New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-04

countrics he not the most distant conception
Of what they are like by what kind OF people they arc
,nhabted A mandarin not long ago tod missionary
that he supposed England was on the other sue VI o
world ana thu those who went there ha 10 nc u1"plcn
through hole And yet such persons as thesc tner
percentage OF scholarship Is high, can become supeh
icndents ersenals. commissioners OF coas, ]
with a supervision over the abest men in tho empire.
aed with foreigners III The seaboard cities, OF WIZ M,
been abroad, some OF whom would ne cohsluei," apu
and intelligent In any country In the world Ahn
these Same manlans well taught in their classics II
the labor had hoeu devoted TO an American couso
and the requirement of knowledge OF Eneisl nlera-
turc might have taken rank with the best OF scholars,
II plain then that while purely literary ruuc'lon
Is thought by the Chinese sufficient TO qua1ly thc per
sons who have for practical business OF all kinds n9h
ing can he done very itte % develop tne enpllc'
The form Of education Is part OF the system OF
ness II gives fanced superiority and prevents any
common basis OF competition. once admit tilft MN
must learn languages and the sciences ana emma Woiu
b, filed with foreign schools and foreign professors,
The construction OF clegraphs has lltteu tSnono'
tenn of railroads must let flood of light into tho empire
by bringing in multitude OF foreign clvli ens,nooIs'
engineers and employees OF all kinds. After that Tor an
except important positions GnIn s nnt T rroad sy
is placed under TIE control OF ioe'- o'no, ,in
fo abont zoe Englishmen, Germans, Americans and
Frcnchmen The French. who constitute an eisn,n W
the entire number not been discharged but some
have been granted leave of absence I'LL the present
difficulties are settled But the railroads VIII W 30 i
open avenues by which foreigners will 30 ALE 10 rear
the most distant provinces OF the empire. They cannot
then he stopped as easily now on Tho high roads
Capital of all kinds will in pursuit Of @ M
to bring goods develop mines and for good or Or m
China will be open to tho world ana VIII poio'''
integral part OF IT,
VIEW OF Annoy.
The foreign settlements here at Annoy numbers about
300 The hongs, or Warehouses; are on the lslah" Vi
Annoy on the north side of the bay and the Foreign resi-
lcnces scattered Kulangseu. an sland threc i'
in circumference. directly opposite BUSINESS VI "''
kinds GOES on sercnely elsewhere There now
finn sbovVu
for instance the boatmcn-but nothing that occasions
ALARM Yet everything is ready If the mob ever makes
up its mind any footing. Bamooos nave "een ia'c
ready for baicades and sand To 10 used In ca 81 irc
The last contingency Is most to be dreaded in the event
of trouble for here. at shanghai the native city
closely surrounds the property of foreigners. In
Shanghai the foreign business and residence quarters are
adjacent In Annoy the native buildings amt on the rear
walls OF the warehouses; while the residences scatteo
about Kuangscu would each need separate defence III
Foo Choy the warehouses surrounded by the native
town. while the villas of the merchants Oh the nesh-
boring hills The Shamecn the small foreign settlement
of Canton lies on the river below the city, covered by
several gunboats. of which is American
The only foreign man Of-war at Annoy IL sihaii
British gunboat. There is thought TO be less danger mere
than at ary of the places mentioned Trade go on De
tween this port and bombarcd port of Tam sui as if
"A bombardmcnt ever y-day occurrence Inc Two
little steamers of Douglas Co. run across tho channel
anchor in the rpadsicad of Tam sui Just ont of range OF
the guns bring OF their tea in cargo-boat the shells
flying occasionally over the wharves ana warehouses;
while they are work. II is the coolest operation
imaginable. As either OF them approaches Tue port II
boat comes of from the French fleet and the captain Is
asked if has soldiers munitions OF war on
board His simple denial s considered sufficient ana ms
shin is not further nterfcTed with. All this tea or
nearly all IT, TO America, where 1t Is IL nv a
preciatcd Those Of my countrymen who arm" thelr
Tormosa ooong this winter as they inlale the declohs
aroma Will do well To remember the circumstances under
which gathered and the peculiar danger attending
its export from the bceagncred seaport OF Tam SUI
No outrage foreigners Is reported since TIE murHer
OF Mr. Bagnall. the missionary In Iianan The hggic-
gate hO Hcycr Tar quite conslderaIlc
Catholic publication here cnumeratcs some twenty
instances the destruction of mission property most OF
them In the ncghb0rhoOd OF Canton, or IN the
kwantung province. nor far distant The French
Catholics la the chief sufferers. though Prolcs
tant chnpcis have been damaged Near hwatow toe
Catholic chapel of Tins hal looted and In swallow
itself French Catholic priests, thinking their Ncs
In danger vent on the steamer Sccwo ana asked lrf-
mission stay all night. In the country forty or my
miles from the city, are seven more thih"hc
priests, who have not been heard from for some umc
and who thought 10 be IN great danger There are
two for the popular wlll toward these priests
they are Frcnchmcn. and they are accused by the
and the lawfully constituted authorities. The Chbcss
Government doubt anXiOusly wishes 10 protect al
foreigners but 10 has 10 deal with degraded social ee-
that Is inconceivaby ferOcOus and uncomfortable
when set In notion