Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-23

crowned with what looked like immense
factories or machine shops. They had
many windows, and an army of men was
continually marching about them. These
are the barracks of the Russian soldiers, of
whom there are 5000 in this city alone.
Two thousand of these belong to marines.
and the other 5000 are Of the land forces.
1 saw otner barracks and soldiers in my
there are now, ] am told, about 10000 SOL
diers In eastern Siberia, or more than we
have in our army.
Russia on the Pacific.
AS soon as the ship came to anchor 1
took a boat and was rowed to the shore.
We went through all kinds of shipping.
There were great Russian steamers from
Odessa, on the Black sea. which were filled
with immigrants and stores. There were
ships from Japan, in the passenger and
carrying trade. and there were hundreds
of Chinese junks. which had sails like bats
wings, and which had brought vegetables
and fruits from Chefoo and Shanghai for
sale. There were Corean boats. with straight
sails and wooden anchors, and there were
dozens of Chinese sampans. which were
sculled through the water by swarthy
Tartars. 1t was in one of these that l
rowed to the shore. At the landing l seemed
to have gotten into mixture of China and
Russia. There were droschky men, who
wore hats like inverted spittoons and who
had long blue gowns. for all the world like
the coachmen l saw in st. Petersburg three
years ago. Their horses were Russian stall
lons and their cabs We're driven like mad
through the streets. There were Cinnamon
by the hundred, who had come to Siberia
to work for the summer, and there were
dozens of Coreans, with packs on their
city I hired a droschky and took ride
through the streets. The roads were as
muddy as those of the Black Swamp. and
our two horses went on the gallop. We
- . ho IL, CT 0f q
city. This Is about two miles long. and the
town runs around the hills on the edge OF
the harbor. The houses are OF two stories,
with wide porche5 in front OF them, ana
there are some substantial business blocks
The biggest houses of the place outside OF
the barracks are those of the governor
general, the police station and the new rail-
road depot.
a Call Upon the Police.
My first call was. of course. upon the
police. You can do nothing In Siberia
without a passport, and / knew 1 would
be In danger of arrest until 1 had had an
interview with the chief of the police.
had letters of introduction to MIR. j. Bry'
ner. a wealthy Swiss, who had married q
Russian lady and who has one of the big
gest houses in Siberia. He has large inter-
ests in timber and mines. and he is one OF
the most influential men in the country.
1t was with him that l went to call upon
the high military officer who governs all
police matters of this port. The police sta
ton is a big, two-story, red brick build
ing which looks for all the world like
county court house, and which Is sur
rounded by soldiers and policemen. We
took off our coats and our rubberS and
combed our hair with our fingers before we
went in to call upon the officials. We
went through room after room, filled
with pompous soldiers, until we came
into the presencse of a short. stocky
man, with a head like a cannon ball.
and with eyes as sharp as a shoemakers
awI This was Col. F. Petroff the chief Of
police, without whose assistance YOU can
do nothing in eastern Siberia. Every per-
nit has to pass through him, and my pass
port, vised by the Russian minister in
Corea, was laid before him, while Mr..