The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-20
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
TALKS QUITE FREELY.
Says That There Haze Not Been the
Slightest Change in Russian
sentiment TOWARD Ame rica.

HARTFORD. Conn-, Sept ia special
10 the Times fran NArTagAIsett P.er gives
an interview With Count caS&1nt, sne RlS-
sian ambassador, IN which he says:
There has beea absolutely 10 change IN
Russian ssatinzaat or poalcy to@ala taV
son far such change within NY kDowl-
edge. Russian policy does Rot contact with
the interests % the United states IN any
part Of the world. ao more IN Husssa thsan
in England Russia SEEKS only pe&eetQi
and friendly relations with al CHER IA
tons
The correspondent reminded the aEabas-
sador that the American people were ro@
asked By English writers 70 believe mat
some @ the continental powers had sought
70 arrange so- International intervention
on behalf q. Spain in the recent war and
that this plan % action had been defeated
be the refusal OF Great Britain 20 BE- Z par
- 10 & Or even 20 consent 70 see the other
powers engage IN i. thereby placing this
country under Z new and special oDiAsa-
ton 10 the British government.
Il have never heard that there was such
q proposition by any Of the powers said
Count cassini- ION the contrary. al the
powers carefully maintained .hsir neutral
.ry throughout TIE war between the United
States and Spain
Coming 10 tae question Of Russla's de-
velopEasa. III the Orient, Count Cassini
said:
In building the Siberian railroad. il wa-
found ira, the route necessary 20 be FOL
lowed ia reaching N.adivostok was a very
difficult one. made so especially BY re eS-
istencs Of areas o. almost iEnFaSsAb!e
marshes. The engineering problems PIE
sented by that route wera practically in
surmountabie We also faUn6 that u was
absolutely necessary 10 cross Chiue<e M&n-
chu-ia In order 20 obtain ice-fres port.
which vas essential 70 enable the railroad
TO be 4 commercially successful enterprise.
Our Pacific port Of Nia6ivostok ca the ST.
berian coas, is closed by ice during ire
winter months We are not building a
railroad simply for the purpose Of laying
down steel rails. or for the fun 81 the
thing. It must have traffic when IL is
hutl6e5. IN order 70 justify the investment.
ard SC ne sought terminus 20 the south
ward, where the ships OF all nations could
come al ali seasons % the year. We Oh
tanned from the Chinese government 4
lease OF territory for term Of YEARS. axe
the le2s@ Of kiaochou by the Germans
and Weiha!wei by the British
In making ARA ngemsn;s We ware not
animated by hostile purposes toward any
REVENUES "hlca he Chinese government
possess are It's maritime customs and 4
portion OF these we're p.edSe1 for the pay
ment OF our loans 20 China. TIE admins
t-atton II The maritime customs is "A tae
bands q an E1gllxhnan. SIR Robsrs Hart
but We eid No. undertake 10 GssIarb s.r
Robert Hart. We are represented as hos
tile 70 the Interests of other nations Ia
China, but We have not 0rtectaa =, or
SUIsat 20 prevent GtGrE E3fISUS from .N-
cEeasing their commercial privileges in
that country When the English acquired
an extension of territory near Hongkong
Va said nothing against Il. and tie Ger
mans had free hand II the shautung
peninsula, Ihe-E they A4Ye obtained Very
valuable privileges Fur theru1ore, l.
should h remembered that Russia and
China have 4 common boundary. soma ffs1
kilcnste-s lnearly $500 mIesl IN extent. 80
that We have Z c.ose national relation TO
China exceeding that Of aEy'osher power
Ia regard 70 the future CT China, rs
sad
There will be no partition OF China
There were -. 80 40 % people in that
country when ths last effort WAS naada 10
Obtain a count &C them, IL Is a huge F1p.2-
i2ti0a Il Z vast country Eg: / 90 rot
expect 20 see il divided"
Jpca me subject Of the Philippines ths
ambassador had n0 opinion 70 express. MS
attitude being that merely Of an observer
Of what IS happening IN that part OF the
world. TIE Russian government does not
coneexn itself wtta those parts % China
or with outlying islands remote froEl its
borders.