The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
Chinese Minister Asserts That En-
gineer Troops Are Settling
Themselves to Stay.
ORIENTAL PRESS is AGlTATED.
Continued Aggression in Manchu.
ria Taken To Mean That Cars
Empire Means 10 Absorb
Korea Next in Turn.

| Victoria British Columbia. June 17-Ad-
| vices received by mil from tho oricn. ;el
| - Russian aggression in Tibet as wei! AZ
NGachurin. Mongolia and Corsa.
| dispatch 10 the "'okio Asah says The
| Chinese resident Minister IN Thibet tee-
graphsd to Pokll curly In May that i4i
Inen. apparently Russian engineer troops.
| mad eGtsred the ccstc!n part OF Thibet.
| They are, he sSys, making preparations 10
Settle Themselves there permanently and are
surveying the adjacent placer. Tho !uhab-
!tants are much alarmed
The far Eastern src.S comments Mt length
on the Russian activity en- the yalu. The
North Chlaa Daily News gays settlements
OF Russians are icing established on both
s!tes of the rivera mouth. The Korean
Government has pluc!ied up courage to or
der the Ru.s!ans away. but has TO forces to
execute the orders.
The N!chi Shimbuni. which according to
English speaking Japanese pGvr-s Is al
most Ru=s@phll- organ &c moderate have
been its comments. psyp I:usria IN actual
possession OF ainnchuria to-day would mean
RUSSIA In prospective possession Of Korea
Tomorrow. japan cannot allow Russia to
nod Korea. and when she eGsC1..cs to RUS
s.a u military base on the frontier Of the
peninsula Empire. she VIII have 20 fight ut
terrible disadvantage
RAILROAD PLANNED.
Another paper says the German steamer
Annoy has taken Il cargo Of railway iron to
the mouth OF the Yclu ana the isusslaas
propose to build railway there to connect
the Chinese Eastern Railway with me Ya!u.
which will enable Russis 10 brig her
troops to the Korean border by rail-. \
Chinese General with Il Thousand troops IN
Russian pay Is to act as :. buffer and keep
the Russians and Japanese from coming
into conflict while the new railway Is being
hurried on.
The North China Daily News says In re-
gard to the Mancnuria entente thar the Pc
Kin Government mas received Ii telegram
from the Tartar General at AIoukden that
over 200 Cossacks passed itehl!ng on May
II Ell roste 10 New -Chwang. On the same
day a regiment OF artillery with aixtecn
Held pieces passed through Iiac-Yans for
Tien-C huang-yai.
Word has also been received from Yuan
Tahus by the Tao Tai OF Feag- Huang
Chens. nea. the Halu. to the erect that
400 mcun:el bandits clothed and armed bv
The Russians, with nlans Russian officers
turbsned and dressed like Chinese officers.
sttempted 10 pass Feng- Huans-Cheng and
sage was stopped BY Yuan Tahua and his
disciplined contingent, who. by Il dspi'y OF
FORCE and after shooting fcur Gvs III ne
bandits. made them retreat back IL lie
north bank OF the Yalu
The Tckio Asah has further advices of
trouble in South China to the effect that
the Chinese foreign officials had given out
that the rebels in YunNan have restored
linsoieu. town yacentl: recaptured by
the insurgents. The Chinese officials also
state that the foreigners at Mentzu are be-
Ing protected BY imptria troops.
The Japanese paper also publishes 4 dis
patch that the rebels have now secured all
the telegraph lines In Yun-Nan and COM
munication has been cut Off with Pekin.