The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21

the Interests of European powers as well
as those of China and Japan. The great
Siberian railroad will be finished In a few
years. Will Russia be satisfied to have
Vladivostock. a port which rs closed by
ns th;r nouns eaca ~, sea sabnsrie VIII sbe
not wish for her transcontinenta railway
a port further south. which is open all the
year; that is to say, port OF Corea! But
such a port would make Russia a leading
power on the eastern borders OF China
and in the Pacific ocean. VIII England
France and Germany consent? VIII China
and Japan consent?
only solution of the difficulty in regard to
her seems TO be to give autonomy to the
nation, autonomy guarantees ra by an Rr,t ahe
and France would both oppose the cession
of that island to Japan should such
proposal be made. 1t is a matter of course
that a heavy war indemnity should be
sought by Japan. and to this claim China
will be compelled to agree. 1t is not inn
probable that very close commercial and
political relations will spring up between
China and Japan. Already the productions
nation are found in the markets of the
other In politics and religion the changes
Will be made more slowly, 1t was devoutrs
edly to be hoped that the liberation of
Christianity which now exists will be per-
petuated and extended.
what has been the effec. of the war on
missionary work and upon the Chinese
generally, and what is likely to be the
most part missionaries have remained in
their places In Picking and elsewhere
throughout the land missionary work is
carried forward without obstruction. Thus
far the missionaries of the seven stations
of the American board in north China have
usual labors. When peace returns. it is
not unlikely that the seed sown VIII yield
a rich harvest.
What will be the effect on the Chinese
nation at large? Without doubt rulers and
people will be greatly Inundated They are
so already To be defeated in almost eV-
he driven of
tributary kingdom, to have their strongest
fortresses captured. their armies driven
back, their capital menaced and all this
by a nation which they have always de-
spised as far inferior to themselyes-can
than this? With the common people. the
labor classes, the matter will end here.
With them the getting of their daily
bread is the one concern, and they leave
national interests to the government. The
government the literary classes and the
business men of China, have been taught
a grand object lesson on the futility of
their old methods and the necessity of
adopting the new.
given. In the month of November last the
writer, in passing through the city of
Chinese prisoners. There were forty-nine
of them in all. They were quartered in the
temple n Osaka the fer tham
to sleep upon: They, were furnished with
sufficient bedding and abundant food. The
best medical and surgical aid was afforded
them, the surgeon in charge having re-
ceived his medical education in Berlin.
They conversed freely with me- and seemed
cheerful. happy and very thoughtful. When
we remember that early in the Chi
uese governor offered 100 taels for the head
of a Japanese private and double that
amount for the head of an officer, such
treatment of Chinese prisoners by the Jap
anese is more remarkable. Nor is 1t great
~ to be wondered at that in a single in
stance, at Port Arthur the cruelties of the
Chinese provoked retaliation. The Christian
Church is mainly concerned with the
spread of the gospel in these two nations
With each new crisis we Christians should
arouse ourselves and obey the great COM
rnand