Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-19
RUSSIA WANTS
NO TERRITORY.
Her Position in the Chinese En-
brogIio Defined
IS NOT AT WAR WITH CHINA
could Not Become an EXecutloncr az
Suggested in Germauy's Note
She Wants Peace,

New York, oct lg.-In q long dispatch
from YaIta, Russia, near which place
the czar is staying, a correspondent OF
The Herald quotes a high Russian off
fetal who secs the car daily and Is
fully c5nvels0nt with the emperor.s
Views ON the Chinese situation. This
official asked that his name be not STATE
.1. but the tone OF the dispatch leaves
little doubt it was Count Lamsdort the
newly created minister Of foreign at-
fairs OF Russia. The official said Of
the Russian policy toward China.
OF defy any one 10 show that Russia
has deuateI IN any respect from the
policy which has been announced and
which is given quite openly in the Rus
sian press. What Russia undertook TO
do she did. Her policy has been open
and perfectly simple from the first.
$50 far from having designs upon
Mauchuua. RUssIa's frontier In that
part was not properly protected We
were 500 unprepared that We had 20 sub
INIT to being attacked and bombarued.
Does that look Ike our being prepared
to annex Manchura?
our ministers and our people were m
great danger Ia Pehn, II was our
duty 90 relieve them We undertook
90 do So, and We achieved their rescue.
but Ppkin from that moment had no
further Importance because 10 was no
longer the seat of the Chinese govern
meut Communication was cut on,
which was very awkward. Tien Tsin
was ten days nearer in regard 10 COM
muuiCati0n That was a very important
fact and explains why we wanted 20 De
there and not in Pekin.
circumstances have altered some
what now. owing 20 duly recognized
plenpotyutiarles being I'm Pekin TO treat
with and communication having been
well nigh restored. IL ls OF no import
ance To us today whether negotiations
are carried on Ia Pekin ur not.
Just look al our country. Can any
one who knows this country imagine
for q moment that Russia Is In want of
allitoua. territory How can any
thinking person entertain such a view?
Russia DIS quite content with what she
has got What she has she wishes time
To- develop.
Recent German communications
have been much more moderate and
have made the possibility of peaceful
negotiations much better Why, what
would our position have been according
la the first idaas9 We should have been
called upon 90 place ourselves In the
position of public eXecutloners. How
could We accept that2 None of the
powers is at war with China. Why.
then. should there Doe any talk Of TAX
Ing away territory from her?
AS regards our policy. my august
master has decided upon all questions
which have come before him I'm this
Chinese question IN perfectly straight
forward manner his sole object being
after fully weighing each matter 20 ar
rive at a Just and upright conclusion.
That is his nature His minister OF
foreign affairs tried his utmost 20 carry
out those imperial conclusions 20 the
best OF his ability
III the other powers. one or any OF
them, were 90 think II roht 20 push
matters and annex Chinese territory,
then Russia would have 90 come IN and
hold her own. That Is not what Russia
wishes Such policy would only be
forced upon her