New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
WAR TOPICS IN CHINA.
FIJI OUTLOOK AT SHANGHAI AND Annoy 6

TIL OJJTLO OK AT SHANGHAI AND AMoi's
..r,r,-nr OF II HUNG CHANG-AMERIcAN MED
ALTON FoRMOSA - RAILROADS AND AH
cPApUs-RUsSELL a CO.'S SHIPS
,rvox A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TK'"oNn'
SHANGHAI, Oct. z, by telegraph rom ca"
francisco Nov i1-Nothing has yet occurie' III .
mai 10 vary the mOnotonous current oi oo'o =, ,,s
focal business never was duller Inc yea ,o,t tho
mort IL about the same rs usual Al roo 80 horo
or,narv amount OF tea will he expor'o"' ,nI,oo .
,noor, o,cn,v TO be afraid. hut there arc qe. .
.Ii''. -, rhopsands of the native population nav
' " 49,, o,n,rv many OF them depicting INC u"u"
-, M ,,,rnnc their silver into gold winch '"o' 'N
,r,,h ,hem 10 bury carry c"noea'eu w. -
.ons n there Is cause for alarm IL aSo oA, -, a.,
IN Tho French colony. which adoms tue wal, u ''o
rs, few families left there, an' all those VINO
1"9' ua,ol dos Colonies are armed and at night
-. ,ra,obful I went short distanc INTO inc Oiu
-, ,ev DAYS ago to observe the temper OF tue people
=, ,s easy to see by their surly LOOKS ana 'he
.,ov maid TO every movement that tncy 'ooS nc 'i ."
.cnchuln and were ready for row, so cturhe" WIN
ny,rr penetrated into the crooked bywals of what Ia
ii ., be the nlthiest town In China Inc haN" loioo
has been diminished by the departure ct two Vesse "
az, American aeet but and well armed force o
.,,ors and militia could DO mustered In case o' alarm
-r ,,, ai,,t TWENTY-FIVE British vessels ot all sizes
a, rn,,ese waters somc are old-iashioncd woo"o" SUP
al s,,e ,rosauito boats, hut altogether lar s,o'n
ny
r,coeh And vet the English residents vi en'"s"r Wv
-, ,,,,noa annoy will never Ne satisfied fcmarhcu"
.,o l sailor the other day tll every man mas D''
ling gun IN lis backyard
IL nuNu CHANG.
There nro different opinions. even among hocr ,''''
mon regarding IA Hung Chang Nlcefoy W ~" -.
GRAND secretary ~ the Empire, anu the reP"'o'
u,os,,sa IA CHINA THE name ~ "" 'hlneSe N'". -.
- ,r,, o,,silr Of the hmrirc. lie IL said To nave
hon a literary Mandarin Of high repue' wh' WIS 'nT'
Known NJ the secrctar, " rsens NV" f"n '' ~, t
Mafouis iapns, the dlpomatist VINO mas "''' w -,
n,ise IN Europe. lie ftst disthgushe" "''"s'" "'
,onrs,i ward oenefai nufseflne aud General uo'uon'
,.b. vote chiefly instrumental Ia snhdl'hs 'he '" wv"
,.hell,n Tho nrst iva were Americana uchoia' WV"
ati AT "A wonud received IN battle, Uehr'al hnts"'he
was a man ~ ability hut separated hmncl' i'"h 'o
Chinese, owing 10 some Disagreement ihe "" 'WA
w.r WAS really finished ny aenofa Gordon nut ~ h""
some reputation aferwad by putting down III" M"h"m
,nedns Ia Yum Nan. where trouble continued somo years
Hanger Ito aiterward became Niceroy OF fo-thi- w"
peking pioyinoe aud therefore Chief Vioeroy o! 'ho
Empire with constant access to the throne
lie has always been courted by foreigners ana mas
a,wavs been susceptible to foreign influence emma
must know the OF tho world and can only gam such
knowledge by Intercourse with Foreigners IL uhuer-
stood that China must equip her army and navy win
the most formidable weapons known to modern military
science but he seems to have overrated weapons al"
undervaued military training. He bought shiPs rom
England and Germany and would nave poush. "o"
France il the present trouble had not begun lie put III
them all good ornaments. but he had neither o'oe'' ~
sailors fit to man them. There has just been enough
o, training IN confuse the service. II there Is an
onicer with military knowledge he has been put unuef
some one with neither knowledge nor Judgment ine
crews were from fields were soemakcrs OF 'iorS
ar trcct Ia kers The squadrons in charge oil I'M
practical literary Mandarins. The Mandarin dlrecune
the sma,lron at Foo Chow was called Commissioner o'
baI hef nrN
1t was the with the army. There were pieht' Oh
mon but no system and no training. Here and there
foreign officers employed but they were got Iin OF
as tley began to useful. Tor 1ear they "ou
dispace Mandarns Then native driilmasters TOOK
their places and attempted carry on their work 1t
was everywhere in forts. at arsenas ana ID 'he
navy The foreign superintendent and instructors nave
been with few exceptions crowded out by Mandarls'
The few who remain expect soon to follow.
