The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-03
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THE Jars ASn CHINESE.
Il Hung Chang No BETTER Than His
soansrymen-Japs Trade.

IL Hnnw Chang No BETTER Than His
eoaBsrymen- SapNn'. Trade.
TACOMA, Dee. Especial. a--n Donald
K frssisF. president OF tie National hank q
+ taina located as Hongkons. arrived here
Yesterday BY the Northern PscIsse steamer
Victoria. en- roaGe fer his home ~ Eng
iand- he IS accompanied BY A. =. Nc
1isN. Kobe merchant. who is going 10
{ SeN oFk 20 be married. These gentle
Men tell an Interesting story about the
ChineSe-J Spaness war and incidents grow
ing out OF and connected with lt Mr..
fFssasr SAYS OF Old Ii Hung Chang. who IS
Ia TINS country considered great states
man:
lie IS worth ss0eea COO Thas is hi.
accepted worth among thc financlers in
tAlns. lie IS DO more patriotic than the
rest OF the corrupt Chinese oftlciaidom. He
made his money sweating those under
ann. lie led the emperor 70 believe he
had q me army. when, in fsct. he had no
srmy al al TO speak of. II MAS understood
ne VAS out OF bis head three years age,
aaa II that IS 50 ae certainly 5s not sound
/ nov he has lost hls grip. Like the other
Salnaineu. ne i unpafriokie They all
look ouI Tor SET and haye 40 patriotic
motives whatever"
But they stick together as families. :"
Mr.. Mc6lew inserted. ~ brother viii
take up a brothers debts and son will do
likewise by = father" Mr. McGiew con-
tinusd:
Down in the southern part of Chins
most Of the people do nor know anything
about the war. Less than half of China
even Knows there IS a war. They have no
adequate means of communicating among
the masses what is going on. Chinamen
exh y1fs .
say they do not care so long ss there is no
aEhung IN their part Of the empire. They
VIII work as soldiers when paid, but they
never do anything from patriotic motives"
As regards the present dynasty" Mr..
frasler said. ''the feeling against il is gem
erai now. aud under the conditions it will
be difficult for the empire 10 make loans,
except with the customs revenue guaran-
teed. III the present dynasty should fail,
there = oald be no responsible head To the
government, and there is no telling what
would happen. Further defeats az the
hands OF the Japanese will drive the
Chinese into turning upon their own coun-
try and sackIng il. That Is the course
they will take. In that case they would
have no respect for any nationality. but as
the winter approaches it will be difficult
for the japanese to carry on the war up
north. and there may be no general sack
ing If peace Is secured
Both gentlemen say most of the news
regarding the war reaches the Orient
through DISPATCHES from London and
New York. The japanese newspapers are
wholly unreliable, except so far as reflect
ing what the Japanese officials care to
have published. The japanese press does
not lie, but simply suppresses. Several OF
the vernacuiar newspapers have been
closed by the government censors.
In recent issue the Japan Mai. which
is considered the government newspaper,
and is subsidized by it, states that at the
higher commercial school at tokyo = per
cent. of the students are studying the
Spanish language, and the editor. who
Mr.. Frasier says certainly knows what he
Is talking about. being behind the
screens. adds:
These figures show very plainly that
the future of Japan : trade with the Phil
ippine islands is belle we'd 10 be a great one
for it is obviously with the intent of en-
gaging in that trade that SO great predi
lection IS shown for the Spanish tongue.
This statement convinces foreign mer-
chants now residing in the Orient that the
island empire of the Japanese is to be ex-
tended along policy that will include
eventually the Hawaiian islands. Mr.
Fraser, while discrediting the opinion of
other merchants that Japan would ever
attempt to secure the Hawaiian islands
while the United States Is interested
there, says he spoke to Japanese officer
after the Gaelic affair and the arrest of the
Americans who were presumably under
contract to blow up the japanese navy,
saying that Japan had got into pretty
kettle Of fish in offending Great Britain.
France and the United States all at once;
to which the japanese officer promptly
replied that his countrymen did not care
If they did get into trouble with the great
powers, as Japan could whip them all.
Among the most interesting subjects
discussed was the conduct OF the Japanese
soldiers and their women AZ home, as
compared with the cowardice and selfish
ness of the Chinese. For instance. Japa-
nese sentinel. who during cold. rainy
night threw his cape over his head to
shelter himself, and while in that attitude
dozed little and was detected by the
patrol. promptly killed himself by cutting
his throat, because he feared he could not
thereafter secure any promotion in the
army. lie wrote a letter to his family and
master, stating that be regretted that his
humiliation compelled him 20 take his
life before he could see them again.
In throwing pontoon bridge over the
/ Yalu river in a single night much COM
ment is made upon the patriotism OF the
Japanese soldiers. II is stated that il was
necessary 10 have some one swim across
the river carrying rope. A private, the best
swimmer in tie army, At once volunteered
his services, and, although his limbs
cramped and he Was dashed TO death
against the opposite shore. others at once
volunteered 10 follow him, and succeeded
in reaching the onposits shore.
Mr.. Frssier believes Won Hanusken will
be killed by the Japs If be is captured.
When the Victoria left Japan. Mr.. Frasier
saws. Won Hanneken was at Port Arthur.
Ash is customary for foreigners 20 leave
the army when war breaks out, Mr..
Frasl.r says the Japs have great hatred
for Ven Hanneken. and sill either pose as
beng very msEnanimous when they get
him. or some one viii AZ once assassinate
/ him.
YHF ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.
England Beginning To Take an Interest