The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22
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Japanese soldiers pressed the soil ON
that fact awakened even the foreign
mt Picking, and as victory after victory O.,
achieved by japanese arms, so the vice. -
was stripped of honor after honor VI n
II appeared that his life. his fortune an
his name would be required to satiate tis
incensed disappointment of his countrNe
men Hope for China in the held OF W.
was abandoned and the great empire 4
Asia bent her knee I'm suppliance befoi
Japan Only peace now was thought or
The navy of China was destroyed; h'oS
strong places were in the hands or y
enemy; her soldiers had fled in dlsgrsrs
from every field. and It was not peace ANS
but the terms of peace Japan would graz /
There is a mockery i'm fate. | have lookedso |
as the step from absolute power to absolv y
humility was taken 1t has been my lot 7
Witness greatness hurled from its pedestal
with the added humiliation OF being sup
plant; to see the ambition of a long life
shattered without the youth to collect
single fragment
"The honors of Ii Hung Chang were re-
stored. and he was sent to Japan to sue
for peace. a fate SO cruel IL seems, but still
logical, for who proper to make peace
as he who might have preserved peace.
1.-THE reflections of the viceroy while on the
voyage VIII probably remain locked in hts
own bosom. II was all nighttime with
him. and doubtless many were the regrets
that, whenl the height of power, he
did not soar to nobler ends than power.
The terms of the treaty are known to
the world They are sufficiently humil-
atfp,, mn I,n,,, vas familiar with the
bis,orv az china
The viceroy still wears his honors. but
the enjoyment is not believed secure. There
is no prestige in the treaty he negotiated.
The terms read as if dictated BY Japan
"a CHINA and I'm tho face OF all his hon
l.ge ~ff ~fta1NF ~
away every memory of a past triumph,
and RanUto-llIe to haunt every .Yyght.
In the treaty Japan says to q 'r.t,,...
must pay the expenses incurred,s
defeating you, that the most ="
land you possess must De cededF A.
great naval station must renrt
posse ssion; that you must SUI
control over your subjects m ma
but am TO have absolute conir
subjects in your territory ana
assents through III Hung cha
Japan. having in view more =.
policy. demands and secures Il
Of several new ports by CHINA
privileges in favor Of a more lib
merce. Whcthe- these changcS-u
yerst-will cause China 20 awake
To-day ;@'' the inilcaions are not favorable;
and il appears as II China has been arouSeu
only To so 10 sleep again
WIN '"i""
whether or not china will awake Is an
Interesting question: II is true Japan has
forced her to throw open several new ports
but whether the government will proven.
the building of railroads to the interior
cities is an unsolved problem. Without
SUCH foreign protection as foreign pusl-
mess interests in the treaty ports have.
without jurisdiction in the consular courts
no foreign capital can auord to invest III
ANYTHING in china. But with proper pro-
tection railroads penetrating the interior
of CHINA from Shanghai or. indeed, from
-. -, a.. t,r,...r norris would prove profit
abie investments. Within an arc with
bur,lrcl milo radius describing a half cir
~, rro,n shanghai there are more than
-, ,,itiio, p.ople The country Is as Hat
,s nonr Railroad building would be-
,.,r,,,, rativ,lv 3. simple matter The great
-, - ,,id h. ia tho rails Under
,.I.,,,.,,, b,,, 4, yin ,nla treaty revision