New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26


With map and thirty Illustrations from photo
graphs SVo. pp- xii. 30 Charles scribners
| Mr.. Bose's book fills an immediate. IL not
necessarily long felt. want of all who are fol-
lowing the progress of the war In the Far East.
He for number of years the British Con-
sui at the port of New-Chwang. and so has
been favorably placed for acquiring the in
formation which he imparts- In addition to his
years of residence the coast of the southern
province of Feng-Tien. which occupies the Lao
Tung Peninsula he made journeys to Port Ar
thur. to Kirn-the capital Of the central prov
ince-and through the northern province from
Vladivostok to Habarovsk, and thence by the
Amoor River along it's further boundary HE
tells of these trips with much particularly OF
detail incidentally throwing considerable light
on the country and the people There also
chapters devoted to the physical features of
Manchuria. its form of government, it's agri-
cultural and other products. it's trade and in
dustries. The chapter Recent Events COW
the period of the Chino-Japanese War and
is brought down to 1900.
Here is fine array of facts. made easily
available by copious index. but told with little
illumination or sense Of personal contact Mr..
IIosie gives the impression of a painstaking Of
fetal. who observed cOnscientiously. but who
never mingled" The book is useful to
traders and manufacturers seeking markets
than to the general reader. save in the descrip-
tons of of the cities mentioned prom
iDently in the news dispatches. of the highways
and railroads. and of the peaceful native popuia-
tiOn and bandits
The land is generally very fertile. and only
about one-ifth OF it is at present under cultiva-
ton. With proper railroad facilities. il should
be capable of almost unlimited development. u
is now practically impossible to sow. reap and
export beans. the most valuable trade product
of the country. in the same year. They have to
be carried by cart and stored at depots the
waterways to await shipment when the ice
breaks up in the following spring The railways
already built under Russian concession are well
run. and. although the rails are rather light.
would be more valuable trade developers than
they are did not of the articles OF agree
ment insisted on by the Chinese government
stipulate that in laying down the track ceme-
teries. villages and towns must be avoided, In
travelling over the trans BaikaI division of the
Siberian Railway the author found the
rails TO weigh only 4S.6 pounds to the yard.
cessitating the use of very light engines; and,
with gradients frequently steep in
sixty. he doubts If the line cope sue
cessfully with heavy traffic or develop a high
rate of speed Yet 1T that time. in 1900. he
met on the average six trains day trans
porting Russian troops TO yIadivostok. Fort
arthur anu Danny OQ tne peninsula Ine Rus
slams seemed easily to fraternize with the Chi
nese employees of the railway.
One thing must be said for the Russian soldier
his pay may be small. but his generosity Is n
bounded l have seen him part with his loaf 70
Chinese beggar-WhO well represented along
the Iine-and appear delighted that the meal
appreciated Many Of the soldiers had a smattering
of Chinese. and one man-it was at the end of the
journey and after numerous ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
20 haranSue crowd In their tongue His
speech created considerable hlarity among his
dIrnce- and he seemed sratihed at his success
The standards OF education are not so high
IN Manchuria in China. and the alphabet
having been made to order by the founder Of
the present dynasty. Is extremely simple
sisting OF only twenty-six letters. The brigands
of whom We read SO many reports in the news
pa per dispatches have their origin in the north
province OF Hei-Lung-Chiang. which is the
Chinese Siberia Many OF the exiled criminals
escape. and. banding together. Overrun the CEN
trail and southern provinces as outlaws
ting down these brigandS. Who knowing that their
capture means sudden death. fight with the great
est determination, and frequently tndict heavy
losses their would-be captOrS BrigandaSe haS
practically become profession in the central prov
inCe and in the southern province where il -
less rampant parents have been overheard discuss
ing the ACCESSIBILITY OF fitting out their high
waynlen
The gold mining company at San-Sing. IN
Kirin. was compelled to keep In its employ two
hundred nd hundred infantry