The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-07-02
CHINESE CHARACTERISTIC
] These May lie Best Observed in the
Cities of the Flowery Kingdom.

i From the Washington Post.-A very
/ handsome and distinguished looking
1 gentleman is Francis W. HarreH, a
/ former citizen of Virginia. but now a
/ resident of Shanghai, China who. with
/ his wife. is visiting Washington. Mr.
/ Harrell lived for six years in Japan,
! occupying the chair of English in the
/ leading university of that country, and
/ there he met his future wife. who was
! the first child of white parents born
/ in the mikado's dominions. Mrs. Har-
! rell not only speaks japanese like a
native, but she is profoundly versed
/ in the literature of the country Mr..
/ Harrell is now connected with the
! great shipping firm Of n. ]. Robinson
/ & Co, and he comes to the United
/ States TO contract for some high-power
! guns, to be used by the Chinese in de-
Tending several of their important riv-
! ers.
The Chinese government" he said,
! lis in a Dad way, and any organized
/ effort to overthrow it, if backed by q
| few capable and determined leaders.
would G~Hbtless be successful. The
! present cynasty is very unpopular
and great many people were glad be-
cause of IS humiliation by the Japan
csc. The despotic rule of the mandar-
ms has doadened all patriotic feeling
| They are nOn-progressive as well as
! tyrannical. and block the way TO the
| opening o1 the empire to railroads.
| telegraph ines, and ali other accom-
| panimentS If civilization. AS long as
the masses IAN lie kept in ignorance
their power and prestige will Re Sc
cure. The rlandarins melted the low
er classes TO the recent massacre of The
missionaries. but the iastigators were
| shrewd enough to escape punishment
! themselves.
But it will not do to underrate The
Chinese because of their defeat by q
smaller nation. With proper military
organization they would lie formid-
able foe TO any pOw;r on earth. The
| men are brave. and they only need
training to become first-class soldiers.
AS a business people they are far
superior to the Japanese. When a
Chinese merchant gives his word it is
sacred; there is no use in putting 4 con-
tract III writing when dealing with
them, and if in rare cases one defaults
his relatives or friends choerfully COM
ply with the obligation. On the COR
trary, the Japs will break their word
| whenever self-interest dictates. and
the only way to deal with them is by
written instruments. They are bright
and clever, but lacking in the solid
and enduring qualities Of the Chinese
Shanghai is one Of the most beau
tifnl and well-kept cities of the east
and we'll deserves the title of little
Paris In some ways ii is the most
peculiar city on earth. The natives
have a government of their own and
the foreigners are allowed to govern
themselves. There are large colonie:
of English, Americans, French ant
Germans.
'The prestige of Ii Hung Chang has
greatly gone down of late. and the com
ing man of the empire is Chang Oh
:: Chung, viceroy of Nanl.in. He is en-.
| thusiastic On the subject OF organizing
4 great army after the German Sy5
! TEN. and when lie accomplsheS hill
purposes he could put himself &, TAT
head Of the emf ire without any iron
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