Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1904 — RUSSIA WARNS CHINESE. [ARTICLE]

RUSSIA WARNS CHINESE.

Troops of Yuau-Shi-Kai and Ma Must Be Kept in Subjection, Russia has served notice on China that the latter must not send troops beyond the great wall and that she must exercise her influence to restrain the Chinese bandits, who are partially under the Control of Chinese officers, from interfering with the railroad and telegraph lines. A refusal to heed this warning will be considered a breach of neutrality. The,Chinese troops which threaten to make trouble are those of Gen. Ma and Gen. Yuan-Shi-Kai, the commander-in-ehief. The latter is the viceroy of CheeLee province and his troops originally were organized by the late Li Hung Chang. Therefore they are subject to provincial instead of imperial control. A St. Petersburg paper declares Japan is beginning to lose her illusions regarding Anglo-American support, but still looks to China, forgetting that Chinese intervention will he the signal for the interference of European powers.