Show 11 The Czars Policy of Expansion In the Far East I on Iho purl ot to P her far CliP east I sphere ot St into e Is hut the logical out outcome come collie ot of the tho pOlicy I itt lurIng the pst past five fIc years by the ot of tho Ito czar In the mutter matter ot of the he great Chinese emit ern idre It Is nit nil open Ollen secret hat ever sInce the tue uprIsing ot of J OO Qu butts hns had by the throat hut but wh is lint so Ho generally known III 1st that thit some BOme limo into ago ngo from tho thio emperor concessions elli esil 1 to give her solo lIole con control of the great Ineat tell tea trade e of the COUll t try as well ns as ot of the vast mineral reo re resources sources of oC the ho Interior Again since the tho Boxer cllon once has become well voil Paramount In III relations which may mayoine oine slay count tor or a great deal have been een with the tho native no au ot of Tibet that great Inland principality abou t which comparatively little Is III owIng to its prejudices against the admission ot of foreigners within its 18 e even n for tor II a visit butt but which be ot of far to tn in the ot of it II tIe de ded d It 11 A t AMo vIt 11 u Jt 11 v however its IH seen lIeen mo t prom II In iii that portion ot of Asia sIa nil ns the tar fuji east It Is against t the tho growing ni aggression ot at atthe the heir palpably not only tile Interests hut hill the tha b life lito of oC II that tim tho Oel fiery little has been boen so pro testing It is to nil ftc wIth exactness lie tho slate which Out first began to get Ito Iho tipper bans iii antI to adopt the tho polio pole which hints haH so 10 menacIng to tn lie IntegrIty or of nil as well nil as ot of China Io Hu far tur back baele os as tho ho century oh 1 a goes slice ot of ManchurIa bitt It Itts Itis ts is absurd to that itt It time she overt ren of oC the Cotro she has so rUcee 11 during recent years It Is safe lat to say how however ever Iver prior to the tho i or of the idea or th ha great raIlway which she luns IR thrown thero came to 10 h her r vIsions or of an greatness In Asia Aela nn thing lint lie world had evet known this or of our lie stuD sho haul d dIgna signs Igna upon IndIa but the tho ot of the approaches In 10 that British colony rendered It patent nt that slit IIII must flutist h her tIme lime he Core this at atthe the tho integrIty ot of the tho BritIsh empire With lIh on tIns till other ather hand the sItuation WM was different Russia lucre thore had the hue of a boundary ll he could make a I gradual ad advance vance without exciting the thO ot of other powers power shin Rho might hope hOlle Iy to herself fO o III the rel th tint t ho hid hilI defiance to 10 lie tho should the tho nt at attempt tempt be mastIc to eject her eVents have shown conclusively thuat she now herself herIC In an 1111 Ide hIe position so far nR as ManchurIa is III and tIm tho same somo events It II nutty not illogIcally he ba hint she l Is d that her lIr with the Chinese are lIuch all as to her con control Irol riot not only ot of lie tho ro Iro lace Ince Manchuria of but ot of most toot tAnt stretching from the tho In chic cille CI r inland Whether or nol thIs bellet belier III i n a delusion the tite future alone can cantell tell lell anti It II may ho be that fate tato has roo ro served for tOl Japan the ta task le of lug IUt lie tho world on this mo t Important rite of at Korea Koren l 1st un ott to 10 the tho acy ot of In the Iho far east since lie tho contInued ot of the 1 would act all as a buffer bet n the Ito pretensions ot of the czars govern m nt antI and lie tho of at and progressIve Japan Ito tho harbinger ot of our western cIvIlization to hunt per por ion ot of the world itt this thin light ho 10 collies comell hut htmL ono one link III hi n a great chaIn hut huta ut uta a most link giving Ingress front Iho ho or of Siberia anti covering n a territory ot of miles in III extent It 11 wait waH In ItO IDOl OR as n ii dl I Irrel result ot of th tim Boxer uprising t clearly made manIfest t her on b by throwing Into time province to huts site sho lund hall by so soeret I eret treaty tho ho right to exorcise exercIse