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Show :o: THE FURTHER DISINTEGRATION OF CHINA. I (m this page we pulil-li a ci In-teimtlng In-teimtlng plrtuie c n alnliig u map i t western Asia, it is iie.de;iie. to rep-I'tHcut rep-I'tHcut the euci'imcliiiiuiit of Russia upon China, by showing the portion of the Chinese frontier to tint lands off lint nation. The thrynt or. IliiHhtni !- thai she will mako a demonstration 'oV I'-r inllllaii force oif the fiontler of Chinese Tjirkeritau, pnilii-iilnily the province of Hi, which Is Incited lit the exljtumt muthwciit, ot China kMI ih a little valley that Is rich .mil fcr-! fcr-! tile ItiiKSla fmtliei' tieateiis in ro against Mongolia. ''Jn this Hnea' .lie Is taoltly. eiicourngeil bj the m t-in of Japan in throwing out hoi '-ictftil arms into Manchuria aud othei ('hril-i ('hril-i ok pro Inuw. Meimwlilbi Kugurit ) looks with eyes of louglim a ion-,' jt ! the strategic onlriiiicoB fiom ln.li , ' i ! in China All of title hlhla Is iiitei-iiti I because It deals with inch greut ui'l j ancient iiuIIoiih. TIim lent of the t'hhi iso anil the strength of KuropcHii ,mw,' r Is being .worked out on one of tiu nnclont and 'junat highly lnieiestln fulds iu the world. The high plateau uf Tibet, tlio great Asian Interior desert thltt cnrregpuiKlH lo uui Ameiic'ci (Ire.U illislu, somo or the oIiIhhi aud most famous trado routes known ti, uian and tho valley or tho great llo-nnglui llo-nnglui river are some ur tiie gn-Hl fields of tills present History making movement Much 1ms been tnld during tbe Mat, ten years nbout tho disintegration of China, npd eonsldcrablo has i..en written of Into nuonl tho proparcdiios'j of China to eopo with tho force that will bring nbout this dlslntogiiuiin.. Of rpcoufyenrs, CHlim has boon working work-ing very hard to put hor armies iuta the Hold lulnpad to fight as western-, western-, ei flgUt. Seemingly tho activity af 'these KiiripHnn po-vori lo force an Is-I Is-I bud soon i caused largely by a destro on thoir past to catch China bofoio she Is road v. The action of the Russians Rus-sians In harussing ill can go on al-moft al-moft uiii'hulloiigod at present, simply iieiHiiHo it in next o imposslblo to truow a a-ge bin toit-e ncross the gteiti mieiior or cmna Into that -pro- ' vlnce. The route lies around ono of the most severe deserts known to man,- nnd through mountain ranges which hinder tho rendy" search of even small troops. That Russia can cbnl-lehgo cbnl-lehgo China at that quarter' with Impunity Im-punity Is fully understood by tho world powers, China Is Indeed threatenedxsorely If Russia, Japan and England still sec the necessity to harass that great Interior In-terior frontier ns the advices of tho last fow days would Indicate Is the move. ' |