Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08
Miss Scidmore Tells of OBJ
Servati0nS in ManChuria.
LITTLE KNOWN TO WORLD
Twice Won by the
japanese.
SCENES IN CHIEF CITIES
Riding About the Streets Of Lao
yang on the Man-Propelled
Street Cars.

The immensely of Manchuria. the latest
diplomatic bone OF contention, its popula-
ton and resources, were discussed i'm a
lecture delivered last night by Miss Eliza
r. Scidmore I'm the Masonic Temple Audi
forum. The lecture was given under the
auspices of the National Geographic So
ciety.
Much interest was manifested 10y the au-
dience in Miss Scidmore's description Of
the quaint country in which she has
Travelled extensively. Manchuria is a very
large country. Ii is as large as France.
as large all the New England AND
middle states put together. along with
all the south Atlantic states.
While France has a Population OF ~
On.oO Manchuria has only 12J00,Osn.
the speaker explained. Were the three
eastern provinces. that is the three
provinces outside of the great wall and
the eighteen provinces OF China proper.
inhabited like the rest of China, there
might easily be 1oo,H0.oO or 30o.000.eO
people there. But I'm Manchuria the
ManchuS are nearly lost sight of In the
crowds of emgrants. harvest hands and
people from other provinces. who come
to this backwoods country to make for
tunes.
Awakened by War.
EotnlnS ever happened In Mancnuria
until the China-Japanese war again
put it in the forefront OF the worlds
interest. The Manchuria which the
world knows-and 1t has known il
only for the last fifteen years-is only a
strip along the seacoast and the valley
of the River Lao, which the railway
parallels for a time on its route from
Dalny and Port Arthur to join the trans
siberian railway at Hardin, in north
Manchuria.
I'm the war between China and Japan.
in 1894 and 1885," Miss Scidmore said.
the japanese overran the country as
far up as Haicheng dnd Liaoyang. The
treaty of April. 1895 ceded i'm perpetulty
and full sovereignty all of the territory
from the mouth of the Yalu river 10
Anping, to. Fenghuang, to Haicheng and
to Yukon and down TO the mouth OF the
Lao river, with all the islands along
the coast
las this was detrimental to the lasting
peace of the orient. Japan was forced by
France, Germany and Russia TO give il up
and take Formosa and indemnity in
stead To secure a lasting peace with
the orient, China. in 1896. leased land for
a branch railway line running down from
the Siberian border via Hardin to Vlad-
ivostok and from Hardin to Port Ar
thur In 1893 China Squarely leased to
Russia Port Arthur and Talienwan bay,
where Dalny was built. for a period OF
twenty years-that is, until March, 1905
New Control of Railway.
with the treaty of Portsmouth in 1905
the railway passed into japanese hands
from Chang Chun to Port Arthur and
Dalny. and also the lease Of the {Taotuns
peninsula. a territory which the japanese
twice won by force OF arms. The rail-
way was something more than two streets
abreast and the right OF way. like some
of our western roads. But IL took two
years and an enormous expenditure OF
money to put II in working order and
make ii a paying concern
She next gave ten reasons why war be-
tween America and Japan is improbable
She declared that Dalny is a most Won
derful place. now that 1t has been re-
christened Taireu and has felt the touch
of Japanese progress and sanitary sci
ence She described the good roads move
ment. village improvements and other re-
cent innovations
In Manchurian Cities.
Miss Scidmore declared the war has
given Liaoyang its only interest for the
tourists. Zone rides into the walled city
and around its slummy streets on the
most comical man-power tramway. two
SHdil DcflCHcS Oli d. liHs iluth, SOlHc pOitS
and cotton curtains constituting the
standard rolling stock. A husky Manchu
in a loose dressing gown OF wadded cotton.
long Hopping trousers and cotton shoes
runs and pushes the clumsy toy for a
while and then jumps on and enjoys the
ride until the old cat dies and he has to
speed her up again.
When one meets another special on
the single track. both cars stop, ex-
change their passengers annd return
n hatr hs
paying another = cents at each trans
fer and at most switches. One is jolted
around the embarrassing, unpaved
streets, with their blank walls and
poor shops. avoiding innumerable head
on collisions, until he reaches noun
tain of rubbish. hillock Of garbage.
ashes and brickbats quite thirty feet
high. in the very heart of the city, a fit-
ting altar to the deity of dirt which Lao
yang people seem To worship with their
whole hearts.