Evening star., 1909-07-18

Washington. although it is by no means
60 large. The New Town was originally
composed of poor buildings. constructed
by the Russians. These are being re-
placed by substantial houses and stores.
all built upon the Russian plan.
The Japanese officials tell me that the
doors of trade wide open to all Man
chulia They have followed the Russian
example in that the town is free port,
and they expect to make it a great bust
ness city. They have one of the finest har-
bors on the western Pacific. 1t is free from
ice the year round, and ships drawing
thirty feet can enter at low tide. They
can land at the immense docks and piers
ano unload their freight directly into the
cars. Taienwan bay, upon which the
harbor is situated. comprises many square
miles. and the deep water area is big
enough 20 handle the shipping OF all
China The harbor has granite wharveS
will, vertical faces or twenty-eiSht feet
depth at low water. These wharves are
more than H half-mile in length, and
there are others, almost mile long, ac-
ronlmndatins ships UP to drafts of twen-
ty-two feet. The narrowest OF the
wharves are about 400 feet wide, and the
railway tracks run out upon them. The
whnrves are lighted with electricity and
tie channels by gas buoys. Steam
crimes move on tracks up and down the
wharves, and there is granite dry dock
$50 feet long, with repair shops attached.
The inner harbor is protected by
than a mile long. This rises ten feet
above the hi.hest tideWater, and the
deep water area inside it is 500 acres.
During the war the breakWater was par
tally blown up, but l. is now being re-
paired. It IS made Of blocks of stone
and cement, some of which weigh fifty
tons.
At many of the harbors of the western
Pacific tho passengers have to be landed
in launches. This is so at Yokohama
ard Nagasak; and also at Taku and
Shanghai, the latter por. being up a
river, some miles from the Yangtse.
When I left Chemulpo for Dalny l was
lowed out to the ship by Korean sailors,
who worked :heir crat. much after the
s.y.e of the Venetian gondoliers. In land
ing at Dalny We came right to the pier
and stepped from the ship into the city
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The population of Dalny is a queer mix
ture Of Chinese, Japanese and foreigners.
The Chinese or Manchurian natives are
Tho most numerous. There are 10 900 of
them and they constitute the chief work
ing force They drive the droschkies left
BY the Russians. they carry the bricks
and dir. used In building and they form
the largest portion of the mechanics
They do the market gardening all the
pedd.lng, and are in evidence everywhere.
They also have many stores and many
rich men. There are Chinese policemen
and some Chinese civil officials
The Japanese are the aristocrats of the
town. They boss the Chinese and, as a
rule. do but little of what is known as
coolie work. Many of them are officials.
who dress in European clothes, and not a
few are merchants. There are altogether
about eighteen thousand Japanese
Outside of this population of fifty-ejeht
thousand of the Mongolian race. there
are just fifty-sx Europeans and Ameri-
cans. composed chiefly of the consuIs and
their employees and very few traders.
rEnrn oil talI
the United States. One of these is Mr.
Roger S. Greene, our American consul
He is young man who was brought up
in Japan, and who for a time was in