Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-01-11

s- 49, ErsH-sI GenwraPhic So
5.4-r urf. Hgrrl- D g
s-.-r rr fre t-- lung possessions
\. r--,t Empire. Hong Kong
- be- called tie gem. Many Brit
- r-s E-rr .- us their local col
&c. F-FE-- all q city q super
-. --stt pivot u British COM
r.-a -E-sI power and influence In
I. Fr East Travellers acclaim Its
49, s-.r .Ea st beautiful In the
- Er.-. .f. Eer. c0mmodiOus har-
rs ra 90 r best ca the world:
min Ee tzr--a I'D shipping entered
s.a-al Go .- rllranked-since the
rr. u1r rl7ad Hamburg's Inn
--r tr New York. II Is
a--r -lfeEay 10 the vast
r China and the islands
rla F-.-
E -a -E side Hong Kong Is
rr-r DIAM Gibraltar and Is the
s .s r-e rt -ta most powerful fleet
u- Cd existence. tts British Asiatic
r-sE Finally 90 Is one OF the
rw rr--ars communities 20 be
i-. s-s- Fast Ur West.
E-4 90 Erat BritaIn's pride In
Eng E-- lr.=s Frum the fact that Il
@ tar t-r from nothing In Just
Orr sre PEARS In 1850 Hong Kong
pes q Cane -ar.re Island. nominally
tr-r r5 China. but Inhabited only
be Or sand fishermen and
g-s g t-e pirates who made com
rEs or -te I..lsse coast a thing Of
---l and certainty In those days.
AiE British -e-ctants FLASHED with
O. l--sse .- Canton In 1850 and
i-l g re1aslry % leave that city.
1g retired FIRST O the Portuguese
ss-s--t-t Et Macao. seventy-five miles
tF- DE- Ia-.ra river. and then CON-
lsfsg "a tts -alniand 70 the rocky
San e H1-s Kong. War followed
-s c---s-s.sl friction. and when
aaHr Britain emerged as the victor
81 Sc teunuled. and the fol-
l@-s scar Els given. outright title
Hrs E1-E
teS-s tts common idea. Hong
Aag Is --. city. but an island. IL Is
ara E-es .1ng and from two 20
w G-ss side uith an area Of more
&c I-ty square miles. The city.
" % ne popular mind constitutes
AZ h1-- .s 1HcIally named Vic
"a - tls glesu who ruled In Bril-
- -----s l-s greatest growth. But
NC he name Victoria Is used In
81 -1e--t-ts and on some maps.
-S q. he SANDERS the big CON-
nv . t-lf a million souls Is
-1ty the city,
'&,-l E-I the matchless harbor
- ,- -e inner side Of the island.
as de ship approaches Hong
- .-y ls little developed sea
= SEE o. tl- In the distance II
nile -Eerent. except for its
- 1fl te bare granite islands
- H--- .t lies. As the steamer
- Gar .-larences appear; patch
- 'f'--re are discerned; the line
j. ---a-E stands cut on the sides
: IS tE7o-c hills an occasional
= q. sass -eiects q fash OF light
- --ts the trees. Yet there is
- 80; 90 the presence OF a great
- q -l-t e. million souls on the far
A.t @ tte .s,and.
Hat Wo-ssrfuI Harbor.
-+- ne saIp has nosed around
- e the Island az the west or
- i-f arrow passage near the
- - t--- t-e Ereat harbOr and city
sf-. '.-E. Due % two penlnsulas
4. II -- from the mainland close
,--- and 10 the lamentations
-. fe - the island itself. the
49, ,e-.-s 10 10 Il square miles.
A. -LeL Il has the appear
- E.-i SCI, dawn In a vast
E.. s--.ts bowl In this deep
a. .-e worlds navies and a
- ' e, the worlds combined
- -e,s might be anchored
d 49,. e cr0wdinE. And there
Lar almost any day u the
ID. .r seen generous samples
49, ---. 70 civil craft Of nearly
a. -.--e nation. while among
s -2sily countless Chinese