Charms of a Voyage by C. P. Rut Canada Hit by Weathe Japan, Korea, China From OUR OWN ConnesronDeNT
Fakumen, Man,, Dec. 1.
The Canadian Pacific route from England to China is faster than the Red Sea route; it is also pleasanter for those who suffer from mal de mer, because of the break in the Tong sea_jo But compared with the Siberian railway the Canadian trip is both longer and much more expensive, Exactly one month Belfast, Ireland, T arri den, the only delay being a day and a hight when the "Empress of Australia" stopped at Yokohama, Time was gained by taking the express from Kobe to Shimonoseki, crossing the channel by ani excellent steamer, and then boarding Chosen express at Fusan for Man-
Of the long C. P. R. journey by sea and land from Liverpool to Kobe it may be said-that the Atlantic monoelass ships give the best value for those who are not, prepared to spend.high prices for their cabins. The str. Montnairn,. formerly the Kronprinz' Friedrich' Wilhelm, isa beautified vessel, a credit to her builders and her present owners alike, Tt was pathetic to moot officers in the British Army now occupying such. posts as waiter at table and ship's bugler. The eff-filled this double position had been a Major in the War.
Whether on shore or afloat, the ©.P.R. lives up to its reputation and considerateness towards the travelling public, We were, fortunate in having on the Pacific a steamer of the size and steadiness of the Empress tralia, hardly Here again the Germa credit, for this great ye machinery and all, came into existence as the Von Tirpitz, 'A Study in Contrs The central prairies of Canada have had a very bad autumn. For 'a month the gathering of the Wheat harvest has been held up first by rain and afterwards by snow. Nothing like it had been experienced in some places for a generation. The crop, moreover, had been a splendid one. Towards the end of October snow was falling heavily in_ Winnipeg.
How different a scene two woaks later in Japant A fairyland autumnal colouring on the wooded hillsides; the rice ears suspended to dry in the mellow sun; the primitive plough turning up the damp sod for the next sowing; apart from the cities, beauty everywhere, Again the shock of contrast in Korea: bare stony hills, poverty-stricken thatched cottages huddled together as if to keep one another warm, the relief to the eye provided by the garments of the people, white flowing robes at times surmounted by the quaint black hat still worn by men, who seem to have. stepped out of the past, At Antung on the Yalu we enter the land of the blue gown and find ourselves in the midst of intelligible speech. After the succession of hills along the railway route we emerge upon the well-known faatura of central and western Manchuria, the broad cultivated plains. Now that winter has swept the landscape bare, almost nothing relieves the monotony of brown earth colour in fields and villages, on hillsides and willows lend a in occasional tiled or prosperous farm house adds the welcome variety of dull blue grey. For the one compensation is the almost daily flood of sunshine, without which the lot of the residents would be very much harder to bear, she was tested in various departmental capabilities, while the conditions met with amply demonstrated her stability to withstand the worst that the gorges of the Yangtze will Provide.
Mr. R. Roxburgh, the Far Eastern \g representative of Messrs. Thornes croft, who is at present at Hongkong; will supervise a speed trial and certain other formalities prior to Handing over the vessel to her new owners,
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