Pout military In part ot of Ito tho empIre amid hind had as 11 fill nu outcome ot of the lIe war lit it d it II in the tho Iino thug nil as far south Ar Arthur thur The Tho importance ot of Port Arthur nil as a 0 sasal Its from n a nt at atthe the itt China anti Its aitio to 10 nUH sin was M Increased h by the tho ron con from the emperor It wits In I It 06 two 1110 years be before 1 fore tor thus or of Port Arthur the hue hunter ot of that China entered Into fin an with lie k it table of Ister till tie I ot of the thc 1 1 China Chinn to 1 a connectIon through with the tho raIlways termInal section at fit at hunt time nu sole 01 bass on the tho I fly n a airs ob the ot of carrying 1 a of It ito tho rail till the Finally with lIh Chic ot of At arid and lu In tube Aho oh suited tor to these thel I two WI I with on the hits roast by wa ta ot of It H I Is thus ev es blent that thaI before tho rebel rebellion lion she Iho was III a to tl timid the with HUA lh here ra are lasso who haiti that the tho money h by itt III Ito tho develop ot of which h has har now bf been en vIrtually eclipsed h by Port lort Arthur tItus the recently cr created city ot of proves that hat t Hu huasi hll no intention ot of It all be stid thai list the Is well velI I All Is that st At tho ho tIme lime that lund va opeti Hubl tIlt not 1101 see EIe list wa way olear to acquiring it a moro southerly woN IOS to imp If sunti strengthen as as pot pOI the tho port lort which although It was Nas practically tee Ire bound for or two to ta three h reo months III hue year at least fin an Outlet for or Russian Until lieu n a nUA IRn or hubs exports IX ports l only heave the country the hue courtesy ot of other n amid It was ns this hilts s of at Isolation lint Impelled hue tho czar II to grasp at 1 IIA as otter orter ottering ing at al least lenAt n ma compromise however dis fl tt it be For over tort ort hula port pori has been the I reut tutu naval outpost ot of find anti It If Its has lucen beell the Ie creased lIy by the tho facIlities ot of offered of at Port It nevertheless s true truo that hint VladIvostok Is ot of great Kroat moment to To t 11 T J HOUSe w especially In the vent ot of for Cor example lie he ed transports lallen with troops to 10 In Jn or n a land force torce to sister Pori Arthur cent waters ant and territory ho hy by th Iott 1011 Arthur and Delay 1151 1111 hut but they ox ex If I It ii Tatnic forms fin an for tor those tholo who are alive to thus tho un it tho ho questIon 1011 This city l Is literally a I town hullt to or order tIer der hut Hul IL a tow miles Port lorl Ar Arthur Arthur thur It in 11 to tn with lie latter hItter the honor ot of being the he ot of itt In the far east enst It caine Into being belnE ito tho tar far sight ot of Ito tho seine Witte Vitte of mention lists hen made Four years ago Delays sIte was occupIed by Be soy small nil Chinese villages with a pop iop by only to dllY boasts it II ot of It was hum built IJ by labor under the he supervision ot of wore were huid out nul and oUke buIldings tasteful erected r ted without vcr ever it Il hint whence were to their occupants nut lint knew the world orld knew also that when th ii r caine the tho cIty It would bt be filled by nu u on out It was all predIcted that the tho would hot lIot event even then bo be able to take Part Arthur rho fhe proved that thin lute I Impression tuns erroneous hut But the 1011 art Arthur ot of today Is n mc very rent fea turo tire from the Port Pori Arthur or of oc Its lis shore hore ot of rupp td lire to say nothing ot of the tho Inside forts tortA how PromPtly a her hor herself self ot of this tho opportunity to tn suit ot of the hIghway to Taku aku and has spent III the Improvement or of thIs port and can It hI be that thai ot cut brute rulo force her the territory Ullon I sIte she hurts expended so much Yet Its re ret t depends upon the reten lou ot of Of at It vasi IVall the uprising that filially matters so far faras as ManchurIa A Avail lag of oC th thue hen ManchurIa troops mud with tiun tho troops came methods ot of cola colo and anus Many ot of the troops Were to time limo as n a sop to tho