The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-24
The News from China.

All advices from China tend to show that |
the great empire Of more than five hundred
millions OF souls Is on the verge Of great
rebellion. Dissatisfaction with the reigning
dynasty Is said to be the cause, as 1t has
been the cause of many other tumults, in
Guiding the great TAPPING rebellion of thirty
years ago. The rulers Of China occupy a
curious position. They are not Cinnamon
properly speaking, but belong to that won
derful Tartar race that has, In its various
branches, played such prominent part in
the history of the world. 1t is the sane race
to which belonged Tamerlane and those
Moguls who founded their magnificent en-
pire In India and left the splendid ruins
which captiSate the eye of the traveller to
this day. The same remarkable race vexed
and dominated Russia in her earlier days;
and seized so firmly upon the power of the
great military and religious empire founded
by Mohammed and his followers that the
word Turk Is today synonymous with what
is left Of Mohammedan might While the
western Tartars were subiugatng nations
from the Baltic to the Bay of Bengal,
their brethren in far Eastern Asia were
vexing the ancient Chinese Empire. In the
year oil b. G. the Iprinces of China complet-
ed the great wall along their Northern border
to keep these Tartars out But over Its 1900
miles of length they kept breaking In. Much
like the barDarians who overthrow the
Roman Empire they insinuated themselves
into the service of the Chinese princes, took
part In their domestic revolutions, and end
ed In assuming the reins Of power. Again
and again they were expelled, to return
again. Finally, In the beginning OF the
seventeenth century the Tartars of Mant-
chooria arose to power through the genius of
chieftain named Tienming. He, In 1918 de-
clared war against China. BY 1927 he had
overrun imany of the Northern provinces,
and dying, was able to bequeath successful
war to his son, Tien-Tsung. The latte= con-
quered Pekin in 1913. the last Of the Ming
dynasty of Chinese emperors committed
suicide, and the Tartar prince assembled the
throne which his descendants have held un-
interruptedly to the present day. There
must have been some remarkable qualities
in the race which produced dynasty Of
rulers capable Of holding throne through
the vicissitudes Of two hundred and fifty
years. The Mantchoos are a race decidedly
superior to the Chinese. Their compilations
are lighter, their bodies larger, and some of
them have blue eyes. aquiline noses, forid
compilations, brown hair and heavy boards.
Their countenances lshow superior lintellec-
tual qualities, and their characters are
laughter and more determined They have
furnished the soldiers and the rulers of
China for two hundred and fifty years, have
governed their dominions with great energy;
and, most difficult of all, have changed the
manners and customs of the conquered.
The queue, so distinctive of the Chinaman
OF today, is style imposed upon him by his
Mantchoorian conquerors. So also are some
Of the distinctive features Of the Chinese
dress. But in spite Of their abilities, and
the long years Of their rule, the native
ohinese still feel great jealousy of the Tar
tars. Relatively small in numbers they are
dispersed all over the Empire as officers Of
tne imperial government; and thus continu-
ally keep the fact of their dominion in the
minds OF the Chinese people. At present
sne Emperor does not seem to have the force
, wnich characterized his ancestors, and the
.h nv a .s come into much the same position
d nSs .ue .frankish line had come to in the
Ss mhen all Its vigor came from the genius
D.. AVS OIL The palace like Charles tMartel.
r Dus 'nough ne may be feeble himsaIf tho
Unlnese Emperor has rabout him abla roor
IKE Ii lung Chang. By the aid ~ tho,r
loyalty and genius the ancient Tartar a' .non
ty may Withstand serious Insnrrac ~, ~ mas