Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30

the kingdom. The plans under Immediate
consideration involve the construction of a
road from Peklng, tho capital, to Han-kow.
about 500 miles From that point as a
center a line will be extended to Canton.
some 1,50O miles, and due east to Hang chow
and the sea, while another line Is planned @
run from Shanghai northwest through
Nankin to a Junction with the line south
from Pelting at Kal-fong. These finished,
connections will be made, along the extreme
southern belt of the empire, with the
Bangkok railroad of Siam, at Bhamo, on the
border OF Mandaay
These roads will pass through rich, allu-
vial country, densely populous, producing
silk, tea and other staples. There is really
no limit apparent to the productive capacity
of this immense region when labor now
chiefly idle, can have ready markets at com
mand and easy access to the great ports of
shipment, The Transformation, when COM
pleted will mould China into totally new in
dustrial and commercial forms. Side by side,
too with these monster Innovations China's
northern belt Of provinces will be awakened
by the branch of the great Siberian railway
through Manchuria under construction by
the czar. The camel routes by which tea,
silks, and other products of the empire now
reach Russia. Persia Turkey and all interior
states will be superseded by rail transporta-
tion, ehectlng development of unlimited
scope and value
COLOSSAL UNDERTAKING.
me railway task upon which emma Is en-
teius Mouiu &c tnoush. colosSa ehouSh lor
couluy equ'ppeu Win the most compete
modern appliances and alert public spirit,
but to a man with Sheng Ta-Jens local and
Industrial handicaps 1t will prove appalling,
Almost certainly Impossible unless methous
anu anu systems are radically changed. aireauy
tnlS resourcetul Chlnaman hnds himset
aoundering in a bog. 1t is financial The
money for his great designs must come from
foreign countries, or China itself, or both.
me government dlstrusts all foreigners
Whlle all natives dlstrust the government
investors are not scrambling for shares. Cap
ital from other countries cannot be secured,
II seems, because China insists on complete
Chinese control and management of the
roads, foreign money to be silent partner
at atm, me mercy OF milde|ed mandarin metnods'
For nvan,nle China oa,"io,s to
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49, ~" .., .o'I, ne ian eCe.''Iy
tha on,niro rover oa,, % a rnire IL, b;s iiso the
nersornsra ,,io,,ol 49, -. ,a,S,a ~ ir,,,o,,iaI
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SHARP CONTRASTS.
An obstacle equally serious exists in China
itself The country presents sharp contrasts
in the very rich and the very poor. Man aries
are not rushing to invest their millions, be-
cause they know what dreadful cOI-lorantS
the mandarins are, and Sheng is cue of that
class. The poor people who can boast of any
nest eggs at all show no disposition to en-
bark in q government enterprise so long as
the orinciDle maintains that all property be-
longs to the emperor and may be confscated
at will The thrifty Chinaman melts his
silver edvings and banks them in a hole be-
meath his house and only the most gilt
edged Investment will lure them from that
primitive sasety vault He would be far more
ready to take the railroad shares If foreigners
were to control in the management and the
Carital for. there would be no confisc,ltion
in that Gaze The government would mot
dare
AS to the Cinnamon in this country who are
called unan for loval subscriptions Sbee1p has
managed to incur the enmify and djsfrust Cf
the wealthy Six COMPANIES in San Francisco
hv his treafment of Hsii Ta-Tnn Rarore
Sbeng hecan,a diractor General cnntract to
b,,tId tbo rco5 From, pa,tIng to Han-kow (and
nitin,otaIv r. canton, had bean awerdad to
Hsii Of Go,ton hv Princes KING and Ching
At tho ranTeSt of tbe enner1r This arranre,
,oont cbo1rr r,onaaea in son,a NAV r. brSSb
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nina ne calnoI ulspcnse WIN tne ".he
anu ne uaEe noI atte,hpV 70 cnalse 'ie
puetles III any iilsh nanueu, iauioat way. I,s
lulLhet sahpIe W tiIS 'uShe siN aHIau, Va, sSis
p1aCeu . rnero dIi1 oS 20 borIo,i .t,at h oan
swing Tbina int1 The modern railroad column
on her own MANUFACTURING. engineering and