Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-08-04
knErN IN mEH NEl0Hr0Es.

ccllcnt chance OF winning. In the long
run, however. say the students Of the
history of these oriental nations. China
will hold her own, and more Her pOpu-
lation Is so enormous aS to be- practical
" incxhaustiblc, and her resources are
great almost beyond computation. She
can therefore put up an excellent fight.
even after suffering what seems to h. n
crushing defeat and long after the fight
ing men and tho material resources 81
her iSl..ld rivals have given out I'm
less Russia or some other occidental
power intCrfcrcs. say these students.
China's hold on Korea, though ii may
be broken for time, will be renewed
and will continue.
This view of the probabilities seems
to be amply borlc ont by the facts of
history. There have always been jcIl-
uuSics between China and Japan, and
the two empires have almost always
been At l0ggcrhcadS over Korea y lit
tie moro than 300 years agO-in 1892,
to H. cxaCt-thCy had u big war over
the little peninsula Japan won every
battle hut one and completely invested
the land. For several years kurca WAS
tributary To- the ViCtnT<. hut China :
pupl. lItiOu lr'in:s - great she was able
to s,'nI new T., lays uf fighting nIs';I YEAR
after ear. and tho contest became such
u drain upon TIN. T,=>srur,rr> OF Japan
that when the, emperor under whUrSc
reign the wa WAS begun died the Jap
ancSe troops Were withdrawn. and Korea
has ever since paid tribute to China II
is understood that the Japanese author
titles fully realize the truth in this mat
ter. and that therefore their disavuwal
of any design Of maintaining control of
the peninsula il sincere, their object in
bringing on war being merely to pro
text their tr,aty rights III Korean ports
The Chimes army available ON short
notice numbers almost 200. 600 men
There l., first, the division known Is
the eight banners. including Mant-
| ChOuS. MungOls and descendants Of the
Chinese who in 1914 Joined their for
tunes tn these uf the invaders. 32S. SOC
men III all. IT whom Ion. 600 ar, un-
dcrSiood To h. annually r,.viCwt,l by the
cmIs,rur himself. The Wing Ping. III
national army. numbers alsout G'lG. 0OC
officers and men all told. the total
forces uf the united armies thus hCinG
| 9s9. NOO. Not all uf this immense fuTyN
| can II, said 10 Ia active Captain Nor
man describes the active army in detail
| The army of Manchuria. az. 600 men. i,
divided into two CuTT-. with hcadguIr
tiers at Tsit<ihlr and MukdCn- Thi.
| army has the Maus.'r rifle and KrupI
ficldpi,vv>.
The army Of the center. with head
| quarters at kalGIn. has 81. OOO men
which may b. doubled III time " war
and l. arrnsvl with Remington rifles
The Turk.~tIn army. large. hut how
large Captain Norman dos EJ; state
could Hot IL utilized il q fUToiGn war
probably bccausc il Is constantly en-
pluycl maintaining order in the western
provinces. The territorial army a
braves numls.rs 2OO. 600 in time o
pace and may IL increased tn 600. OO'
III time of war.
There are those who claim that thes
estimates Of China's military strength
arr too high For instance. German
officer Of rank. who entcrUd the Chimes
service during the Franco Chinese wa
and lahOrcd hard to imprOv" tho eff
cheney ~ tn" army, places its total effect
i've fore, ut about 500. GOO. The Chi
ncse emperor. unlike occidental Pntcn
tates, says this CiUrman. had nO persona
relations with the army. In fact. he n
CARDS il rs an inferior service In tn
years Of the TAPPING rebellion it wa
different. Then the soldier was by n