hue until In the or of lOuI 1002 hut but OOOO remained Thero were for tor the of oC the which was Its hallda fill all ito tho line limo that hint It uvas the thc tears fears and or of the tho powers with IIII se claus cOUII ot of ly thin tho provInce the tho hear henr was wall pinned down dOlln to n a pi pledge cd go mush I J r i d I P ed lIy by Ito Iho same power had given gln lutiny lIln strUt bIrth And AmI thIs he be It Is II a city Io lit In tory from the tho govern government fluent ment for a I term erni ot of but bill years True this the 1 a clause providing for or the ox tension ot of the hue iena h by tho ho coneen ot of both par tI let but the tho territory tnt In which anti Port Arthur stand belongs to ChIna Chin Ito ho hue be forced Otc con coma elusIon that out of thue ordInary forces out ot of China Dalny and Port 1011 Arlhur nil 1 the Ito contiguous territory will noer re veri ort to the tho emperor of oC the tho Think ot of th lie fluency moncy spout In Iii the or of Dolny Consider also her Inn of Port art Arlhur Into Inlo a veritable or of the lie east When tho he war broke roko the powers do nothing but walt until the day Del act for Cor evacuation lund passed paned Weeks since that lint tiny day not 1101 on I tl to hut has hall poured Into Man relay after relay ot of fresh troops tho ho ho bo said to ho be complete chico mol moore anI Only n a tow weeks ago n a body ot of mon WM wait revIewed on tho back ot of 1011 Arthur Such Is the situation In Manchuria and the tho nut hut tho ho Russian sphere or of so 10 ta fat ass aa China Is e liS as W Vt said ftc I tho confine c J lint and the tite 11 hank for tor ono cite thina i 1 i n ii tot tOI building 1 r coin In pro r lace Ince to In pos po lr r the hue or of et t tIn In tog the tho road to I In iii ot of time the t from rota the tho interior fly lIy I this his I for tor Its I 1101 only ot of the t tt hut also ot of the mineral rr r lii In t o 0 wake aI ot of the railroad Thos who ro c member thc thue hils Itis s auntIe to tory will Ibl appreciate the tho h sprang up In the Ito heart as ho tim tho bear thull him Hut Bitt this t is not nil fill hunt has 11 mu In iii tho ho way ot of her e ot of It has been beon ProPosed ol to n IL from to the Ito rich town towa Ito tho coast ot of the gulf and andt t Oh hh Lh a u 0 loss troth that If the road mad I Ii built buill It will vill willbe be to tinder r ThIs means w ill III I Ic I lit n a po 1 tho ho aniso to pour buer Into lie tho capital It nil sif or Of greater to HUlln its III thin th tn in the face talo ot of hue h heated a tell III torn i eat anti her Oer tastIly for Cor ut n trunk linn line P In Inthe the tho to Canton enton lii the south titus bringing Into dIrect contact with th the French sphere ot of Tho ot of hue tho road will be about 1850 mIles unit it I will seine ot of tho richest ot of thus tho am pire Jl It its 18 or of to 10 note noto lint the tho nOI eking to lion how kow n mu rIch river lort on oIl the lie Id fin 1 was 11 conceded to a whIch found itself illicIt unable to carry corry out the worle wIthout foreIgn aid A syndIcate then red th lon I rench ansi with the nit 01 sl o ot of tho Ito bank Time The IH section cllon ts lit ot of moore espo moment to inasmuch nil its the lie for tor con It was n obtaIned h by nn arm American syndicate known nR aim hue tho American Chinn mont company will ho bo 1000 solIcit long with 0 nt at and It at the hue OlIO omie crud and Canton anti lIon kon ot at the oth r Thins will ho be brought Into close two interests that lint hitherto hern widely separated AmerIcan and ond Those arious roads will In the tho ver very nature ot of things the Influence ot of from ono one end ot of lie tho empire to the tho north south east auth west welt flint they will ultimately th the ot of by y no means mean follows that they will give the tho of at the tho czar nn an ever lag IlIf prestige throughout Asia connot bo be Not Japan bul bitt nil all the floers are aro thus vItally interested In lie tho problem whIch Is daIly becoming anal complex complo all as tho he years j roll roil bytho ct cf Ito tho vent known atm all the Iho em AIEX C |