The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-02
CHINA

CHINA.
We learn from the National Intelligence
Of the seth ult., that Commodore A""eA' ""o
has lust arrived from China discteo'' "'
statements derived from the Engtish papers
,h., ,hs Emneror had applied TO the Enghsh
for assistance agains, The rebels. ne says ,"a'
The hatred of that Monarch towards the Eosl'Sn
Ln,s No abatement, and that, moreover IL as
,;.,,rce were applied for, it would not be g.
ven. since the foreigners, in Ch'na' are almost
,,..,;,,o,s in favor OF the rebels. The Empe-
yo,. by his sensuality, and constant use OF
on;um. has alienated the affections OF his sub
;sc,s. and is, besides, as well as his cor
,,o, cabinet, unequal TO the task OF eompre-
beuding and dealing with the enlarged de-
.nsnds of commerce. The Commodore is of
the opinion, in the meantime, that all the as
s;stapce which could be given at this late stage
of the game would be unavailing, since the
,r;umpb of the rebels is already complete, and
their march towards Pekin is entirely inland,
bevond the reach of naval operations. The
war vessels on any Of the stations are not more
than sufficient TO protect the interests OF the in
d;yidual nation to which each belongs, and in
the meantime il is generally believed that the
triumph of the rebels will greatly conduce TO
sieged, but had not.fallen when the Comma
dore left, which was, one fortnight earlier
than The latest news received by the way of
England. From the last account it is almost
certain that il has already been taken, and it is
proper to say that the Chinese consider its cap.
ture as tantamount to the overthrow of the
reigning dynasty.
With regard to the interventonG Of Russia,
we expressed our opinion yesterday, and we
see no reason to change it. The New York
Herald, the other day, published long edi-
torial, in which the writer assumed the ex-
IRENE probability of Russian interference, ar.
guing from the aggressive spirit of that power,
and the cotermnous boundary existing be
tween the two States. Ia the last Herald, the
editor, in commenting upon this subject, says,
eve will simply recommend those ofour readers
whose imaginations are suggestive, to measure
the distances of kiatchka and Nankin from Pc
kin, and await, in becoming patience, the arri.
val of the next mail"
Well, in compliance with the request of the
Herald, we have examined the map, and we
find IL about one thousand miles as the crow
flies from Kiatchka TO PekiB, and about half
that distance from Nankin to Pekin. There
are other circumstances which enormously in.
crease the proportion of facilities for reach
ing Pekin, in favor of the army starting from
Nankin. The army coming from Kiatchka
would be compelled TO pass through the entire
length Of Mongolia, one Of the bleakest, most
sterile, and in every respect, most inhospitsble
country in the world. TO avoid the immense
deserts, and almost impossible mountains, by
which it is shut in on all sides, it would be ne
sessary TO protract the march so as TO make i,
extend at least two thousand miles. A Rus.
sian embassy went TO Pekin in 1920, and on
its way encountered incredible difficulties, for
the tribes who inhabit the country are noma.
die, like the Arabs, and think it disgrace T.
cultivate the earth. The whole country, with
an average of 800 900 square miles, has a
population OF only ,000, 900, rather more than
oho W ,uo squire Lhe' rIoZeH INtIs, ldkes'
and marshes abound for seven months in the
year. Even if the Gar had large force at
Kiatchka, which he has moi, the whole force
in Siberia not reaching 30, 900 men, he would
hardly attempt such march as this. Rus
sian Intervention, then, THAT is armed inter.
vention,) we take to be humbug, as all the
fright about Russia always mas been. She
cannot, and never hal. marched more than 2O0,.
900 men across her frontier, since the eccupa
ton of Paris in 1915, as we shall take occa
sion to show hereafter.