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MANCHURIA'S FUTURE. REPERCUSSION OF CHINESE STRUGGLES,

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well within Mongolia, thus estab- of the Manchu dynasty glittering lishing bits of isolated Chinese once more, after years of dust and territory within the borders of dirt, and neglect, with fresh lac- quers and gilt. Some say that another State. Te

Quite a number of migrants this is only to have at least one The Mukden correspondent of turn eastward, and by way of fine show place in his capital; Kirin, travel towards the Korean others hint that Chang has the "Sydney Sun" writes:-

border and settle in the many visions of himself upon the old The greatest migration in the fertile valleys of that mountain-Dragon Throne, and recall that world to-day, equal to the great ous country.

Yuan Shih-kai renovated the movement of peoples from Europe Roadside Tragedies. Temple of Heaven' at Peking for to the United States when that movement was at its height, ex- cept for one or two record years, is now taking place into the vaat, unsettled plains of Manchuria. This year practically a million new settlers will shift from over populated and war-wrecked Shan tung and Chihli into the "Last West" of North Manchuria.

This migration, sad to relate, is being financed largely through the sale of young girls, into the slavery of the brothel in very many cases.

None in Manchuria see any hope of an early peace for China;

This migration of the old and a coronation just before his the young is, naturally, accom- ignominious" fall and sudden panfed with many tragedies, death. Once the raliroad and the free travel is left behind, and the old commence to perish from the Hailway Expansion Policles. hardships of the trip, the trails The railroads are hastily pre- of the newcomers are marked' by paring for this winter's business, thousands of graves of parents as the farmers must wait for who have given up. Also, with frosts before they can start out funds pitifully limited, and food with their carts to deliver their scanty, many of the migrants find grain and beans. The South the burden of caring for their Manchurian railroad is rushing children, especially for the babes through the double tracking of Its in arms, too much. Babies aro de- main line between Mukden and Through the ancient gateway sorted and left behind in the Changchun. The Chinese East- In the Great Wall at Shanhai- larger towns traversed by the ern, free for the moment of its kwan and through the modern hundreds. Some mothers, rather most pressing political troubles, port of Dairen, are pouring a than face the risk of their babes is preparing to call for tenders in great multitude, estimated now not being found and cared for, August for 2,000 freight cars, and| at 10,000 a month, amongst whom drop their children from the rail-100 shunting engines. Next are few young girls, and practical-road bridges as the trains cross year, if all goes well, the line will ly no young men. The girls have over rivers. One favourite way purchase a large number of new been sold, and the youths have of disposing of a baby so that it locomotives. been grabbed by the press gangs cannot be overlooked, la to wrap for one or another of the armies the little one in many folds of in the field. Middle aged fathers newspapers or rags, and drop it and mothers, taking with them on the station platform, as the old parents and young children, train pulls out. form the vast bulk of the north- ward trek, a flight from certain poverty and almost as certain war into a land where a homestead is to be had for the working of it, and a territory that has known no warfare since the Japanese and the Muscovites grappled a quarter of a century ago.

The governments of the Man- churian provinces are giving most commendable, assistance to

Representatives of German firms are gathered at Harbin to scramble for this business, and according to an American engin- eer on the ground the contracts So much for the great and often will probably go to Germany. dreadfui journey. What of the "The European steel combine has new land of promise, whose ap- put America and England out of proaches are thus strewn with business In this part of travail and tragedy?

the world," he states.

With a banner crop in sight, The Chinese, independently, estimated at from 30 to 40 per are building three new lines, de. cent, above the best previous re-signed particularly to connect the cord, Manchuria is preparing for three provincial capitals of Man- a busy autumn and a prosperous churia and make possible future winter, if nothing happens with-troop movements without depen- in the next six weeks. The "If" dence upon either Russian or the migration. The various rail- covers everything from the ap- Japanese controlled systems. road lines are assisting in a far-pearance of a blight among the This will be a great year for sighted way, charging only a beans to invasion or revolution. Manchuria, if, as stated, nothing nominal amount for transporta- All are hoping for the best untoward happens. Of course, tion to the able immigrant, and while continuing to fear the Chang Tso-lin may decide again providing free passage for men worst. All, with the exception of to clap a prohibition upon the ex- and women over 50 years old, and immediate lieutenants agree on port of food stuff, and then, with to all children under 10 years. one thing, however, when discuss prices knocked galley west, buy The merchant guilds of the vari-ing the future, and that is that up the harvest with his own flat ous large towns the migrants Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian money. pass through have provided free war-lord, has let foolish ambition That there will be continued soup kitchene, while the various rob him of his commonsense. warfare, somewhere, either south clubs and associations formed Otherwise, he would be in Muk- of, the Great Wall or north of it, amongst the Shantung and Chibli den administering his vast and is the expectation of all. The people who have already estab- undisputed territory, and not in splendid harvest coming makes lished themselves, help their fel Peking, grasping for an unattain that a certainty, because so long low provincials in numerous ways, able rulership over all China. as there is money to be raised to

The newcomers, as a rule, head

keep armies in the fleld, use wil for the territory lying along the

be found for those armies. The undefined border of Inner Mongo-

Manchurian farmers work from lia, where a strange situation is a land of inexhaustible richness, sunrise to sunset, however, in the being brought about by them. In capable of feeding half the hope that they will be allowed to many cases they acquire crop world," commented an American retain some of the fruits of their sharing leases on land owned by resident. "Why he should, risk toil, and in the expectation that the various Princes of Mongolia, this great substance to grasp at Japan will not allow whatever. but while living on Mongolian- the shadows of Peking is beyond wars there may be to extend dan- owned soil, they are under Chin- explanation."

gerously into the Manchurian ese jurisdiction, and where they There is debate everywhere in | plains. settle becomes Chinese territory. Manchuria as to just what Chang In some cases barren stretches of Tso-lin is aiming at. Significance CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM, Mongolian territory are thus left in some quarters is attached to behind the advancing migration, the fact that Chang is now hav- leaving isolated bits of Mongolia ing the old Manchu palace at in China, while in other cases a Mukden refurbished inside and Chinese colony will be formed out, with the ancient throne room

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