The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
RrSSIA'S DEMANDS.
Careful Review Of the Document Concern
tnH Manchurta.

Special Cabic Despatch 10 THE SrS.
| LONDON, May 5.-The Pekin correspond
| ent of the Times sends to that paper what
! he describes AZ a careful precis Of the ati-
thortative Russian text Of the demands
concerning Manchuria. While the terms
| are substantially the same az those already
| cabled. the message throws some new
| light upon the situation and removes GER
tain obscurties. which. the correspondent
says, were due to iInpcrfections in the
| Chinese text.
The preamble states that Russia and
| China have been friendly neighbors for
| moro than two centuries. They have a
coterminous frontier of 1900 miles. The
interference of strangers in these mutually
| friendly relations would impair them and
! impede friendly settlement Of affairs.
| Therefore Russia considers it her duty to
guard them from alien Interference, es-
peoially as affecting Manchuria. There
Russia has sacrificed thousands Of lives
| and millions OF money in order to pacify
the country and to restore the Chinese
to lawful authority.
BY right of conquest Russia could annex
the country. but she is unwilling to profit
by this. and as in 1881 she returned Iii to
! the Great Wall and Newchwang, so now she
and Newchwang port provided China gives
the following pledges:
First That no portion Of the restored
territories will be transferred in any form
TO another Power. If this is evaded Russia
will take the most decisive measures.
Second-That the present administra-
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because if it were altered the people would
be disturbed and complications would
cnsue on he Russian frontier.
Th;rdThat China will undertake not
to open new treaty ports in Manchuria
or permit new Consuls without the pre-
vio,is assent OF the Russian Government.
Fourth Should China desire to employ
foreigners in any branch Of her administra-
ton their authority shall not extend to
affairs in North China, where Russian in
terests predominant. There the Admins
tration, shall be intrusted to Russians only.
For example. if China employs mining ad-
visers, their authority shall not extend to
mining affairs in Manchuria or Mongolia.
for which Russian advisers must be APP
pointed
Fifth Russia will retain, own and con-
troll the existing telegraph between Port
Arthur, Newchwang and Mukden for the
whole period of the existence OF the Pekin-
Newchwang telegraph, Of which it is a
necessary prolongation.
Sixth-After the restoration Of the Chinese
administration at Newchwang the Russo
Chinese Bank will continue. as at present
to be a Gust oms bank.
Seventh-All rights acquired in Man
churia by Russian subjects during the
occupation shall remain in force after the
evacuation.
Finally there is a long clause stating that
Russia, being responsible for health along
the railway. requires the continuance of
the present effective sanitary board. and
that it is therefore indispensable that the
Customs Commissioner and the customs
doctor be Russians. The sanitary board
must consist of those two officials, GUS
toms taotai. the Consuls, a bacterioloRist,
a representative of the Russian railway
and taotai to find the requisite funds.
Then it is added that whenever official
assent to the foregoing conditions is re-
caived Russia will withdraw from Mukdcn.
kirin and NewchwanR.