The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
HATE THE "FoREIGN DEVIL,

HALE If1E 'tOREllIN LIE III,
But all the Manchurians. are not of the
stamp Of those forming the henchmen OF
the Six Boards and kindred offices of state
in Pekin; the nyrmidons kept at the pub
lie expense, not only to insult the represen-
tatives Of the civilized countries of the
world there gathered, but to terrorize the
Chinese themselves. as we'll Among seven
or eight millions of people anywhere there
is a percentage of the bad. this actually
ranging, possibly, in no larger ratio in the
East than in the West. There is, as mat
ter of fact, the point of view to be consld-
cred, and environment unQuestionably has
very greatly to do with what this may
be.
Manchus who hive come under the direct
influence of the dominant classes OF Pekin
even those who are not naturally depraved
and given to acts of violence, have grown
to regard the Foreign devil with an eye
that can see nothing in him but a baletui
influence. Many Cinnamon, us well, have
been led away by the rab!d fanaticism of
the hour.
Were both Manchu and Chinese, so i'm
pregnated. to reach in numbers half
million they would still be but a smau
proportion of the whole. Not one in
twenty of the population of North China.
Nevertheless. grent enough. were they to
learn their strength to render the pacifica-
ton of the Empire a most grave and
troublesome problem to solve.
STRONG RUSSIAN INFL UENCE
IN Mongolia. as in the northern part of
Nanchuria, Russian influence is strong Is
in fact controlling The first named de-
tendency is of enormous extent topoghaph
ically, covering a million and u quarter
square miles with an estimated popua-
ton OF two and a half millions. About the
only important avenue of communication
in Mongolia is the Caravan route, which.
starting from Pelin, runs west of north
to kinllhta, on the Siberian frontier, and
hence to kiakhta. The settlements on this
line are practically dominated by the Rus
sian consuls located at all principal points.
Their influence is far more potent than any
other and is naturally exerted in the inter-
est of the country they represent.
Manchurin is scarcely more than a tenth
the ava of Mongolia, but has upwards OF
three times the population. There is much
good land in Manchuria, the rivers being
numerous and the valleys wide and fertile.
Cultivation in many places is extended and
successful. Gold has been found ut several
points, notably in the Ain Mountains and
slopes toward the AMOR, in the vicinity
of Blagovenschensk, Generally speaking.
the Manchus of the Amoor and the Sun
gari regions are a thrifty, industrious peo-
pie. Having long been associated with
the Muscovites, they take more or less
kindly to a blending of the European with
the Asiatic. the Russians themselves being
about as much of the one as of the other
THEIR RAILROADS.
With the completion of the TRANSIT
IBERIA Railway nearly all of Manchuria will
be to the North of the line that has terni-
nj at Port Arthur and Talien-wan. In
other words will have the Russian frontier
on the North and the Russian railway on
the South. Which it is safe to say will
lead to classification in relatively short or
der.
Had not this interviewed to lessen the
hold iof the Manohurian dynasty upon
China us a whole, it would doubtless in
the end have lost its prestige by the lack
of power to grasp situations eventuatins.
AZ it is the fall has been FASTENED by the
progress of the railway plans Of the Rus
slams. Even the Chinese have come to see
that ruling sovereignty which is merely
a name is worthy of no respect.
Whether or not the outbreak of the Pc
kin Manchus was melted from a glimmer-
ing recognition that something had to be
done 20 offset the effect Of the Russian
emasculation of the dominant dynasty by
making it one without a country. is an in
teresting question. It would be attribu.ing
to the Manchu mnndarins a sagacity OF in
SIGHT into the actual situation existing.
which is hardly justified by their course
OF action for decades. Still it IS the I'M
expected that is continually happening.
MAJOR PANGBORN.