The age-herald., 1897-12-26
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 was supposed to have 5000 troops under his command. and received appropriations for that number. He did have 5,00O unl- forms and about 15O regular troops. When called upon to make showing he would gather up the coolies for miles around, press them in a uniform and show them off. This, however, occurred only once a year. In the meantime he and few of his off, cers were taking the money and dividing it among themselves and the chief official in the province.
 The Chinese government is now and has always been the most corrupt on the face of the earth. The average Chnaman would much prefer to see 1t divided up among the foreign nations of the world than to remain as it is.
 Lea@e Their Own Fla.
 Where there is a foreign settlement in China, the Chinese flock to 1t and leave their own flag to live under the flag of some foreign nation Take Shanghai, for instance. There are two Shanghais. One is the foregn city; the other is the native city. The native city of Shanghai is walled in. It is exactly one square mile. The walls nothing more than an old em- bankment, made of stone and dirt, and stand about fifteen feet high negro with a pick-axe could go through it in short time The widest street is four feet across. Twelve hundred thousand people live within it's walls. It is den of filth and stench. It has no sewerage. It's supply of water is from a creek which runs diag- onaly through it. No effort is made to keep the creek clean. It's water is almost etc mt f ic a mingham sewer pipe. Yet the drinking water for the city is dipped from this and consumed. It is boiled first. it is true. That is it's only redeeming feature.
 Next to this city is the foreign city of Shanghai. It's streets are broad. It con- tains parks, and is, indeed, beautiful city. It extends along the banks of the Yang Tse river for two or three miles. This foreign city of Shanghai is composed of two dis tinct cities One is French Shanghai, and the other is English Shanghai. The two have separate governments One is gov erned by the French: the other by the Americans, English and Germans. It is a treaty port owned by the several foreign governments In this city of foreign Shang- hai there are perhaps 15,000 Americans, English, French and Germans, and prob ably more than a million and half Chin csc, many of whom are under the protec- tion of either the American, English or French governments Chinese officials have no authority in this foreign city It is as distinct from the Chinese government as though it were located within the United States or England. It is policed by East Indians brought there by the British. They are great, tall, bronzed, strapping fellows, who carry short club, attached to which is a heavy leather strap split into three tails. This club the Indian policeman uses vigorously upon the backs of the China men, The average Chinaman is as much afraid of one of them as he is of the heads man of his own country. The government of this foreign city is perfect Yet the life of a foreigner who goes into the interior of China, whether he be missionary or trader, is never safe. While the Chinaman is an inherent coward, he places no value upon human life and he has no more com junction about murdering a missionary than a Sioux Indian has in murdering settler.
 Chinaman's Love For Money.
 A Chinaman will do anything for money. If he finds that under foreign government
 
 he would prefer it to his own govern ment
 If the great nations of the world desire to appropriate China to their own uses and divide it among themselves, they will have no more difficulty in doing it than would boy have in cutting up fish which he had on dry land. China is like a whale out of water. It can neither attack nor defend itself.
 But in dividing China there is liable to be trouble among the nations For many years England and Russia have been on the verge of war growing out of complica- tions in the Orient. England has had Rus sia bottled up so to speak. Russia has a great sea coast bordering on the Pacific and running from the Korean border to ths Arctic sea- England owns little island between Korea and Japan which practically commands the channel through which the Russian ships must go to reach Vladivo- stok, her only eastern seaport of any inn portance.
 Vladivostok is the terminus of the great Siberian railroad which Russia is building from St. Petersburg to the Pacific. This port is, however, open to navigation only half of the year. It is frozen up six months in the year. In consequence, Russia has heretofore had no coaling station or harbor for its ships in the far east during the winter.
 At the termination of the war between China and Japan Russia saw an opportuni- ty and seized it. The Czar formed an alli- ance with France and the two countries is- sued an ultimatum to Japan that it could not take possession of Port Arthur nor the Liaotong pennsu.ar which tile Japanese had taken by force of arms and which had been ceded by Ii Hung Chang in the peace treaty. Germany a few days thereafter joined forces with Russia and France Japan consequently had to abandon some of the fruits of it's victory. Japan wanted this port because it commanded the en- trance to the Gulf of PechiN on which is located Tien-Tsin and, thirty miles inland, the Chinese capital of PekIn. In going to the Chinese aid Russia tradsd with Ii Hung Chang and China csded to Russia perpetual rights to the harbor of Port Ar thur and certain lands bordering on the