Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-05
GAR ALL. RIGHT
ORDERS NO LooTING, NO CHINESE
PARTITION.
BUT THE RUSSIANS MUST FIGHT
Wherever There Is an Armed Enemv-
Pay for ALI Supplies tor the
Army.

| New York. ina. ga special to the
| Herald from Washington says: 13 49,
Your correspondent has obtained DOS
! session of copies of important DEGREES by
! the ear of Russia which goes to show
| that ear contemplates no departure
from the policy of evacuating Manchuria
as soon as circumstances permit. These
DEGREES. which are in the form OF IN
structions to military and naval com
manders. further show that the car has
been strenuous in his orders to avoid
looting or i'll treatment of the inhabit-
ants of the territory occupied by his
troops.
One telegram sent by the minister of
war to General Grodekoff. commanding
the Russian troops, in Manchuria. reads:
His imperial majesty orders me to
send you the following Instructions:
His majesty's desire is not only that
there should be no annexation of Chi
nese territory to Russia. but as has been
published in the official communication
of September 5. that our troops should
be recalled from Manchura if there be
no hindrance thereto to the course pur-
sued by the other powers In accordance
With this imperial decision you will do
all that is possible to bring the military
operations in Manchuria to a speedy end
AT present Russia's principal object
is the continuation and the completion
OF railways we are building Your efforts
must be directed to nelp this work and
guard the workmen. Russian admins
tration must not be introduced in the
territory occupied by our troops. You
will reaSSure the population, remove
their fears and bring them back to their
in, ti,,,n Of
See that the soldiers commit no violence
upon the inhabitants after the last shot
of the battle. Life, honor, property and
customs of the natives must be sacred to
the troops"
The czar had many weeks before
wired this order to Admiral AlieXoff,
"strictest discipline, irreproachable in
terral order, respect for the peaceful
citizens, compassion for the vanquished,
regard for their property must be en-
forced by YOU with an iron hand"
This was followed by these orders to
both General Goodkoff and Admiral
Alexoff just after the Russian troops
had crossed over into Manchuria.
circumstances have compelled our
troops to cross the frontier into Man.
churia, we will soon have quelied the re-
beliion. Order will be restored equally
soon on the Manchurian ra ilroad and work
Will be resumed under the protection of
our armed forces. But that is not
enough. 1t is absolutely necessary that
the peaceful inhaDitants of Manchuria
should not join the rebels and create the
painful necessity of making war upon /
the whole Chinese nation.
His imperial majesty therefore, d.
reefs me to instruct you to take string.
ent measures, so that war shall be con-
Quoted with the inexorability inherent
to all warfare only against Chinese
troops and armed citizens; they must be
defeated. --.~.
They must be defeated, deoraved of
their arms and the fortified tons des-
tro-ed.
But the peaceful residents, their home
steads and their property must not be
touched by our valorous soldiers or by
border Cossacks. No unnecessary cru
city or devastation should be allowed
Destruction of cities or villages and
burning of farms may be restored to only g.,
in extreme cases as puni shment for
heavy and bloody crimes. Such meas
ures incense the population against us
Any Kind of footing by soldiers or Cos j..
SACKS must be punished with the utmost \
severity, including the court martial of
Offenders. All substance provided by
tAe inhabitants shall be paid for in cash.
ierrlble in battle our soldiers must in
Manchuria. as they have always been
everywhere and at all times, kind and !
humane, not only to the peaceful citi-
zen but also to the conquered foe. The
very next day after the battle you must
exert yourselves to be on friendly footing
with the inhabitants SO have we always
done with great success in Caucasus and
IN central Asia. In giving you these in |
strucuons his imperial majesty is conf
dent that the brave troops under your
command will not dim their glory by
any kind of cruelty to peaceful, unarmed
citizens.
The emperor expects that every man
will do his best to maintain good and
friendly relations
Information received in an official qual-
ter here to the effect that the instructions
as given above have been carefully OBJ 4
served.
Reports are current here that because
of the recent issue by Russian officials in
Manchuria, seeming to imply protector
ate over that Chinese province. the Unit
ed States might have asked from st. Pet
ersburg an explicit explanation of its
purpose. So far as can be ascertained Of
ficials here have no such power Other
reports asserted that this government
had sounded or would sound European
principles with reference to Russia con-
duct in northern China. 1t is stated en-
phatically here that no negotiations are
in progress respecting China except
those in Pekin.