Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

Tors who urge you to fight us. They are
your enemies and will bring you to ruin
and death. Woe be unto you IL you do
otherwise than as we command you!'
The Chinese know by bitter experience
that the Russians will do what they say.
They will treat the people we'll If they
obey them, but IL they do not, they will not
hesitate to annihilate them. Some Of the
towns along the Amur river were utterly
destroyed during the late war. All Ohio
man who crossed 1t saw thirteen Chinese
villages in flames at one time and described
the river as black with bodies for three
days after the Russians took one Of the
Chinese cities upon its banks.
Russians Manchurian Railroad.
The car is rapidly pushing his railroad
to the n%orthward to connect with the Trans
siberian system. Short passages by rail to
Europe are already advertised at the lead
ing ports and we shall soon be able to go
from Port Arthur to Paris. The railroad
Is nominally under the control of the East
crn Chinese Railroad company, but this is
another name for the Russian government.
The company itself has a capital Of 81, $780,
900, but its bonds are guaranteed by the
government and are supposed to be held
by 1t.
The provisions Of the concession forbid
China to collect a tariff on goods in transit
upon 1t and the Russian officials and Rus
sian mails are to be carried free. Russia
is to have charge Of the postal system
along the line and with 1t goes the privil-
eye Of opening up and developing the min
eral resources Of Manchuria. Russian en-
gineers and surveyors are now travelling
over the country prospecting it. They have
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mines Of gold. There are large coal fields
near Mukden, the capital of Manchuria,
which will be tapped by the railroad. The
coal there is said to be better than the
Japanese and equal to the Cardiff and Po-
cahontas Goals. 1t will have a coed mar
ket at Port Arthur and Talienwan and the
mines will pay we'll. At present the most
Of the mining is done by the natives. The
coal is gotten out by hand and carried to
the markets in Chinese carts. 1t is both
anthracite and bituminous.
Metropolis on Yellow Sea.
The car has already chosen the site for
his metropolis in this part of the world.
1t Is to be at the terminus Of the Man
churian railroad system, within a few miles
Of Port Arthur. This place will surpass
Vladivostock, as 1t will have an open harbor
the year round. and will be more easily
accessible. The Russians are building It
much as Peter the Great built st. Peters
burg. They are laying out the city on a
grand scale, expecting to bring in the
people after it is completed. They are
building immense breakwaters out from the
shore and are so dredging the harbor that
1t will admit the largest OF the ocean steam
ers. They have already built warehouses
and piers and are putting up other build
ings suitable to the great city Of the flu
ture.
The name of this town is to be Talien-
wan and the present intention Is to make
II a free port. 1t will have wide streets
crossing one another at right angles. 1t
will have large public gardens and parks.
| understand that they are already laying
the sewers and building bazars, and that
before any lots are sold. The city is to
be a business one. The military fortiica-
tions will be at Port Arthur. which is also
being improved.
New ChwRnE and kde
1t is a question as to what rights foreign
ers will have in ~Talienwan, or, indeed, in
any Of the Manchurian cities. The Rus
SLAMS believe In controlling things for their
own people, and limitations will probably
be placed on foreign settlements and for
eign business, although at present the Rus
slams say otherwise. There has already
been some trouble as to the rights of Amer
cans In Manchuria, and that especially In
New Chwang. This is a town situated on
the Lao river. thirteen miles from its
mouth. It has been an open port for some
years, but the Russians have instituted a
military station there and they claim to
control the town. They have had charge
OF the customs and act as though the whole
country belonged to them. They furnish q
military band which gives Sunday concerts.
New Chwang has until now been the chief
port for Manchuria and 1t has English,
German and American houses. The Rus
slams have built a branch railroad to II,
the Russo-Chinese bank has opened q
house there and the foreigners fear tina
their trade will be gobbled by Russians.
Mukden, the capital Of Manchuria, will
be the chief interior city along the line
II is a walled town Of about 200, 900 people
and as the seat OF the Chinese government