The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-05
RUSSIA'S PLANS IN
 FAR EAST UNFOLDED
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AOStAIA HUH II II loL d6CsJ way, for her own political affairs in the east, and perhaps for the sake of af- 1ording contrast is letting everybody Know what her aim and ambition is It may be we'll to point out what is the held for the development now being ad- Vertised by Russian agents. The Chi nese Eastern railroad, whitJl leaves the old and original survey of the Trans Siberian railway at Nortchinsk crosses the Manchurian border at the station since called Manchuria and then by a southeastern course runs through one of the most fertile areas on the conti- nent to Harbin and, fro influence on to Poyranitznia (border), thus reaching Siberia again and joining the Ausuri railway Ca part of the original trans Siberian route and now running to Khabarovsk on the Amur river. goes to Vladivostok Through the Manchu- rian section there are vast stretches of rolling and level land, great forests of fine timber of merchantahle kind and rich nineralized areas. To the south of the line lies the practically uneXplor- ed broken country which forms the northern Korean border; to the north lies the Amur river country, a land of splendid possibilities for agriculture and numbering; to the west is that which many think is the best part of Siberia since it contains all that has made Irkutsk the great commercial center. It is great domain and one under good management and the lack of political disturbance for Russia as well as for China will produce rich re- suits. The railway itself still remains in fair shape despite the heavy strain recently put on it. The rails are said to be in good condition; the bridges are of American construction and the road bed is solid. That portion of the line from Harbln south need not be consid cred here as Russians portion only ex- tends the Kirin, and of course is great ly in need of reconstruction on account of the war. But Russia is now appar- ently througo this railway company (for it is not government owned), at- tempting to establish a permanent foot hold in northern Manchuria and to alter things to such an extent that relapse will be difficult Even while Vladivos- tock and Harbin were burning, plans were hastening for the coming cam paign of development
 The scheme advertised contemplates the establishment of a steamship ser vice which would make Vladivostok the home port, the welcoming and the pro- lection of invested capital, the invita- tion to use the railway as the means of transportation to Europe for the pro- duce of China and especially of tea. These in a general way are said to be the plans and the foreign agent has been given a free hand to put them into effect as for as the outside world is concerned. It is thus evident that the government and the Russian own CTS of this railway property are prepar- ing to do great deal toward making Vladivostok the port of entry and thereby making up for the loss of Dal- ny and Port Arthur, The docks are to be enlarged, they say; go-downs built and cargo landing facilitated. This means competition with the Japanese and an interesting condition win result The Japanese merchant marine have apparently recognized this and while Japanese affairs are being adjustd in the former war zone their steamers are getting ready to enter the Vladivostok trade also. If therefore the ports of southern Manchuria should be forsak en, and there should be a reversion to Vladivostok, it would seem that there should be a much better future for a practically discarded port With the assistance of ice breakers, which are to be maintained by the government, there would moreover be nearly as open navigation for all the year as could obtain at Dalny. It is also argued by those who are interested in Vladivostok that 1t is naturally the port for Ameriean-Manehur com merce being closer and easier of access in every way,
 Heretofore Shanghai has benefited largely by the Manchuran carrying trade, but if there is the outcome indi- cated in the foregoing, China's greatest port will suffer. American cargo will be landed at Yokohama, Kobe, Moji or Nagasaki or it will go direct. And there will be a great curtailment of the cargo at Shanghai which is landed here for transhipment. That from Europe via the Suez canal can also with less expense go to the north direct rather than tranship. But all of this is of course somewhat dependent upon the promise of Manchurian development being made good by the promoters tehmselves, by lack of political inted ference and by Japan refraining from taking the cream of the market,
 Tt is already announced that the Chinese Eastern railway will institute a system by which all charges at fixed rates can be paid in America for ship ments to any point in Manchuria reached by the line,
 of the half of the optimistic views of those who talk from the Russian standpoint concerning northern Man. churia and the Chinese Eastern rail- way come through, the world will speedily see that as a matter of fact Russia has suffered very little by the outcome of the war as it relates to her development projects in the far east Tn any event in the immediate future northern Manchuria seems according to the present programme indicated as a good field for American enterprise"
 MUCH DINA MITE STOLEN