Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-14

+, territory. Peter the Great was the
| first to seek foreign communication
and gained the Baltic outlet which,
however, is of little Importance in the
winter Russia afterwards sought in
turn further ocean outlets through
the Dardenelles and also through AT
| ghanistan to the Indian ocean. But
these being blocked by Turkey and
the European concert and by England.
Russia now turned her attention to
/ the Orient as the line of least resist
ance and the past century shows that
the current has flowed very strongly
| in that direction.
By the treaties of Aigim and Picking
in 1858 and 1860, Russia gained her
long desired eastern outlet to the open
sea. But Vladivostock, the port thus
gained, had the disadvantage of being
closed by ice a few months in the
year and Russia's desire to move
! farther south was gratified by the
China-Japan war. By intervention in
the matter of China's ceding the Lao
tung peninsula to Japan, Russia be-
came the protector and friend of
China. Having done China the
weighty service of rescuing southern
Manchuria it was expected that Rus
STA would demand something and
eighteen months later the expectation
chrystallized in the assurance of a
secret convention at Pekin at which
some remarkable concessions were
mad Russia gained the privilege OF
carrying her trans-Asian railway
across northern Manchuria which
meant that the line would now follow
the chord of an arc instead of creep
ing around its periphery through
mountains; secondly, the convention
allowed the construction of branch,
south through ManchuIta; thirdly, the
posting of troops to protect these rail
ways, virtually military occuaption
OF Manchuria, and fourthly, in case of
necessity to hold Port Arthur and
fallen as military bases.
The statutes of the Chinese Eastern
railway authorize the construction of
railways across Manchuria to Vladiv-
ostock and Port Arthur preferential
railway tariff on Russian imports and
decree that shares can be held legally
only by Russian and Chinese subjects
The most significant clauses however
are those providing that the road be
under joint Russian and Chinese
nag and have joint military protection
of the two countries which means
me IN
means the classification of Manchuria.
In 1900 the boxer outbreak oc
CURED. Chinas confusion was Rms.
sia's opportunity and she poured
troop after troop into Manchuria and
inflicted a good threshing upon the
Chinese for some destruction of Rms
sian life and property, in one case
thrusting 5000 Chinese at time into
the waters of the Amur. Russia
seized the beautiful pretext OF this
outbreak to tighten her grin on Man. |
ehuria and would have annexed II |
bodily had not England. the United
States and Japan protested. So in |
the Manchurian convention of 1902 |
Russia declared that Manchuria is an
integral part of China. that she would !
withdraw her troops, the third lot to
De Withdrawn this coming October
and that the Chinese should not be
prohibited from using artillery. The
world wondered at Russia's copces-
sions. England and Japan had two
months previously formed an alliance
to maintain China's integrity and they I
red the moral support OF the United
states; so Russia found ii wise To
accede- Thus the matter stood at the
recent retaining of the Marchurian
fire. |,