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ROMANCE OF DAIREN.

ITS PHENOMENAL GROWTH

SINCE

Writing in The Mul Vgcife Magazina

A FILM DIRECTOR'S FAILURE. CLAIMS AGAINST CINEMAS IN CHINA.

Mr. H. JA. Holin, formerly managing

the very active organ of the Pan Pacific] director of Far Eastern Film Services. Union, d. C. Wood gives the following as the story of Dairen.

CONDITIONS ON THE YANGTZE,

AN INCIDENT ON THE ** LOONG. MOW."

-CAPTAIN'S TREATMENT BY SEARCH PARTY

Ltd., has undergone his examination in bankruptcy at Singapore. The bankrupt, From forty-second place to second questigeed in regard to his statement of

An interesting story of a trip by Mr J. W. Morscher, who has just returned to among the ports of China. That in briefest affairs, which" sheweddy Van surplus of form is the story of the development of 1,090.20said the unsecured creditors. Shanghai, from Ichang to Chungking and Dairen since its opening to the trade of incinded the petitioning creditor, Mr.back, shows the lamentabl conditions the world by treaty with Japan in 1907. Riley, marine engineer, the debt to which are prevailing on the Yangtze as Though the development of Dairen was when was in respect of 400 Far Eastern the present moment. The story, the then well ander way, its whole history shares which were sold to Mr. Riley who Shanghai Mercury suys, shows that the from the desolation of an insignificant afterwards refused tu"tako délivery Two firing on foreign steamers is even greater faking village dates back only another mortgages on bankrypt's Stevens Road than telegraphic reports would have us dreads, to 1598, when the Kwangtung property were held by secured creditors. believe, and that it is animated rather territory was leased to Russia for a Holm said he estimated the value of that by a desire to stop steamer traffic than year term,

security at $30.000 the first mortgage

As Mr. Morschor First called Talienwan By the Chinese, being $11,000. When sold the property mere wantonness. mearing Great Combection." it was re-enly realised $14,000. The coud mort-points out, "the steamer is an innovation named by the Russiaus, Dalny, The Far gage with Messrs. Macphail & Co. was which has already done considerable, haran Away," Inter, to be named again to for $28, and Messrs. Macphait also

and thereby to Dairen, which is the Japanese rendering held five hundred Far Eastern shares to the junk traffic, of the Chinese Talien, Its eg have which he had valued at $15,000. "Several numerous class of people who have obtaio- hau akuost a prophetic signifiennes. It of his creditors held Far Eastern shares ed their living by this mans, including has indeed become a place of great con security, and more than one of them noctions, with ships conting to its had written down their value at $1 at splendid harbour from all the corners of the present time. He said he valued them the world, and with the main line of the tnccording to the company's balance South Manchuric Railway conpreting it sheets and strek sheets, and having in up Mukden and Changchno with other mind the fact that the company had an lines which put it in direct touch inaction pending against theatres in China normal times with the far away metro for $81,000 in respet of filing which hat polises of the West. In the Busstan aane not been returned, having been burnt, there was something almost prophetic or The bankrapt admitted that there was no a los fortunate future, for to those who market for the shares. He affirmed that began its improvement with so much the action in China coukl not fail as it energy it proved an empty dream. Now was based on written agreements. mang among the guests of its big hotel, other creditor, the bankrupt stated. ranging with the best of the Far East, are whose debt, was $1,900 held 1,650 shares, refugees from their own hund which once The Assistant Official Assignee pointed held sway over this far away place. out that Holm had incurred a debt of |221,000oto-Messrs. Macphail & Co, in re- The advantage of Dairen, or Daliyapeet of losses on shares in a year and over the Russian port of Vladivostock is the bankrupt admittel that speculations that the former is ice-free the year round.in shares had been the main cause of his For even at the coldest has so little ice us faléry

does not interfere with heavy shipping, whereas the latter port, is ice-bouti three or four months. These advantages, which thus attracted the Russians.... ap- praled no less to the Japanese when, by' · ·

An-

CAPETOWN AS THE CENTRE OF THE EMPIRE.

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even those who live in the trackers" villages dependent upon giving some junk or other a tow up the rapīds.

