The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24

the empire are crowded in alb ut Cne-
fourth its area, vigorous stand woud d
accomplish the one result that will give
US the trade OF China. England has no
permanent policy. With tie adv mt OF
each new ministry she is liable To wabb!e
from open door" to sphere of in
alfeefnce, nf f. Whl.e Russia, with her O0O miles
OF frontier touching China with fixed Ge-
termination steadily adyan ees Iec terri
tory year by year. We are the nearest
great commercial nation, our p.pu alton
Britain, although Russia promises soon to
numerically overwhelm both nations, so
that it is possible that the coming con-
! ntct, or all ance, in China will not be he
tween the English and he ITn6.;6aS. t5liit
between the American and the Russ an
Rpssla encourages our trade with China,
knoW1ng that it viii be generations be
fore she will be able to supply all the
needs of her own people in the ORIENT,
much less those of the natives She has
made Northern China a wellspring of
WeaItn ',9al n. Tor our manufacturers, and in
VlleS our merchants TO enter fr5 ely where
ever she goes in Asia. She needs our aid,
england and Germany do not.
The car, earnest IN his esde~ ship Of
the peace element. holds tight rein on
the war party, which would prec q. tate
Russta into endless trouble in the far
East; by annexing great po1ulous regions
which would be cf little value to Russia
for MANY years to come
The wiser counsels of the car seem 10
prevail. and Russia now absorbs terri o V
overflow
population. although the czar may vet be
made to see the necessity Of seizing Pelzin
and Ihassa to prevent other nations from
securing these cities and ruling China
from them.
RUsSIANIZATION OF CHINA.
That the Russianization of China viii
be eventually accomplished seems inevi-
table. In single decade Russia has
planted colony of more than a million
souls In her Pacific. provinces, besides
spending nf .Df
IN preparing the country for their habfta-
!lon. Railroads. cities and manufacture
4g m4g towns have sprung up like magic.
Hundreds of steamers have been bIi1t
to ply the newly-opened Chinese waters.
Inc 1eVer1sh, powerful activity of Russia
has TO counterpart in the history of tn
world. Its greatest danger arises from
the tact that at any time the war party
at st. petersburg may predominant China
would be invaded and its military forces
would be reorganiZed into a Russian
army; rifles and modern ordnance would
take the place of bows and arrows max
ing China. in its downfall, more than
ever menace to the peace of the world
Despite the fact that a handful of Han
anese, well armed, completely routed nnUI-
tltudeS of Chinese who relied on Gagged
tigers and fierce masks to frighten off
the dWarfs, military commanders of all
nations still affirm that the Chinese. un-
Ger competent officers make the best
Ilghtlng material in the world Like his
cousin german, the Russian soldier, the
CIlIIIe1IHdH IS IdtduSt Dy nature; he will
go where he is led, company after com
pany being moved down without com
plant or in any way damaging the es
prit de corps of the army The supply
of food for cannon in China is almost in
eeXhaustible With the conquest of China
the 6,UGo000 soldiers of the czar who
Compose the army of Russia when on a
0V6 war Zoo footing, could be increased to 40
Go'ul0 hghtlng men, most of whom could
i've IneXpensively on a handful Of rice a
day.
With such an army. Russia could die