The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-04-04
SEEING PARTS OF CHINA
Chain Of Invading Russian Troops
From Tibet 10 Manchuria.
PART OF MONGOLIA ACQUIRED

Russo Chinese sank Exploiting Two
Provinces-Party in ST. Petersburg
Opposes leaving Manchuria - The
Situation as Viewed ut Washing
ton, d. Z.
st. Petersburg, Russia. Chinese rela-
tons and the negotiations of Minister
Pokotiloff with the Pekin Government
are engrossing the attention of Russian
diplomacy V to the exclusion of the
Algeciras Conference.
Foreign Office officials make 4 nlys-
terry of the negotiations at Pekin. but
it is learned that M. Pokotiloff is chief
ly interested in the preservation of
Russia's favored position in Mongolia.
Apprehensions of an indefinite result
are voiced in dispatches from Pekin.
These approximations are rather be-
lated in view of the fact. though this
is not generally known. that two Of the
easterly provinces of Mongolia-Tse-
senchan and Tuschetuchan, interven-
ing between Pekin and the trans
B~aikalian frontier, generally eastward
Of 4 line running from the southern
end Of Lake Baikal to Pekin-were
long ago given over to exploitation by
the Russo-C Chinese Bank. and thus are
actually part of Russia's sphere of in
f1uence under an agreement the exist
ence of which, because it was made
by the bank and not by the Govern
ment, the Foreign Office eve now af-
fects to ignore.
Russian troops, consisting of infan-
try. cavalry and artillery, have been
introduced at various important cen
tres "for the protection Of Russian
COnsuls." These military "OutpoStS Of
the empire" have been pushed forward
into Chinese territory. the whole Siber-
ian and Central Asian frontier chain,
extending from Kheruloon, in Eastern
Mongolia, through Urga. Ullassutai.
Tarbagatai. Urumptsi. Kuldja. Kash-
gar and Yarkand, to Khotan. on the
border of Tibet.
The cat was let out of the bag con-
corning the presence Of a considerable
force ut Urga, including infantry and
Cossacks and several guns, by the in
cautious publication in IN obscure pro-
vincial paper of a casual account of
the celebration of the departure of m
company from the garrison and the
arrival of another.
The two provinces given over to the
Russo-Chinese Bank cover the route
of the proposed railroad from Baikal
to Pekin, for which a concession was
obtained, but the money was wanting.
The RusSo-C Chinese Bank also has val
liable mining rights. including gold.
The Manchurian situation has given
rise to a sharp difference Of opinion in
the Government, one side urging a
speedy realization of the provisions of
the treaty of Portsmouth for the evac
uation except by railroad guards and
the complete abandonment Of the Man.
churian adventure. and the other side
working for delay, pleading in justif-
cation of it's attitude that the decision
of China to send several army corps
to ManchAria is directed against Rus
sin.
A special session Of the Council for
National Defense has been called to
consider the question.
Washington, D. C.-Russia's new
move in China, about which no infor-
nation except what is contained in the
press dispatches. has been received
here, puzzles Washington. Russia's
occupation of Manchuria was for the
purpose Of getting to the sea. That
object was frustrated by the war with
Japan, and any extension through
Mongolia to the borders Of Manchuria
is not applicable on that basis now.
The only explanations which are sug-
gested here are mere earth hunger and
q desire OIL the part of Russia to en-
ploy her soldiers and keep them from
mutiny. The latter is the theory
which. in the absence Of definite infor-
nation, finds most credence here.
There is no move to the south which
Is not blocked by the British-Japanese
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