After being held up at lebang for some three weeks, the Loang Joe on which Mr. Morscher travelled, left for Chang. king on Augant 29th with four other steamers travelling in dine head. They reached Wauhsin safely, though some shots were fired at them.

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AN APOLOGY REFUTED."

Wanhsien is a customs station, a place; where all shipping, including forriga vessels have to pay a tax to the Military Governor, called a protection tax. Vessels stopping at this place are als General in question who even sends armed liable to be searched by the forces of the parties ou foreign vessels for this purpose. On the way up the Laong a paid the tax, and after conling left for further up the river. Nothing happened until the ship returned to Wanhsien on the way down. Again troops cance on board fully armed and ready to make a search, when virtue of the Portsmouth Treaty in 1905, The Daily Mail, in a leader, comment the Captain, Captain S. Hall, R.N.R Japan came into possession of the yearing on the Cage Timer suggestion that decided he would have none of it. Ho lease of the Kwanting territory and the Capetown should be the venue of the next refused to allow them to carry out the railway through Manchuria from Chang Imperial Conference says: The reason search they proposed on the ground that chup to Dalay, its branch lines and all given that Capetown is geographically they were flying a foreign flag. He said rights and properties attached to

the centre of the Empire is particularly he would allow them to come on beard if The original term of this lease was to interesting and quite cogent.

That is they left their arms behind them, and expire in 1923, but it was extended to a potential importance as a meeting place when some of them came aboard and tried total of 19 years, or to 1897, by the China of the Empire's Premiers can never be to create a disturbance the captain pushed Japanese Treaty of May 23th. 1913.

done away with has been often "argued,

one of them back into the sampan which When the South Manchuria, Railway Britain, cannot always remain the centre was alongside, Company was örganized in 1906 to take of the Empire when in population and over the coded part of the Chinese East-wealth the Dominions have outstripped ern, Dafren was, made is headquarters the mother country. A new centre will and southern terimings. Then began such inevitably arise. Wo- doubt the sound- development by the Japanese as has process of the argument because the strength duced a city more.beautiful, more imot the Empire is largely based on its posing and more convenient than any in sentiment for Britain, but if such a time their own Island Empire. In the case comes South Africa will have a powerful of Dairent however, they had a splendid claim: start given then by the Russians, The foity had been' laid out on a magnificent plan, "which, to a great extent has been

Before leaving the ship' they bad.örder- The South, Manchuria Railway has, pied all the sampans away and then pre- followed by the Japanese. la the centre, like the hub of a wheel, is Center Circle course, been the most important factor invested even the food junks from going with broad tree-lined streets radiating Manchuria in general. Its activities board the Laoag Mor had been sounded. the development of Dairen and South

alongside. By this time the syren an from it.

Dairer has miles of well-paved streets. Which every way one turns 5.M.It.oraboard together with the senior foreigner have ratered every economic phase of life and a representative of the general came another thing which sets it off from most

the company's mark-(This "mark is in living at the port. The General's repre- other cities of the Far East. These the form of a monogram of "A" and u streets are traversed for 20 miles by eire cross-section of a rail, looking like an

sentative demanded the payment of the trie tram lines. and suburban lines con-

för Manchuria tail" meets the

Protection tux.” neet the city with two seaside resorts,

This the Captain refused to pay and Hoshigaura and Rukotan. In addition to ye. There is no diversity of cars such traniways, local transportation is facilit-America-all are S.M.R's.

as one sees at the railway stations in demanded that an apology should be made The hotels on account of the disturbance which had ated by public motor car service, and by and hospitals are S.M.R. hotels and teen created. This request was inore or many rickshas and bashas.. The bashas

hospitals. are the old Russian droskies which there S.3.B.-operated; so are the steel letter to the General leaving a copy of The group Fushan Collieries less refused, whereupon the Captain wrote Russians landoned when they evacuated works at Anshan the city. In the 24 hours interval be Shanghai, Pi Tsingtao, end to Tirntsin. of HM.S. Cockchafer who was due to It rubs steamers to the same for delivery to the commander tween the evacuation and the eupation and operates all the Dairen Harlur reach Wanhsien the next day, by the Japanesi, these were buried by works. the Chinese, to be resurrected After-the 18.31.. lectricity or 8.MR. gas. The been fired on previously, the vessel's hull The citira are lighted with Lu addition to this the Fuh had war and put into service for hire, The boy and girls and young men and young showing marks where the bullets had pene- telephone, telègraph and postal system "women are educated in S.M.R. schools,

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This man immediately placed cartridges in his magazine and called off four other men who were on board... They all went ashore and taking cover behind various rocks trained their weapons on the ship. In the meantime some twenty others under cover along the hillside did the same thing."

