Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-19

casus, that Of the latter Lazar.
Melik, an Armenian, became the
greatest man in Russia under former
czar and called himself Loris Melik-
off. Alikanoff, who has figured In Rus
sian intrigues and advances in Central
Asia for years, was a Daghestani, born
at Baku. His name was Ali Khan. HE
simply added Off to it when he be-
came Russian officer.
More than once the supreme active
command in the Russian army has
been held by an Asiatic, and there IS
absolutely no barrier to its being SO
|held today.
Tergoukasoff commanded the forces
In Central Asia-an Asiatic command
ing Asiatics. Can you imagine England
intrusting the command Of either the
Indian or the English army to Sikh
or a Ghurka, however fine soldier he
might be?
"Why, he could not even command
company! He might become an off,
Ger in name, but practically he would
be subordinate to the rawest English
subaltern, although he were the gray
bearded veteran of a dozen wars.
1.-The English gain the hatred OF Ash
atics by treating them like children;
the Germans use the sword first, and
then the whip, never letting the Peo-
pie down at all; the French colonies IN
Asia are hells paved with good in
tentions; the Dutch in Java are greedy
and tyrannical.
1.-THE Russians alone know how to
handle Asiatics properly. and obtain
the best results from conquering them
That is why we have been able to
march right across the continent from
the Urals and the Caucasus to the
shores Of the Pacific. We conquer,
and then we make the people glad
they were conquered.
when Russia does go to war IN
the Far East, many Asiatics will hold
commands in the cars armies and
they will be trusted just as fully as
they would be If they had been born
in Moscow"
Foreigners are surprised at the
quickness with which Russia lays down
the sword and offers the lump OF sugar
to vanquished Orientals. Makdum kuli
warrior chieftain, was the heart and
soul of the defence Of Cock Tepe In the
Turcoman campaign of the early SOS
| The ashes Of Cock Tepe had hardly
grown cold, the bodies Of thousands oi
his massacred tribesmen were still un-
buried, when Makdum Kuli was visited
by Russian secret agent, who found
him in the midst Of the army he had
rallied for another stand against the
Russian invaders. This agent per-
suaded him to give in and go to Rus
sia as the guest Of the czar, whose
coronation was then due at Moscow.
"The 'untutored Turcoman chieftain,'
said an Englishman who met Makdun
Kuli at that city, was the honorec
guest at the coronation festivities
Greater attention was paid to him
than to European kings and princes.
ut was a master stroke OF policy
When he got back to his own coun'
try and told of the wonderful sights he
had seen, of all the power and splen'
dor of Russia, there was no more tall
of fighting.
His account of the size of the Rus
sian army converted the war party
but far more potent were the hand
some Russian uniform he wore and the
stories he told of the favors conferred
upon him by the Great White Gear
All the other Turcoman chieftains be-
came keenly anxious to make the ac'
uuaintance Of such generous mas
tier"
It is a familiar story to students ol
Russian conquest. Schamyl was the
foremost foe Of Russia in the Caucasu:
for a generation. Today SchamyP:
sons are officers in the Russian army
treated with especial honor by the
car.
After the blood lust Of the troops
was over at Pekin the Russians did al
they could to save the lives of Chi
nese residents and to spare the feelings
of the Chinese officials. The German.
declared that no protection could bt
given to Chinese, whether they hae
been implicated in the attack on the
Legations or not; the Russians protect
ed them.
When the Russians left Pekin the
Germans occupied their quarter OF th'
city. Thereupon all the Chinese who
had settled there Immediately scam
pered off into the adjacent JAPANESE
quarter. They had felt they were safe
under the Russians, but they would
not trust the Germans.
Yet both the Russians and the JAP
anese had been guilty Of slaughterine
defenceless Cinnamon to a degree un'
equalled by the Germans. or any othel
foreign soldiers-the Russians in tha
very campaign, the Japanese In the
Chino japanese war.
kill me in time of war" says the
Asiatic. That's all right. I expect i
unless I can kill you. But In time oi
peace let me live in my own way, anc
treat me as a man and a brother"
Russia comedies this demand, as ne
other western nation does. That Il
why there is no Nihilism In Asiatit
Russia.
A Russian writer compared Englisf
and Russian administration In Asia II
an article which he wrote for the Russ
in January, 1885. His views were, Of
course, prejudiced, but they were In
teresting.
England lays a heavy hand on hel
dependent peoples" he said. She re-
duces them to a state of slavery. only