Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-30

was a graduate of Cornell, hearing
| had studied at Cornell too, invited me
| to his palace. We drank tea and talk
ed of old times at Ithaca, and of his
duties and problems. The Chinese are
a wonderful people as philosophical
and wise as anyone on earth. He re-
I ferred TO the executions being quite
sight to behold, but said no crimi-
nails would be tried till October, 4
months hence. However. he suggest
| ed. deliberately. HE might order a
trial put forward and could have two
beheadings for you to see. Mr.. Atkin-
son, en- Friday noon" No thank
you" I replied. mot this Friday" and
arose to leave.
In Hardin are large railroad repair
shops and yards, where sometimes
/ ten thousand laborers are employed.
Most of these are Chitiskis, or Chi
nese who come across the mile of
neutral zone from Fudiden. There is
no street railway to reap the harvest
of their kopechs.
In new Hardin are the government
buildings administration buildings.
bank buildings, hotels and large
stores all immense solid buildings
A. Russian consul is stationed here
When Consul Poppy interfered con-
earning certain emigrants I merely
suggested that wasn't acting In
Russian territory that consuls were
never accredited to their own country
therefore as he was consul to Har-
bin-Harbin couldn't be Russian ter
ritory and he therefore had no juris-
! diction / don't think the point has
been settled judicially-in the mean.
ttime l got the emigrants
| In official Hardin is the Russie-
Chitiski bank Armed soldiers are
constantly on watch. They are in 1T
| tie pulpits with steel fronts high up
on the walls so that they can over
look everything. About four hundred
soldiers are quartered under the bank
building.
The hotels are also in New Hardin.
On my first trip there / was quite
alone and went to the Grand Hotel.
| The only Russian ] knew was da-yes,
net-no. The Russians at every meal
serve Zakooska, number of tasty lit
tie dishes such as anchovy picked
fish, salad, caviar, herring, etc. The
waiter came to me and said some
thing in Russian replied sDa" and
| got some salad. Then he said some
thing else. replied "Da, da," and I
drew anchovies. Again he said "Riba"
got sailed fish, he then asked il /
wanted Eekra, said, 'Da, da, da," and
drew caviar /, had about nine of
| these little dishes and / felt what the
| Hawaiians call "Maona" that is, a
genteel sufficiency, and felt too that
| it was a queer kind Of meal-but
| when in Rome" you all know-Then
the waiter came again and in voice
that sounded like whiskers and sneez-
ers, said, "Borsch," Immediately re-
piled. @Da, da." 1t was soupl but /
didn't wait for the rest of the meal
At Alexieffskaya had good deal
of business and had to drive across
the plains about six miles to get there.
Returning late one afternoon we came
upon a, soldier who not only had lost
| pony saddle and gun, but had been
robbed of his boots and clothes as
well. The Hunghuzzurs got him be-
cause he didn't watch ont After that
always hired two soldiers on ponies
to accompany me across those plains.
gave them four rubles-tha cost
me two dollars. Sometimes they
would be as many as two dozen sol
diers waiting for the job
/ Russian soldiers are paid twenty
eight kopecks per month, actually lac
lper month, but tobacco. food, clothes.
and baths are supplied free. School
lis held in barracks and soldiers are
I taught to read. write and elementary
larithmetic. When / was there the SOL
diers hadn't been paid over six
months.
Il Then there is the hospital town.
9ospidal Gorodok. with miles of rows
of buildings. This was where the rail
road shunted trains of wounded-six-
| tN thousand wounded soldiers were
sent here from the battle of Mukden
land Laioyang.
| There are ten -four mills in Hardin,
1.-TWO breweries and number of wood
mills.
The principle business is handling
and shipping the oil bean of Man
LcAuria. 1t isn't over ten years since
1.-THE industry started, and today about
la million tons are shipped and still In
Icreasing. The oil bean is a kind Of
l1inseed bean the crop being shipped to
England From the bean, the oil is
lpressed. and the refuse is shipped in
ltLe form of largo cakes. The oil is
lshipped in bulk The oil is used for
making soap, and the refuse of the
bean is made into course biscuits or
| fed to cattle. Our sugar fortunes do
not compare with the fortunes made
out CT oil beans. This could all be
zone by America, but the protective
tariff prevents Everything is meas
lured by the pood (thirty-six lbs.k A
great deal Of beef is handled at Har-
lbin, and they have large slaughter
houses. Another crop of magnitude
IDS the Kao ling, kind of sorghum
which has a large number of black
seeds. This is the principal food of
the Chitiski! He grinds them for
Hour. / consider the Chitiski one of
tie finest physical specimens of man
in the world. He is tall. straight,
| broad shouldered, with eyes like yours
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