The War Cry . y befilled at the height of the season, andonly on the west-bound voyage, andare little patronized between seasonson account of the poor, accommoda-tions. Hence the best practice^ to-dayis to provide, comfortable cabins forthird-class traffic. THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA Some Interesting Facts/ Concerning its Area, Population, andNatural Wealth VAST in area, rich in resources,densely populated, China is aland o£ mystery rather than agreat commercial Power, because ofthe sheer force of UauUiun andinertia. _ The China Year Book namesseventy more or less distinct races inChina. And what i
The War Cry . y befilled at the height of the season, andonly on the west-bound voyage, andare little patronized between seasonson account of the poor, accommoda-tions. Hence the best practice^ to-dayis to provide, comfortable cabins forthird-class traffic. THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA Some Interesting Facts/ Concerning its Area, Population, andNatural Wealth VAST in area, rich in resources,densely populated, China is aland o£ mystery rather than agreat commercial Power, because ofthe sheer force of UauUiun andinertia. _ The China Year Book namesseventy more or less distinct races inChina. And what is China? Is itsimply the eighteen central provinces. soil is in places 2,000 feet thick. In-tensive rather than extensive farm-ing is practised in China. Terracesare raised on mountainsides, and eventhe tops of high hilts are the rivers one sees rafts coveredwith earth on which crops are grow-ing. It has been estimated that theplains of Manchuria and Mongoliaalone, when properly developed, could. A PITIABLE SCENE IN CHINAThe old woman in the above photo is endeavoring to sell the babies in the bas-kets. Many poor parents have thus parted with their children owing to thestress of famine. Such a picture is an eloquent commentary on the terriblestate of affairs prevailing in certain districts of the country or shall we include Manchuria, Mon-golia, Eastern Turkestan and Tibet?We read in the book ealled Tradingwith the Far East, written by O. and published by the NationalCity Bank of New York in its foreigncommerce series: The Republic of China, until acomparatively recent date the ChineseEmpire, has an area bigger than thatof any other country of the worldexcept that of Russia prior to the war;the area of China exceeding that ofthe United States, Canada or Brazil,being stated at 4,278,000 squaremiles. China is the most populous of thenations, but no estimate of its popula-tion is much more than a good has been remarked that everyfourth child born i
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