The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20

MANCHURIA.
ST. PETERSBURG March 10. - An
swering a question of the correspondent
of the Association Press competent Of
fetal today said:
1T is not fact that Russia has
yielded to the representations of any
powers and modified her demands re-
sEecting Manchuria because no represen-
tationS have been made. Every tenta-
tive attempt to address the Russian gov
ernment on the subject of our pour
parlers with China has been categorically
declined Russia is a great power and
has the right to hold negotiations with
any other government and no other pow
advances in friendly spirit have received
a friendly answer. But plainly stated,
Russia cannot receive inquiries regarding
the above pour parlerS. The results there
Will of course. be made known later
The informant of the correspondent of
the Associated Press admitted that the
power rebuffed was Great Britain He
was not willing to discuss details re-
specting Mongolia and Turkestan, but
he repeated that Russia abides by the
august declaration and desires to safe
guard the railroad and her 10000 kilome-
ter long frontier.
NO FIGHT PROBABLE.
The information of the correspondent
ridieuled the talk of a military conflict
at Tien Tsin. He said:
There is misunderstanding about
certain lands, which the English authori-
ties pretend belong to the railway COM
pany. Russia has expressed her willing
ness to examine the question. If the
question of ownership before the Russian
occupation, that win end the discussion.
If diplomacy is unable to end the con-
troversy, Russia is willing to submit it to
arbitration. If England captures Dewet
perhaps she will have the courage for
military conflict in another quarter of the
world. While he is promenading around
the British forces it is hardly probable
that England will seek trouble else
where"
CHING DISTRUSTS THE BEAR.
LONDON, March 2O.-Dr Morrison,
wiring to the Times from Pekin, says:
Prince Ching received me today and
confirmed the information as to Rus
sia's notifications of the Manchurian
convention. The Chinese minister at St.
Petersburg officially reports that Russia
has agreed to eliminate the clause grant
Ing her exclusive privileges In Mongolia
and Turkestan and also to modify va
rious other clauses objected to by China.
Prince Ching warmly approves the
assistance rendered China by the inter-
Vention of England, the United States
Germany and Japan, but he is not opti-
mistic concerning the return of. the court
to Pekin.
'"rhe Russian amendments do not seem
to me to modify except in providing SIM
ply a protectorate for Manchura.
THE amended clause gives Russia the
right to construct a railway line to the
great wall; declares that the concession
of the railway between Shan-Hai-Kw
and Niu Chwang to an English company
is a breach of a previous agreement be-
tween China and Russia. No agreement
has therefore. been published with which
that concession could conflict, and it is
evident there have been a series of such
secret agreements prior to the treaty
in 1896. I cushioned Ching concerning this
treaty, and he assented to my sugges-
tion of it's existence without the slightest
demurrer. 1 have reason to believe it
promised China protection only against
Great Britain, but was modified at Chi
mas request to include protection against
all foreign powers. China invoked its
provisions after Germany secured Kiao
Chau, but Russia turned a deaf ear"