Show MANCHURIA THE GEM OF CATHAY i Said to ta be ba the tho Richest Province of Decadent China WOULD HOLD IT ITt ITa a f t of or Treat Great Value to be tile In Out the Ilia at 01 Empire lu In Orient Correspondence N Manchuria April 20 20 I United States dilates may protest the Ku Iu I powers ll rS may fret and fume and Japan may lUll talk of war but Russia will remain master of ot Manchuria The Tho so ao wiled allied Integrity ty of ot China Chinn may bo be maintained for tor a lonG period though It Itis ItIs itis is to see eu how bow the archaic and I decaying empire can hold together I much longer the policy of tho the open I door may prevail preval and Muscovite oc oe I may not really menace but butI I When all 1 is said and done Russia will wilt r tUII still control this richest and most re rei resourceful i of all Her HerI I here herc are uio far fur greater eater than 1 those thus of ot any other oilier country countr excepting Japan Tho Tim entire northern r mid pastern eastern boundaries of Manchuria are Russian and Manchuria affords r the only outlet of ot Asiatic do dominions minions to open ports Porte of the Pacific I From Prom any an point of consideration mil military or commercial Manchuria is le a n prize worth striving for tor and Russia Is not mt liable to 10 loosen her grasp from such an empire now that sho she has hns It at al most entirely under her control What 4 the tho covetous eyes oyos antI and the greedy paws aws of oC the bear once unco fall upon U Is I not likely to be readily given up In the tho march of events vent nothing lint but an nn overwhelming oV detect defeat in a II great war In which a Q coalition tion of the European l powers would be pitted pilled against her can check Russian In northern Asia There Thoro are certain I things for which tho the typical Asiatic will wm lights light and die cheerfully It If need be but tho the form torm of ot government under which he liven Ilves and u L u L the tl nationality iii t tl of or those who ter It are lire not among them The China Chinaman Chinaman man demands the privilege of ot observing ing In time honored rites rite tes and the tho o por to earn a wage sufficient for far hi td his modest needs divert theao theto he will liv IIvo livas an as a contentedly under Russian domino domIn as n tI under the tho present pretend dy d dynasty nasty nanty Proof of this Is l to bo be teen seen li t In every town and village of ot tho the Man provinces The file Russians punctiliously reaped the religion and social customs of ot th the I Chinese and despite their I at home Improve tho the condit condi condl t i of ot the people p and raise the stand of wherever they go so Ir In I Aria Arial l I The fhe Interests of the tM United States Ir In Manchuria are arc essentially commercial and the tM maintenance of the open opet door deor for American trade Is tho the thing upon which the Washington govern government meat ment mainly Insist Since Russia Hussla give given n aurance that It lens has no Intention ol ot o claiming chiming privileges for Cor its cUt rens zena to the exclusion of ot other foreign foreigners ers 1111 it Is it not apparent why American trade would not be as lS well taken can cano o of or under Russian ns as under Chinese control Tho Th United States Is Bellina I more manufactured products In Man Manchuria churl churia than any an other part of ot China and an 1 the protection of this trade trado Is ot of course Important No amount ot of diplomatic notes or as prances can cart niter alter an accomplished net fact and that Is I that Russia Is In con cont contal t trot tal ol of ot Manchuria Tho The hinterland back backof backof of ot swarms with Cossacks Coss and no ono one need be bo surprised to learn Within the tho next fortnight that this city and RIll other Manchurian centers and on strategic gle points Imo have been Leen completely Invested d by Russian troops troop Tha Th coun country countr try tr is 15 even now more Muscovite than Ihan Mongolian Under this Russian nu domi domination domination domination nation Manchuria has hns developed mar marr marvelously Immense sums of money he been spent In building railroads bridges and other works to Improve transportation routes and In building mi up ul industries This Thill Is Iii especially true In II tho the case calle of Dalny Daley which was waK into being by the tho Oat Hat of the tsar In Russian Dalny means menns far faran an and antI It Is la tar far away from other I Russian potts ports bay on which the port Is built Is la on the catt t tm rn fide elde of the of Manchuria facing acing tho the bay of Korea and by rail raU 46 10 miles miltS north of Port Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur Dalny Dahl now n city of ot more than people I ople Is s the tho Pacific coast ter terminus terminus terminus minus of ot the eastern Chinese railroad with the Central Man Manchurian and tho the great went railway The plan Ian of ot Russian engineers engineer rs on Which Dalny Daley wo built divides the town into live quarters commercial quarters administration town Ion private t it sl deuce civil ehlI administration quartets and al Chinese city oIt the latter being removed some distance n from the tM rut lest of the town Around a circle from train fromI which the principal streets street extend the I town club the tho theater the post and telegraph raph the