New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-26
RUSSIAN ANNEXATION IN ASIA.
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TIE hst letter Of your London correspondent
ccatair ed statement % remarkable, and yet 70
Etse noticed, that copy IT, in the hope OF drawing
10 Il the attention which it deserves. He says:
sAsses tsorsd hy Ens.s papers the .oem..oo q the
Nsls fstaIs Rs..s The'. clan. snonnt e four mion.
hHsisi 90 the MonsohAn Desert They are tribe Of
~, s srpsr ssasrsn Tho Russian promise Of lowering
sssr tribute and few udoOusy administered brbe' TO their
pt,I Asia The country thu, acquired large France
vhk climate Of Southern France IL 10 the Italy OF sieeA
the HSosr Ra.s. ss. ssinea in Ala a. sss trory
ss secession q ii France Bnm n9.G n Sse
fssis were The real object Of Russia" go,
The Russian Embassy here know nothing oil ia an
pexston Of the Khaks country and do not credit the
report know 90 well, however. the high nteili-
sence of your Ler don correspondent, that canu1t
believe he can be mistaken In the matter. lie is
too experienced statesman to make such positive
assertions without authority. If the statement be
correct the fact is Of the greatest political con-
sequences that has happened for several years. The
qaestioDs Of Scandinavian Union or OF Moldo- Wal
keLian Union, which occupy the dplomstists, are
triAiDg compared with it. IL is the greatest step
forward which Russia has made since the partition
Il Poland.
The Chimes. Tartars as you know, are divided
into two great nations, resembling each other gen
orally in appearance and maIDers but differing 10
hngusge and hostile in hinory-the Mantchoos and
the MOngols. The MantchOos, the present ruling
race Of the Empire, are Of very recent hlstoncai
importance, having first become powerful and con-
spicuOus in the seventeenth century. The Mongols,
on the contrary, have been famous and formidable
fICm the remOtest times. Vast swarms OF them
have repeatedly descended from their high table
lands in the center Of Asia, and have Ovenun the
plains of Isdis, China, Persia, Syria, Egypt and
Eastern Europe, penetrating TO Germany and even
A. IL 81. a..1 ..pIn TanU hao
they established, for time empires SURPRISING In
extent any others that the world has seen. Under
Kublai Khan they conquered Chins in the thirteenth
century, built Pekn and the Great Canal, and main
tanned brilliant rule for about ninety years, when
they were expelled by the natives Since the con-
quest Of China by the MantchOOs in the seventeenth
century, they have been gradually brbed and cOaxed
into admitting the suzerainty of the Emperor after
fashion, be paying them annually in presents about
ten times the amount which he received from them
tribute.
The Khslkas are the principal division of the
AoDgol nation, comprising by far the greater pOr-
ton Of the people, and Occspying the finest terri
tory. Their Khans, or Princes who are four in
number, are Lnealy descended from Jenghis the
CODqueror, and have constantly been source OF
uneasiDess to the MantchOo rulers of China, who
have always held them by q slack and capricous
allegiance, though nothing has been spared to Hater
and cODciliate them. Bribery and religious infu-
ences have been the means used by Emperors TO
preserve peaceful relations with these warllke and
naughty tribes, who have not forgotten the unri-
vailed martial achievements of their ancestors, and
whose bards still sing of the days when they were
masters Of the world.
Father Hue, the latest traveller 10 Tartary, gives
. specimen Of the songs he heard. 1t is the invOcs
ton TO TimOur or Tamerlane:
"When the divine 1imour dwelt within our tents,
Che MODgol nation was redOubtsble aod wsrlks; its
least mOvemei Is made the earth bend its mere look
froze with fear the ten thousand peoples upon whom
the sun sinner.
40, divine Timour, will thy great soul coon revive
Return return! We await thee, O Timour.
"We live in our vast plains tranquil and peaceful
sheep; yet hearts are feivent and full Of life.
The memory of the glorious age of Iimour is ever
present to our minds. Where s the chief who is 10
place himself at our head and render US once more
great warriors
90, divine Timour, will thy great soul soon revive
"RetuIn returnl we await thee, q Timour."
Father Hue says OF the Khalhas, that of all the
AoBgOs,
ltey are the most numerous, the most wealthy
~ the most celsbis 10 history. They occupy the
entire norh Of Mongolia Their coua.ry i, of vast eI
tent including Elk hundred miles from north to
o. nth. ard about fifteen HUNDRED from east to wesf
II is divided into four great PROVINCES subject - four
separate sovereigns. These provinces are subdivded
into eighty four banners, in Chinese, called Ky, in
Aopgoi, Bochkon Princes Of different ranks are at
the head Of each banner.
1.-THE numerous pIincipsliies of which Mongolia Is
composed may be considered az 90 macy fouda k;ng-
aons giving ODE dience TO their sovereign beyond
the extent Of their fear their interest," and indeed
what the Msptchoo dynasty fears above all things is
she vicinity Of these Tartar tribes. The Emperors are
fully aware that, headed by an enterprsng aud bold
chief these tribes might successfully renew the terrible
WAS Of other timee ard once more obtain possession
Of the empire. For this reason they uss every
10 their power to preserve the friendship OF the Mongol
princes and to enfeeble the strength OF these terrible
nomads.
"Tbe Khslkas, however, do not seem to be much
affected by the imperial Establishments. They sse only
an the hantchoos rival race In possession Of prey
which they themselves have never ceased to desire.
We have frequently heard the Mopgol Khslks, use
the most uLceremonious and seditious language in
speaking Of the Msntohoo Emperor. Tnese redoubtsbe
children Of Jenghs Khan still seem to be cheri'hing 10
their nmcst heart schemes Of conquest AMI invasion.
They only await they say, the co nmand Of their and
Lama to march direct upon Pekin, and to regain an
empire which they believe to be theirs, for the sole
reason that 1t was formerly theirs.
Although Mongolia 10 scantily peopled in compari-
son with Its immense int, 1t could, at days no.
tice, send forth formidable army. high Lama
the Guiscn Tamba, fol- instsuce-would hsve bat to
raise his finger, and all the Mopgos from the frontiers
q Siberia to the extremtios Of Thibe rising as one
man, would precipiste themselves, like a torrent
wherever their ssinted leader might direct them The
profout peace which they have enjoyed for
4han two centuries might seem to have necessarily
enervsted their wsrke character; nevertheless you
may still observe that they have not altogether lost
their tsste for wsrliks adventures. The grea. cam
paigns Of Jenghis Khan, who led them to tue oon
qutst of the world, have not escaped their memory
daring the loag leisure of their pomsdic life. They
love 70 talk Of them, and to feed their imagination
with vague projects Of invasion"
The territory which your London correspondent
A1irms the Russians 70 have annexed is not the
wAoe Of Mongolia, of which Father Hue gives the
dimensons, but only the region between the great
desert Of Gabi and the Russian fir ,nter AZ well
~ can calculate its area from the maps in my
possesEoD, II 10 about seven hundred miles in length
by two hundred and fifty in breadth, comprising
I75, 900 square miles Ii is unque,tionsbly
The fnest part of Chinese Tartsry i'm CHM