The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-04
RUSSIA AND KOREA.

J Angus Cameron published an dTtlcie'
under the above title. in The illustrated
London News. in which something OF
value appeared about the Yalu dis
trict. The development of Russian
interests at Antun or An-Tung was es-
pecially remarked as sign of promise
This now familiar town or port
lies fifteen miles above Yong-an-po
! CYongampho) on the opposite bank of
the river. At present, says Mr. Cam
eron, the export trade is confined to
n1illet and siIk-cocoons, the production
| of the latter commodity requiring close
technical supervision. Eight miles be-
/ low An-tung, situated on the right
bank OF the river is the likin station,
| San-tao-Ian-tao, where junks and RATS
must report and pay the stipulated ex-
else before they proceed onward The
river then bears away to the northeast,
and after another stretch of seven
miles there comes An-tung, upon the
same bank. at point where the stream
divides, the eastern branch being the
YaIu River.
An-tung is of quite recent construc-
ton. and a few years ago millet-fields
occupied the site. Under the care OF
native merchants large, solid-Iooking
houses have been built, broad streets
have been opened out, and an air of
unusual prosperity distinguishes the
place. The anchorage is thronged with
junks, while timber is stacked in vast
quantities below the limits of the
town. Sea-going steamers of the
coaster type can here discharge their
cargoes. thus obviating transshipment
at Ta-tung-kao. q
Trade between Ta-tung-kao, which is
situated at the mouth of the Yalu, and
Chf-fu, is carried on by small>steamers
of the Mosquito fotilla and one British
ship, the Hwang-ho, of the China Nav
igation Company (Messrs Butterfield |
and Swire), while the vast volume of |
the exports and imports finds it way |
thither in Chinese junks. |
The run from Chi-fu port is one of a
and eighty-five miles, and the /
time usually occupied in the trip north
eastward is twenty-five hours, the
steamers anchoring in the fairway |
channel at a distance of four miles
from Ta-tung-kao. Ta-tung-kao is a
busy town, inasmuch as it is the place
Of shipment for imports and ex-
ports, most of which go to or come
rom An-tung. The fact that steamers
are unable to approach Ta-tung-
makes An-tung the real business CEN
er of the Yalu River. In respect of
An-tung, two hundred Russian cavalry
lave been stationed there for over two
md a half years. The cantonment is
situated on a small hill marking the,
northern limit of the town, which has /
10 wall. AS usual, through the Yalu
1al1ey these soldiers bear an evil repu- .
alton among the natives, from whom 4
hey commander at pleasure.
Striking away from An-tung. says /
Mr.. Cameron. is the Picking Great !
Road which runs to Liao-yang. +
Above An-tung the river divides and /
hoals exist, the water being so shallow !
hat none but native craft can pIy. I
Vi-ju is situated about ten miles to the
astward; and at appoint west of Mao a
,ewi-shan, four miles below An-tung. :
here is the terminus Of the branch of l
he Manchurian Railway which is to :
trike the river. 1.-THE construction of r
his track" says Mr.. Cameron, writing, V
s should be remembered, in advance
f the war; will begin in the spring of i
9O4. The first eighty miles offer little q
bstruction, and it is intended that the +
York shall be pushed forward until it's il
JUNCTION with the main line of the sys- r
EN- is accomplished. With this I'M :,
ertaking the position of Russia will o
AXE on a new phase, and the isolation \
Port Arthur, at present a very grave ?
eject in the strategic qualities of her +
Military situation in Southern Manchu- h
la, will have been dispelled. The dis q
osition of her defensive front will then
xtend between the Lao and the Yalu n
stuaries.'
1t will be observed that the breaking !,
ut of the war in February, left the G
ISOLATION of Port Arthur unrelieved- fl
n isolation which is believed to have
cen made the more complete by the
estruction of over seventy miles of the c
onnecting railway. i
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