judges once the town hall hail and headquarters have teen hen built bult I Tho The harbor barbor is of such ouch depth that i steamers drawing M 30 feet can oon steam up alongside the immense docks doeke nod piers which are aro well protected by the tho break breakwater iJ water at r Their cargoes carloes can be unload unloaded 11 I ed 1 direct Into cnn cars Which run for WO miles or more to St it Petersburg Had Russia not Intended to maintain f I f her hold on Manchuria this model city ell and harbor Which have ha cost co t already something like Ilk 0 woo would n never I have havo been b n built The railroad connect connecting lug ing It with lIh the Tran line at ot w Onan Onao In Siberia Is now practically completed and oud hat has hB been turned over 1 train from the tho engineering to the tho operating I division of the Russian railway depart department department i ment From Onan It Jt runs rUM via I to Harbin where one lint line continues southeast to Vladivostok tok port porton on the tho Japan sen sea while another line extends extend II almost due daB south from liar Har Harbin 1 J bin through central Manchuria via Ia KU ICI t rind Mukden and to the parts Porte of or and Port Arthur From i the road connects connert with the theline theline line already constructed from I kwon kwun to The city elt of or Harbin In the heart of northern Manchuria on the treat neat r at river Is 18 Isan nn an Illustration of ot Russian enterprise Five Ire years ago ogo D O no such city existed IX Today Toda It Is a n ny thriving trade center centor of ot people with wide streets large of ot a modern and pro western wIstern American city elt It Is located at the head heal of ot navigation on the and was selected by the Russian as the best point of ot Junction lunation of the roads rODl running reflectively re Jec to Vladivostok and Dalny As All I f have already intimated Intimate Man Ian charla Is hi the richest and most Import Impart Important ant ani province of the Chinese Chin empire The rhe country count is III R bounded on the rhe north and ami east cut by the Amur and on the southeast by the mountains sep separating I p crating It from Korea and on the tho south by b the Yellow tieR sea Rut nut on the west ellton only on the tho few remains remain of oC an ancient wood n barricade separate It from Thin Th exact size site of ot this tar ter er Is le square miles Think of that It H Is considerably more moretha than tha twice th the size of the combined areas of New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Connecticut Vermont Mas Massachusetts Rhode Island bland New Hamp Hampshire Hampshire shire New York and Maine It Is Ismore I ismore more moro than twice tho the area of ot Japan and andIs andIs andIs Is fully tullY seven coven times tho size of Eng England En Enlund England land lund and Wales With the exception ot of the barren steppe between tho the rivers and and the mountainous and boggy district In the tho neighborhood of Kirin great possibilities in the tho way of or culture are aro to be found all nil over oer Man Manchuria churia churla and In the hands of at an cultural race It would undoubtedly be become become Jc come one of ot the supply houses of oJ of the tho world In general the climate Is bout about tho the same AAm as ns the New No I state states It varies arles from 60 00 above to about 10 0 be bl below below low zero zeto In the winter and from about 70 iO to HO 90 O above during the summer The agricultural produce Is of a I varl arl nature The cultivation of ot the tho pop POPI for tor opium U la the most profitable for th Manchurian farmer and the red fields fickle fiel greet the aye oye of ot the traveler In almost every over direction Along the tho the farmer devotes himself almost ex exclusively elusively to the production pr ot of the pop poppy poppy poppy py Among the other plants raised are a number of a II medical nature tools toMS grasses and bark various ce cereals cereal reals real wheat oats and ant maize millet bean plants Nants tobacco indigo rice all nil kinds kind of ot vegetables and pears cher char cherries cherries ries rice apples and grapes In mineral wealth Manchuria Is very rich Hold Gold Is mined ml lell In many parts in ina Inn ina a n primitive mariner manner and with the tile In III Introduction of ot modern and approved appliances the output of the precious mortal metal would out be enormous Lead and sliver arc are also found and there are traces of tin copper and petroleum Iron abounds and In some sane places dote close to coal Most Molt important Im however are arc the large deposits of ot goal coal of ot various It 1 lignite and bitu bituminous minous only requiring machinery to develop ft a large export trade and to eup Jy the domestic dOlUe Uc needs n d which will willbe willbe be really greatly Increased Iner with the delop mont meat Jn nt of ot the country If IC the time European diplomatists who of Chinese integrity the open door and spheres 8 of ot think that Russia ln Is going to relinquish this rich plum Ilium now within her grasp with without without without out a n tremendous struggle they do 10 not know their Russia I ulla It is 18 not lIot however the natural resources of ot Manchuria rich rl h as the are that Russia cares for Cor primarily but for Its geographical and In the development of ot the scheme of Muscovite empire n orient lent lentI I I |