The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-10

.JAIL1 AOIOIOlAN,
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telling the people not TO be alarmed al
the appearance " tho strange ships, ana
tho foreign dozllHH" who are chlna'B
proved ana truaiy friends.
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE spR;AOIHo
Russian military and railway survey
Ing parties are now OycfrunninR Man
churia from three different starting
points M Hlboria-yiN,. Vladiy9Htork, tho
military and naval headquarters ~ tha
PrimorHk. or coast provinces. llabhron-
ka, that wonderful city whiSh MurHyien
founded at the confluence Of the US
Huft and AmO0r rivers, and which b
now tho center OF administrative control
aud the residence Of the governor gen
eral of Eastern Siberia, and BlAKon1st.
chenHk. the great commercial and gold
mining center OF Central Siberia. which
faces the ancient city OF AiKun about
ADo miles from the mouth OF tho Amoor.
whore ths nTHt treaty with Russia and
CHINA was made two hundred years ako.
The route for tho future extension OF
the Siberian railway has admittedly besn
diverted through Chinese t6,rlto.v, and
the only paint upon which there iH any
doubt II as 10 the precise part Of China
or Korea where II will reach the opon
sea, south Of the Ice line. II II also nd.
mitted that ~ In his mission 10 ltussia
II much more concerned with the nrgo-
tinlion and settlement of these two points
thnn with the coronation ceremony In
fact, a high Chinese offiflai has procured
the pubiicntion Of what he alleges IN the
teHt OF secret treaty which IL II
CHARGED with negotiating between China
and Russia Possibly his object IN 20
defeat any such c0nAummntion. hut
think the Chinese writer has somewhat
oycrNtntcd his ease.
I believe. from what eau gather from
Chinese ~ well No from hiGh Russian
sources. that the matters which IL VIII
discuss IN ~ Petersburg viii be tho
signing of long lease. ~ II were. OF
Kyaochnn bay 10 tho Russian Meet. the
oo.Opernllon Of China In N. way OF AL
lowing shorter route through Chinese
territory. ana the supply OF labor Of the
trans. Siberian railway. the rcorEhniEa-
ton Of China'H financial system nnd her
mode OF missing internal revenues, under
Russian advice AMI control. the mode OF
paying the indemnity loan TO Russia and
raising tho next 40 O11.0 90 taeis 90 pay
on Japan IN" V"'lp' W .'
TO CHINA Tor pfhfueay p'a-lnN "an-
ohura ana a htso sno' ., n""ho,.A ,,, WI.
d'r th' nhinlhA'Iauo" o' W., o.''a.
railway bohfu' 'hs ,'.ap.snn",n w. s,, q,
closer co'nm.i'l" t'ia'lpnh WIN n'n','H .,','a
ny w" opening OF Nuna'''n ,o'su,,'.s ''.-,,,'.s
alI over lh7 norm, MT qu',o posI'',e ,
thnt hnss'h mas no '"'ont'on VI "''cnp'-
iM 70 moh nina "y,,a'S " oo.O,s
INTO soldiers, bu' u iu,o on VIC os'u'
thAl there may bo lhoiuueu IN ,ne uu-
gam th' unhrior OF n'EsraI ,,,, o, i,us,,as ',..s
obsolete meh-ot-war 70 NINA 70 rvp'Ace
the Meet Nhioh An"i'h i'o NUM- UT cap
turcd In is''-S'
c.ltNA's ONE GREAT STATESMAN.
But this programme u obviously en-
ionAive enough for one deal by Cm-
neso statesman who Ia IN his isd year
and who has never been OUTSIDE ChihA
except once for Few weeks IN Japan
under circumstances he would probably
rather FORGET The soIeouoh OF ~ huhs
on pv,,la,s nAr, Tor despite ali we may
say and believe about L. ne - ths ohy
blg man China posasH"es cApAo'' OF usaI'
lS IN hnMrr WIN Lo'ebn p,..
Though an uhpetlh p'uoc va .n',svo ~.
70 pfoeeou 70 nu"Hua ''P'.-N ~"
dragon Majesty NJ tne oo'VnNuo"' a.o'
count SSsuh' VINO convey. ".n -.
uoh 10 fehih' kn'N pTtl"oup WA N.e'
n"ther fIihoe huhS no' ''oV s ."'"s
had INC siEhtest pIAou.h AoP '--'DIs
WIN tor"lEh huhIS' ~'a thA', ~ MUM
more serious business han 70 pe uone
atter 'he eoronAiion osr0uhon'A'' =" "SA
the one man 10 90 u
~ precautionary ",ea4u's' nuu PcI
maps 70 proNne .oI uute ""suy -
loufh apr"au' ~ mas fVu'Nso 's-e sN'''e ,,
OF money 10 huiopc .. m',' ~ ~, ~
M n'ueh an ts.e''VN, ,ut ~ ~u''hA .,'s as
NUMBER OF taeN wou'a V n'.ucr ,'o
mars AS soon ~ n's ps'N ~ ",nuu ,,.,,ns 20
pru'V SIu'n :" po nsiN'N ~ y
py h'r eh'",es aI oNri S1i'''' w. "uo
KNOWS 'naN nc may wv w a"' w "
TURN hshoe h,S Io1esWnt ~ p''.'ns
slee OF nus vast fortune WIZ. ~ san @
lay MS hahuS upon u IN sasH ~ ~ nas
10 HPcnn IN, r"h"'hu'' vi "'s N'N''''"e
years ABROAD
CuINFsE "pf.I'FF."
IL has lately boon ASSERTED IN print that
Ii had threatened the Chinese minister
at Pckin. baron HAyhshi. with repudia-
ton OF the ShlmouosHh uoAS' anu inc
stoppagc OF the remainder OF tue indem-
nifty. " the Japanese Grains IN respco' OF
tho supplementary eommercii treaty
were pressed TOO hard' hut thoOgh the
statement was puohshed IN h'ue Ems
liSh paper published IN Ilcntslh. Nhlch
ii controls, no one VINO READ the state.
ment carefully could coneluue uhnt u
was anything more thnn one OF the usuai
pieces OF chinese bluu' whieh the Chi-
noso love no mueh TO try on OCCASION
any. kuesia, Franco ana Germany,
having to great extent gone security
Tor Chinas due performance OF her part
OF the shimonoSekl treaty must OF ne
cesslty see that she adhered 10 with
absolute good taith' To consent 10 any
such act OF treachery as Is Susgested IN
the Idea OF repudihtion OF her obUsauoh
code utterly ,.l ruinous to to the scan. mt
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