Show RUSSIA CHINA SUSPECTS THAT mongolians WILL FIGHT FOR JAPAN bt petersburg author ties make no attempt to conceal the r ampro hens on regard ng att tude of chinese in view of the official dispatches re garding the hostile attitude of the achl nese within and without the russian sphere of influence the authorities at st petersburg do not conceal their ap as to the outlook especial ly in the north of the emp re for they purpose to call the attention ot the celestial government to the impend ing uprising in in order that repressive measures may be in scantly taken it Is known and appreciated at st petersburg that all the powers have made strong representations to pe king in the interest of the preserve pre serva alon of the of the empire but it is stated that major general dispatch of may 14 shows the necessity for further impressing the celestial government with the ad of with a firm hand the authorities do not forget that the boxer revolt which spread from shan tung would have involved the entire empire had it not been for the firmness of the southern viceroys the military authorities in st peters burg claim to have information of a sensational character to the effect that the chinese have tacitly agreed to operate with the japanese operations against the russians the japanese propose it is stated to drive general kuropatkin s forces into mongolia which would place the russians in the pos tion of invaders of neutral territory and enable reprisals by gen eral mas army which it is asserted s kept in that region for the special object thus cleverly avoiding the slightest infringement ol 01 the neutral ity of china by japan and the achl nese troops by not crossing the manchurian frontier could not be charged with a violation of pledges la respect to non interference in mil tary operations in manchuria |