CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 67, 17 September 1906, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

THE POSITION IN MANCHURIA — . »O i RUSSIA UNABLE TO EVACUATE. [rBEES ASSOCIATION.] (Received September 17, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON-, 16th September. Advices from P^kin state that Russia has announced that she is \inablo to evacuate Northern Manchuria before April, owing to internal troubles. JAPAN COMPLAINS. TOKIO, 16th September. The Japanese press complaints that Russia has nob opened to trade any places in Manchuria, according to the treaty, while Japan has opened six towns iv Southern Manchuria. If the statements made on the 7th August by the Tokio correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, who is usually well informed, are correct, Russia, is playing an astute came in delaying the evacuation of Manchuria. It is asserted jsayß the correspondsnt) that merchandise is pouring into Manchuria over tho Siberian Railway, both from European Russia and Vladivostock As no duties are imposed, it can be sold very cheaply, and this is altogether contrary to tfic principle of equal opportunities for all nations. "The Chinese Eastern Railway was only opened to freight traffio » few months before- the outbreak of tho war. Russia entered into an agreement with China to impose duttes, but it was never adhered to. Ths object of her present policy is clear. She- is determined to make Vladivcstock tho great port of the East, and is widely advertising it as tho terminus of the railway. Russian agents aro everywhere, and the petty lestrictions which hampered that route before the war, when Russia held Dalny, have now been removed. The journey is very comfortable, and passports aro rarely demanded. Connecting steamship lines from Vladivostock arc running? ill all -dircctiorua, sindL convfiying tho duty-free freights to ports in the East. "In addition to thip, splendid enterprise is shown at Vl^aivoetock, where a new dock, capable of accommodating a battleship, fine hotels, and warehouses aw being constructed. Siraultansously, 'the freight over tho Ruseian section of the railway south of Kharbin has been largely increased. Obviously, tha object of Russia, is to isolate Dalny and divert all trade to Vladivostockj which means that tho port can be kept open by ice-breakers all the year round. The Japanese 6ection of iho railway south of Qhauchun wna handed over by tha Russians in a, shocking state of repair. Altogether th« details of the subsequent administration practically nullified the advantages of the Portsmouth Treaty, and lsd to flagrant breaches of its spirit, if not of its letter. " It is declared that if Customs duties are added to tho increased freight, Dalny cannot compete- with Vladivostock, also that Newchwang ie already feeling the effect of Russian enterprise. There- is great slackness "in trade, and this means that Japan and other Powers are 'practically shut out of Manchuria, north of Chauchun, and that tho southern ports aro rendered as good as useless."