Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-14
Crafty Bears Designs on Man.
chura Not to be Doubted

Within the past week the world
has been startled by what is called
the Russian move in Manchuria, said
DR.. Iyenaga in his last lecture, and ii
has become the food for thought in
every civilized society of the world.
Rusia's demands are, first that no
new town or post in Manchuria shall
| be opened for foreign trade, second,
that no new consuls shall be admitted
to the territory; third, that no other
! foreign officials than Russia's shall
be employed in the administration of
Manchuria; fourth, that the present
status of administration in ManchuIla
shall be kept intact; fifth, that the re-
ceipts of the custom house of New
Chwang shall be deposited in a Chino
Russian bank; sixth, that a sanitary
/ commission is to be organized in
| New Chwang and Nthers under Rus
sian control; seventh, that permission
/ be granted to place Russian wires
upon Chimes telegraph poles in Man
churia; eighth, that no territory of
Manchuria shall be alienated.
Russia has proceeded to allay the
fevered excitement which arose be-
cause of these demands with plausible
explanation. The first, second and
, seventh demands Russia declared that
she had not made and that they were
absolutely false; the second was de-
clared to depend upon China and as
none of Russia's affair; the fourth is
called unimportant; the fifth is pulled
away as no more than the present ar
rangement; the sixth is magnified as
being extremely important as an
English vessel once brought a plague
to New Chwang, and as to the eighth.
why there is no need of discussing it,
With Russia's plausible explanations
the Manchurian terror becomes an i'm
palpable apparition of the mind
Physiographically Manchuria is
divided into mountainous and
great plain district 1t is about eight
hundred miles in length and five miles
, in width and has lengthy Russian
| border. On the whole it has about
100000 square miles. a territory great
er than France and Germany com.
bined. Indigo and opium are largely
cultivated, as well as cereals and
root crops. Among its minerals are
coa' iron and gold The Chinese
eastern railway with its seaport of
Port Arthur traverses the eastern mart
| of Manchuria. For four hundred miles
this railway passes through a vast
wellwatered plain densely populated
and subjected to an intense cultilva.
! ton.
The total population of Manchuria is
about 100000. 1t is said that its
resources are sufficient to support
lOo,Oo0,000. An inkling of the pos
sibilty of its trade is cleaned from the
fact that it increased from $500 600
tolls in 1880 to 100000 tolls in
1899.
The chief exports from the United
states are cotton, lumber and kero
sene; 80 per cent. of the foreign goods
has gone to Manchuria. In 1899 we
sent SS,000.000 worth of goods to Man
churia. We have sert her much agri
cultural machinery and nearly all Of
her railway supplies.
II Russia were to gain control she
would build up high Discriminate.
tariff against other countries. Il
doubtful if she would keep the prom
ises which she makes so freely tc
the United States. Japan's trade WITT
China is about the same as that
the United States.
Russia during the past three Ger
turtles by means of that mighty an
terrible sword. the Cossack service |
mas conquered enormous reack.s @