The sun., 1904-05-29
for an er terprisir z capitalist.

for an er terprisirg capitalist.
Travelling In Ma churia he met retired
Colonel Of the Russian Army ramed Won
Larlarsky, who had become an agent in
| disposir & OF gold-mirirg cor cessiors. Won
Larlars,. y had been in Lordon ard done
bu ess there with promotion syr dicates.
He could tell OF developments OF joir t stock
81 terprise In which politics were usefully
mixed up, which gave q new outlook to the
| your ger man.
For five years Bezobrazof occupied
himself in Eastern Siberia II cor solidatirg
| lard al d mir g schemes, ard all the while
demon strait to the Imperial Govern
ment In st. Petersburg that that vast waste
| OF provir ce had IL suspected economic
possibilities He was on the spot when
Russia moved Il TO Ma, churia ard began to
build up political claim to the CHR css
provi' ce on the stret 9Th OF the require
ments of the extended trar s-Siberian
| railway. When the first spri1kling Of
Russian political officials was tried on the
oountry-arriving quietly, Instructed not
to draw atte ton to themselves-Bczo-
brazoh went with them as q free lance and
! Informal commercial adviser.
On the Corean fror tier he saw q stretch
OF territory that seemed an ideal experi-
menti ground for his system. The great
timber areas on either bank OF the Yalu
River were the State property OF Chir ard
Corea. From the Chin ese Governme, he
| secured a certificate emitting him to out
trees on that side for year. with the ex-
pectation of the certificates berg re-
newed yearly. A similar oertifca te from
Corea followed
The annual tenure did not suit his views
and was soon set aside. He bought tho
Signatures OF the necessary Chi ese ard
Corean officials to document givii him
the sole right to cut lumber on the banks
Of the Yalu for twenty five years, and with
this concession he return ed to st. Peters-
burg to begin the making OF an interesting
story. -,
he use made by EezobrazoH OF his :YAlp /;
concession suggests strongly that be Ind s
heard Of Cecil Rhodes and the South African
chartered company from his former asso-
ciate, Won Larlarsky. Both enterprises re-
quireJ for their success political security
Of tenure Of the territory to be exploited.
In both cases the commercial element
was so big and 90 novel that It at hrst
frightened tho officials Of the foreign officss
-Lcndon and st. Petersburg alike. Rhodes
overcame this obstacle by dire tly interest,"
Auk tIlC OA W dieS III Vu0 pIOoPeulVy
Of the company. by having the Princes
Of bis Household, Lord Farquhar, on the
first board Of directors, and judiciously
planting shares among member Of London
society VIII 30 good will was valuable.
Bee ,brax q obtained six powerful sigma
t,res to his petition OF Incorporation, ssSk-
ing tho full acknowledgment and support
Of tho Government. and Count LAmsdoF&
t gave way. Count Vororsko6- -Dashko6,
then Minister Of the Imperial Court, ard
Vice-Admiral Abaza, chief OF the 0ovsfn-
| ment's Committee cf tho Far East, were OF
the six. With their aid hs oonplssaly
/ persuaded the Government that hls COZ.
ceesions wae Of tho highest political im-
portance. IN,
When Japan pressed Russia for Q state
ment Of her p, sition In Manchuria and
Corea, Bezobraz n-who had secured .
perso nal introduction to tho Emperor-was
able to have incorporated In Russia's reply
q demand that there should be Q neutral
zcne In northern Corea 90 a. to prevent tho
japanese from interrupting his tree Telling
business.
1t is one Of the supreme features left 10
marvel at in Russia's present plight that
this matter Of Bezobraz h's Yalu Timber
Company was insisted on In the negotiations
with Japan up to the last moment. TITS
on this ground that he is now blamed for
being "Lhe tause of\ the sr'-he only
fastened the CT lliscn.
And even yet his Id friends, the Russians
with large iGeas who do things In their
MINIS and nowhere else would be 'to his
faults q little Lind, and to his virtues
oven kind It Is not really Be1obras q
that they are angry with, but th' 20 heaihen
Asatics, who have struck them swake
20 rrGely and wret ked their dream when 10
had nearly come true.