The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-26

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80 ssasssFoys and governors have ra5s-
- s.r~ "a. oNa. They have the rawxY
n.v- 80 - 1eAtn oTer their Subjects. Tney
10 - yon wia hnd in oar gavsrnraens.
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q these positions a. II i 10
president Of the United states.
$50 o. these vicerays and governor.
sea - army Of his Own. IL Hanx
forces number about g8. 90 men.
Ahese nave steven CAMPS wEthsn shp rgav.
ihce o. Cali. They are armed vxtth fss-etvr
49, sna are vel drilled. and will form tie
= lei support 81 the government in the pres-
ssat var II Hang Chang has also eleven
e4ii - 81 men IA the province OF ghantong,
ana he =, a. far as thia war Is concerned.
PaetAcally commandsr-ln-ehle Of me
80. - A. Making found viceroy who
nA1 @1,uVv men under him. He controlled
TIE Big gun factory Of Kiagnan. and
visited DIS naval school On the outskirts
q MS capital and f8uua several hundred
ooys Studying navigation under fwo EGG
asn professors some distance below
casnghaa there - another great governor
sno has ar immense military establish.
rnent. This Is the governor OF Foachow.
Ills troops, according 70 the pektng
records number more than 81 .0o0 men. and
thAs number includes both his land and
marine forces. lie Is in charge OF the
navy yard 81 Foochow and be has some
ships.
cHASe cHETUss, THE aKEAr.
Another remarkable governor is his en-
ee'iency, Chang Chitung. the viceroy OF
Wuchang. Wachang is city of nearly a
million people. and Chang Chitung gov
ems his tens Of millions. lie has long been
q great man in China, and If vou ask
Cinnamon who the two greatest men in
China are they will say Ii Hung Chang and
Chang Chitung. Ii Is. in fact. said 10 be
very Jealous Of Chang. and I suppose
Ihang feels the same toward Ii Chang
Chisang hates foreigners. He Is building
railroads because he wants to be able to
defend China against the foreigners. and
now that this war has broken cut his work
viii 20 on more rapidly than ever lie is
importing steel ingots by the hundreds
and coke by the thousands Of bushels from
England and Belgium for bis steel works
al Hanyang, 700 miles from the seacoast.
ana ne has spent already In the neighbour
hood OF $40, 10000 upon his railway ex-
pertinent. 1t was bis gun factory that vas
burned down only few days ago. and IL
may be that his immense blast furnaces will
nov be turned 20 the making Of weapons
OF war. These furnaces are 100 feet high,
and they are OF the latest European
make. lie has connected with them shops
which cover from forty 10 fifty acres,
and there are twenty-five acres OF machin-
cry under one roof. China today has no
good means Of moving troops. A railroad
has been planned from Hankow 90 Tisn-
tsin, and also from Hankow TO Canton.
These immense car works could be put TO
the making of materials for this road, and
aa HeF in hatr
vicinity. the building Of the line would be
comparatively easy. About forty Belgian
engineers are now In the employ Of this
yiecroy.. These men understand ali about
the making of railroads and the working
of steel. aud IL the government will furnish
the money this, the greatest of all trunk
lines of the world. could be built. It
would go for !, 500 miles through the most
thickly populated part Of the Chinese EN-
pire, and would connect a half dozen or
more cities ranging from half million TO
million people in size.
Ii HuNa cHASa's aug WORKS
Ii Hung Chang has gun works and an
arsenal, the shops Of which are nearly
mile square, aud in which all kinds of
modern guns are made. IL is much SINH
lar to the Shanghai arsenal which / de-
scribed in the letter / published some
months ago. when l told how the Chinese
were preparing for war. No one can 90
through these works without wondering
ut the marvellous skill of the Chinese. In
both Of them they turn out big guns. and
the ktagnan arsenal is turning out
twelvs-inoh guns which weigh over
100. 600 pounds and fre single shots
which weigh over 200 pounds. Three
of such shot would be load for a two
horse team, and one of those guns stand
ing upon its end would reach as high IS
the roof of three-story house, and at its
hreech il is as big around as q -four barrel.
Some of the other guns that i have seen
I'm these arsenals will FIRE shot at the rate
Of ten 10 the minute. and each shot weighs
100 pounds. cav fifty Cinnamon pouring
metal into the molds for the making of
proiectllea each OF which weighed 600
pounds. They were turning out thirty of
these shot day. and the ships are now
being supplied with them. j was taken into
one Of the warehouses and was shown the
different kinds of shot that the arssnais
were making. There were more than 20
different varieties Of shot and shrapnel, and
in addition 10 this there we're specimens
of ali sorts of powder which are being
made At the powder works Many Of the
varieties / saw we do not make in the
United states. am not sure thar we make
the brown cocoa powder which - used for
the firing of these big guns. This comes
I'm the shape Of nuts, just like those by
which A big bolt - fastened, and il takes
aomethingIi ike four bushels Of these 20 wdsr
nuts to fire of one Of the twelye-inch guns.
sui. the Chinese are making the powder,
and they have lately sent for German
chemist to teach them how 10 make
smokeless powder They are making
pvbble powder for from tive TO eIght-inch
guns. and they make all sorts Of other
powders, from that Of the ride 10 that Of
the largest guns. They have been order
ing new cruisers during the past year,
and they recently sent an order 10 ARM
strongs, the big shipmakers Of Englsnd,
for two new vessels. which are each 10
cost 81, 21o. COO They have number Of
trained men in these arsenals. Ii Hung
Chang has several thousand. The Slceroy
Of Nsnkinr has ZOO. and there are
thousands At work az Hankow, Canton and
Fooehow The hours Of work OF these
men will be doubled from now oa. l an
told that the Chinese learn very rapidly.
and that there wiil be little difficulty IN
increasing the fierce. The making Of small
arms i 90 be pushed aud Qui Lee rides
wiH he turned out as fast as possible.
These are a sort Of Remington. which the
Chinese consider the best gun in existence,
and the old rlAtchloeks and lanees viii lie
done away with as soon a. possible.
BOWS AND LANeEs sr4GL UNEn.
With al this yoa would think that the
Chinese would have given up their hcws
aud arrows and the weapons which have
came down from the middle ages. They
have not done 80 ~ any means. some Of
the interior troops stla carry eoss and
arrows. and archery j. regular part OF
every military examination These mtli-
tarv examinations are held al over theen-
pirs. and the candidates have 20 shoot wi'h