Ii Hung Chang was in position TO remedy these evils
He could have established military and naval schools
twenty when he began to reform the army On
EuFoyean models could have kept the boys sent 10
America IN schools there till they had obtained thor-
ough scientific education He could have sent others 10
keen them company He could have selected from Tue
stronger and harder of China such as nc ""n'"
and had them trained Injured 10y constant practice
Then China would have had navy oi Imposing
proportions but helpless. an army whose NUMBERS are '
py an element weakness forts ruined by stupid naive
engineers arsenas like this at Shanghai capaOe OF
supplying munitions OF war equal To the best III inc
word given up to vegetable gardens ana oVersro"h
with weeds one misfortunc-f it really is a misfortune
that China l. likely TO have long foreign wars tha' ii
succeeded convincing such persons as the Marquis
Ts,ns and some able statesmen and literary Man
Galn, that China strong "a sne seemed, hence
these disasters more Of which are likely To follow ii
Hung Chang is Xy-dye years old, aud though lie has
been restored to favor cannot hope to maintain us
supremacy much longer friends of China hope that
wncn he passe. on the stage be may he replaced by
statesman who while being qae susceptible to liberal
zng influences NAV have a more correct ana enlarge
view Of his country 5 wants and cal abilities.
A CHINESE TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
had some curiosity to how the Chinese managed
telegraph oicc and through the influence of Danish
friend admitted yesterday to that Of the Imperial
Company. II is IA handsome building In the
usually massive STYLE of banks and business hOuses IN
Shanghai. which often have arched balcony running
around each story When space becomes valuable these
balconies closed in which dakrns the inner rooms.
The general realt structure which IL cross between
the Ahambra aud the residence of Southern planter.
The bMding In question used by Russell Co before
they moved into tho larger aud Shower they now
occupy.
In the first room Ientcrcd there number OF Chi
nc,c CLERKS whose duty 1t TO receive MESA ses ana
send them bv elevator to the operating Directly
behind was the OF the bare legged coolie
gers Other this floor were occupied for var
Gus subordinate purposes On the second oor were the
business manager assistant manager, chief clerk cleo
uicdns operating room and reception room. The re-
ceron mad Chinese furniture about the sides, there
being table between every two chars FOR tea without
which 10 business be transacted In China On side
raised diydu large enough 10 accommodate two
Mandarns; also with 1t little elevated table for tea
The walls with marble SLABS the veins
OF which were supposed to represent and
tans. There was hardly room IN the building,
cens that occupied by the messengers which there
was no. tca-ahc.
The operating room bore little resemblance the large
noisy rooms with their several hundred operators which
one sees In Amerln In front Of the windows on one
aide OF 1t were some half dozen or more Siemcns ma
ehnes and near thcm three or ionr hrnmn ronn fced