Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-03
RUSSIA SURE TO STAY.
Britain Prepared for Formal An
nouneement of Occupation Of
Manchuria.

LONDON, Oct. IN. Paul Lesser
the new Russian minister to China
Is on the eve of his arrival to Pekdn
and 1t will not be long before Rn.,
sia iesaiizes her position in Manchu.
ria beyond the possibility OF dispute.
rms is the firm opinion OF Britjah
politicians.
Ihe hction that Russia will some
day retire from Manchuria has never
Deen adopted here. Her tactics are
TOO well Understood to beget credeoce
tor her pretensions that her occupa.
ton of the Manchurian provinces -
only temporary. The British govern.
inent has made up its mind to accent
'he status quo in the far east 80 far
as Manchuria is concerned.
Russia will now settle her accom-,
separately with China. For soma
llme she has been encouraging ner
SUBJECTS who sustained losses In cen.
sequence of the Boxer uprising ana
.he Manchurian disturbances to send
.uii returns of their claims to at pa.
,ersDurs. Governments as a rule
40 not proceed in this fashion In
most cases considerable pressure 4.
needed before they recognize such
claims
Russia's coursei is altogether ex-
ceptional. Just as the date of sign
ing the protocol was put off from time
70 t'me. so was postponed the final
Gate FOR receiving these claims OF
RUSSIAN subjects In Manchuria. In
London the inference is that M. do
witte has been making up a bill into
wh'ch viii enter as a leading item the
damage. actual and alleged. to the
Manchurfan railway, and that he has
not been willing to have the cIain,
taRe definite shape until the rest Of
Europe should be out of China.
with the protocol signed and ths
AIMED troops withdrawn. NJ. Lesrar
may now be expected to show his
nahd as soon as he reaches his poat
Special attention is called to the far,
,hat ne VIII reach Pekin not by the
usual route. but overland through
Manchuria The explanation Given
IN st. Petersburg is that he wishes
to familiarize himself with the an.
tire country.
throughout the late unpleasantnasS
Russia maintained the Diplomatic NJ.
sition that she was . power friendly
10 China and only appeared unwll,-
ing among members of the Eurona.r
concert Her future programme. as
formulated by the Russian press. no
doubt under the usual guidance ia al
ready beginning to devslop. she
VIII continue to pose as China's ouiv
friend. emphasizing the notion thai
the tie between St Petersburg aad
Pekin Is only the more closely drawn
by recent events.
NJ. Lesser will assure the Chinese
court that Russia desires only TO s.e
Chlha at peace and independent AMI
VIII use all her endeavors to prevent
the western powers from Interfering
win this object. In return for the
service, China will be asked to make
speedy settlement OF Russia's u.tls
private account. and the simplest and
easiest terms will be promise to
pay whatever Russia asks as iudem.
nifty, guaranteed by n long lease of
the territory already held fast In DOS.
session north Of Pekin.
Here is the gist OF the situation.
and. In the opinion of Britons best
quailhed to Judge. the world vii! soon
learn that. whereas the much discuss
ed Mahchurlan convention was post.
poned, the interval has been used by
the cznr's advisers to bring aoout con.
diticrs that will place China In o u
sition even more dependent upon the
northern power.