The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18

! he wharves are about 400 feet wide, and
the railway tracks run out upon them. The
wharves are lighted with electricity and
the channels by gas buoys. Steam cranes
1move on tracks up and down the wharves
and there Is a granite dry dock $50 feet
long, with repair shops attached.
The inner harbor is protected by a
breakwater of stone and concrete more
than mile long. This rises 10 feet above
the highest tidewater, and the deep water
area inside it is 500 acres. During the
war the breakwater was partially blown
up, but it is now being repaired. 1t is
made of blocks of stone and cement, some
of which weigh 90 tons.
AT many of the harbo/ of the western
Pacific the passengers fave to be landed
in launches. This Is so at Yokohama
and Nagasaki and also at Taku and
Shanghai, the latter port being up a
river, some miles from the Yangtse.
When l left Chemulpo for Dalny | was
towed out to the ship by Corean sailors,
who worked their craft much after the
style of the Venetian gondoliers. In land
ing at Dalny we came right to the pier
and stepped from the ship into the city.
The People of DaIny.
The population of Dalny is a queer mix
lures of Chinese, Japanese and foreigners.
The Chinese or Manohurian natives are
the most numerous. There are 10000 Of
them and they constitute the chief work
ing force. They drive the dorschlxies left
by the Russians, they carry the bricks
and dirt used In building and they form
the largest portion of the mechanics.
They do the market gardening, all the
peddling. 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
rule, do but little of what Is known as
coolie work. Many of them are officials,
who dress in European clothes. and not
few are merchants. There are altogether
about $4,000 Japanese.
Outside of this population of IS thou
sand of the Monaghan race. there are
just Sc Europeans and Americans, COM
posed chiefly of the consuls and their
employees and very few traders. There
are, all told just three citizens of the
United States. One of these Is Mr.. Roger
S. Greene, our American consul. He Is
young man who was brought up III
Japan, and who for time was In charge
of our consular offices at Nagasald Later
on he went to Vladivostok. from there he
was transferred to Da1ny. Mr. Greene
speaks the Japanese language fluently,
and he is a valuable man for this prov
ince. The other two Americans are the
Rev. Mr. VIM and his wife. They are
missionaries, who came here from west
ern Japan, where they had been doing
work for more than 20 years. At the
close of the war, when the Japanese took
possession of Manchuria, some of the
Christians among the officials requested
the Wins to start a church at Dalny.
They will do so, and the Japanese gov
eminent not only leased them the ground
on which the church stands, but SUBJ
scribed about one-third of Its building
fund. The church Is a brick structure In
the heart of the city. 1t is not only sup
ported by the Japanese, but they are
carrying on considerable Christian mis-
sion work outside.
The greater part of the business of
Dalny Is done by the Chinese. They have
large stores and are engaged in the i'm
port and export trade There are five or
six Japanese bazars, each of which con-
tains a score or 50 of men and women
merchants, who sit in little booths under
one roof with their goods piled around
them or laid upon shelves at the back.
There is Japanese factory and several
large bookstores. some of which will
compare favorably with any in a city of
the United States of similar size.
What the Japanese Read.
And just here would like to tell you
something about the book stores of this
part of the world. The awakening of
Asia has started the people to reading.