The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-27

Russians as being only poor scare
crows The majority Of the Crimeans
are Tartars of Mohammcdan faith. and.
in case Of need, they are not to be
trusted. For the glory of The crescent
they will gladly do mischief to the
worshippers of the cross.
In the Caucasus, too, the Moham-
medan population outnumber the
Christian. That mountainous ridge
between the two inland seas has cost
the Russians hundreds of thousands of
men and millions and millions of
rubles, vet they are not safe there.
Lately q fanatic Mullah appeared near
Baku and began to preach "Death to
the Christians Some oil wells were
| set on fire. and there were rumors that
the Trans Caucasian Railway was I'M
dermined. A panic was spread there
among the Christian population, and
the Moscow TedomdsH and the other
Russian newspapers now demand that
| the Caucasus be pronounced in q state
of siege, and that absolute power be
granted for a time to the Governor
General, Prince Dondokoff-Korsakoff.
The newly acquired trans Caspian re-
gion, with the Turcoman robbers; the
Turkestan, with the Bocharians aud
Khivans. and the Kirghis hersiss~will
vet require for years to come q good
regular army in order to keep them in
peace and subsection. ~ ?.
In Siberia, on the Chinese border, and
on the Pacific shore Russians who. hav-
ing made a thorough acquaintance with
the Celestial Empire, affirm that Europe
| may vet see another invasion of the
Asiatics like the one that took place in
the Middle Ages. Imagine, they argue,
the Celestials provided with modern i'm.
proved arms, and we'll drilled. pouring
down on Europe through the IRA
gates! What power on earth could STOP
| them? In view of such horrible caiam'
lily, the Cars Governments going tc
send to Siberia one more Governor
General, thus making three. Western
Siberia and Eastern Siberia have each q
Goveruor-Ge neral, and now the Paciti,
shore and the Amour reoion up to Lake
Baikal will have a thru one. n Lienten
ant General Baron korf is appointed tC
reform Pacific Siberia and to keep the
Celestials and the other foes of Hi:
Majesty in proper dread. The peninsri
Ia of Kamtehatka, the population q
which has fallen from fifty TO six thou
sand, is to be repeopled. The trad,
with the Japanese, Chinese and Corean:
is 10 be developed. The naval posts OF
the Pacific are to be rebuilt, improved
and Increased The Amour region i;
to be made a lovely place by settling
there emigrants from the thicAy-popu
lated Russian provinces. And, above
all. the new GOvernor-General is eN
pecled to turn the murderers, robbers
thieves and other criminals now trans
ported in the floating prisons to thu
Island of Saghalien into gentlemen. &
the Russian newspapers say Gentle
men or not, the Car, indeed, wants tt
get rid of all grave criminals. He shut
up the international prisons and send
the prisoners off to Saghalien.
Curiously enough, the Empire of TIT
Car is, indeed, encircled by nOn-Rus
sian Nationalities. The Firms, Swedes
Germans, Poles, Jews, Greeks. Tartars
Tcherkassians, Georgians, Armenians
Turcomans, Turans, Kirghizes, Same
yeds, Buriats and other Sit erian tribes
with Laplanders in the end, complete
the ring of the Great Bears huge coun
try. And where is the Russian? In thu
hole.-St. Petersburg Cor. y. Y. Sun.