Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-20

utary to it. This includes the northern
half of the rich Lao Valley, which liz
not excelled in fertility by our own
Red River valley of Dakota and Mime
sofa. II is the Judgment OF MIR. Davi
son that no part Of the Chinese En-.
pire has greater future than this
district. and that with Mukden thrown
open to the trade of the world, and with
the open door in Manchuria where all
can trade on equal terms, the city
should become the most important
Joint In all the three provinces, not
only as a distributing centre. but also
as their industrial metropolis.
The treaty ports Of Antung, Tatung.
kao. Win and Yongampho are all on
the Yalu river, the two first mentioned
being on the west or Manchurian side.
end the two latter on the Korean shore.
Tatungkao Is the nrst village encount
cred on entering from the sea, and is
a hundred and eighty.iiye miles from
Chefoo, with which city its trade was
formerly conducted by steamers. Junks
can reach the village at high water.
and some of the cargo inward and out.
ward is transshipped here, where,
though the river is of great width. II
Is very shallow. Moreover, the river
! is closed from about the last of No.
VI mber to the middle of March, and
the chief value Of the place as a treaty
port is found in its position with re.
gard to Antung, to the prosperity of
which It is vital that Tatungkao should
not fall into the hands of any foreign
power committed TO a narrow CONNER.
cial policy. Antung is some thirty
miles from the mouth of the YaIu and
offers the best facilities for steam
shipping Of any point on the river.
which here exceeds mile in width and
Is quite clear Of island. The fall OF the
tide at this point amount to some If.
teen feet. Sea.going steamers OF the
coasting type have no difficulty In
reaching II and can lie close 10 the
shore, cargo being handled by lighters
with ease aud safety. Foreigners who
have visited this city report II 10 be y
prosperous. rapidly growing place of
some twenty-five thousand people IN
edition to large boating population
which at some periods Of the year mum.
hers about twelve thousand. The ex'
ports from Antung are silk cocoons.
beans, millet, corn, furs, hides and lum.
Der. The imports are cotton piece
goods, Kerosene, sugar. flour, old iron,
paper, sale, candles. dyes and Chinese
sundries. For upper river ports. the
river being navigable for small Chin
csc junks to distance OF three hun
dred miles, the cargo IL transshipped
Vt Antung.
Ten miles further M the Yalu ON
the Korean side IL Win. plcasantl,
situated on a billy promontory a shor,
distance from the river bank. Tn.
population, some twelve thousand in
number. consists almost wholly of Ko
reans; except on market day. held
every six days, the city shows little
signs of life. The river shadows ran
idly after leaving Antung. and VIII
Is not accessible to sea.going steamers
The river Is some six hundred wards
vide at this point, and back of tbs
town there is a rich, level and we'll
cultivated plain. In the old DAYS tho
imperial road connecting Pekin wit,
Seoul passed through the town. and
Win, as the gateway OF the Hermi,
Kingdom, occupied a prominent posi-
ton. With the establish ent of Ko
rean independence at the conclusion
Of the war OF 1893, Win received a
blow which reduced 1t to the ranks OF
an ordinary sleepy Korean village, and
since that time about two-thirds OF III.
city was destroyed by fire and has only
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