1 I I t bled the great fighting of oC the theS S 9 I world armed to the teeth I Dominating In the situation elbowing an all others aside speaking with the voice olee WI Of we see Me the I hr I Tartar ot of whop whom Napoleon Hid In an another ot other 90 50 years will either be all allN N td republican or all Cossack He la II UI the ot of the nomads the C great ana of s I f Horne Re unknown races before whom In It 11 far time limes the Teutonic tribes WI trl fled westward overwhelming all 11 Eu rope Now however the tide hu has turn I i eel ed and he meets meet his hla opponents on the In the Che tar far northern part rte i I of AliI where when for tor centuries he hu has been I h ii If as 11 a fur for tra trader ler and nd penal colonist D I Suddenly he hu has made great strides of I territory 36 is Ii I mil miles In extent erecting tori I IC ot of immense strength and andI I I working so 10 Oft on the vat lilt e era I Trane railway ralla that It I mil muse of line within a few Cew montha will 4 II I E I US be entirely completed 8 lie He has Ims robbed Japan of 01 the MOil mat im edl I fruits ot of hr her victor victory over China In 1 he has ousted her ber from the mainland and thwarted hr her In Korea KorpI he hu has deposed Britain from h her r pro at t the court ot of f and aAd operated O tb the governmental machin machini M I DY In a way WIY that hat has caused universal i dismay According to lat late from II till GIN United states Itt minister at l I ht ha hu bas gathered more than aoi 4 discs In so 10 long ago aro all as et 0 t tI I I the class or of the Japo war hat hal halIng hatIng Ing increased his hla fortes tn in tilt the Amur Am ur river province to men and nd his hll flat I in Chin wt te t U warships Ual no It need not be Bald uld that J Japan 11 has rt re lauded d the czars ve I with deep anxiety and resentment or dt lb she hu his been increasing her ber arm arma went ever since she retreated from t the h mainland In consequence e or k his hll men menaces aces and that her beet soldiers are rp of the opinion that war wIt with the colossus is II inevitable And what II the character ot of this pant Ht who km such luch an earth rth hunger r that ht hi reaches out af r treta Ute the Baltic sea to Ute the lN Ic ocean I aims to t the s lit his hll is II ted It is not assuring Murin despite WI We unary lag g professions 1101 or of friendship for or Amer AmerIc AmerIca Ic Ica during marry years Whet we know It as the spirit ot of the twentieth century he laughs to scorn So 80 tar hr tram m going oin I en end I alon along the lines 1118 ot of ow our advance I lie has gone backward TIM The bonds of W II Ida peasants hue have been the I local self government which was tn in the th of their commune has Itu been ab b ba related a and the powers fon rl exer by them are re now DOW controlled trolled by chief appointed the tb no b by the of provinces wilt who themselves are d by theair the I air say taYI ha har r with the kilk hope to 10 toC C n which the th splendid wIt of the tint Ant bait or of the century pw birth I Mediocrity reign tiny n man mans s 8 J C si It who as Ion go got t pt oa oai t i cn t wM In U the end 1111 Mil IlK General with the of Russia In naiad Of be our duty to 0 rout naN j a o aT raw N p w I 1 a l e h a W r rNo ra I i fd T u aj Mya No 6 ate w e r k ki 1 i n O N a N a y i MAP HOWING r e w I FORTS i Y I w FOREIGN r u r t S t t r R p sue H AND TREATY ORTS i T Y eau y dry 1 a 3 z A i ir G 0 01 i it iTHE 6 r I iI I I II r r n i i j I l s rota N Pr K ve t r t f r Ai CEREMONY BEFORE B TT RENCH a THE TROUBLE IN IN THE DISTURBED DISTRICT that then Is no e opposition all he h cray craves of Chins may mar be his Will WillM M III make e that dull dub history argues that In the t light ot of his pot Ie Icy sad uti peat pow power lie he certainty will willit It gat wh when h he Is II ti fully hill pros IN bared For his vast territory has been growing at the or of k his neighbor be they Turks or Turco mans Pole or a and nd thou though after each aeh accession he be hu has soothingly announced u a did M t de olera Olen In 1101 that Russia has bu reached her full tull d de and will now turn tam her In at to Internal Improvement the world yap hu al him on tb the morrow reaching out t for tor mere Nil Nis word wads are he declares declare that he means mN no harm bann to anybody boit by hi hie It Is to te