Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-05-13

IL i'l.' country to attract an
I s'orican scientific and big
n a.me hunting expedition, Is
gam -s,trs exception of Tibet,
Yin '"s inaccessible region OF con,
she H ,g. extent outside the frigid
rae-.o'sr inlet is huge lofty plateau
zones .-t rises range after range OF
IRON ". # is this huge wac
I Doa..,.. mountain mass which blocks
IIoe'"" C,om lie south TO Chinese
.De 'o.s no tie southwest is the
IuT's Iipb mountain peaks Of the
'.' ". .ro mountains on the northern
h'' '.- border Due west lies the
hgof,le world" the famous Pamlr
Doo' and from the Pamirs the ian
range and its connecting INKS
s""D ,raf mountains sweep off to
70 ~, a.,toast separating the country
'' prssign Asia. Inside this MAJOR
'.~ me Tian Shans curve round
'' l',l.,c Chinese Turkestan on the
W." aoI almost completely walllng
r !, ,@md with rim Of the worlds
Ioftfcst mountains
IT, e orly ln the East that an open
a,I.ts 70 Chinese Turkestan, and
g.a, Il across extensive desert regions
. g',.l utb low mountains, which ex-
,.,d or 70 China proper. Geography
too has conspired to make this re-
aon Chinese province, by effectual-
!, fencing il from the rest Of the world
and by facing its one door toward
nina. and this in spite of the fact
h,t me- great majority of its inhab-
Gon,s are not and never have been
Chinese. GOO
chinese Turkcstan Is roughly 600
niles vide. north and south, and
something more than 1000 miles long,
oast and west. Inside the mountain
walls the land slopes rapidly down to
ungl seems a very low, level plain
which constitutes more than half Of
hp S5400O square miles of the coun-
nv Although more than 10000 feet
lower than the highest peaks that tow
Or over II, this plain is still several
thousand feet above sea level. Even
tq Lop Nor the salt marsh-lake into
which the greater part of the drain
grp of Chinese Turkestan finds its
vay lies 2.67j feet above the sea.
Two hundred miles north of the Lop
Nor is small Asiatic Death Valley"
$50 feet below sen level. Mus Tagh
Atg highest of the countrys peaks,
reaches a height Of a 400 feet; SO that
there is vertical range of more than
four and a half miles.
Much Of II Is Desert.
The Snow-cad mountains Of the
Pamir region and the Tian Shans send
down great quantities Of water which
terms Tie Tarim river, CHR csc Tur-
kpNans one great drainage system
Beginning in the southwest this river
flows near the western and northern
rim Of the great plain, picking up adj
d,tionaI streams and torrents in its
progress, and finally empties into the
Lop Nor near the eastern edge Of the
country The heart of Chinese Turke
stan, within the are of the Tarim, is
O great desolate desert, the Takla
Makan, uninhabtabe and seldom
penetrated Since the beginning OF
history important towns have existed
along the northern and western rim
Of the country-through which con
tact with the East is maintained
Among the more important Of these
are some well known by name even Il
those unfamiliar with Chinese Turke
stan such as Yarkand, Kashgar anC
Ahsu.
On the south side of the Taxi,
Makan desert numerous streams flow
from the great Tibetan mountain
rampant Most Of these streams neve
enter the Tarim drainage system, bu
lose themselves in the desert. One
the Nhotan river, reaches the Tarin
IN times Of flood hut at other season
comes to an end in the greedy sand
many miles short Of the big river. A
on ne northern and western rims o
me desert cases dot the southern rim
Uer lands irrigated from the man
SnaI streams that flow from tn
mountains on the border Of Tibet. 1
,"S southern group Of cases. Khota,
The most important and the mos
famous city.
inc great majority of the inhabit
'slS OF Chinese Turkestan are a miz
.ure N Aryans and central Aslati
IUrNS. The country is simply a con
quered province Of China and Their
are only enough Chinese to hold tn
most important official positions. T
S"rr'Son the chief cities, and to cor
u0I certain lines of trade. Althoug
ue Chinese have been in control Of
ana on for many centuries the peopl
nave never adopted the Chinese tongl
W.T. nave the officials learned tn
.ass'ai Turkish language most ger
oo'S spoken. All Chinese official
are provided with interpreters.
S,. ~ me Chinese, East Turkestan
SlaSIang. or The New Province"
name which adyertises the westwar
e s Of Chinese conquest man
centuries ago Sinkiang embraces ais
~ ~ u'l>iod Sungaria, Just north {
=, I'''eSe lurkeStan The governor {
b, . entire province. the "Futai" ha
us capital at Crumchl.
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