Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
CHINA WANTS PEACE TO
BRING BACK TOURISTS
Stream Of Travellers Drops on
Greatly, and Hotels Feel
Effects OF Change.
EXPECT RUSH THIS AUTUMN
But Faith Of Owners of Empty Hos
telries in This Belief Is Weak.
Chinglungchiao, Sightseers' Mecca
in Far East, Is Deserted.

PICKING, September 1S.-Not only has
the stream Of travellers from America
dropped off greatly, but visitors no
longer como In great numbers across
the Trans Siberian Railway. and Eng
lishmen. Germans. Frenchmen, Bel
gians. Russians and Austrians. Of
military age. have gone back to Europe
in large numbers and the Europeans
still In China seem to be in little mood
to travel. a few Americans. mostly
women. find their way to the show.
places OF China in spite OF the upset
conditions of ocean t-avel. commerce
and international affairs. An occasional
transport from the Philippines lands n
large party of Americans who seek
out the famous tombs walls and tenn
pies within easy reach of Tientsin and
Picking.
More better when gets COOL" is the
optimistic prediction of the Chinese
owners OF empty hotels. But their
faith In n rush this autumn Is weak
and all are hoping for speedy peace.
SUMMER TRAFFIC TO CHINA
FAILED TO MATERIALIZE
Tho announcement that European
sailings from America for Europe would
be light this season because OF the
submarine warfare and the upset con-
ditions in the continental capitals gave
rise to the hope in the ar East that
the annual summer rush to Europe
would turn Chinaward this year. There
were expectations that teachers and
other Americans who must take their
vacations In the summer would surely
come to the Far East this season. but
the expectations have not been real
ICED.
Chinglungchiao. which forms the
gateway to Mongolia. is ordinarily
thronged in fine weather by sight
seers who come from Picking to view
the great wall. 1t is here that the new
Kalkan line. which the Chinese govern
ment is building into Mongolia, cuts
through the great wall, thus connecting
the heart of China with the barbarians
whom the ancient Emperors tried to
keep out by the great barriers Of stone
and brick. The well-preserved ruins
OF the wall. with it's great watch
towers. thread their way across tho
high mountains surrounding this point.
In one place the railway builders
blasted out the great masonry pile
where 1t hindered their passage
through a deep gorge. In another
row mountain supporting the wall and
afforded passage for trains. whose
smoke fills the recesses OF n ruined
fortress which formerly afforded shell
ter for Chinese archers intent on keep
Ing out tho savages from the north
and south.
TOURISTS FEW AND FAR
DETWEEN At SHOW PLACES
Donkey boys and coolies and beggars
still await the trains from Peking, but
their patience is poorly rewarded 1t
Is an exceptional train which yields
three tourists, and many of the trains
do not carry n single visitor.
The same condition prevails at
Nankou, the railway station twelve
miles south where tourists leave the
train to make tho ten-mile donkey ride
to the Ming Tombs. probably the most
famous show place In Northern China
At that point the tombs OF thirteen
members of the Ming dynasty are scat
tered about n great plain which is
hemmed In on three sides by high
mountains chosen as q protection
against evil spirits.