be am a men trade route mute for tor the development eIO of II at boric and the eai tying ot of maU malis and between Europe sad Ute the tar hr east put but his hll aspect is menacing his hla action 1 belle 11 Ida words end and tit there le II In inconsequence consequence a vast yut deal al of nervous a aces in Great Britain and nd Japan Of this Ibl the world may be I assured Wherever herer the Russian flag Is planted It forever rom It fora ram keep It It if all any OOM t Y made as M other ports b by right of 01 those thole or of Port Arthur and Ind Wei which guard pard the tb entrance to the grist gulf of In the bight or of which 11 flea lien thin the lh gateway of Peking But ow lag to the protests ot of bashed b by ranee and o Germany e n the w were deprived ot of their hard won poe OR on the mainland on the plea that they would be a constant oo menace to I ekine and d to the Independence of I Korel Kona and therefore detrimental to the JIt peace of rope This was wa the sharp barp edit edge of Russian diplomacy anti and when once entered It wu was driven home with lied sledge hammer blows When Mn at last t a Russian ultimatum the Japa Japanese consented to evacuate Ih the as for tor its Ita demanding demand In and the Island I nil of Formosa F Where tb the carcass le II then the ul tu lures gather ather The wr were look looking ing for a naval station ataUn on the Yellow sea In the peninsula when two German CaU catholic were wre murdered k iJ a ChI Chirps mob with mi to tomake tomake make the matter of im Not long after Admiral ot of subsequent ManU Manila ta tams railed with three warships Into the harbor barbor or of and nd pent word fo 0 the wondering won dering rt commander ot or the Chinese rare gar neon that he had bd rome come to obtain satie faction for the murder ot of the mission missionaries aries and nd intended to 10 occupy the forts at once he dill did by marines who ho ran up the German liar flag und and soon after went tnt Into winter quarters te Meanwhile re were pent nt under Prince Henry who came out with the parting words word JI as to the ot of the mailed flat ringing In his ears earl and Ind was wal received by J th the Chi tier emperor and nd dowager empress without ut being obliged to kowtow to tn royalty In compensation for tor the m mis missionary outrage Germany secured a alease I lease ot of for 90 years and nd the killing ot of a German sentry soon lOOn after enabled her br to obtain a railroad cones lion aion ot of through a country rich richIn In Th The old time rate ot of compensation of an eye for an eye and nd a tooth for tor a tooth seems Hems to have hav been revised up to dl date AI a R a port for tor a missionary anti and antia anda a railroad for tor a soldier On terms similar or pretenses equally the other powers joined In the for Cor ChIn Chinese territory until at the present time there remains no nation or of of an any consequence u as a military power that has baa not se secured cured au its Ita portion In starch March 1001 alter the conclusion of the loan Russia made malle malleR madea R a peremptory demand upon China forthe for forthe the cession of Port Arthur and aM the near nar harbor harlOr of oC on the same Mm terms I as were wre made for on one ot of the reasons advanced being its Ita In In other we word for having driven out the thi Japs In fn order that It be permitted to ape ap the same lAme territory to itself Doing dominated b by t the near Dear poor harried China could do nothing else than yield with th the best belt JIO to hr her friend from the era When the tho tung H ramon or gov governing power ot of thin looked to land IRd for tor assistance It received only the assurance ot of her m most et distinguished consideration Great Britain had bad re renaa refused fused to join with Russia Ruella France and Germany In demanding the withdrawal pt lt the Jape Jpe and that she want i ell eti no m share hare III the spoils But It to keep Rueel out ot of China either Ither by diplomacy or by show ot of farce England concluded that the next best thing thine would uld be to take what lit she could get ifft lest the time should come when hen then would net be anything to take Anti And so 10 eh I would ner consent she ahe consented to te accept a t lease ae ot of AVel Voi I ac 11 II a military harbor upon It its evacuation by t the Japa Japan n Will Was It by china