The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-15
CHINA ENGLAND, FRANCE, RUSSIA, AND
THE UNITED STATES.
Trom the London Times Aiig. 90. ]

[Irom the London Times Adg. 30l
II is vexatious TO know that event important To
orr Interests treaty with China has happened, and
To be without any certain tidings of its details The
treaty has been signed upon that there to be
sufficient concurrence of evidence but treaties with
France, Russia, and the United States have also been
signed, and how England is placed in the competitive
rsh OF treaty ymongcs Is at present quite uncertain
Had not great confidence in the rmness and capacity
of Lord Elgn should feel discomfort at the
rying versions Of that Russian despatch which suf
ered to reach Europe We told that should sa-
Lutte no AS ''the prosperous while he is yet alive,
and we certainly shall not hail Lord Egin successful
until have his treaty The authorized version Of
the despatch just published by the Russian government
at ST. Petersburgh differs in essential points from that
published by the French government and makes us more
than anxious for our news Would that
thread OF covered wire sepenncd the hills
and valleys which lie beneath those eastern that the
anxious thoughts which now only fly there might come
back answered
The Russ and the American, whose position lit
tie dgnifed in the warlke transactions, have received
some reward for their ucous zeal in doing the part of
gobetween. The Russ, ignoinniousy expelled from the
mouth of the Peibo when he went there in single
steamer, and the American, cruelty snubbed by Yeh
whom he made tender of his sympathy, go up in the
wake OF an English and French fleet and are admitted
to curry favor by conveying mandarins and messages.
Owing the liberation of their presence entirely to force
they receive treaty the guerdon OF their rather mena
Offices What the amount OF these ready concessions is
not told 1t does not much matter for England
to their path. But the Russ, though SO com
placent in his powcress little steamer in the Peiho,
has himself been roaring tiger in the north. 1t
that, upon day in the month of May, which is
snguarly left blank in the ST. Petersburgh Gazette
paragraph, Gen Mourayiet without being oppressed
with any of the intrusive cooperation with which Count
Putiatn now encumbers Lord Elgin settled somewhat
important negotiation with the court Of Pekin. Pre-
viousy to this treaty the frontier line between Chinese
Mongolia and Siberia had been chain Of high mountains,
marked the maps the Jablonno mountains nearly
tive hundred miles TO the north of the most southern
bend Of the Amoor river by Of SOME military operd
ions ,chic not obraed much publicity Europe and
knoua only by passages Pea Gdzetes ohch speak Of The
fabrication Of and gunpowdr 10 resist the incrsions q
barbarias into Mongolia, the Russians hare orcapa all that
aerrenag territory 1t is in extent about double the size
Of the British islands, and as it is watered by several
streams which down from those frontier hills
and fall tributaries into the Amoor it is probably capa
BILE of cutvation is know not destitute of cities
but must confess that information to It's exact
for basis for further encroach
ment is not satisfactory perhaps the Geographical Society
afford reliable facts upon this atherinteresting
point But, whatever may be the value of this huge
slice Of Chinese Mongolia it has been conquered by force
and ceded by treaty Russia therefore, is securely
placed upon naygablc river at about the same distance
from Pekin Pekin is from Canton Ii, in addition to
this she has obtained the privilege of free transit
for her subjects and agents throughout China, may
well understand what power has obtained the most dam
gerous advantages and sufficiently comprehend
that il is by her interest to European
tions with European powers Wher tcoutd be prl
treat hs dcrpa Chinese empire another Turkey, or
to attempt to retad its dissolution, question we do
not discuss but it cannot be entirely unimportant to
note the of Russian encroachInent and Russian
diplomacy in those distant regions 1t is evident that if
Russia should happen to have any ulteror designs upon
China Proper she has by her treaties of May and June
made vast strides towards rendering their reazaton pos
/ ible
It is not, perhaps without its significance that the
version Of the despatch published in the ST. Petesbgh
Gazette makes mention of any stipulation for the
cepton of diplomatic agents at Pekin We are not has
ty to believe that because this fact is not mentioned it
docs exist but its suppression in the notification OF
the St. Pctesburgh Gazette may show us that by the Rus
sian government it is either not considered OF much i'm
portnce not looked upon with much favor AS the
former hardly be the case must take the latter as
the explanation If to have Russia pressing close
upon the frontier Of China Proper and in position to
whisper commands into the of the court of Pekin,
the necessity of diplomatic agency Mt Pekn as
sumes importance. Leeds is interested In this for
Russia has shown that she ready to pay high for mo-
nopoly of the Chinese market for her woollens and we
all interested IN general degree, for IT Russa
should obtain any ovebearing influence in China that
influence would be certain to be brought to bear upon
teas In addition to the paragraph in the St Petesbugh
Gazette the continental papers contain statements un-
vouched by official authority, to the amount OF in
denity conceded by the Chinese for the destruction OF
the factories and the expenses of the war and our own
intelligence from Hong Kong is to the effect that the
| new Chinese commissioner in the South is acting
1
! and is attempting to raise the populace against
us in the province of Quanung We have learnt to
ceve with great caution the surmses made at Canton as
to the dongs OF the Chinese outside that city, but
know sufficient of the of official business in China
TO be certain that it is quite impossible for any State Off
cal to act without full authority from Pekn. We are
now arrived at the point at which the Emperor must be
held responsible for the acts OF his minister's and if this
information should turn ont to be correct the pressure
upon Pekin connot be safely removed until the governor
of Canton has been recalled and punished As TO the
of indemnity the report may possibly come from
Russian sources but is not, therefore, quite reliable.
| we now know that the information conveyed, not
by telegram from Moscow. had ventured to sur
mise but by an aid-de-camp bearing dispatches We
have the additional discomfort therefore, of knowing
that the which puts forth these meare and ncon
sent accounts has been for many days in possession of
actual copies of the treaties concluded The European
public is not much indebted to Russian courtesy in this
matter All we do is to wait patiently as we may
the arrival Of our intelligence, and to receive with
proper caution the incongrnous scraps of news which are
yonchsafed to us from St Pctersburgh.
INTERESTING FROM ARIZONA AND NEW
MEXICO.
from The Ct Louis Republican, Sept. l0.l