The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-29

o. Confucius and Mencius. He knaus AL
aaoa{ 'ne great navies Of the world and lie
a-opts everything new In naval warfare
as soon a. lt9is invented am uffsIers
naahs ooaigatioQs TO him Tor havors during
ny stay ~ Iieatsin, aud soaee Of The hest
y Aly inf0rm2ttoa comes from his lead
quarters. The cnEefC feet Ef The navy & z
sne 1orsn coast sqasdroh. y hic9s II d.
assay unaer HIM 3nd which is.spern gps,
~ nne . squadron a. you va find AZ ~
o. the grs1test European foeces tx -
sasls Of Tour tsarDette seagosng as${As|
cia1st one 81 gh.ch il $3.50 TONS in sizA4 I'm ID
t~9 others ok NhicS are more than. I. ~
e1hs eAcny = = has a uamber OF d<cAgAa
protected cEdisefs.s torpedo gotilf&
ana e4eve5Io gunboats. The foo
Chow. squs5goa has number *
me boats. sad IN addition to these
are the Shang1E3t aoflla and tire Canton
notilla- These are under the yiceroy a.
Ianton. and The Foo Chow squadron Is.
shink, under the vsceroy Of Nknking Two
81 III Hung ChaRg's armoaelats have a
speed OF niteep knots an hour: hEsd theg ars
armed with four dtw eive-iaeI Krns5rs gs4ns.
inesc guns have Hotch kiss cannon and
tubes for Whitehead tornedoe~ and they
are OF the best Workmanship the Germans
can turn pl1- l can't describe the excel
fence 81 the guns which Ni~e Chinese are
q
which they are importing are of the best.
iney have. In short. everything shat is
Known 10 modern warfare and see every
where their ships manned With rarsd-6rirg
guns, Hotehkiss guys, Calling guns and
tne giant mosisters ltsYwn as six. eight,
have afrnost edfaaifS ga 4ahtsng n n,.uss
rial, and war betweeR the two nations
viii result 10 m enormous destruction OF
life and property.
One thing which strikes me in the great
gun works Of China. whish 1 visited. is the
fact that they make everything without
regard 20 psSeht4Ejghts or patent law.
There Is no5ailsaxl this kind in China,
and they seem 3d. no scrupIes against
adopting any in 49, they can put their
sshGnd on. They fsFfopy anything from a
collar button to . 5o-ton gun. An Ameri-
can inyaftor who looks 10 China as
future field will be disappointed. / know
OF an American who has been trying
oto iatrodnce Gray's telautograph here.
The ordinary Chinese alphabet contains
about 5000 characters. and as it is nov
te!egrafns have to be sent In the shape of
Taafa oeFs and translated back into Chinese.
by THIS Invention the characters them
selves could be sent and il would be OF inn
mense value to China The vicsroy. 10
whom the man applied, said he would prob
| ably INTRODUCES the invention, but he would
first like TO have one of the machines sent
| on trial The American refused to sell
/ less than $4,000 worth of the machines,
and the venture dropped thrg@gt4 Had
be sent q single instrument SsFAeia prob
/ ably have been copied by the neASsHsnics Of
| the viceroy, and CHINA woul6 Fave made
her own telautogFaphs. / heard Of similar
1 instances at Marking. and the ChInaman
who Fold Ine laughed rs he described how
Il x ~ hAGn
taken in. The man represented tire Maxim
lorapid-hrng gun, and he wanted 10 get au
i 1orderfrom the Sieeroy. He came TO Nan
/ king and was received right royalty. lie
had several OF his guns with him, and as
i he exhibited them the bntton-sole syeiids
T of the Chinese officials widened and their
| black pupils grew big at its destructive
properties. They began 10 figure with
4 him ON pricrs, and led him 10 believe that
they we're going 20 buy the guns. They
| treated him we'll. and when he was invited
out to dinner night after night he thought
4 bis eonfSact was assured, and his visions
we're those of Monte Cristo. All at once
the civnitIss ceased and he was told
that the vfceroy had concluded after all
Ii hatohe did not want the gun. Before he
\ aefeit leaked out that during the nights he
/ had been out eating birds nest soup and
4 shark Inns and listening to the ducet
1 Jscreeches of the singsong girls the agents
of the ylceroy had picked the locks of his
1 gun cases and had taken accurate measure
| ments and models OF the machinery Of the
gems. The only reason why they are no.
/ making these guns today is because they
+ have other guns they consider better. They
have the drawings and they can reproduce
them at any time. In the gun works at
/ kianEnan / saw all kinds Of modern rifles,
/ from che Winchester 10 the Enfield. and
was told that the best OF the lot bad been
Bchosea, and that they we're nov making
them for the troops. handled some which
had Just baen finished. and TO my mex
peranced eyes they looked as we'll as any
have seen elsewhere. Speaking of the
wonderful power of the Chinese to copy
any piece OF machinery which is placed be-
fore thern q curious incident occurred In
connection Rith the eieetric light piant in
the palace OF the emperor. The foreign
manager OF this plant became sick aud
went of FOR hrs health for a few weeks.
When he returned he found second plant
running, The Chinese had copied the
orig mai machinery, aad for fear that they
might make a mistake they had repro
duced il even 10 rhe color and amount of
the paint put on che different parts.
Daring my stay at the kiangnan ar
senal | visited one Of the Chinese gan
boats, which was made at Foo Chow. My
photographer was with me. and he took
pictures 81 the boat and some of the Of
fciais. The sailors did not relish being
photographed. bat the commands OF the
captain made them pose as We wished.
Mr.. Cornish, the foreign adviser of the ar
senal was with me, and our Chinese cards
wer1s sent in to the captain. moment
later round-faced CaIgnaman. standing az
least s feet ,. aud weighing 11pouads. an
peared on deck. He bent over and shook
his own hands at me in Chinese fashion,
and then asked Mr.. Cornish and myself 10
sten dawn into his cabin. This was large
room, built much like the salons of one of
our bir boats IL was furnished with
number OF two-foot tables. which stood
against the walls Of the room between
heavy. armed teak wood chars. so that as
We sat down each of Us had table beside
hlnfa upon which later on tea and cham
nagna were served. The tex was given Us
In Chinese cups, with saucers on their
tons. so tilted into them as 10 keep the tea
leaves out OF our mouths. Tue champagne
was served in little glasses the size Of en-
egg Gun. and the captain smacksd his lips
as the amber fluid apdIbly gurgled down
his throat. In The center Of the room as
we entered one OF the officers OF the ship
was sitting on . stool, with copper basin
in front OF him afid barber behind him.
The barber was shaving bis head and braid
inr mis- Queue, and the officer did not seem
10 regard our presence IN the least.
IIa rose and shO0k his own hands
= n4 then bowed half dozen