The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-10
RUSsIA'S "MoDERATIoN. !"

Word comes from Peking that Rus
sia is going to withdraw her aggres-
sions in Mongolia and to recognize the
complete sovereignty of China IN that
great province This change on the
part Of Russia is said to have been the
result of negotiations between Russia
and China which end is very satisfac-
tory manner to the Chinese govern
ment. Russia, besides recognizing the
sovereignty of China over all Mongo-
liza, agrees to desist in sending Russian
colonies into that province, and to
withdraw from her aggressive position
therein Russian guards at tine Russian
consulates will still be maintained but
these have been maintained for many
years, and the status prior to the re-
cent Russian aggressive activities in
Mongolia is restored
There is much speculation as to the
cause of this change in the attitude Of
Russia to China in respect to Mongolia;
but the reason is not far To seek. As
soon as il was beginning to be under
stood that Russia was asserting what
amounted to a sovereignty over Mon
golia, Japan began 10 get restive, and
to speak of compensation for herself
to Offset Russia's great gain, This
compensation was not only to be had
by way Of throwing off all pretense of
China s claim Of sovereignty in the
province Of Mauchuria and the com
plete possession Of southern Manchuria
by Japan, but was understood also to
include in the compensation OF Japan
slice of the main part Of China itself
Russia would not stand for this, and
has come to an understanding with
China with respect to Mongolia; so
Japan 8 pretensions have to be dropped
for the time.
There can scarcely be doubt, also,
that Russia is playing for bigger game
than the mere barren waste which
makes up the greater part Of Mongolia,
being willing 10 give up the lesser prize
now to gain the greater one later on.
She evidently sees that the United
States in Withdrawing from the Chi.
nese loan agreement, and the cousoli-
daton of that agreement among the
five powers, a great chance to get an
immense share of the Chinese empire
upon It's Acknowledgement; for now the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of China is so plainly
the purpose of the five powers that
there is no doubt about it. This dis
membcrment will not he by way of ac-
tual segregation for some time to come
1t will take the form of recognition
Of the claim Of China S dominion. pre
cisely as the status now is In Man
churia. where Russia and Japan are the
real soyereigns in that province. though
whatever they arc doing they do in the
name Of China, and recognize China Is
sovereignty over that province But
as matter of fact, China has no more
dominion over Manchuria than she has
over Korea.
The final breakup Of China will be
after the establishment for a sufficient
length of time TO make the 'spheres
Of influence where Russia. Great
Britain, Germany. France and Japan
will dominate under the fiction that
they are administering in these spheres
in the name of China, familiar to the
world. When the time of the final
breakup comes, China will be absolute
ly helpless. and the world will have be
come so much accustomed to the domi-
nation of affairs in China by the FIVE
powers in their respective "sphcres,
that there will be no great shock felt
in the change. SO that the matter OF
Russia 5 moderation at this time need
cause M admiration; for she has far