New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-12
DALNY AS A TRADING PORT.

DALNY AS A TRADING PORT.
Dalny should be the great port of the far north
east, tapping Manchuria, Eastern Siberia. Russian
speaking stand in It's way: There is the threatened
trouble with the japanese. ana. supposng that the
Arthur and the Lao Tong, Peninsula there is al
have got their town built. bring themselves TO
offer fair trade privileges to all At present the
but from all have heard. they allow them
selves to be carried away by their intense protec
cement from odessa. instead of getting it from
Hong-Kong although they are obtaining an in
ferior article at a higher price. Their want OF
But despite that ' the woFs VIII be
the theoTed;ai mead OF DaIny is pleasant
ing what is to be; the practical head is a Scotch
he Will carry through whatever he undertakes
We were anxious, after having seen what was
Arthur. but the railway had the day before been
IL m by sod our a ora5 q on 6rs thg he
gineer); it happens daily; they build railway. or.
or ballasted they run eighty-fye ton Baldwin loco
The consequence is that the line IS ruined and in
constant need of repair before its completion the
take. We were informed that had We travelled
by rail the same procedure as when we were going
onIY running for the service Of the cornnanv and
charge is made against the casual passenger
Back to Port Arthur along the barren coast line,
ing through them through the narrow entrance
with hundreds OF coolies working hard upon gun
left back to hurried tifin and then TO visit the
sian general stores are neat clean % and md We'll
stocked. and cafe attractive for its bread
shops A decent store lies cheek by jovI with a
dirty little Chinese den. so that the general effect
Thanks to the hospitality Of the little mess" Of
but report said that it was an impossible place and
It certainly did not look attractive. 10 o'clock
gari, which. We were told, was the Mail rechris-
bought by the Russians. she had been employed
crossing the Channel to AntWerp She Was nicely
kept unexpectedly hot with heated air.
PORT ARTHUR AND wEI-HAI-wEL
seen-Port Arthur; the strongest naval base in the
forty miles further IN the COAST of the neninsis'
WIl either of them justify or repay the enormous
object in making Port Arthur such an immensely
ever to be taken will be brought about by Its sup
pines P e nc cut e S c and not ~ set Ira
contrast is curious between Port Arthur and
are easily improved at not very large expenditure
In Port Arthur money IS being poured out like
to what going to do. Russia, again, is
Where nothing is determSed that n shall f he n
great commercial port and that trade shall pass in
Great Britain. at ,weHai-wei. needs small
dredging the running of a light railway TO Che
Foo, and the making of a few good roads through
=
things the natural position and advantages OF
Wei-Hai-Wei would do the The British mer-
chant would recognize the fact that Wei Hal-We is
Arthur and Shanghai, and that steamers cannot
rely upon loading at Che-FOO owing to the sea that
rises there, while they could always load at Wei
fer the Che-FoO trade into Wei-Hai-Wei hands. 1t
is a pity that little compromise be
fected. Grant Port Arthur some of the British
caution and her works would be improved and
money saved; grant Wei-Hai-Wei some of the Rus
sian lavishness. and by now we should have had a
thriving commercial community the shores OF
the harbor. AS It now is. the Russians will make
IL difficult for the other nations get Chinese
labor at their ports At Dalny learned that they
were paying 80 cents day TO their coolies of that,
probably. the contractors squeeze good deal. but
stu II is high wages, and the coolies
their thousands.
RUSSIAN METHODS"
Hearing so much of the lavish expenditure we
asked how much per mOu (One-SiXth OF an acre. the
Russians paid for their land upon which Dalny is
be built. We told. authoritatively s. each
mou The price seemed small, but an explanation
forthcoming. though il may be only a yarn
to be taken with grain OF salt. The story goes
Russian officer who offered SIS mOu for the
land IL the offer declined the owner was
passed outside and given twenty-five lashes. then
again brought before the would-be purcha ser. This
time he probably more reasonable. but II not
the same ceremony was repeated. This story may
not be true, though II told us by an inhah-
IS. which Is far below the market price and
that the Russians viii not sell the land now
that they are the holders; foreigners will be
granted leases.
A story rather the opposite OF the forced sales
was related TO us at Dalny. When the civil en-
gineers were looking for stone for some buildings
Wan Bay. where number OF good houses stood
apart. which they told almshouSes. IL
had wintered In the bay. and during their shore
exercises had damaged the crops of the natives To