The Dickinson press., 1888-01-28
CHAT WITH COL. BEE.

Gath" Talks Awhile with the Chinese
otacial-onr Relations with China.
saw the Chinese parade in honor of their
joss and his counterpart. The latter was
called kwan, un,lclStood-the dragon. or
dnNil. In order to propitiate him, who i,
also eternal, and was before the world, even
10y "ur version OF him. hey gave that old
pepper caster of life, the devil, parade, as
if to say; "Kwai,, you are a vain old dog
mati1t and Jealous fellow, and we'll cen ask
you to dinner and smooth your pin feathers
down, and ticn We'll 20 and dedicate Joss
temple, and You won't at1iict u.s.
sat d'iilis, tn" par;ulcof the great dragon,
Il whole block long, carried by worshipcrs,
and preceded 10y gorgeous banners of huc, 10
American procession can match, and ut the
Chinese consulate, kept by Col Bee, ;n
American, there lrfr all manner of diStil-
guishc'l l',"pe, among them the Chinese con
sui; and w,s told that in the recent Ton
uEin w;tr the Chinese whipped the French in
every engagement; of muskc,ry, using Amer
lean made rifles to do it. The Yale col
lcssc educated secretary of the Chinese
consul general brought the latter in and
introduced me-. and We had IL ,lignticd
talk 10y Interpreters, eating the while tho
cheap and wonderful fruit of this country
grapes Spain cann"! match, pears luscious rs
canclopes, uml three for y nickel, apples
equal to that one which tempted Eve, the
devil and man iii one. Hero is the future
Europe of the western race-tropics and
temperate zone blended, the climate giving
the highest vitality to the mind, the society
tolerant. Talking to Col Bee at tho Chinese
consulate he contros-we were waiting for
tho great procession of the Celestial popula-
tion to pass ly and lay the evil ioss-hc said
"Tlerc are only 1000 Chinese in the
county of San Francisco, only 6oooo on all
the Pacific coast, only e., 900 in the Union.
About 10000 more have returned to China
than have come ont since tho law was passed
refusing them.
"l'!d the Chinese government approve of
the law Rejecting amy further cnligrati"n!'
'l's. They do n"t desire their people to
cnigrat". They even refused to avail them
selves of the power conceded to their govern
m''ni to select the parties fit to come to
merchants, etc. Hence 10 moro
merchants come. ard those left here com
plain of the loss Of trade consclu lupnt upon
the final depar;nrc of so many of their Chi
ncsc customers"
'Do We still trade much with China."
'NrS; we sent them ,1,5, ,OOJ barrel; of flour
this year. We sent Them also ;lOo,oUD of
stamping and mining nacL!nery since the
very recent opening ri their mines to de-
vel"imcnt. They long refused to permit
their Resources to bo tested. Now they arc
beginning To tap the surplus. Their country
contains copper, iron, gold and silver from
Fckn to Tonuuin.'
'Why have thr Americans received the
concession To mine, etc, in China above the
European nations.H
"Bccause of the injustice of France and
| England and the other powers t" Egypt,
Japan and lnlia-!irst getting in to'lp Work.;
and trn'ic, and then making vast demands
for indemnity, and finally claiming terrific
rinl compensation. LII Hung Chang, the
Bismarck of China us Grant called him,
said t:' tllc Britis, and French never should
receive ln,'t"Atsol ;h;t kind To ;tlnck China.
America, said lie, lis our friend above thu,
other powers So tho Russian, rrpr, scnting
the Phlla'lrlpha capitalists, got the conres-
sion. III Is immense INVOLVING he right tu
lay railroads, t'rgrapIis ;tii'l telephones, open
rivers and introduce machinery. .n-ticorgc
Alfred Townsend in Boston Globe.