Russia’s Control of Shang-king

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 5, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 6.

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Russia’s Control of Shang-king

RUSSIA has published the arrangement by which she has taken permanent control of the Chinese province of Shang-king, of which Mukden is the capital, and Port Arthur the seaport. The case of Russia now stands thus: “Russia has her hand at the throat of North China, and so far as China is concerned, can at any moment that suits her convenience extend her hold westward and southward. The only possible check upon her advance is the opposition of the European Powers.”