merely that while Ru Russa secured the tb beet port on In tb the ex x 99 tome north coast ot of China ChIn hr her friend and amI ally France insisted upon having havinga a ta navel but bass and station at and t 1 island land ot of Hainan at the most mOlt southern point h the Uti two at all events they command the w 10 tar far as bases for the assembling of and forces for lor the invasion or of China are concerned And so 10 It went for tor It seemed that China DO now could find no nation so 10 poor a to do hr her As a 11 counter counterbalance balance to the French concessions ot of territory so lly near to lIong kung John Dull demanded and received 1 an ext extension lion on the land side ot of the Is II timid Id for his hll military necessities and industrial expansion Then again littie lit littI tie tI Japan came bock with a claim to tb the Chinese trust rout opposite Formosa or at leak 1 a pledge that It should never be to a foreign Mower fearing France as In an all ally ot of Russia and just justly ly Ir too as recent events have demon pirated 11 Tire partition or of China indeed III as tar Sir Charles hall had pointed out has Quit tar far already for Cor It th the subject be hastily reviewed It will be seen that First Japan took by right of 01 conquest la In 1 Second Germany German helped herself to In 1311 Third stole tole Port Arthur and In March larch titS Fourth ot Great sorrowfully accepted Wel Wel and Q n slice or of orthe the maInland opposite If China Chin has not been partitioned In ta fact t she lap been already almost almest In effect With this Ihla chaIn yf foreign naval mod anti treaty ports extending from Ko Korea In the north to Anam In Inthe inthe the south luth the last great scramble shall take plate and ana th the toaster ot of nIe Mee shill shall say MY Gentleman the tree is III bout about to bt be aha shaken ken atop alep up and pick out your our plums hunt the actual apportion anent of the empire will be a compare simple lm I matter It tIlA may then ap appear p pear tt t once onoe In his hll long ca 8 Tier reer 0 of triumphant mendacity theses and op on the Gr Great t White Whit Cur Clar Will And himself mil mistaken taken and that to will regret having called for tor forthe the intervention of the powers which as AI the whole world knows knowl wait not nel d tie signed to the of Chi China China na ao much aR an to keep the door ot of t the facile open Ollen to Russia How closely these matters concern the States III f peen lun when one our position In the Philip Philippines I pines the lie rapid development ot of Amer loan trade with China durIng the past It decade and the fact that the nUMan genius and system Arc ago so o dl di opposed to the Por a whole century the kept I this uncouth giant from the ocean but ht he hi has emerged d al i last lait nt not at at Constan h fro which they drove him o 0 but mites awat anny on the of the Ia PaD he looms in III the thle e eye ot of hi his a emles more terrible titan than ever and more fraught with lower ower for tor forthe the destruction Uon ot of our civilization Nearly one thin of oC the human humin tie is IA re resident In China whose WhOM territory is Ia larger than that of the United Stales American trade with the Chinee has ot of late years ara beA coming up by leaps and bounds Last we sold olI them I goods to the amount ot of Hu sins total was lees 1981 than China bought fr m liB more goods good than she bought from alt all I outside or of treat and ana le 18 thought that eve have not begun to reach the po ot of this trade which It unrestricted It Is fe estimated ted will 11 at t the end of 90 30 wean ra reach me 1100 annually The market Is there therefore therefore fore on one of great Importance to the United math Jut but the Chin Chinese stales Glen n declare till It we wll dance we must pay the r and that It if we are areto areto to have hao influence there Wil we must bt be prepared red to protect them their and ou ourselves In mutual rights right This the tha question paramount at first gln glance 14 superficial l or surface tor fot Chin Chinese affairs II fa that of our missionaries and the Americans already r resident In China engaged II in who are estimated at about In number scattered along aloni the che coa coast t and andIn andin In the commercial enter At the recent of 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