Oct, 30.
Dairen is a city without ancient traditions. Thirty years ago when the Russians first planned 2 modern commercial city there—their mach coveted wan was an insignificant Chinese fishing village, To-day it thoroughly modern and very large city with a population of more'than 200,000, of whom more than 130,000 fare Chinese, The Russians set out, not to let a town grow, but to. create one that would meet all future needs. The Japanese came along, saw the Russian plans and the work that the Rossians had started, grasped the idea and proceeded to carry it out. To anyone who likes tradition and atmosphere the result is rather depressing. Considering the enormous business done the harbour seems almost empty, the streets deserted and the whole artificial fabric soulless. Tt like a stupendous and impressive new mansion with a young married couple in it who ought to be living a cottags, But that is only an impression, for the big ideas behind the building of Dairen are justifying themselves and the trade that flows through it from all Manchuria, increasing annually by leaps and bounds, will undoubtedly be taxing all its resources before many years have past, The city is built on fat land between low hills, which the Japanese fare. making picturesque through afforestation and park development, and a bay that provides a natural deep water shelter for shipping. Within this natural harbour the Japanese have developed with their dogged, humour less energy, an avijfcial basin surrounded by about four thousand yards of breakwater, Aredged to a depth of thirty feet and have provided conerete quays and wharves that can. handle aggregate of 220,000 tons of ship once, and there device for coaling, loading that has been
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