National Republican., 1883-10-08
MosBY is against Malone. Let no Straight
OUT charge to tho contrary.
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
small Talk About Men and N1ensnrc,

Small Talk About Men and Measures
Tho reported assassination of United States
Consul Seymour by Chinese mob in Canton
has SGT state department. tongues to wagging
at lively rate, and possibilities are discussed
freely. Speaking of Chinese affairs we'll
posted attache last evening said:
"China Mt the present timo is in u deplora-
bio state. This its best men admit in their
intercourse with foreigners Tho Mantchou
dynasty, which is the ruling dynasty now, is
Tartar, and the native Chinese are in con-
diton of virtual subjcction to an alien power.
| The stories We occasionally hear about tho
vast armies the government is training and
arming arc overdrawn or purely imaginary.
Tho Tartar dynasty is afraid to trust the
natives with weapons, and as a conse-
quence the army ia small in number
and scattered, although an effort is made to
concentrate the forces around about PelSing
and mako as formidable q showing as possible
| The Chinese do not want war. Their land
forces are poorly equipped, and their navy
docs not amount to much. If the Tartars
could depend upon the native Chinese they
could soon put into the field one of the most
! stupendous armies the sun over shone upon,
but their safety depends upon REFRESHING the
martial spirit of tho natives. The spirit
Of the government is one of deep
seated hostility to foreigners, and
| foreign enterprise is met with solid impas-
sable wall of prejudice at every turn. A
strong liberal element has sprung up in the
empire of late years which is earnestly COM
batting the old fogy intolerance of the
\ rulers, but it is not making much Roadway.
| Ii Chung, high official of the empire, is tho
leader of the liberals, who include in their
numbers the very best progressive thinkers
of the upper class, and that means q great
deal where the aristocracy is an aristocracy of
learning and of culture. The liberals realize
the isolation and holplessness of their great
nation keenly, and they have been striving
for years to induce their government to cul-
tivate more friendly relations with the other
powers. They have succeeded in putting tho
army on better footing, however, than it
has boon for many years. Ten years ago the
soldiers we're armed with old matchlocks and
spears The German gun makers have been
selling them cannon in considerable numbers
of late years, and Bismarck has loaned them
hundreds of his young and ambitious military
experts. This leaven has been working slowly.
making at first only q feeble impression
against the stubborn conservatism of centu-
ries.
"The two enemies that China most fears
are the Russians on tho north and opium on
the south and east. The former stand ready
at an instant's notice to overrun the country
with an armed host and the latter is stealthily
invading the empire from the coast. The
Chinese have tried by every means in their
power to discourage the opium traffic, but
without avail as they are opposed by English
commercial interests. Tho Chinese oppose
tho trade from moral grounds, and tho
English sustain it for fiscal reasons.
Inasmuch as nearly one-third of tho Indian
budget is made up from the duty on opium
shipped from that country into China it is
not probable England will put stop to trade
until driven to it by an outraged public senti-
: mont as trading in slaves and human slavery
s was stopped years ago."
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= "The Chinese are opposed to railways, tho
telegraph, and TO the introduction of manu-.
features. Foreigners find it impossible
to establish manufactures or other kin.
dred enterprises. The government fights
Y them and the people fight them, Ignorant
mobs destroy property and lives, and
the government passively protects
: tho mobs. Tho popular hatred o.
y mechanical labor saving innovations
is intense and deep rooted. This same spiri
o in modified form was found arrayed agains
Q the introduction of the spinning jenny il
4, England, and against hundreds of other in
y ventions in manufacturing communities a
! homo and abroad but in China the sentimen
g is intense beyond description. The Chimes
: hate foreigners with malevolence. They Sc,
IA English, French, Germans, and Americans
;. settle down in tiAir treaty ports and max
fortunes and go away, and they feel that the.
: are boing robbed. The argument that is mad
y against tho Chinese in America is urged b,
y tho Chinese against foreigners in China, via
n that immigrants do not come to live, but t
,s make money and carry it away. The Chimes
government is not at all anxious for war
whatever may be said to the contrary, anC
neither is France for that matter In tn
a event OF a war between the Chinese and tn
N French England would have to interfere +
Y protect its commercial interests with til
a orient which are large, and Russi
> would devastate the country, captur
- Peking and gain q foothold tho Mus
II covites have dreamed of for centuries
t. The diplomatic service of China is the best il
the world, and to the Vaccinations of III
representatives abroad is due what littl
~ standing it has among the nations of tn
EARTH"
m s's
"The Coreans," continued the diplomatic
"arc superior to tho Chinese. They are bette
W men physically, and when you come to under
a. stand them they are more liberal in their idea
], The Coreans who are now in Washington ar