Show HANG CHANG RULES IN MUKDEN BUT JAPAN I W A. A KNOWS WHO'S VHO'S BOSS IN DAIREN 1 i In America it would be called the square but in Dairen Manchuria its tt's the main circle The Yokohama Specie bank is the principal building shown in the circle To the right is a Manchurian girl smoking I I J i 1 pp bj 5 S Ely By W. W H. H PORTERFIELD NEA Service Writer DAIREN Manchuria Jan 19 If you want to find out who's in this poJ polyglot portion of the earths earth's surface just start something something some some- I thing this region is part of the theoretically dependent province province- ot of Manchuria of the Republic of China actually it Is the mIddle of oft t the e nir year ninety ye r-l r s an f simple zone ot oI the south railway owned and operated by the little brown brother from the earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake zone He is the one who wilt wIll tell teU you exactly when where and how to get off JUST ASK ANY JAPANESE The mighty marshal Chang Tso- Tso Un may sit in state in Mukden the Manchurian capital miles to the northeast but here Japanese law lav is the law of the land There i is no disputing It There are Chinese coolies in the ditches but you find the Japanese in positions of power SpacIous edifices ot of Japanese banks adorn the main corners of the cities You stop in the splendid hotels of the Yamato chaIn owned by bv the South Manchurian r Hotel managers bankers and railway rail way presidents aU all are Japanese smiling urbane right on the job every day OTHER You start out to walk across one of the magnIficent cIrcles or squares of this city of splendid distances and your progress is blocked by a along along long processIon of Japanese high school boys going to some shrIne Your train stops at a station and you see a hundred well dressed chI eUI- zens ot of the EmpIre of the RIsIng RIsIngSun RisingSun Sun bowing and smiling shilling to each other or to some more distinguished citizen who Is about to depart or arrive an You note nattily uniformed officers officers cers with swords and Sam Browne belts receiving and r turning returning salutes salutes sa- sa lutes of khakI clad soldIers or dark uniformed policemen The map says youre you're In ChIna but your eyes tell teU another story You are within the Japanese sphere ot of influence that's where you are As to the South Manchurian railroad rail rail- road I. I nev r on a abet abet- better bet ter railway line Une The speed ot t trains is not great the 25 miles from MUkden to Dairen airen is covered by the fast express express In seven hours and twenty minute minutes but but the tr run as 1 it on cushIoned tires We Ve have traveled second Class entirely paying a out 26 25 cents p r mile Including extra fare tickets The seats are arranged durIng the day it desIred and the cars are are as clean as a New England S kitchen Tho train porters insist on taking all care of ones one's md out there Is no jerks jerk or sudden sudden stops the dining car service Is ex- ex not as complete as ours but about one half the price the the sec eec ond class sleepers are arc better than our tourist kind anti and the prIce is per berth for twelve hours and NO TIPS rIPS First class is a little more elc gant but moro more ble o Upon this line runnIng from lom An- An tung on the n border to Dairen and Port Arthur Aithur Gul of Lab Laio Tang rang company maintains a series series' ot five 5 hotels The hotels have steam heat although al- al though It Isn't needed plenty of elevators first bellboy bellboy ser vice elegant rooms prIvate baths showers very large rooms sonic some of them In suItes private halls and spacious airy outside out out- side balconies with th good beds There Is excellent WI table I cu cuisine ine and no smart aleck or of a bellhop standing with opened palm I 1 suggest that any traveler travel r desirIng desiring desir- desir Ing a trip where lie he can see something some some- thing different and be comfortable comfortable- aU all the time cart can do no better than to include Korea and ManchurIa In his next Itinerary |