The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01

o-AA n IN
KOREA, AS TO THE SITUATION.
He Speaks of Korean Rebels and Ran.
dits-Talks Of Russia and the Uni
ted states, and Tells Where a Sol
der Should Die-A Visit to Yong
san, The Tokio of Korea-A Military
CITY BeinS Built by the Japanese
, The New Barracks Which Cover
t%fes-ihe Generals Palace and
tine Railroad Hcaduuarters-A
Nonderful Town Which is Grow
Ing Up Outside Seoul.
Copyright, 1909. by Frank c.. Car
penter.)
SEOUL. 1909.
have You ever heard of Yong-san?
1T - a great city in its beginning.
thousands of Workrnen are now build
ms II and the structures being erected
Will. when completed. cost millions.
1t mas one palatial residence Which
WllL be finer than any other building
IN the tar east. outside of that of the
Grown Prince of Japan. 1t will cost
100000 yen, and it could not be built
Tor that many dollars on United states
sol. This viii be the home of the
con1mander-in-chief of the
army in Korea. and it will be equip
PEG tor grand entertainments of every
description. 1t Will have fifty-siN
rooms, Its dining tables Will seat
three hundred guests at one time and
its dancing hall will accommodate a
crowd OF nine hundred. YOng-san is
to be the military capital of Korea.
and adjoining it is a large territory
which viii be devoted to the railway
offlc1aIs and other such men. Alto
gethe1. the settlement will form the
nucleus Of a great Japanese city,
when VIII extend toward and embrace
Seoul, which is now the two miles
away.
The Tokyo of Korea.
II vas to see 1Ong-San and to have
an interview with Gen. HasegaWa, the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the japanese
force in Korea. that I rode in COM
nanE with Mr.. Takouma Kourada out
from Seoul in my jinriksha this af-
~ternoon. Our way was through the
wide street which leads to the gate
known as NandaimOn. a mighty
STRUCTURE of stone; with two heavy
roots Of black tile, one above the
Other. each decorated with demons.
The crowd was thick all the way TO
the gate, and there We had to turn
and make way around at the side, the
gate being now too small to
dat the traffic. The wall of Seoul.
which extends clear around the city,
and which, until lately. was closed
every night by great doors plated with
iron. has had to be cut at this point
and two wide roads made at each
side. These go right hrOug the wall,
ana the gate itself has been built
about with granite so that it stands
there as a beautiful monument. 1t
has gorgeous electric lamps at each
entrance, both in and outside the city.
and i is q fit mark Of the union OF
the past and the present.
\ fey years ago the only buildings
beyond this gate We're scattered
matched huts hugging the wall. Now,
the vide road which has been made
from there to the River Han is lined
for q mile with Japanese and Korean
buildings, and there are many foreign
structures as we'll. The Korean cleo
trio street car line, belonging to an
American firm, has q regular service,
Whith takes one to the Han, which Is
abort three miles away. And not 1ar
from the gate is the chief railroad
depot of Seoul. at which one can
get cars for ChemulpO to take snip
about three hundred miles north to
the edge of Manchuria. or by an
equaI distance south to Fusan, Where
q nights ferry over the Strait OF ko-
rea viii put you in Japan.
W passed many soldiers on our
way down this road. There were cav
airy on horseback crOWd-ng the no
rean traffic off to the side, and now
AND hen a company Of infantry, dusty
and tired by their long march from
the interior. We went by scores OF
huIIucks oaded with fuel, great BUN
dle~ Of branches, a hall ton
in Eight, which rose h:S over their
heads and hung down at the SIDES a.
most to their feet. We passed tdlS
ri Iumber. the boards tied up in
trin-s, and bullockS drawing all sorts
Of building materials. There we're
women, both japanese ana no
reans, and big-hatted yang
bans or Korean mobiles on foot. re
menbe one who dashed by me rldlhS
q bicycle. His long pink gown Hoate9
on the air. his black hat Woopleu
and his fat feet Of padded cotton Went
up and down on the pedais.
Japan's Military Concession.
We vent fully two miles before We
the limits Of the military con
Cess.on. Here the street car lIne
branches off and goes on undef me