The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-10
CHINESE PEACEMAKERS.
How -hcv Are Respected IN the
Land or Rice
BeiiiErrenfs Commences Their Tight b.
Beating observation-disclosures distances
Of How Disputes Were settled
Rep.inting Efis Front Door,

china i probably the most pcacea-
bic and peace-loving nation in the
world Its Government has submitted
90 gross wrongs and acts Of injustice
q, the hands Of other Powers without
recourse TO war. and sometimes with
out even a protest. such as il attempt
ed toward any Western nation would
have caused bitter struggle and much
81 .dd.ng Of blood The highest hon
Or which. = State. IL has to bestow
upon it, people. are 70 be sought and
found in the line Of civil promotion
Not the great General. but the popular
and successful magistrate or ruler. j
the man who may hope for and receive
the highest honors from the Emperor.
il only privileged class i that Of the
students or scholars
A grea: difference has existed in this
respect between China and Japan In
Che latter Government the privileged
class has been the samorai. or = two
sworied men," that Is. the military
And in recent times. during the reor-
ganizat on II Japan b. is present able
rulers. this class mas given great trouble
and attempted at least one revolution
This important difference between
those two great Eastern nations may
be correctly stated by saying that for
hundreds II years the Chinese have
been taught the arts Of peace. and the
Japanese the art Of war Yet though
the Ghinaman j. not wariike. he IS n
an individual. quarrelsomc- This nay
seem 10 be distinction without diff
ference. and yet there IS difference:
1t may seem TO Be very strange and
still II is fact The average q ma
man always goes about with his h..lc
chip II pride. c0nceit and self-c>feem
nicely balanced upon his shoulder.
waiting and watching for some one e
knock il or The ncver-ending code
Of etiquette tends largely 70 develop
and help on this quarreIsome DISPOSE
ton
III your Chinese cook calls his Chr
nesc friend. your bottle washer. by his
given name. instead Of addressing him
a. Venerable Elder Brother" there Is
ill-fceling aroused At once. though the
two may be old friends and even rela-
tives- II . Chinaman enters a room
where another il seated. and the other
does not rise to receive him. there may
BE- high words about t. III : Chinaman
meets an acquaintance whose queue !.
coilcd on his head. and that queue !.
not NJ once brushed down and
Strengthened out. there Is quarrel
On one occasion the wife Of the
writer sent servant with note 70
lady friend. directing him 10 bring
back an answer. He did 80. bu
brought the reply 70 the writer in tn
Office. who directed him 10 take IL into
the house He took II 20 the servants
quarters. intending 20 give Il 20 tn
butler 70 deliver 10 the mistress: hut .
the butler was absent he handed Il =
another house-scryznt. with the words
The master says You are % give tha
% the mistress
why don't you take Il YOURSELF
was the reply.
'.Ugh' i that the way you talk 4
me? said the first
In an instant they had graspcd eacl
other ~ the queue. and were pulling
each other about the yard. scrcamin:
out abusive language. and maxim,
noise enough generally for : mob Tn
writer was forced 20 20 and pull then
apart. and i was only after they ha
b. tied each BY the queue. % ~
hitching-posts IN the sfable-yard 70
hall ~ hour that thcy cooled down