Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-04
WILL DIVIDE CHINA.

than the partition Of China In three
separate divisions and placing over
each an independent native ruler. III
Hung Chang being mentioned as
one Il them. The plan must have
been concsiv, In moment when the
rulers Of japan had become liEEy onao.
count Of the victories already gained
on land aud sea over their Toes.
10 10 evident that the JapAnele
forces 90 far have had the better Of the
war, even when allowance IL
made for the usual exaggerAlions
OF the reports Their ships
are superior aud their army better dis.
clplined. They have driven the
Chinese back and are on the road to
Pekin. Hut Notwithstanding all these
advantages, II IL not 10 he expected
that, N tho war Is carried on TO the
bitter end, they eau eject 40 complete
= subjugation Of the empire a. the plan
for IT. partition would imply. IL may
be possible for tho mikado, II general
rebellion In China should take place,
TO dopose the present dynasty, but
when that Is done, the Chinese them
selyes, who are not inspired by On.
thusiasm for the present ruler, would
most probably rally for the defense Of
tbs county and drive the japanese Ia.
vadera from their border. They might
be defeated agrin and again, but their
armies would still receive Teiuforco.
menla and by their very defeat would
learn 10 ight and to conquer until the
f0reignefs. exhausted aud decimated,
would have to return TO their own
territory. And then the roles might
possibly DO reversed. The Chinese
might take a rotion 10 carry the war
over 10 the Islands and make II exceed
ingly unpleasant there. II 10 true that
Numbers In modern warfare do not
count quite As much ~ they once did,
but country with hundreds OF
millions Of inhabitants cannot be sliced
up very eAsily.
Japan had better learn lesson from
the wars Of Peter the Great with HE
western neighbour. When first he met
his youthful antagonist ON the shores
of Nara, his numerous hordts were
scattered likr chad before the vino,
and Charles XII had dreams Of divid.
Ing the empire between his friends.
Time and again tho czar rallied his
hordea and reinforced them, only TO
meet defeat before tho insignifieant
army Of 5wedes. But he carried on
tho war and at last he found his
Poltava where the invaders were
routed and the county go, lid Of the
enemies. IL took years to accomplish
this, but IL WAS nevertheless done,
and II was by peuevering
policy OF resistance and over
whelming numbers that the victory
was achieved which established Russia
Ms a great power OF the world and
saved II from partition. The Chinese,
once free from tho hated foreign ruler,
would DO likely 10 mass themselVgs
around some Peter tho Great OF
their own, aud " they do, their san.
guine neighbors have but small chance
Of accomplishing their object.
To have China broken up In ffag.
monls would certainly bea great thing
to Japan. That would establish the
latter country as the nrsI POWER Of
eastern Asia, which by the way IL the
dream Of that kingdom. "Japan,"
said a high Ciiltial some timo ago,
10 missionary, "has a glorious
future. The kingdom OF the
IL sing Sun will yet shine far ami
vile. The world will see and Know
mat the Island empire has mission ~
glorious Us II IL certain" And II II tue
vision OF that coming glory whion
animates the people to raise their CRY.
"On to Pekinl" as the French once
shUuied' "a Ia Berlinl" II Is another
question, however, how the ascend.
anoy OF Japan would affect the inter.
esta Of tho remainder OF the world.
tbs powers Interested may not object
to a little brush between the two coun.
tries, but should II 90 too far, there
would certainly be- Interference aud II
10 not likely that they would allow
Japan to acquire the iremeu-
dous influence which II would
gain by dividing China and virtually
assuming supremacy Of the whole.
Whatever changes tho war may bring
about, 1t IL, therefore, not likely that
the Monaghan empire ut this time will
be wiped on the map Of the world.