The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01
ACTION OF RUSSIA
IMpERILS EUROPE:
Plan Is TO Invade China in At
tempt to Extend the
War.
TWO EFFORTS FAILED
North Sea Incident and French Affair.
Regarded az OF a Piece with
it-spresd May Involve -
the Other Powers.

London. May 3i.-There In oriy one
| opinion I'm diplomatic circles OF Rus
sia's action In eniarging her field o; OPP
erntions To Mongolia. II is officially
announced at 50. Petersburg that By n
special treaty arranged with China,
three weeks ago. Russian troops WILL
cross the Manchurian frontier into
Mongolia In order To prevent the lap.
anese thanking movement TO the west.
This is regarded M the gravcst mem
&c. To general peace which has arisen
since the war began.
Taken I'm connection with the de-
velopments In 81. Petersburg In the last
few days, Il Is interpreted as the DELHI
crate intention OF those In control OF
Russia's policy To cover her defeat by
embroiling the other powers. Such GER
tatnly has been the desire OF important
leaders of the Russian reactionaries
since they recognized the helplessness
OF Russian arms. They strove first to
embroil Great Britain by intolerahle-
interference with British commerce.
Then they tried To compromise their
own ally by the conduct OF RoJestyen-
sky's fleet. Diplomacy succeeded In de-
feating both attempts. Count Lams-
dorm succeeded In gaining the czar's
support In his pacific attitude. and the
militant party failed for the time being
In their nefarious designs.
Why Powers Arc Alarmed.
Now. however. the Russian foreign office
admits negotiations which will hardly fail
TO result In the destruction Of Chinese
neutrality. the object which Secretary
Hay and the European diplomatists sue
cessfully preserved until the present mo-
ment. II II not "a be wondered that the
diplomatic corps In PekIn and 81. Peters
burg are consSernated by the situation thus
created IL was this development which
caused the interruption OF the French am
bassador's Journey from 81. Petersburg.
and which has now brought all the re-
sources Of diplomacy throughout the world
into action 10 combat the peril which haE
arisen.
The foreign office at 81. Petersburg to-
day Issued statement 10 the effect that
the Russian armies. In making prepare
tons for the forward march into Mon
goiIa. will avoid any acton that would
likely bring on n conflict with General Ma
or ncccssitat, the intervention or the pow
err. and that Russia In resolved 10 enlarge
the radius OF her operations toward Mon
golia solely for the purpos" OF defending
region.
This u,tcrnnce Is as mcndacious and un-
Jusiifiabl" as was any OF RussiaR d-clara-
tons which led to the present war IL ls
Russia herself not japan. which has over
stepped the agreed limits OF operations
during the war The Japancs. have kept
strictly within the riag from the start to
the present day.
Plans TO invade China.
Russia now boldly and unneccs an ziIy-.
proposes TO Invade China. not for a gen
uine military purpose. as every one ac-
quainied with the military situation rccos-'
Mics. desire 10 raise international COM.
quotations II. therefore. regarded as Rus
sias obvious motive In making this move
The immediate eject will be TO pront pro-
test from the powers. VIII this avail any
ihingg Some opt.mists think or hop. that
Russia Will seize the OCCASION OF such
protest 10 say she cannot hope 10 wage a
successful war II her operations ar. cir
cumscrlbcd In this fashion aud must.
therefore, seek peace. not because she IL
defeated. but for the reason OF Internal.
tional interference. This IL such trans
parent prciext that few see In II any ser
lous resort for saving Russian prestige
Most European observers fear that Rus
sia's real design IL 20 destroy Chinese neu-
trailty and generally 10 cmbroil the pow
ers
Indirect light H. thrown on Russian pur--
poses by the latest developments In the
domestic political situation. Everything
Indicates thar the ear Is completely con-
trollcd by the rcactionaries. whose pres
ent program seems to include the tenn
porary pscincation OF Internal troubles
by real or pretended reforms.