Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-29

Ntl 9Ou hAlAA Ail' iNAnslhho ol'
doing IN Asia, Your papers are
"a full Of Manchurla but they say
nothing OF Russian advance
ment In the south and the
west. The car Is pushing his
empire In every direction, lie
practically controls Persia Prince I'LL
koff, the minister OF ways and COM
municatlons, tells me that the railroads
will be extended on through Afganistan
20 India, and that the Samarkand line,
which is now far on It's way through
Turklstan, will eventually penetrate
China. and be a part Of great rail-
road system, connecting the western
part Of that empire with European
Russia, Some cOlonlzlng IS being done
along the Monaghan frontier, and the
Transsiheman railroad going Il few
miles north Of It will eventually bring
all the country beyond the great wall
into the hands Of the czar,
RUSSIA IN ASIA,
Have you noticed how fast the Rus
SLAMS are swallowing UP Asia? Mal-
churia is one-tenth as large az cur
country, including Alaska and our ISL
and possessions, but 1t Is only one
! twentieth OF Russia In Asia. BY far
more than a third Of that continent he
longs 10 the car. Asia has 100000
square miles and Russia has almost
100000. IL has more than $500 900
without Manchuria, and II practically
controls almost one-hnlf Of the CONT
nent.
Figures are prosy, but these figures
mean much, In central Asia alone the
Russians have territory half as large
as tho whole United States. in Siberia
they have enough land to cover the face
Of Europe, with d million and half
f1uare miles to spare, and eastern 81
4 ria alons Is larger than the United
ties without It's outlying colonies,
r. total Asiatic dominons are about
70 the size Of our country without
Stands, and they have one-fourth
;reat a population
ust over the mountains about the
plan sea Russia has province
wn as North Caucasia, which Is
;er than Kansas. II has popula-
I IN Of 100000. Transcaucasia, which
Is larger than Kansas and Massachu-
sets, with population of 100000, and
western Siberia is about one-fourth
as big as our country.
RUSSIAN CITIES IN ASIA.
There are many big towns in these
Asiataic dominions. Take Tifiis, in the
Caucasus. II lies just over the togder
from Russia Ia Europe, but its people
are Asiatics, although It's governors are
Russian. II has 10000 and Is great
center OF trade. Baku, IN the oil fields
on the Caspian sea, has 1l2,O0O, while
Tashkend has 10000.
Have you ever heard Of KOkand? II
In near the end OF the Transcasplan
road, north Of India and not far from
China. 1t is great trading center and
Is growing like a green hay tree. II
has $1,000. Samarakand, little fur
Their west on the same line, has $4,000,
and Namangan, beyond Kokand, has
$1,000. One Of the projected railroads
will run north from Tashkend to con-
meet with the TTanssiberan, and this
will greatly increase the size OF that
city, The road has already been built
from Samara TO Orenburg. and II win
Join the Trans-Siberian at Cheliabinsk,
There are number of good sized
towns in Siberia, which are growing
rapidly. Tomsk has $4,000; Blagoyes-
chensk, on the Amoor. is OF about the
same size, while Irktusk, on the Trans
siberian road, not far from Lake Baik-
al has $1,000. There are a number of
other cities OF from $4,000 TO 10000 and
the new city OF Dalny, at the end Of the
Chinese Eastern railroad, has some
/ thing like $4,000, and 1t is as yet hardly
opened to settlement
VAST RESOURCES.
AsiatIc Russia is an enormous EN-
pire Of undeveloped resources. 1t can
only be compared to the United states
The wheatfields Of Siberia and Man
churia could probably feed Europe
We're they developed and fitted with
means OF transportation. The south
ern provinces have large cotton plan
! tations, set out within the last few
years, and over the Caucasus they are
raislng wine by the millions Of gallons
ana tobacco by the millions Of pounds
In several provinces there the output
of wine amounts TO 100000 gallons
year. In two districts alone they are
ANNUALLY raising Sl,0O000O pounds Of to-
bacco, and in a third they have set out
/ 100000 acres OF cotton, They have also
mulberry plantations. and are now rails
ing cocoon silk by the hundreds Of mil.
lions OF pounds, They are. planting tea
and expect to compete with the Chinese
In the Russian markets.
Russian Asia has excellent pastures
and parts Of II are already well stock
ed. | have the figures from the govern
ment. There are 100000 horses, $780,
600 cattle and about 2O,0)O00O sheep An
enormous dairylng interest is growing