The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-23

COMMERCIAL FuInr~rsnr>o IN CysrnAi
ASIA -riyie's famous s.yisg. ~Ccmm-rce 70
King" has fcr years held possession of sae
misds 81 men. but tisscry b. proving that N 10
fAliacious The rae rrssiax h nss soaad Ia
he, commerce IL sbe great alieu~tr.
Ever stree q few Brisisa m-rcAAnts net IN
little back p.rlcs In LooAoa and sc.sdsd
company TO trade into the Hast iad,-~ se Q
porsly commercial baton facts haze b~so &C
cuuulating 10 prove the truth Of our correction
Of Carlyle The Bsipss @.rcbsnt niihass~rs
have founded In India .u empire tsss promise
to be more durable than III. SsAres that nass
sprune from the enterprises of the Spsa.-n coo
qsisadra a the same IRE Acting ap,n Thu
theory, SIR Rsjsh Brooke IL noe engaged VA
Bosneo In similar operation Doctor L'viss
stone, too. after having been fifteen years sa,-
siouary In Africa. he's ahandoaed that profrs
sion ~ fruiilea aud returned To the Zamsssi
"a trader and civilizer. And Austria has been
for years tilibustering commercially on the
Danube.
But the most wonderful commercial nlibus
teriDg Of the present age IL uodooosedly tue
system which has been adopted, aud IL being
carried out, by Russia In ESstern and Central
Asia. Our readers are already familiar with
her enterprises on the Amoor river and the
portbern confines of China. We uow lesrs
that che is pushing forward her frontiers 10
every direction In Central ASIA and that ny
recent ukase Of the Emperor q commercial con-
pany has been formed, the true objects Of shich
are to open new courses for trade. aud 10
establish her political dominion throughout
Turkistan as far as the northern slope Of the
Himalayas and the western boundaries of the
Chinese empire. Mons. Kokore~, a wealthy
merchant Of Moscow, has been authorized to
form a Trans Caspian Commercial Company,
with capital of SIS 100000, for the purpose
of navigating by steam the large rivers which
flow westward into the Sea of Aral The
scene of these operations includes the large
cities of Bokara and Kokam, the central homes
of the great caravans carrying on the internal
traffic of Asia. The most remarkable faa-
granted to 1t to establish factories aud
commercial colonies wherever it may deem
proper. These colonies will be protected
by existing treaties with the rulers Of the
pastoral tribes now inhabitiug the country,
and will soon rise to the position of military
stations. BY this system of commercial filibus-
tering one of the greatest hives Of men in
Asia, and which sent forth its swarms under
Genghis Khan, will be brought into subsection
and intimate connection with civilization.
In pursuing this gigantic policy Of CONNER
cial flibustering over Asia, Russia is laying the
foundations Of material development which
will render her the most formidable Power in
the world. A commerce with hundreds of mil
lions Of men, in which she can have no rival,
and which no enemy can approach, will yield
her revenue that can never be affected by the
evils of war or the intrigues Of diplomacy. A
CONSUMPTION of one man to the thousand of the
population will swell her armies far beyond
those Of Western Europe; and whenever she
shall have completed her web Of iron roads, now
In process of construction, which shall give her
mobility for her forces and their supplies, she
will be in position to give the law to large
portion Of Central Europe.