The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
The COVERNORS hOU0E

ishingly fast rate. until Il covered, with
the Manchurian lines, more than twice
the distance between San Francisco
and New York. In Dalny. his pet city.
he saw that great docks were built, so
that they might be in readiness to
handle freight and passengers when
they knocked for entrance, for he
eleverly figured out that the port was
too convenient to be ignored
Every country recognized his mas
ter stroke and Mr.. Norman. an Eng
lish writer. says: ''Since the great
wall of China the world has seen no
material undertaking of equal magni-
tude. That Russia should have con-
ceived 1t and carried it out makes
imagination falter for her future in
fiuence upon the course OF human
events" And indeed, though DaIny
and the cities near il seem so far
away. too far, in fact, to bother the
other nations much at first, they are
now looming up and informing the
world in general that Western Rus
sia is not to be sneezed at. OF a
truth. when all one has to do is to
pick up Il newspaper in New York
or some of the other large cities in the
world to see notices and dates of pro-
posed sales and leases. it brings to
light in a hurry that new Russia is
pursuing a very wise and liberal poll
icy and furthermore that she proposes
to make this latest possession of hers
felt as a world power.
Here she opens her doors freely and
invites those who care to stay TO
property, and she even extends a well
come to Jews, while the Chinese are
regarded in a more friendly light and
mix more freely with the foreigners
than in any other part Of the earth.
which naturally is making and quick
ly spreading a kindly feeling between
the two nations. In all things the
Emperor is following out a carefully
planned and exceedingly wise policy
One thing in particular will make his
most distant city popular and it's har-
Dor always we'll filed. No customs
charges are asked, for il is a free port.
and no more dock and harbor fees
are required than are absolutely nee
essary. OF course, his obiecs is very
plain, quite as plain as his up-to-date
facilities, and if his course Of action
does not attract and hold trade the
Russian will be bitterly disappointed.
Not only in this respect has the city
been improved in double quick order
and with great foresight. The streets
are wide and we'll paved, with good
sewers; there are public parks, fine
public buildings, hospitals, electric
light plants and all else that goes TO
make a city comfortable and attrac-
tive.
There Is one thing lacking in Dalny
that has caused comment. and that is
the utter absence of military pPotec-
tion. Undoubtedly Russia thinks she
doesn't need it, as it Is but forty
miles~away from Port Arthur. which Is
fairly alive with guns and filed to its
utmost capacity with we'll trained SOL
diers, as. in fact, is every new town
and harbor in Manchuria.
No matter what mischief Russia may
be getting into or how many fingers she
may be getting in China's pie, the fact
remains just the same that she Is OPEN
ing I'D new markets, and as a result
business should take great strides for
ward and the results should be amaz-
ingly good. For all of which the Car
sits and chuckles, for he knows better
than any one else that his new Russia
has provided both himself and the
world in general a wide-open door
through which all may sail as often as
they see At.