The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
MANCHuRIA TO Be
PART OF RUSSIA.
Correspondent of German Paper
Declares Russo-C Chinese Agree
ment Is NJ Misunderstood.
PR0TECT0RATE IN MONGOLIA.
Proofs That 1t Has Already Been
Established Are Said to Be
Abundant-Buelow's Adj
dress EXcites Comment.

By Associated Press.
Berlin. March a.-Thc Taeeblatts special
correspondent, who has been traVeiins III
Northern Manchuria. Mongolia. and on the
borders OF Siberia and China for a year,
and whose reports hitherto have been cor
rect without exception. has furnished MS
paper with a long letter which Is puo-
lished to-day. containing interesting oetaiis
regarding the Russo-Chinese agreement on
the subject of M~anchuria, Mongolia and
Turlsestan.
He saws he IS absolutely certain that the
I published version of this agreement Is IN
no way near the actual truth. He then pro-
ceeds to give facts concerning the proposed
internal administration of that part OF
China, demonstrating that Manchur1a VIII
become an integral part OF RUSSIA. ""t
SO than even Bokhara.
'In regard 10 Mongolia, he says tnere IS
no doubt \ protectorate has oeen estao-
lished as this is evidenced by the holsti,le
Of the Russian flags everywhere, ana IA
thorough organization of the district. the
REIMBURSEMENT of the tax collection offices
and the opening of branches of the Russo
Chinese banks with no one but Russian OF
ficials in charge. This. virtually. has taken
place during. the last six months. anu os-
gan before the Boxer outbreak.
The clearest evidence, however, IS conI
tanned In an army order issued by General
Grodekoff to the Siberian troops, IN which
i" Won nave nob!y fulfilled your task of de-
Tending a line 1,a0 kilometers long, on the
f fTon t Of 70 f Kh 5 shu h,n and have thrown
back the enemy across ehis
line"
Resides establishing direct omnunica
tion with EHassa CThibeO, where Dalai
lamf scored a victory Tor hussia py an ~
mense bride of bars Of silver. oi nxssts he
tween the Russians at Kuld1a and those IN
China. even reaching Sian-Fu, where the
Of Rarkcoi' Khami, Stoochow and Lanchow.
Without the knowledge OF either Ine naa
ropeans or Americans or their Japanese
allies. this correspondent says, Prince luan
Want to .Kan-Su Province Din the north
western portion of the Chinese Emplre
bordering on Mongolial. where the ne m DeisIe
\jions of Moslems there. which troops are
NHrmly loyal to Prince Tuan and refuse 70
serve either against the allies or Tor the
Perhaps the most important information
Furnished by the Tageblatt correspondent
is that the Russian Government has caused
10 be printed, distributed and posted on
walls throughout the Transbaikalia a de-
gree ordering for March u q genera re-
which is rendered necessary in order to
put down new disturbances which have
broken out In China meanrns tn prinSs
partly the kansu rebeihon' unoer Iihh|e
Juan.
some additional interesting comment con-
corning Chancellor Won Buelow's enuncla-
lions on A~nglo-German relations ana on
President MckInley's inaugural speech nave
appeared here.
The opinion is expressed by leading news
papers that the chancellor, in his speech.
omitted to give any m about tne
most important points of Germanys Tor.
eign policy. The Berlin Volks Zeitung ana
other papers wonder why Count Won Bue-
low did not answer Herr Sehaedler's Gen,
trist) Interpolation regarding the actual
condition of the triple alliance and about
ChanceIlor's statement oGended.
The press now says that the inference Is
plain that something Is wrong with both.
italy's strong anti-triple alliance party par
ticularly has grown stronger. in the new
italian cabinet. and an attentive ear could
hear that the wire with Russia is either
broken or badly in need of repairs"
One sentence used by the chancellor In MS
speech, aimed solely at Russia, has given
great offense in that country. This was
Count Won Buelow's quotation from FRED
erfck the Greats instructions to his ambas-
sador at St Petersburg, saying he Freder-
ick) would be glad to continue Russia's
friend, but would never be Russfa's slave.
Another Of the chancellors expressions,
tives," has displeased the Emperor and An
glophiles at court and In the army.
The Cologne Voiks Zeitung and Vossisiche
.Zeitung agree with this comment on Won
kBuelow's remark. A number of German
4 papers say that President Mckinley's inaus-
t~retion's programme. The Boersein LeituEg
Monday last printed an abusive article In
which President Mckinley was referred to
in unoomplimentary terms and In which
the hope was expressed that in 1901 Mr..
Bryan will have better political issues.