RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY.
•' AnierioftDS need almost as raach ac oar i ' countrjrnien a more exact comprehension of the Power vmh which they ate dealing when that Power is'ilnSaia. They were profoundly annoyed by tho Russian attempt ito close Manchuria to foreign trade, and. remonstrated -With toe pharpnegs. The • Rusfirst deniecf that they nad<^cie^6ny^Ujßlyvttempt, and then with' Idrew ail the** lor tra^de privilege^ , lhat,>Jiowever, does not satisfy the. Aweri'oana - Wr ti*£the Beore* = ' tary . bi Stahv'of ' oqurSfi^accepted )heafsnrr'.V * "^ , • *tsl*^
ance of Count Cassini with suave politeness, but the New York papers are ringing with attacks on llussia for her duplicity and greed. She will never, it is said, be believed again ; even her friends in America are deserting her. The explosion may be useful as a warning to the Tsar to compel his agents to be more truthtul, but the righteous indignation is n little thrown away. In Asia, llussia is an Asiatic Power, and must be regarded as one ; that io, must be judged by her acts -without reference^tq, her words. The Indian Government; has to medel its conduct on that principle iv a dozen kingdoms every week.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7730, 2 July 1903, Page 4
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186RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7730, 2 July 1903, Page 4
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