Show RUSSIA FACING A PROD by alim IN SIBERIA CHINA IS NOW GIVING GIVIN THE CZARS government WORRY lost prestige has caused mandarins in manchuria Manc hurta to desert the russians harbin juno june 11 via mukden june 13 dussias Rus sias plan of construction reconstruction re in tho the far par E east ast now appears to bo be based on oil fear of 0 china notwithstanding a lack of money russia la Is endeavoring deavo ring to greatly strengthen her siberian border the effect of their loss ot of prestige with the chinese especially ally the Manchur lans and tho breaking away of high mandarin beneficiaries fici aries laries despite the subsidies them together with the lofty attitude of china now that the japanese arc are regarded as hectoring hectorina hec arid browbeating them powerfully impresses the russian people all the russians formerly employed on the island of Sag hallen halien have abandoned the japanese there though they are needed in various industries the frontier line in Sag hallen halien and between russia and korea is strict strictly Iv military dussias Rus sias 3 contentions r regarding the fisheries have been disregarded and the negotiations for joining the russian and japanese railways at kwang hac bac failed tho ilio japanese conducting both along their own lines tho the russians declare their inability to combat japanese advance advances or manchurian Manc hurlan inter ests minister of war last week visited and inspected tho the japanese strategic position at kuan chang tsu tau causing disquiet to the russian officials who say that the relations between the two nations aro are not yet on a working basis while amle all classed view the tho russian tenure mouth 0 o atho amur as tern tom horary Prim Is regarded as a territorial outpost where ac account cou n of lack of funds russia has suspended the tho construction of barracks and other works to house an increased garrison but continues continue to push immigration j the failure of government railways railway s i and other peaceful methods used inthe past to establish russian trade or meet the new conditions in manchuria Man huria has forced russian vested interests here to appeal for the introductions of foreign enterprises which it Is expected would constitute a barrier to the japanese I 1 in siberia the double tracking ot the railway has been indefinitely post boned and the government 1 Is devote devot ing itself solely to correcting Rus sias original strategic chinese frontier as shown by the resurvey of the amur i railway north ot of the amur river it is i planned to connect the amur and baikal roads giving protected communication to Prim la in case of accident to the exposed trans baikal railway or the loss of the In defendable man 1 charlan railway I 1 j the russian nil ministry bistry of war is II ij ini augu rating a generous policy of in E eastern astern manchuria mon llon j golia and the amur basin but the tile government Is subsidizing business in ja AJon mongolia golla only outside of the japanese sphere the e being to strengthen russia against the tile newly inspired chinese agate aggression aslon |