New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21
CHINESE MODS.
.,ors MADE TO ORDER BY LITERAT1 AND
OFFICIALS.

~ ~ rscent manifestations OF the moo spirit
-s,na call for serious consideration pu'ihs 'ne
!" .rsp,v-nvo years there has been SUCCESSION
IN, They are becoming alarmmsy FREQUENT
OF '",.oas,nvIv virulent An Isolated uprising
'' ill.,. occur AT any time. In any land unoer ex-
NE. r, circumstances In China their common ohar-
- and method indicate common orieh anu
,-,use II Is pertinent 10 i"q"'0 ~
.ome and what they mean.
CON" c.,,oso have never acqu!esced in the open
=, their country to foreigners. residence OF
Aver forty years in the country conrrms' ho"e'ei'
~. statement that opposition centres III 'he OIL
~. and the literati. and that as rule the COM
- neonIe left TO themselves are not unfriendly
~. former are the ones who hate foreign IDEAS
drsad foreign influences. and fan the fires OF
s.o,,ent From the first they have sought to
-..,r,ct advance. and. as opportunity oHereo 10
crowd the hated foreigners back.
7, had not been easy 10 do this. Foreign nations
ARE strong and China was too weak The ease
~ which Picking was captured IN the war OF
,s.- and 1850 was impressive Since that time they
,.d az they supposed. gathered strength. Port
.-,hur and We.-Hai-Wei had been built. other
o-,s had been fortified. Channels OF approach
we're guarded with torpedoes. French Meet had
hssn held a; bay in the Boca Segrs- Conditions
,a5 favorable for beginning a reactonary CAM
.,ou Events moved rapidly toward crisis. But
,or the Japanese intervention. the blow would nave
,.Ien on the nations of the West. Possibly they
have not yet escaped IT,
TREATY PROVISIONS DlSkf-NtfNDf-D'
There was manifested 4 growing disregard OF
treaty provisions Indifference TO claims Tor redress,
,ssolu,e opposition 10 all further concessions ana
oo,sn,cuous,y n movement to prevent the foreigner
,-or1 gaining foothold in the Interior. AT th's
point the missionaries became obnoxious Oppos'-
ton was stirred. not because their oocul"eS "ei'
al grating upon Chinese sensibilites. but because
thew were regarded as the couriers OF foreign au-
.roa 7, &c true that the Chinese do not ike
-br,s,,anitv but X Is not true that they dislike
the missionary and love the merchant anu 'ne
sailor They dislike the foreigner because ne Is
foreigner; they dislike his aggressiveness ana 'ear
his supremacy. -
,,,.s'orar,as nreach their doctrines with the Ut
mos, freedom and yet with all due courtesy IN
Picking the very centre OF Confucianism IN Shans
hal and all along the coast The Contucian schoi-
ars show no particular concern about H. fro-Oo"-
f,can zeal dscloses itself only when the missionary
seeks to effect Judgment In new territory ms
,s resisted as a fresh advance OF forelghlsH' Oh
trade and politics as we'll as religion.
The Chinaman Is not fastidious about religion OF
any kind He get along with forty Kihus' !.
,here should be so many. in the open ports. ana
-ould no, trouble his soul whit about them. The
confuc,anist hobnobs in Shanghai with Buddhist
q shintoist a Mahometan. a Hndoo or Farsee'
He cares no more about Christian IMAM aoout
any other OF them. II Chinese CHRISTIANS shou'u
move into interior provinces, carrying 'hei' ie
ug,on with them 1t would move him no more thah
- oarrvinr So many foreign umbrellas. or for
s,gn watches. or smoking so many foreign pipes,
II is not the missonarys religion tnat Is 'he !ed'
ground OF trouble. but the fact that ne - '0'
eirner and that If he oe allowed TO advance anu i
main other foreigners will come trooplhs al'e' "''
tn obstruct missionary advance the favorl'e ue
y,cs q. late wears when gentler methods OF IN
-midation fall has been 10 get up MOP NOUS
are now features Of deliberate and settled pohcy'
A DELIBERATE POLICY
=, N. carving out o. this policy there are three
narties with varying measures OF resPohsIoi'i'S'
First there are the instigators and manlpula'o'S'
A mob may be .mprovised on short notice Dat as
nar,s OF a system these constantly recurring moos
reouire time and effort. The way has 10 De pre-
nared the air charged with explosive material the
io, snirt generated in flness as TO be ready on
tan at a moments notice. This preparatory "o'h
ia done by the nterad and the officials hsh anu
low who are in the movement. The agency EN-
Moved is the circulation OF outrageous stories ABOUT
.,rg ou+ the ewes OF children to make medicine
tho publication Of vilanous pamphlets and placarus
with suspicious hints OF the use OF magical pms ny
foreigners These were the methoos that 'eu ny
"a the Tien-Tsin massacre. or late years acuNl'y
4, this line has been redoubed That these piac-
ards issue from Yamen underlings can be proven
THAT , combination exists for the purpose o, cree
s.ing an ant-fore.gn spirit on wide scale among
the common people especially in the lnlaho prov
inces is equally undeniable. This spirit Is grow
ing rapidly II Is becoming more and more alarm
When an emergency dIlsSS IL iSf"N~
an occasion 20 call IL out. The terau ana OFFICIALS
have done their preliminary work well.
Then come the actual perpetrators Ihese are
the common people. coolies from the street ro"dleS
from the market, boatmen, soldiers. Win perhaps
a shrinking OF responsible householders They act
az the hands and the feet OF the lterat Tney nave
swallowed the stories circulated about atrocious
foreign practices, and count il commemorate thihs
to pelt the barbarans with stones and to loot ana
burn their dwellings. Yet they are by no means 'ne
most guilty Mngling with them in their surglhss
to and fro are to be certain long-gowned
rentry with Confucian mottocovered fans, TOO gen.
teel 20 become butchers and too cunning to be seen
with three-pronged spear in active service pu'
whose words OF cheer stimulate the MOB and whose
suggestions guide its movements. These men are
the life and soul of the mob. But for them there
would rarely be mob. They may always be founu
around the outskirts OF one. forming Its silKen
fringe their faces beaming with delight, dong
their utmost TO help the disturbance. yet man
aging TO avoid anything that would compromise
them when an investigation comes on.
THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT TO BLAME.
Finally there are ineffective administrators OF
Justice who must in for a full share OF re-
sponsibility. The prevention o, crime is always
contingent upon the way in which the laws are
administered Laxty. uncertainty and inadequacy
in the court OF justice always lead to increased
turpitude in the streets and alleys. The puh4sh-
ment OF crime is intended TO be deterrent but IL
ceases
Precisely at this point the Imperial Government Is
TO blame and our governments are at fault
In allowing themselves to be continually hood
winked.
Trace the a,ter-hlstory Of a Chinese mob. Houses
have been plundered and burned. missionaries have
obliged TO fee for their lives Ike bounded
hares the mob has dispersed. the lteratl and the
officials have gone back 10 their opium pipes ana
their work OF Matching out fresh placards. Now
comes the hackneyed process OF "investgaton
begins. but there is telling where II viii end
The Chinaman likes 20 have ii all done by cor
dependence" Herein lies his strength ana IN
less the foreigner is very resoute man, not 10 De
lrinei with, he finds this out 10 his own dlscom-
future. The Chinese officials daily and evade and