The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-11

and there along the Yangfzse suitanie TOT
&c x.syr~oxe The documents Of sale wers
dufy sealed and signed ard the Hsohsy
maid. Building began and eyeryfhihs
r~ared satisfactory, WREN f1aofhls -
cnip~x~ rose up. demolished the buiininss
90 sssf.-es .has the foreigners should
not have the land The sale having DeS'
erected tsy the officials with ali que cere-
,-,ouv. the foreign proprietors have natu'
civ heeu dispufing the point OF posses
siou and the matter Is not yet settIeo.
Unfortunately, however, the bu .s..
eonssll has, / believe, consented 70 go
,sn certain rserttor OF the land. WneTea1'
1870 ,srs,, on hsz side. he should stout
To- refrxa 20 eyarsate an inch ana
~o,,nte NJ canhoass would prooaniy En-
cbasszn his resistance effectively. Nnefh-
ar however foreign orcupatfoh hasA~f
s,,rt circumstances would he enfoyani@
or r,eaeeahIe Is another matter. Inf ar
runsnf brought forward ny the shfhsss
a. that the lard was common and not ~
,be nouer of the taotzi 20 cell al all But
p,hv was not the objection made Defors
the money was paid7
with regard 10 the present riots paiohc
epsnsorl here IS, Of course, very mocn "
vided There are many VINO maze 'ne
most Of their opportunity TO vent ,nsir
Ere against the missionary as usual -
pecfaliy as IL has been some time since
,hat fonr-sufyerfng body has offered an
excuse for n little stone throwing.
verv important factor. however, 10 ne
horne in mind Is that frequently over
,ooked In these cases and that ~ me anu
Foreign rather than the ansi-thfisiah
nature OF these risireE. the risihes az
near antf-chrisfian because they occur III
y,iacez where the only foreigners happen
xtcz hf3f those
studied the question impsrtisily are con-
,-tneed that III is the foreigner ana not ire
Christianity against which they are 81
yected. That the rulings do occur IN THESE
remote stations and not At the IsoTts -
me misfortune and not the iauit Oh 'hs
missionary. :.
IN the former yangtzse riots ~ was
rroved pretty conclusively that they had
n noiiffcaI and not an anti-rhristian orr
rsr, and were the work OF the secret So
cIety men who hoped thereby 10 insoiVe
the dynasty in trouble with foreign po"
ers IL IL quite possible that siiniiaF
motive may he responsible for the prssen,
trouble. as thc Yantzse valley - OF an
fhs disloyal provinces the least attached
a. the movers that be I'm Peking. The
missionaries here show very praise
worthy spirit Of Christian hope that the
confinement Of their fellow workers ~ the
yamen may lead 10 some OF the tninsse
ladies being influenced for GOOD VINO
might otherwise never have been reached
II lis an i'll wind that blows 70 one good'
and II some of these riots could lead 10
China being taken by the neck and given
"a thorouch shaking neither missionaries
nor iayrnen would mind. perhaps, neinS
sseriflced a little on the altar OF friend
ship. cut,
ri, show how little stoical China has
besrl Influenced by Japan's victory, see
II 49, la
resent Japan a. "A suppliant at NINA
feet. AS far as the awakening or emma
a. concerned. the late war has been en-
tirey wasted.
How long foreign powers are going 10
nut an with China rs she fs is question
dlfic,Ilt and discouraging 10 answer. IL rs
20 he feared that international jealousy
fs the clog on European machinery whifh
prevents that united action so necessary
in the present crisis. II might be well 20
have a partitioning up OF CHINA. Man
cht,rsa to 20 20 Russia and the fanctzse
70 England the remainder being equally
shared by Germany, France ana Japan,
hut the whole of China being too large
mr. order for any one power to undertake,
nothing at all will probably continue the
order of the day tiii Russian advance
forces the hand OF Great Britain. too late
"a ne of much service 10 either China or
herself. Russia has evidently been max
trg hay out of all this. Her loan 20 China
seems 10 be no longer disputed fact. in
yeturn for which she has obtained some
valuable territorial concessions, az the
privilege 10 carry her railway through
Chinese territory practically amounts TO
an occupation of the land. Meanwhile
things are in a state of status quo be-
tween Russia and China and nothing
further has been done. either regarding
Iiaotung peninsular or the commercial
treaty between China and japan Every
thing IL outwardly at standstin. but
each mower IL covertly shifting It's posi-
zion and we shall find in the next tahleau
vivante that a considerable change has.
perhaps. taken place in the attitude OF
each.
Chinese superiority Is again beginning to
evtnee itself IN Picking by the refusing OF
the gentle epthe.. foreign devil and
kindly greetings 10 the foreign passer-by
Of stones cast from the ancient walls of
Picking, Stone throwing was very much
in yorua some months ago, but the Brit
,sh minister bestlrred himself and the
rastlme was suspended. Now II has. how
ever. recommended. and one of the latest
victims has been Mr.. Trip. the Graphic's
artist. He will doubtless send come In
tnrestinr sketches 10 the Graphic and
also describe In glowing terms how much
lie was Struck with the Chinese charac-
ter. If this is in the Dragon city itself.
with the select little coterie or foreign
ministers within stones throw, can We
wonder at anything which takes place
1000 miles or so SOUTH