New-York tribune., 1903-08-14
RUSSIAN RULE In FAREAST
A NEW VICEROYALTY.
Vice-Admrdl Alerief To BE Head
of Amoor District and Ouang-Tung.

St Petersburg, Aug. ia new viceroyalty,
comprising the Amoor district and the Quang-
TGng Provincdecreated August. 1890, has been
established. Heretofore the Amur district has
been controlled by Governor General.
a ukase. signed by the Gear and promulgated
August IL. appoints Vice. Admiral Alexieff. aide
de-camp general to the Car. as viceroy of this
Far Eastern territory. He will be vested with
supreme authority in all the branches of the
civil administration. the direction OF which will
no longer be in the hands of the ministries. It
viii be the Viceroy's duty to maintain order and
insure safety in the district traversed by the
Eastern Chinese Railway. as we'll to watch
over the needs Of the Russian inhabitants, both
within and without the Russian possessions
bordering on the territory under his jurisdiction
Diplomatic negotiations with neighboring
States regarding the affairs of this territory will
be in the hands of the Viceroy, who will also be
intrusted with the command of the Russian
fleet in the Pacific. and all the troops in the
new viceroyalty. Until law embodying the
duties of the Viceroy is issued, the regulations
drawn UP in 1916 for the administration of the
Far Eastern and Caucasian territory will
main in force.
A special committee, presided over by the
Gar, will that the actions of the Viceroy
i'll harmony with the general policy of the
Russian ministries Viceroy Alexieff has been
instructed to submit TO the Car for his approval
proposals for the administration of the territory
over which he is about to assume the jurisdic-
ton
1t is learned high Russian authority that
the establishment of a vceroyalty for the Amur
district and Quang-Tung Province will not affect
the evacuation of Manchuria in October. For
some time Russia has been considering the ad-
visibility of placing the control Of all her Far
Eastern territory and Mancburia under one
head, instead of three, as at present. AS long
as the Russian occupation of Manchuria lasts,
Viceroy Alexieff will be in charge. and will COM
mand the troops in that region, but when the
evacuation occurs he will simply have control
of the Port Arthur and Talien-Wan zone.
through which the railroad runs in addition TO
the possessions which indubitably Russian.
The British Government is aware of the ukase
and has taken action, nor is expected to
do so.
The Quang-TunS province mentioned in the above
dispatch. comprises Port Arthur and Talien-Wan,
and their adjacent territories, which the Chinese
Government by agreement dated March q, 1898,
leased to Russia for the term of twenty-five years
which lease may be extended by agreement. This
territory formed into the Russian province of
Qusng-Tung in the following year.
The secret conference of high Russian officials
in the Far East held Port Arthur tho first week
in July and which gave rise to considerable specu-
lation at the time it being supposed that the Off
Gals were discussing possible war. was probably
held really to draw up the principal details OF the
new viceroyalty plan. Vice-Admiral Aexieff, the
new viceroy, took part in tn conference. B.
Kuropatkn, the Russian Minister of War. who
was also present, returned to st. Petersburg on
rangements agreed at the conference to the
Car, resulting in the ukase issued to-day.