Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-18
NUMBER 81.

people ara DOT 'ulne-'t tlaN i'si'H
comprising nearly one.half u the en-
pire l. capable of sustaining but very
scant population. and that IN all proba.
bility tho figures On tho swarming mil
lions are grossly exaggerated AneryOu'
man or ono of delicate suscoptibilities
really has 60 hold his noso In reading
some parts ~ this report, there IL such
q painful m0no,ony Of dirt and poverty,
kicks aud cuffs. hunger and foul weath'
or. with the most dobasing superstition
and utterly reckless and indiscriminate
lying In the western part Vt funnan
he seriously question. whether any man
really believe. his most intimate friend
In short. N one reads and believes MI
IIusie. h. j. compelled 90 conclude that
our California friends wcru quite with
In bounds. almo~t too moderate, in fact.
In their anti Mougolian inyoctivcs
All who talk on the subject seem 20
agrco that there l. some radical moral
defect In the ptt,ent day Chinaman.
And truly the history - tho country
seem. 20 indicate that II needs royp
luton and thu infusion ~ fierce ana
,igur0u. element There appears 60 have
leon regularly recurring cycle In Chi
noe aifaira Fir-t. thcru was an inva'
Zion by harbar0u- hut energetic race,
which gave The country forward Inn
pulse Then h dog,nsratod rapidly N the
stagnlnt condition, and with stagna'
tion came clWardicc, after which there
were decay and rtr1cussion till the next
invasion ~ revolution All the world
has heard ~ Chinl's eKtrnyagant claim.
90 an antiquity ~ great that n little
discrepancy ~ 90. 600 yenr- j. accounted
"a triniug variation. and the most crit.
zeal western scholars allow her an au.
thontic history % near 3. 300 year. i
comics. a. b'ing 30 imprJ SOD with thi,
fact that | cannot form n lively cunccp-
tion - young Chinaman. Every man
~ the racr looks 90 mo NJ u b. were
thousands ~ years old The knowledga
OF age In the mcn completely oycrcomcs
tho seu-a ~ youth In the individual
w.s snd Famine.
am sven moro uy,rclms by tho ap'
pallny hgur,- in their accounts ~ war
and famine Man seems hut wr''l In
thc.o awful regions Some 100000
w,re Slaughtered tn swar when the
population ~ tho country wa. supposed
to b. scluty Our own civil war caused
a. ~ overlook tho great Tai Ping rebel'
lion IN China. and y,t AZ least :. 900. 600
lives were lot in that struggle. The
British agent, think that 9. 200. 600 dicd
In tho lat famine. and ~ f0r the mil.
lions on millions drowned ia thsyariou'
overflow. ~ the Yellow riygr. II makes
uuo .iok AMI fatigue. tho Imagination
o. compute them
To- und,r-tani the present condition.
however. Ne ne',l only b'gin with Gen.
CHI. Khan hrt emperor ~ the Mngul.
and Tiriafs lli, history has b"cn wit.
tn by tho Chimes. per.ians, Arne-
nian.. Sytians Aralians. Greeks, Rus.
.iAus. poles lni liunganans. aud we
may certainly credit each ~ tho." when
they dc.rrii- their own disasters and
humiliation. For 20 y,hr, be- poured .
continuous stream ~ lafbarians upon
all his noighbor.. AMI the southern No.
hammfdlu, admit that ln the battle ~
Jaxartc, they lost 10000 men. H.
oyUrnn M tlo present Chinese emri.n
except that part known A. yellow CH'
na aud iu Wow u WHAT. probably gI
iny On M that region now ~ n inter.
e,ting a. raj that ~ the Siege ~ A..
king in thu year lgl! the inhabltant,
wer, compelled ~ famine o. d,,our
their slain fellow citizens The fhincss
historian. add that they fought A. long
A. thoy could stand. and when their r,g.
ular ammunition was sg-nt they dis
charged inglis n gold aad silver az tho
TO-. but ths M0guIs undermined tho
city. ani tb. great palace Wa destroyed
ia "a counlsniion which lasted so days
Thl,w W, the beginning u Mogul 90
Tartar HlD ih China but there have
b.,u several revolutions aud the pre-.
ont. 90 Ming. dynasty date, back but
q, c,uilue. Tho very latest i0cu.
m,ut- 10 t..r state department show that
uuf relation. with China were at their
Wv isrt lu,i before Chlnose Affairs
u,a,hr1 tI,it wort The treaty con
cIudrd hrtr thr 18th q lat March ny
tho signature. - secretary Grcsham
.ni Mmst,i Yang IA has b,ru ap'
yO'-,i ty a.. thiuc.e sJssIum.sL aI.t