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Why Russia Clings to Manchuria

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Aug 4, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 31.

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Why Russia Clings to Manchuria

MANCHURIA, the present bone of contention between Japan and Russia, is both in extent of territory and in natural resources a prize, well calculated to excite the cupidity of the land-hungry powers of the Old World. In size it is as large as Germany and France combined; three times as large as England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; somewhat larger than New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa combined. It is also an agricultural land, well wooded and watered, and full of gold, iron, and coal. Such facts help to explain Russia’s slowness in keeping her promise to “evacuate Manchuria.”