The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23

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water = matters bu: little
n Warsh@r ne parry % progress
ard European clvi,szat9u. le9
= the youGg eugp r5r, k~anr So and n.s
siinssi35s. ~ faat e eoUEe~vat isr1 aGj
80 e.1 CIDER. Be-. ty "a s1-.@srf1i en-
fsss d2wasaG ri An. ard hft .9yal seq
tor l.! H1Eg Caang prsya.. 81 ne e1ctt-
- 5iruEgiH ron 30 aciseE. IL ths former
tse Ch4ra ali enter agen . new era Of
svesoament a. . uai'e5 country IL the
after as acres - separate arc often an
tg8n!sslc territories ard pro:eciaratas.
- naEever Gbs way IL come tEe new cor
'-*iau VII be- - benefit 20 10th tae Chinese
"a the outside world what IL % equal
Dot greater Interest. e viii give the
unite f2uch valuable knowledge. Strange
3 enough. the Middle K nga1m. though
.Fiize9 400 years. Is in many respects
= unknown country. II posse sses mineral
sources 80 enormous 80 70 threaten many
nericsn and European Industries In the
Ar OF competition. yei Of these even the
nineas themselves know next 90 moth
& Most CT the f41Is ~ tfIls field we're
fsasreft by toTsiEnfg.. fape1.ai4y by con-
-. nILsssonayts An8 travellers.
A second subject. which promises 10 he
- rare interest Ia me population itself
MS INSTEAD Of being homogeneous. as IL
spu.arty supposed. is singular compos-
e. III races and types. Ia eacn u tae -
1aae Gf NsncnuYla Mongolia. H.. k8to-
~. Tibet and the Shan territory are the
mnents Of earlier peoples. some who
ave been driven hF arms from their an
sIfai homes ana others who appear 10
~ ab0T g.nes
y third subject Is the industrial life OF
- people. Many trades anJ maaUfac-
;rer ara kept secret. processes ara
.aIlsmifted frcm father 70 son more sd
ssjie iaan Aeigsooms, inventions and d4s-
3VeFie% are bearded by their owners so
nat scarcely any one reaps their advan-
ages
At least one-ha.f of the country IS still
&kno1n 10 the outside world. No two
laps agree upon any district IN the iuje-
or and ~ numerous large areas there Is
chart whatever.
That s.. little should he known OF the
iiiile Kingdom Is not 30 la wondered a.;
aen i,a VASE s!zr Is remembered, Even
day i; j. larger than Canada, Brazil,
ustEa.ia or the United States includ ing
asba. Porto Rico and Hawaii. Sixty
ars ago the Chinese empire wac est.-
aied to cover 3.fG1nD square miles. and
though Russia has robfe5 her OF a great
s.a OF the north. France on the south,
reat Britain on the southwest and Ger
any on the northeast she stlli retains al
4sl 4 1s,ik" square G,il@s. The climate
- a wilder range than that Of Europe and
orth America northern Mongolia being
gnparable 10 Manitoba or Finland and
alnan To Nenezuc.a or Morocco. The
ast line ia 4@~ miles and he ,nrse chef
were. iif arg -ket. GtRAk4E 2siA 1diiaNI
Pearl. are The first In the world So far
travel and traffic are concerned. each
Aving floating population Of more than
million souls
The mineral resources are the first in
aportance IL not IN interest. They are SO
Jest that IL IL no marvel that PeS-ng is
q" crowded with yenturouS seekers after
AIMING concessions. The british mer-
1aats who obtained the exclusive right
open and work the coal deposits OF
. hens. now inform the word that the
dis contain i0V&r 100000 tons of anthracite
al i1o ,01. 0uo0 s tons Of htumlnous coal
ract.caly in sight and that the mining
agineefs estimate that the supply = suifi-
mt 10 provide the world with fuel for
senty centuries.
IN ia Amot district there is a similar
}rmatiun. which was discovered by Gen.
= Gendre. the United STATES consul At
aai port lie traced the basin over nifty
quare niles and figured the fed 10 con-
in r.; lc2is, i.U00. 600 Ut0 tons. Scarcely A
1und has bcen mined by the natives.
hey have a superstitious fear IN the prov
nee OF tokien thar deiving In the earth
isturts the repose OF the dead. who forth
4iih haunt. t0rmen; and aatass The miner.
Z n account OF this foolish fancy III ming IS
reh bitcd by custom and by Jaw which IS
merely custom crystal ed. ct in Annoy
.l.ei Is 80 scarce tina, the poor dig up me
cots Of the grass and dry them. and the
VeI-to-do use imported coA] Al s.. s. and
son So per ton
The secret al the seizure of K!ao-Chau
nj the adj4ceu, territory by Germany is
d be fpuud not lu var maps or trade re-
sorts. hut iu BARON ven Rcht0fen's great
yOIume on China. iu which he gives an ac-
cunt Of miu.lS discoveries IN that part OF
he empire. TIE province tSAAngtunEB has
~ xhaust}H,e deposits of ron ard coal
cheap labor ana iuyaie Dlahle water power
other valuable minerals aye god. silver
copper. zine, lead arsenic. aG,tnouy. sui
mica. with k5ao lay lp,.red % commerce.
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