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Show FEARS RUSSIAN INVASION Chinese Entertain the Belief That Russia Will Find Pretense for Occupying Oc-cupying Manchuria. Pekln. The fear of Russian aggression ag-gression Is Increasing here. Reports published In Russian newspapers and reprinted In Pekln apcrs greatly exaggerate ex-aggerate the dangers from the plague. Many of the higher class Chinese fear a campaign designed to alarm Kuropo and Justify military occupation. occupa-tion. Dispatches from Harbin say Russian military circles ure advocating advocat-ing occupation. The Yaldlvostok newspaper print warning of the danger of a boxer uprising, up-rising, but the Chinese government practically denies tho possibility of such a thing, declaring the entire country Is under control. The measures taken to combat the plague beyond Harbin are not yet satisfactory sat-isfactory to the Russian government, and the frontier Is still closed to Chinese. Chi-nese. Outbreaks in Manchuria are anticipated antici-pated owing to the distress occasioned occa-sioned by the long stoppage of transportation trans-portation and the consequent Interference Inter-ference with trado. Agitators, probably prob-ably affiliated with tho boxers, are reported re-ported to bo rousing the superstitious natives, but the government, with the aid of the police, Is limiting their sphere of activity. Proclamations also are being Issued explaining tne nature of the plague and the measures meas-ures that must be observed to prevent pre-vent its spread. |