New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
CHINA TO YIELD TO RUSSIA
Little Doubt Of Surrender Re.
carding Demands in Iii Province.
NATIONAL SPIRIT GROWS
Intention to Denounce Treaty of
1881-Attempt to Block Pol
icy of Procrastination.

icy of Procrastination.
Peking. Feb. r.-The Chinese Foreign
Board declines TO make statement con-
cerning Russia's representations with re-
gard to the III province, in Chinese Tur-
kestan, saying that the reply to VI. Koroto-
vitz, the Russian Minister to China. has
not yet been determined. II is not doubted
here, however that China's surrender will
be complete.
A national spirit has developed in China
in recent years due 10 resentment against
all treaties giving privileges 70 foreigners,
not excepting the Russo-Chinese treaty Of
1881. According 10 reports, the Chinese are
ranking under what are considered unfair
clauses in this treaty, and oftentimes have
not abided by its conditions. saying that
their Interpretation differed from that
taken by the Russians.
The following instance OF this is cited
Russian traders are not permitted In Tao
Nan-Fu, and the Russian Consul there was
expelled. The Russians argued that Tao
Nan-Fu was in Mongolia, a province in
which, according to their treaty, they could
trade free. The Chinese replied that the
administrative district Of Tao-Nan-Fu had
been changed, and the town now was
within the boundaries OF China proper.
The Chinese Foreign Office recently in.
formed Minister Korotovitz that It con-
sidered the treaty Of 1881 one-sided and in
tended 10 denounce 1t after February %.
that being the termination of decade, the
treaty providing that it can be denounced
at the end OF ten years. Thereupon NJ.
Korotovitz presented 10 China q list Of
claims. including demands for a delimita-
tion OF the frontier in two places where
the boundary was disputed The Foreign
Office, when pressed by the Russian Min
ister replied that it would discuss these
points at a conference over new treaty
which China would propose. NJ. Korotovitz
then pointed oUt that the claims which he
had presented referred 10 breaches in the
present treaty, which had not yet expired.
The Foreign Office, however, has not
further communicated with VI. Korotovitz.
who has repeatedly warned it that the st.
Petersburg governments patience viii not
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sufficiently strong to cope either with arms
or automatically with Russia, have in
dulged in their customary procrast.nation.
no member OF the government desiring TO
incur responsibility for a contest from
which there could be only one issue. There
fore, as the regent is in sole authority,
the reply to Russia will be his. framed
under the advice of the councillors.
Russia possesses an extensive trade in all
the border provinces which she does not
desire to submit 10 discussion. and the de-
nunciation OF the treaty will open the
whole question to indefinite argument.
China, however, enjoys the legal right to
denounce the treaty.
The Russian and japanese legations here
are regularly in consultation on the Russo
Chinese situation.
London. Feb. 1S-"The Morning Posts"
St Petersburg correspondent says that as
there is no railway within six hundred miles
of the III region, Russian troops started
several days ago on a long march thither
from Tashkent, so as TO arrive there by
the time the ultimatum expires. Tashkent
is the capital Of the general government of
Russian Turkestan.
The same correspondent. dealing at
length on the points in dispute regarding
the change in the attitude Of China since
the Russian-Japanese War, says the ditii-
Guilty has proved 50 embarrassing TO Russia
that the latter government hesitated to take
measures against the plague in Chinese ter
ritory in the fear that they might be con-
strued as aggressive.
ST. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE 'Novoe
Vremya." in discussing to-day the an
nounced purpose Of Russia 10 make a mill
tary demonstration in Iii Province. in Chi
nese Turkestan. describes the note pre-
sented at Peking by Minister Korotovit7
as a semi-ultimatum. as IL does not specify
the term within which China must comply
with the demands OF St Petersburg
The paper adds, however, that if the Chi
nese government fails 10 sc; before th'
| lap pse Of a fortnight the message will b.
made more definite.
When under the treaty OF 1881. Russia
withdrew from the Iii region, IL was ir
| consideration OF certain political and trade
| concessions in that and the adjoining Chi
nese possess. .ons. II is now asserted tha
| China has not kept faith in the matter o.
the treaty stipulatlons. This has caused
the return of Russian troops 10 Iii and ;
probable occupancy pending new anc
more definite understanding between th.
/ two governments.