The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-11
FLAGS OF ALL THE NATIONS.
FxOATHD on HoA1S AND wHARNEs
AT BuSl ToNCKU.

How the allies orIcd in Landing
Thear suppIies-DtmcuIucs with
Nhioh They Lsbored and over
can 600 mparisons 90 the Armies.
spieadid WsrL OF the American
CommisHnsiat-Jnpnu thc sol
dlers incomparnbie.
Cegesptu3enoe 81 tho Assochted Press.
Tonsku. China. sept Along the Inn
pfovs-d 4nI husy whsf,ss which line
tie Pc.-ho river st this point lie dozens
o. curious little steamer aAd juuks dis
charging ctery rancciFah.e variety OF
surpAes. Anchored cut-strcam In the sWlf,
ana icrt4cus channel ave dozens moro
uaiung wharf room 90 dacharEe c-rss.
TIE =, iadtE HtIe stream is alive with
cr q from here 90 Ten Ts.u. ara from
t-o-t up 90 Pes.r. for the nations 81
thc wcrid ere rushing in supplies 20 f'cl
tso arni-. before tac rled North Chm,
wrn,cr s,as tho iarbos ana stream.
IVvm steamships and Juala. samplns
! ge.sors a4d tugs ny tha nsgs % man
l4uit. aaI s.ae ~ SIDE on the decks t.h
t!ua-sirtei Americans. wh.te-unsorm.
2 AHnA NIAfAN NHH.aN llaANaa Aft.iaAaAN AH..
iaoefausanls japanese u-y a. ants at,
g. g1as 70 Vord 60 anyone. French IT,
Nat. skis. Gnoorlas of al braucHts a.
servisc Day ard night the toll goes o..
vsih thousands or cooAer labor.nr in t..
h-If Of tie conquerors. and the great pile
O. hAes ard boxes. house-high on tn.
Wbarvcs. sccm not 20 be diminished
ruy uule cargo boats ply out 20 the
an-1.1ragt. twelve miles seward from
Taku, ARD laden deep with the carEoes
and troops discharged from the big trans
plrts. labor back over the trcachcrous
har aud feel their way W the winding
Psi-ho t. TUngku. Cumbersome lunks.
win huge square sails % mating. creep
t-tind them JOE oudlcfa procession. cor
anything that viii nlnt o. pressed into
service for the trausship ncnt OF cargoes
Cniy vessels ef the llghtes. daft can pass
the bar an Taku Al loW water a steam
bunch VIII 40 aground. and az dead hiEh
TIDE there i az best only scant eleven
feet OF water over O.. Only 40 one tide ~
tee twcnfy-f5ur hours can vessels pass.
Tor tie nlElt tgip g. dangerous 10 even the
mosl skilled o. Taku pilots
Prom the forts az the mouth Of the
river 20 T0GEka O. hardly a good rife shoe
a. thc crow files. set by the river it is a
4oad four miles or more. aud the tide runs
Ike a min race 4 narrow aud serpcn ine
channel swift current lack Of wharf
room. scarcity u ycsse.s ana a recainS
climate ar, some OF an. dlftieulties wDicn
the Powers have comoatcd and are daily
surmouutuE aud tuere has been remark
6bly htiie friction one thing alone IS
plentiful nnd that is labor Coolies with
OUT number are TO he mad, and they ar
thc slvinr features or tho situation.
Ihe sauN.y IS utilized as much as pos-
ffll1 Tor transportation, but little less
than uoops ard immediate supplies are
hauled over o. One track. hastily con
ffructe.i. small cars and light engines. an J
under Russian control. 80 BE- Mt used Ter
general transportation purpose. II A.
Faanncd by Russian soldiers from the
Trans siberian Railway. and ali things
considered. V conducted in very ere 81
able manner. At each bridge and eulyert
8 a Russian outpost. and the whole line
g. patrollcd.
At Tougku the Americans have SEE
cured about the best Wharfage The
wharf extends well outstream, and IS ac-
cessible at low tide. while there Is plenty
Of room for discharged cargoes. Maj.
Hugh GallaEher the cOmmiFsnry officer IN
charge. has divided his force between
here and Tlen Tsln. ana supplies are be-
ing handled very expe.iithously The whole
of the yellow and CHINA seas has been
secured for vessels suitable for the work.
and the United states authorities have
not come out behind in the scramble.
The liberal wages paid coolies and ma
tive boatmen have given us q great AL
vantage. both here and In Tien Tsin. Al
she same time our treatment Of the ma
sives has been mild aud humane. the
soldiers In charge OF the gangs appar-
entity regarding tho Cinnamon as great
fun The Russians are most severe In
handing native labor, and the sword belt
or bayonet scabbard is the usual form
of persuasion. "a has been wonder
ful rncc OF the supply departments OF tho
armies OF the world and che United states
has shown up splendidly. Things are
conducted with a vim and rapdity in
strong contrast 10 the slrshod methods OF
most OF the nations. AMI the result is
shown IN the quantity OF supplies now ac-
cumulatiug up-rver and In the etorchouses
here.
From an comparison however the
japanese must b. excluded. In al depart
ments tho japanese army of occupation
works like clockwork. To the observer no
hitch Is visible Their commisary IS
meaRcr in variety. but vast ia quantity.
ara almost every other river craft files
the white nag with the red TARGET Of the
Ailkado. Here Il floats from dozens 81
craft. on many wharves. aud ln Tien Tsin
81 ~ everywhere 10 be seen. Coolies BY
the thousand labor under Il, and long
lines Of them. with carts. harrows and
acting ns bearers. trot in continuous
streams. transporting the inevitable mat
ting-covered bales. No one knows what
the mating conceals. but whatever %
may De there are thousands OF tons Of
It.
The japanese army works-in an the
term implies. II works by night and by
day. silently. swiftly. like a huge machine
with an its parts Ia order Day after
day. the white-coated little soldiers swing
by. in squads companies ana regiments.
and disappear up country. Their disci-
pline Is strict. they are well clothed ana
cared for ard the other nations watch