The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-28
THE FAULT OF GERMANY.
A Russian View of the Present Chi
Dilemma.


way to China. discussed the Situation IL
the Far East in the Holland House thii
morning. He said the allies were too rasf
in advancing on Pekin. and that the steI
might prove a source of innumerable diff
culties
IF 1t is true that the Chinese Govern
ment has fed the allied forces may hnd
themselves in an unenviable predicament >
1 he said You cannot have one and the
same country ruled by two different Gov.
ernments at the same time, and this is ex-
actly what would be the case should the
| allies establish a government in Pekin
while the Chinese throne continued to run
things from its hiding place in the noun
tains
We in Russia are inclined to sympa-
thize with the Chinese. We feel that Ger
many is TO blame for the entire difficulty,
and that at the bottom the movement
a praseworthy effort on the part of thu
Cinnamon to defend their country against
unjustifable German encroachment
ITO be sure, many of the Boxers are
plain robbers and cutthroats, but these
form only the worst part, the scum of the
movement, which in its essence is based en-
most natural desire to put a stop To
practices on the part of some foreigners
which no country would stand for a single
day Talk of the atrocities committed by
the Boxers. Should the Germans attempt
to act in some other land as they have
acted in China they would be torn Il,
pieces. Viewed in this light the Cinnamon
have behaved toward the foreigners with
remarkable patience. Yes, We in Russia
sympathiZe with the Chinese and ii seems
strange that liberal countries, such as Eng
land or the United States. should take the
opposite view of the matter and condemn
a people because 1t will try to defend it's
national independence
The Boxers are an ignorant lot, but, as
have said, their movement is at the bot
tom a healthy one. When these Boxers
try to destroy the railroad which we are
building in Manchuria, and which but for
these distur Dances would be completed in
about four months. we defend our property,
but to be allowed to finish this railroad
and to run 1t undisturbed when IL is
ready for use is all Russia is after. Moth
ing is further from the thoughts of the
Cars Government than to acquire the
least bit of ground in China. We have
no use for it, and the possession of such I
territory would be very expensive bur- /
den indeed All the Gar wants is peace.
1T is Germany that is spelling for |
fight. and now that Count Won waldersee /
has been appointed commander-in- chief of 1
the allied forces. he will try to get as
much glory out of ii as possible This |
may involve US all in fresh troubles A
blow to the allied forces would mean a
blew to the prestige of the allied powers
N China, a blow which civilization cannot
very well afford. But Germany, and by
Germany l mean the German Government
not the people for whom l have the
riendliest feeiings-Germany thinks diff
erently of matters such as these.
Coming back to the Boxers the prince
the opinion that the whole
movement was the outcome of economic
onditions and could hardly be stopped by
means of purely political or diplomatic
nature. China is country with the
argest population on earth, with scarcely
labor market to give employment to the
masses. Millions of people are vainly lock
ng for something to do to keep body and
oul together. Some of these become
ighwaymen; others simply lose their pa
fence with foreign intruders such as the
Germans. and hold them responsible for
heir misery. So. upon the whole, prog
ess is just the thing China wants. but
his must be given to her in a judieious,
umane way, not forced down her throat
t the point of the bayonet." In this con-
ectfon Prince Oukhtomsky said that the 4
art played by ths United States in the
resent conflict was something to be hailed
y Russia with pleasure. Il hope you
GU will be opposed TO dismemberment Of
'hina which would be a great misfor-
une," he said. land that the United States
nd Russia will go hand In hand
Prince Oukhtousky VIII go to China by |
-ay of Canada, where he will stop at
Winnipeg to visit the Doukhobors. the
ussian sect which, after many years Of
ersecutien for its religious belief, was
llowed to emigrate to Canada 1t was
trough the efforts of Count Leo Tolstoy | I
nat they were at last permitted to leave !
heir native country. and it is at the re-
uest OF the Russian novelist that the !
EARS friend, who is also close friend
the count. is going TO visit the Douk-
Obor villages in the vicinity of Winnipeg. !
81 expect to spend few days with these
easants. said Prince Oukhtomsky.
There are several thousand OF them in
anada. and | have promised the count to
rite about them. He is very much inter-
sted in them so much so that his last
1vel The Resurrection was given 10 !
lie world for the express purpose of de-
'ting the income from the sales to the
oukhobor cause
7 the Holy Synod prohibiting prayers for z
punt Tolstoy and his burial by the
lurch.
Prince oukhtomsky discussed. in a nom
mmittal sort of way. the general state i
affairs in Russia. and when asked
neither it was true that the country was !.
aking Roadway on the road to liberal in :
he said. with smile: :.
Yes but We are moving as slowly as .
e Chinese do" This brought the con-
rsation to the condition OF the Russian :,
ess. whereupon the Prince, whose news =
per. the "St Petersburg Viedomosti" =
one o. the liberal organs of the capital T
oke with much bitterness of the way the =
rman Ambassador asked the Cars Gov a
nment to have the newspapers restrain a.
from attacking the German policy in n
2 Far East n
The press is tied anG fettered as it is, a,
this request added fuel to the anti
rman feeling. which. according to Prince
khtomsky. had been rekindled by the
inese question.
You know our papers are not allowed an
print much about Russia. They are US
lily filled with news and editorials about
eign countries. But now that owing 10
the German Ambassador, we are not 70
'mitted to discuss all about the situation IN
China. our papers are almost empty of III
eresting reading matter co
e Trust Demand for Big Army. in
IF ON the Toledo Bec) an
he interests behind Mckinley want big tn
Ddiug army. They want it for use at i,ctne. Nc
y want it stationed at the great industrial cr'
tres. 1t comes handy when capital can't make us