The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04

:, rool, opo they were lying, still empty
In the PinR-YanR Inlet, ,..u go which
Now. these stories, and others, 10 @n ~
I need not refer many untrue anu thair
rest ridtculouslv exaggerated, owe w.
avistence and circulation TO the iact VA,
tbern Is no European cOrrespondent ~
fleet or the army OF either az Toito.
T'here are such correspondents eithorobai
hama Tien-Tsin Che-Foo, ana ShdlIt""it
~ 6i,ndreds Of miles from the seat ~
war and all dependent on ruin1'
countries where rumor mas q my % frar,1ed
cues or on official statements va
70 e,,it official purposes, from tDe it,
SI,a 1tI Of either force Here, az III
11,ost other things, the Japanese are NO.
adyanced than the Chinese, IoI t'ey t 80"
long reduced the reclatle " 30 the
fCbeir yersions OF recent events are tnS
onIv ones which have reached ths ou III
world with the exception OF tne AZ ~
matches from The Times toIIespo .mbJnb
at Tien,-Tsin OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jng It have occs-
'ionaW,, cot from foreign ofncers IN tIe
Chinese Navy. Even the EnelIls,n,, apr H. ~
nublished in China complain pltte d 90,
Inc xyav they and their readers nave oeSii
dacoiWed nv information circulated Dy
Gananeee officials. In short we are Hv
ritIng a large part of our information
from Japanese official sources, anu ~
is and has been. 'systemaucaliy i''0
ANT assuming things TO be as bad
with China as the Japanese onlclal IN III
see how far the fears felt in TINS country
Tor the stability of the Chinese qN'aStf
ana the position Of Europeans In thdt
co1ntrv are justified Take the dynasly
formation would have US believe icy u'
question first. 1t IS said that the cay re
Of Mukden. the ManChoorian capltal, py
the Japanese viii endauGer the throne,
because the family home of the reignlns
lire Ii in Manchoorla. NO uonDt SUI
cessful invasion OF that region; suCn az
The capture OF Mookden would be, wouid
cause grave annoyance personally 10 the
members of the imperial family; but ltS
effect on the stability OF tie throne Woull
he nil, inasmuch as the vast majority 10, VI
a iDese associate the Emperor WIN Re
kin and not with Mookden, and proDably
not one Chinaman In hundred knows
the recent history or ms country SUM-
GENTLY to tell whether the hrst EtnhetoF Z
nj the present dynasty came couple OF
centuries ago from Manehooria or from
Tonduin. The japanese, by the way, are
not vet at Mookden, and i believe 1T Is
a fact that in the early part oa she PRE- tier
had crossed the Yalu river INTO Man
chOoria, although, according TO one vera
cious japanese statement, me Chlhese
had all fed pell-mell from the lalu 40
Mookden. casting away their arms IN
their night. Let us suppose, however;
that the japanese get to Mookden, ana
that they perform much more diIncult
ann decisive feat. and lay siege 10 Pekin.
VIII the dynasty be In danger then? l
see no reason to think that IL VIII. On
slch a question, where data are difficult
10 ootai1 and their value uncertain, we
must be guided by analfogy, " mex .fe
China, invested Pekin, and destroyed me
Emperors summer palace, the dynasty
was not affected although the emperor
retired 10 Jehol, much as the French
Government during the siege of Paris car
ried itself elsewhere TO continue its du-
ties. After the allies had retired, the
Court returned 10 Pekin, and went on IN
ha
noted, nearly a third Of China-and that
the most populous and fertile third'-was
I'm the hands of rebels. Now II the
Anglo. French invasion, at such tine
aid not overthrow or shake the throne
OF the Manchoos, why should Japanese
Invasion. at a time when the empire is
otherwise in profound peace, do 40? The
stability Of the throne has not decreased
thirty-four years, on account of the i'm
provements, such as they are, In the
army and navy OF the spread of steam
and OF the telegraph; for all these enable
the central Government TO cope more
rapidly and effectually with rebellion than
it could have done at any other period
dynasty is. not. in truth. within the
| range OF practical politics In China; It
| Is somewhat OF ehimsra, q busoear
| We may, II we please, reflect about
| IL and speculate on II and what would
| ensue II 1t took place. There is. perhaps,
/ no great harm in this, though II may be
| q little misleading; meanwhile the Man
| choo dynasty will survive the japanese
| attack, as 1t has survived more serious
| assaults.
The special dangers 10 the European
| residents in china apprehended from the
present war are. l believe. equally fanei-
| full. This is not by any means the DrSt
| time China has been engaged in q for
eign war, and neither during the hostll-
titles with France nor during the earlier
war with Great Britain and France did
the Europeans at the open ports suffer
from native mobs At Han-kow, posi-
bly,. there may be some danger, for the
Huanese have of late years shown them
selves violently ant-foreign. At the
same time. II is right and fitting that
the usual precautions for guarding the
foreign settlements should not be re-
Taxed. But IL Is impossible TO believe
that the recent Cabinet Council should
have been summoned for this purpose,
inasmuch as the Foreign once and Adj
miralty have again and again, az times
OF popular excitement In China, taken the
necessary measures for this purpose
without collecting the Cabinet from the
ends of the earth TO give them authority
II the members of the Government were
indeed called together 10 concert mea-
sures for the protection Of the settle
ments, their deliberations were curfously
Ineffective, for the most powerful ship
they are sending will net ba able 70 ret