Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

what may be termed deep water uavi-
CATION. being iu direct water cnmmuuI-
cation with Shanghai and ail the other
great ports along the coast The Inn
portance Of line which connects this
great business center of nearly % mill
lion people with the capital of the cm-
plrc. and at the same time passing
through an important agricultural aud
mining section having "a population
Of n hundred million, can scarcely be
uvcrrutcd.
This proposed line. about ak hundred
and nfty miles long. ls In the hands OF
a Belgian syndicate, though expression
has been given 10 the belief that Rus
sian Influence and Russian funds Coz
operate In ita proposed construction and
prospective control SIN further west
is series ~ roads several hundred
miles In length, penetrating the great
iron and coal districts OF Northwestern
china. which are said TO BE the greatest
coal deposits ~ the world.
This system a. under a combination
of British and italian Interests ana the
concession granted gives the privilege
N mining coal and iron. Runuing
routhward from Shanghai M short
distance from the coast ~ n british line
tu connect the treaty Iorts " Wcnchow.
Ningpo and Inng-Chow with Shanghai.
and which II quito likely 20 be extended
TO the treaty ports further down the
coast and finally 90 the recently ucquir-
cd British territory adjacent TO Hong-
Kong. whore u would connect with
short british line now under construc-
ton and with the great southern CONE
mcrclm center VI canton. The luugth
" this line now projected and for which
concessions have been made "a about
two hundred miles. From Shanghai
westward there n ALSO "a short British
line proposed TO cNtcnu 60 So0-Chow
and Nnnkin.
several hundred miles west ~ tho
proposed American line is r. British line
10 connect the province Of SEochucu in
the west of china with Canton ana
liongk1nF szcchuon ia the largest and
most pupulnua. aud perhaps the most
productive N the provinces n China.
being an elevated table land lying lt
the head Of navigation on the Yung-tHe
and whose varied productions and enc
tDrprlsinE population give 10 a character
quite flmilar 10 that NJ the region Of
the Upper Mississippi IN the United
States This proposed British line c0u-
meets Changigo. the capital VI
river, which has recently been opened
to ali commerce. and from which point
traffic viii reach Canton either BY the
West river or by an already projected
line from Wuch1w 10 Canton. The proc
posed British linc connecting szochuon
with the lines which reach Canton is
Another extremely important British
line dinors entirely from that Of those
already described IN the fact that 80 is
an effort 90 connect china and her rull-
way systems with the railway systems
of British India. This bold project 81 90
extend tho existing railway line from
M1udplay IN burma 10 the Chinese bur-
der. nt Wunlong Ferry From that
point 10 ~ proposed 60 build "a British
line nofthoaatwnrd 90 ChunkinE. in the
great province of Szochuon. Co the head
OF navigation on tho NanE-tlc.
This limo would cross the British limo
connecting szechucn with Canton, thus
not only putting the railway system ~
Burma into direct communication with
Canton. but also bringing 70 Into direct
communication with the head OF uuvl-
CATION IN the great Nang-tse valley,
where Great Britain has already OBJ
tnlucd nm agreement that no exclusive
territorial concessions 10 foreign gov-
crumpnts shall be made. ana whose
commerce ia looked upon na the most
important In all China. While this pro-
lOct Of tapping southern, western aud
central china by "a connection with the
Burma a Indian railway systems nee
cssarlly encounters many serious OBJ
HtnclcH because " the character Of tho
territory through which the connecting
lines must pass, II IN one OF great Inn
portnucc and almost startling In Its
conception and possibilities. since. u
successful, II would bring the existing
railway system OF India, having a total