Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-29

| river sailors. 1t was in after centuries
that they became the most wonderful
horsemen in the world. They gradual
ly acquired their equestrian skill in
warfare with the Tartars, their constant
antagonists. The greatness Of the Rus
sian empire in Asia was chiefly gained
by gradually superseding the sover-
eighty Of the Tartars. One most sinsu-
lar chronological aspect marks in the
most definite and regular style this
process Of Slav expansion. The i'm
mense expanse of northern Asia Is di-
vided into vast sections by four
grand rivers-the Oh, Yenisei, Lena
tracts has occupied a century in the
world Of conquest. Russia pushed up
to the OBJ in the sixteenth century, that
aggression being the brilliant work OF
Yermak. Tobolsk was founded on the
banks of OBJ, and then began the sub
jugation Of the Ostiaks and Samovedes
in the great region Of Yenisseisk fur
ther east. This went on right into the
seventeenth century. By the middle
of the eighteenth century the Lena
was reached, and it regained for the
great Muraveiff, father Of the recent
ly deceased statesman, to add TO the
Cars dominions the magnificent realm
of north Manchuria; now called the
Amur government, which brought the
empire up to the much-priZed and
beautiful Amur river. That was the
greatest achievement of Russia IN the
nineteenth century.
Long and ferocious wars have hecn
waged in almost every part Of Siberia
between the Russian pioneers ana the
native tribes. The regular armies or
theczars have had comparatively lit
tie to do with the steady and gradual
subjugatlon of the vast regions. There
has never been any very long halt be-
tween the Ural and the Pacific. the
worst difficulties and the hardest ccn-
flicts were in the districts north and
just east of Lake Baikal. In the Nact
realm beyond this point the Cossack,
Elisei Buza greatly distinguished him
self by his long explorations and his
discoveries, including that of the silver
mines in northeastern Siberia. Rough
and cruel has been the treatment CT
many Of the native tribes by the Co.'S
sacks at various times. Indeed, the
expansion Of Russia in Asia is one of
the most terrible and protracted trage-
dies of history. Multitudes Of Cossacks
perished. Massacres of natives In
each century were intermittent. ST.
IBERIA has been a land Of blood and fire
to an extent only understood by those
who have made it's history study. The
career of Vladimir Atlasoff, the discov-
erer and conqueror of Kamchatka, Is
itself only one Of the series Of these
personal romances.
All this expansion has been regu-
larly effected by the efforts Of four
classes pioneers. priests, merchants
and soldiers. These always follow In
that order. The explorers with little
bands or adventures, settlers and pet
ty traders go first. But, when they
have borne the preliminary hardships,
the great missionary Russo-Greek
church never fails to forward the prop
er consignment of priests. We can al
ways tell which country Russia means
to subjugate. The priests appear and
the fact is settled. There nave been
Russian priests and Greek churches IN
Manchuria for many years, and those
who understand Russia knew that this
signified that the czar must rule Man.
churia, no matter what all the rest
the world might think, say or do. If
anybody wants to make up his mind as
to the certain fate Of both Corea and
Palestine, let him amply form deduc-
ton from similar data amply supplied
in those countries, especially in }ales-
tine.-Pall Mall Gazette.