Daily inter mountain., 1900-08-27
POWERS ALL IN
RUSSIAN COMMISSIONER HAS
DARK FoREBoDINGS.
GERMANY THE TROUBLE MAKER.
Ancient Foe of Observation-Disclosures
Goes to Fight-Danger in Civil
izing China.

New York, August N.-Prince HeSpere
Oukhtomski gentleman in waiting to his
imperial majesty, the Czar Nicholas. and
editor-in-chief of the Veidomosti of st. Pc
tersburg, the chief government organ OF
Russia, who arrived in this city on the
steamship LAauitaine. is on his way to
China as a special commissioner. me
prince declared that Germany was dong
her best to hamper Russia and destroy in
fiuence in the far east. Between RUSSIA
and America, he said. there was not the
-ightest ill-feeling, and Russia was rather
pleased than otherwise & to see ,nraa1;a Amer1ea
Russia was not in favor of dismember-
ment, he said, and all stories to that erect
We're entirely untrue: ,r The :; prince PRINCE, con-
German influence is dying in China, and
l must say it is a very bad influence, for
the Germans have not much to risk there
and everything to gain. They began by
taking the bay of Kiao Chou, and they
have ever since been threatening the en-
plre. China objected to having he Ger
mans SO near the capital, and eagerly tf-
fered the invaders land i'll the southeti.
Part of China. The ,,erman', h, wever re-
fused to go south and insisted on taking
l<ao Chou. despite strong protests.
Lii Hung Chang. who is a great friend
.,f mine, told me at that time that the
great disasters would follow Immediately
if Germanys activity did not cease. If
you destroy our government as the Ger
>ians do he said. the government will not
ne able 10 hold in check the people
Il don't believe Russia is at war with
China. We are only lighting the Chinese
who destroying our railway. and our
generals are moving against the rebels In
Manchuria.
''Ne have sent our troops to defend the
central government. but l am afraid 1t
was 4 great mistake for the allied troops
To - to Pekin at all. They will make the
difficulties greater.
New the Chinese government will go to
me interior They vii! continue to fight
~ay whu rules. The empress, did her bes;
s.on the troubles. # Germany had
-E,a ID Sae them dead.s sSheghad only to
her troops to ceas" defending the iesa-
rrrnaly went to the east to do harm to
VI III. ana caused most of the dlfil-
..- -rs with Russia in III" far east. II was
t.e aeftnnng Of a new political era for
,rrtrany Ii may be that she did not
trt.l Id much about doing HARM to Russia
when ~he seized Niao Chou as She did OF
"Nt a,ty rate l nm afraid she is doing
'ruch harm to Russia, for We had the
prclominant influence in CHINA. GERMANY
could not harm, in Europe, for there her
geographical situation between Russia and
France was bad SO she went elsewhere
where we were more vulnerable.
Germany will have some importance in
China SO long the powers keep to-
@cther, but Germany alone can do nothing
at all Waldersee is coming to Shanghai
in three weeks. and if he comes he Will
want some great and glorious defeats or
the Chinese. The German press is already
saying We want to push forward We
man newspapers not long ago were op-
posed to dismemherment. Now they are
strongly in favor of it,
Russia has only to defend her interests
in Manchuria. She does not seek to annex
even small bit of territory, because ii
would be great burden to her I know
from the very best sources why diSmem-
Eerment of China is not the wish of our
government.
We could have annexed Manchuria lone
ago. because the Monsolians hate the Chi
nese and would be glad to be Russian sub
tects. Manchuria, however, would be a
heavy burden.
Chine is dangerous, thing: both econ
emically and politically. There is not
however, "a yellow peril in the way the
German emperor meant The Chinese are
very Eood people, and think the danger is
more economic than military.
The powers will, however. try to drill
foreisn-devil troops will form the real bod,
of hostile native army.
Russia does not care very much whether
the United States keeps the Philippines o.
leaves them. but l think Russia woult
prefer to have the Americans keep thu
set to Japan, who will be our great enem,
In the future Jaoan will not only be tn
enemy OF Russia but of all the European
powers. The Chinese question wiK be har,
to settle. There too many powers il
1t. Why, even Italy is sending dozens o
men over there. The struggle VII be o
Russia has no objection to the Ameri
can nag In Russia. Tien Wan will be al
open door to Manchu, but it is difficult +
say whether all of Manchuria will be Al
open door. If We make great railwa
ana then only have it for foreign mer
chants to bring goods into our territoria
possessions. it certainly would be to on
disadvantage
u am sure America would have NOR
harae 'raad IN united M I'd China than in dismem
all trading nations. If Germany seized
part OF China the United States Woul
nave less chance to trade in that sectio
than in the Russian spheres of influence.
we are not at all a trading nation, a
the Germans are -