THE JUNKMEN'S RIOT.

provide better service than do the large and all, old and young, take their out-trated, the Wansion had been fred on cities in Japan, and recently a wirelessing in S.M.R., parks. It would prub and also the fire Bolkar, .... telegraph system bas et installed.

At Patung, on the way down, threo Sanitary arrangements have not been ably in to much to expect each a diver overlonked, and the city is well suppliedly of interests, especially int new shots were fired at the Long How which with water from an underground is of complaint. The S.M. has by n

country, to be conducted without cause was then travelling by herself. three miles to the southwest, through a weany escaped at recently has been the system costing over 1000.000 yen. •

At Chungking, the Foob Tuen, a vessel Upon the opening up of Manchuria, the object of many charges of graft and cor- South Manchuria Railway undertook the Japan, anti its affairs have been the caus transport, was boarded by a large number. ruption by the people and the papers of which had been loaded up with salt for scientific investigation of the indigenous of much parliamentary wrangling. products of this rich country to determine During, 1919 the railway company in of junk en red with lumps of iron their greatest possible utility: For this augurated the system of mixed storage and any other heavy weapon they could purpose the company's general laboratory to beanse new departure in the hand Procure. They ran amok throughout the was established at Dairen, and here in ing of this commodity. Ender the new doing damage to the engines, the dustrial and sunitary experiments are, made for the whole of Southy Manchuria, 153, beans accepted for deposit by the abius, panelling and windows. The only with very satisfactory results, especially railway stations are examined by the cabin which escaped belonged to the station examiner and gradel aecording to Captain, a Frenchman, who with his wife in manufacturing soap from hean oil, paper from kaoliang, stalks. Chinese quality (special ordinary and inferior) and sat out on the deck nearby with revolvera spirits from kaoling grain etre Crtificate is issued to the de awaiting a visit from the intruders. The from the residue from the distillation of the positor, which entitles him to draw from reason for this visitation was the threat the mixed storage depot on the Dairen which the use of the steamer for carrying spirits, glass from silicious.earth, pottery (or Newchwang) wharves so many picals suit offered to the junk men who have from the clay and tassah silk from all of beans of the same quality and season: looked upen this particular business as worms which feed on wild oak. This laboratory also makes public and private examined for quality (New! old, first naturally objected to this innovation The guuny bags used in packing are also their own particular perquisite and analyses.

While Dairen was bound to grow any

quality; old, second quality), and to which means" for them the loss of their way, the remarkable expansion of the cases where the grade of bags received livelihood.

and that of the bags delivered is differ- bean industry has been one of the ent; the loss or gain thereon is adjusted principal factors in its development. According to recent report by the by paying to or collecting from the de Dairea Chamber of Commerce, oil mills, positor the difference in the value of the in Kyantung Leased Territory nainher the company.

bags according to the schedule fixed by

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EYE COMFORT

means better health and better resalta 93, most of which, of course, are in The new system saves, the railway the from your work, and if your eyes require Dairen.

As a business centre, Dairen is the trouble of transporting and storing each glasses you have careful and expert foremost city of Manchuria, its business

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examination in fitting the proper correc firms including agencies of many well-policy of making Dairen the finest port

The railawy company in pursuit of its tion. Eye comfort requires also just "an. known foreign concerns represented in in the Orient, has been constantly at expert care in the manufacture and the Far East, as well as the prominent work improving it. Plaas are already adjustment of your glasses. You will Japanese firms. Its importance drawn up for its further extension to find it worthwhile to consult a reliable financial centre is atfested by the 13 take care of the trade that was increas

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