The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30

Social Correspondents Of The Sunday Republic.
ST. Petersburg. Aug. I'll want to tell you
what the Russians are doing In Asia.
Your papers are full OF Manchuria, but
they say nothing Of the Russian advance
ments in the south and west.
The Gar is epushing his Empire in every
direction He practically controls Persia.
Prince Hilkoff. the Minister OF Ways and
Communications. tells me that the railroads
VIII be extended on through Afghanistan
10 India. and that the Samarkand line.
which Is now far on It's way through Tur-
kistan. will eventually penetrate China, and
be a part Of a great railroad system con-
Meeting the western part Of the Empire with
European Russia
Some colonizinR is being done along the
Monaghan frontier. and the Transiberian
Railroad going a few miles north of It will
eventually bring all the country beyond the
great wall into the hands of the Gar
Have you noticed how fast the Russians
~ swallowing up Asia7
Ganchuria is one-tenth as large as our
country. including Alaska and our island
possessions but it is only one-twentieth
a Russia in Asia.
BY far more than third Of that CONT
nent belongs to the Car.
Asia has L. o0o. 900 square miles. and Russia
has almost 100000.
It is more than e.5ooooo without Man
churia. and It practically controls almost
one-half Of the continent.
Figures are prosy. but these figures mean
much In Central Asia alone the Russians
have q territory half as large as the whole
United States.
the face Of Europe, with 100000 square
miles to spare. and Eastern Siberia alone
u larger than the United States without
it, outlying colonies.
Their total Asiatic dominions are about
twice the size Of our country without the
. population.
Just over the mountains about the Cas-
plan Sea Russia has a province known as
North Caucasia. which is bigger than Kan
0as.
It has q population Of 100000. Trans
eaucasia is larger than Kansas and Massa.
chusetts, with population of 5.500.000. and
western Siberia is about one-fourth az big
Be our country.
EIFILs A GREAT CENTER
OF TRADE
There are many big towns in these Ash
ATTIC dominions.
Take THIS. in the Caucasus.
It lies Just over the border from Russia
IN Europe. but its people are Asiatics. al
though its governors are Russian.
It has 10000 people, and is a great center
OF trade. Baku, in the oil fields on the Cas-
plan Sea, has u2.0oo while Tashkend has
$4,000.
1t Is near the end Of the Trarscaspian
road. north of India and not far from
China. 1t is great trading center and Is
growing like green bay tree.
1t has $1,000. Samarkand. little further
west on the same line. has $1,000. and Ma
mangan. beyond Kokand has 21.00o.
One Of the projected railroads will run
north from Tashkand to connect with the
Transsiberian. and this will greatly in
crease the size Of that city.
6amarA to orenburg. and 1t will Join the
Transsiberian at Cheliabinsk.
There are a number Of good-sized towns
IN Siberia. which are growing rapidly.
Tomsk has 5000; Blagovesehensk. on the
Amor. IL Of about the same size. while
Irkutsk. on the Transsiberian road, not
far from Lake Baikal. has 5Looo.
There are a number Of other cities Of
from 5000 to 10000. and the new city Of
Dalny. at the end OF the Chinese Eastern
Railroad. has something like 5000. and 1t
10 yet harry opened to settlement.
ASiatic Russia Is an enormous empire Of
undeveloped resources.
It can only be compared to the United
States
The wheat fields Of Siberia and Manchu-
ria could probably feed Europe were they
developed and fitted with the means OF
transportation.
The Southern Provinces have large cotton
plantations. Set out within the last few
years, and over the Caucasus they are rails
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