Arizona republican., 1899-05-12

proposed line would cross the Biitish
 line connecting Szechuan with Cam
 ton, thus not only putting the rail-
 way system of Burmah into direct
 communication with Canton, but also
 bringing tt into communication with
 the head of navigation in the great
 YangtZe valley. where Great Britain
 has already obtained an agreement
 that no exclusive territorial conces-
 sions to foreign governments shall be
 made, and whose commerce Is looked
 upon as the mos, important of that
 of all China. While this project Of
 tapping southern, western and central
 China by a connection with the Bur
 nah and Indian railway systems pec-
 essarily encounters many serious ob-
 stacIes, because Of the character of
 the territory through win ch the con-
 meeting lines must pass, it is one ct grea3 impO- t8nce and almost sta ting
 in it's conception and possibilities,
 since, if successful, it would bring the existing railway system of India.
 having Q length Of 25.000 miles, into touch with tke proposed railway sys- tenn Of China and connecting through China with the great Russian trens- Siberian road, thus giving. a direct and connecting line from Paris via St. Petersburg eastwardly through Rus sia and Siberia, southwardly through China, and again westwardly into and extending through British India
 The cost Of these proposed railway lines in China will be, if carried out, an enormous sum. The lines con- st-ucted up to the present time have been built under the control and at the expense of the Chinese govern ment The recent concessions propose to permit the construction Of lines by capital and organizations composed of residents Of other countries. The funds for ttis purpose are in most cases to be secured by mortg9ge upon the railways thus created, the dis bursement and future management to in control Of the foreign lend CTS during tEe term Of the mortgage, but the lines themselves, after the mortgage lien is paid, are in most, If not all eases, to become the property of the Chinese government. Thus far efforts of foreigners to obtain a share or stock interest h addition tn thp mortgage lien have usually been uD- successful, though in many eases the length of time during which the loans are to run and the control Of the lines in the hands Of those furnish ing the funds may be considered as an. equivalent to owner ship, so far at least as the present gen. aration is concerned. In the Ameri- can contTact an issue of dehantures is permitted which to certain extent may participate in the prospective profits of the enterprise, and in the Belgian contract those supplying the funds are to participate in the profits during the thirty years term in which the loan is to run before payment. | That the intention of the Chinese gov is to finally and absolutely control it's railways is further evi- fenced by the fact that fin it's agree ments with those proposing to con st1uct lines it requires that schools Of instruction for Chinese in the con strucaon and management of railways shall be established, and that a certain of the employees Of the road shall be natives and citizens Of the empire, thus providing for the complete education in railway con- struction and management Of its own people by the time that the system of roads now proposed shall revert to the direct control and ownership of \the government A series Of regulations for railways and mines issued in De cember, 1898, requires that "'in all cases every endeavor must be made to have the Chinese proportic1 cf the capital of such enterprise the greater and there must be a proportion of at least three-tenths of the shares owned by the Chinese. Sanction will not be given in eases where all of the money is foreign" The regulations further provide that "tice proportion Of pro fits to be paid to the government fo.' always will be fJur-tenths and fer mines p per cent, to be handed to the board of revenEe,' a requirement which seems likely to prove, to say the least, embarrassing to railway en- terprises which have not already se- cured concessions.
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 DETROIT LEAVES BLUEFIELDS.
 Washington, May 1.-The follow