. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. &M M. Corean frontier facing Manchuria and Russia. touched Corea in 1858. What was before an elastic line, has ineach instance become the Czars scientific fiontier. By thesupplementary treaty of Aigiin, Mai-ch 28, 1858, Count Mourayieffrectified ths far eastern line of the Czars domain, by demand-ing and obtaining that yast and fertile territory lying south of theAmur River, and between the Gulf of Tartary and the riyer ITsim,haA-ing a breadth of one hundred and fifty
. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. &M M. Corean frontier facing Manchuria and Russia. touched Corea in 1858. What was before an elastic line, has ineach instance become the Czars scientific fiontier. By thesupplementary treaty of Aigiin, Mai-ch 28, 1858, Count Mourayieffrectified ths far eastern line of the Czars domain, by demand-ing and obtaining that yast and fertile territory lying south of theAmur River, and between the Gulf of Tartary and the riyer ITsim,haA-ing a breadth of one hundred and fifty miles. This remote,but yery desirable, slice of Asia, is rich in gold and silk, coal andcotton, rice and tobacco. With energy and enterprise, the Rus-sian goyeniment at once encouraged emigration, placed steamersbuilt in New York on the Usm-i Riyer and Lake Hanka, laid out THE ei(;ht provinces. 211. 212 COREA. the ports of A^adivostok, and Possiet, constructed a telegi-aphfrom the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, and enforced ordei*among the semi-civilized and savage tribes. The name of thenew Russian territory between the Amui- River and the Sea ofOkhotsk, is Primorskaia, with Vladivostok for the capital, whicliis finely situated on Peter the Great or Victoria Bay. Immensefortifications have been planned, and the place is to be made theSebastopol of the Czars Pacific possessions. This gigantic workwas begun vmder the charge of the late Admiral Popoff, whosename has been given to the iron-turreted war vessels of which hewas the inventor, and to a mountain in Central Corea. Possiet iswithin twenty-five miles of the Corean frontier. It is connectedwith Nagasaki by electric cable. In the event of a war betweenChina and Russia, or even of Anglo-Russian hostihties, the Czarwould most probably make Corea the basis of operations againstChina; for Corea is to China as Canada is to the Un
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