Mr. Conger to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Peking, March 10,
1903.
No. 1233.]Sir: I transmit herewith copies of a dispatch
from Consul Miller, of Niuchwang, concerning Russian operations in
Manchuria.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. Miller to
Mr. Conger.
Consulate of the United States,
Niuchwang, March 5, 1903.
No. 161.]Sir: I have the honor to report that the
branch construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway into Mukden from
the main line is completed and will be in operation in a few days.
The survey from the main line of the Chinese Eastern Railway into
Kirin, a distance of about 100 miles, has recently been completed
and construction of the line will soon begin.
By these two branches the Russians will have direct communication
with the two capitals of the southern provinces of Manchuria, viz,
Shengking and Kirin. Surveys are under way for an extension of the
Russian railway system into Korea, and it is rumored that
construction will not be long delayed.
The Russian Government has established at Mukden a diplomatic officer
with a rank equal to a consul-general, who will remain there
permanently after withdrawal as the resident diplomatic
representative.
His real duties will be those of adviser to the Tartar general. The
headquarters of this official are to be at the railway station, just
outside of the city of Mukden, where a Russian community is to be
established, under the protection of Russian troops known as the
railway guard.
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I have, etc.,
