Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20

CURED place in the very near future. Rus
STA, not being manufacturing nation. has
Asfatic railways and the machinery for
the development Of her new possessions in
the far east so that our interests in China
have become interviewer. Our warships and
the Russian army transports appear to
have been the first to arrive at the scene of
trouble, which might have been quickly
terminated but for Japan's protest against
the landing of II 600 CoSsacks at Tien Tsin.
that. once Russian troops entered Pekin.
the OCCUPANCY would he perma nent.
The Boxers" represent the lingering en-
bers Of the great TAPPING rebellion. now
again famed into flames With their an
limitation by the great powers, Young
China will rise supreme and at once pro-
coed with Its program for the regeneration
OF China. The richest coal and iron mines
In the world will be opened up. complete
system of rail and river transportation es-
tablished and mills, foundries and fac
tories will spring up all over the empire.
Excellent coal is even now sold at thou
sands of inland mines at IL cents ton.
and iron ore at a proportionately low fig
ure. With the completion of the projected
railroads the distinction of being the great
steel-producing nation seems destined to
pass from America to China. After we
have supplied the machinery and equip-
ment for developing the limitless mineral
resources of China she will doubtless be
able to supply many commodities so cheap
~ that no other nation can compete with
her, so that the opening up OF China while
1t Will pour vast oceans of wealth into our
pockets, is not devoid of serious dangers
which threaten future generations So it
behooves us to be active and enrich our
selves now, against the rainy day which
seems destined to come upon us after a
season Of commercial sunshine
The Gear is for Peace.
The czar earnest in his leadership of the
peace element. holds a tight rein on the
war party. which would precpitate Russia
into endless trouble in the far. east by an
neXing great. populous regions which would
be of little value to Russia for many years
to come.
The wiser counsels Of the car serrl to
prevail, and now Russia absorbs territory
only as she needs 1t for her Overlooking
population. although the car may yet be
made to see the necessity Of seizing Pek.n
and Lhassa to prevent other nations from
securing these cities and ruling China from
them.
That the Russ!anization of China will be
eventually accomplished seems inevitable
In single decade Russia has planted a
colony OF more than a million souls in her
Pacific provinces, besides spending hun
dreds of millions of rubles m preparing the
SoohLy lol lilelI HdDitdllOn. Railroads,
cities and manufacturing towns have
sprung up like magic. Hundreds of steam
ers have been built to ply the newly opened
Chinese waters. The feverish. powerful ac-
ttvtty Of Russia has no counterpart in the
history of the world. Its greatest danger
arises from the fact that at any time the
war party at St. Petersburg may predomi-
nate, China would be invaded and It's mill
tary forces would be reorganized into a
Russian army: rifles and mod srn ordnance
would take the place of bows and arrows
making China, In its downfall. more than
ever menace to the peace of the world.
Despite the fact that a handful Of japanese.
well armed, completely routed multitudes Of
Chinese who relied Gagged tigers and
fierce masks to brighten off the dwarfs
military commanders of all nations still af-
firm that the Chinese. under competent Off
GERS, make the best fighting material in the
world. Like his cousin german. the Russian
soldier, the Chinaman is a fatalist by ma
ture; he will go where he is led company
after company being moved down without
complaint or in any way damaging the
esprit de corps of the army. The supply of
food for cannon in China is almost mex
haustible. With the conquest of China the
5000 600 soldiers of the car, who compose
the army Of Russia when on Il war footing
could be increased to 40.Gl0.0tD fighting
men. most of whom could live ineXpensively
on handful of rice day.
Would Be Russia's Advantage.
With such an army Russia could dictate
terms 10 the world, Tor the Chinese are
among the best seamen known; they man
the steamship lines between America and
China, and are fast taking the place of the
white tar the world over. Russia, once in
possession of China. could soon organize a
navy manned by Chinese and officerei by
Russians. The only form of patriotism
evinced by the masses of Cinnamon is a
burning desire to be on the winning side:
so that with China firmly in her grass,
Russia could either make America the rich
est nation in the world commercially or she
could. with every prospect of success de-
mand that the open door be transferred
from China to our own shores. Eussia's
aggression in central China may vet drive
US into not only an Anglo-Saxon alliance,
but into an alliance with all the powers of
the world against Russia: or 1t may lead
the eagle into a peaceful commercial al
lance with the bear, despite the growing
Of the Hon.!
But whether we shall be. called upon In
time to fight for a permanent foothuld in
China or merely to grow corpulenf and lazy
from overlooking upon the rich feast Of
crumbs falling from the Russian table is
left for the twentieth century to- reveal