Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-25
CHINA PREPARING FOR WAR.
Old Methods of Military Instruction
Abandoned and Much Activity
Manifested.

Henri Bryos, a regular correspondent
Of The Paris Figaro, is travelling in
China and writes for his paper an ac-
count of the preparations for war that
are going forward in The Celestial empire.
He has devoted much time and research
to the subject and what he says must
be taken true. He writes that the
did and childish method of warfare
has been almost entirely abandoned, and
in its military an naval departments
the country IS becoming thoroughly mod
ernized. The man who has brought
about this transformation is the Viceroy
Ii Hong Tchang. NJ Bryos says:
Since the last Franco Chinese war the
celesuals have opened their eyes. The
great sleepy people have become aroused
ii Hong pchang has rudely shaken off
their hight covering. He has under.
thoroughly. He can claim the honor
of having, created genuine soldiers, organ
lied in European style and armed with
the Improved modern rifles.
In the imperial military school the cor
respondent saw the soldiers drilling in
regular German fashion, under Germnn
heavy, noisy, but automatically precise
Instructor, and marching IN the stiff.
method of the German army. He Learned
that n German artillery officer had been
commissioned by the vicelpy to orgnnign
Il new army of the north that another
officer from Berlin was installed at the
arsenal At Nkon, and that under his di-
iectlon Chinese workmeu We're turning
out shot, shell and sharpnel NJ, Bryos
continues:
China Is arming and arlning formid-
ably, and her present aim Is to tind witgl-
IN herself the military resources and the
war material that she was formerly OBJ
ligcd TO procure elsewhere. She Is erect
ing upon different points of her immense
territory numerous and important work
shops and foundrles, which change com.
pletely the national character OF this
cOuntry by modifying & IN the Europenn
sense The city Of Han-Yang. an insj,s.
nlticant little place a short time ago. has
row become IN less than year military
post Of the first order. which Is designed
Ia the future to outstrip all others. Ii Is
r'hc center Of great works and gigantic
f0undrics. workshops, brickyards and
rifle factories. The ISrupp works are
furnishing the country with guns of the
most modern invention and deadly power
AT Port Arthur there are splendid cruis-
ers, hattleships and Eunboais, built with
all the recent improvements of naval
science. The arsenal Of Nankin. which
the correspondent visited, was building
artillery for the heet, great quantities
Of guns and rifles for the army. and
WIS supplied iwth moulds for shells.
III IL not necessary he concludes. sto
20 further into detail and to multiply OK.
amplss What have seen IN the center
Of China exists also in the north and in
the south. Throughout the empire the
Manufacture Of arms goes on with a
fevorish activity, China IA working for
war and the time win soon como when
she will be supplied with ornaments
equal In quality and in numbers 10 thGse
Of the greatest European counuies.n
war maps Of the world nnst be 'chaneeI
With her vast population, with tho n,s,
slbility Of putting mo the field AZ, army
ALMOST rs large as the combined armies
Of Europe, with the unified strength thai
and a common country would give Ia MS
vast body Of mon. China was suiiiciently
feared ls she was 49,