The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
united STATES SEN
AT0RS IN China.
Senator Frank Cannon Tells What He Pet
tigrew and Dubois Saw in China
Last Fall.

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| dowager. and the mobiles of the court are
rather afraid OF him They are afraid OF
what ne rntsat do In Picking. and also
/ afraid Of wra. he might 90 IL foreign
1 countries"
What did Il Hung Chang say about
the United States. senator?" i asked
He showed an intimate knowledge Of
/ our political conditions was the reply.
I lie spoke of President Mckinleys for
/ merry wel-known devotion To bimetal-
/ IsTn. as evidenced by MS votes in the
/ house Of representatives. and asked US 10
! carry a message from him 10 the presi-
/ dent, smiling he said. You may tell
| him that feel have right 10 send him
a message as an equal. because If China
were republic and her people elected a
! president would be the president of Chi
ma. The following is Ii Hung Chang 5
message TO the president:
/ - Your exceiiency having attained the
+ summit Of human existence by the silence
which IS golden. 1 trust that you will row
feel free to serve your people by the
/ speech which is silver.
1T was not bad message. was it?"
The silver Question In China.
Il wonder. senator. whether your going
TO China mas changed your opinion on the
silver question:"
No. IL has not replied Senator Cam
non My visit there has only broadened
the views which / held before. / believe
more than ever that the people OF the
United States are menaced from all quar-
tiers OF the weird. and that unless We
guard our own We shall perish. / think
that the first solution of international DIFF
teulty for the American people and the
first solution of our internal difficulties
which are more important than those
abroad. is he restoration Of money justice
10 the American people. China will gain
q great deal by keeping the silver stand
ard. She viii have loo per cent. advan;-
age over the rest OF the producing world
by so doing. As far as l could learn, II
is the present intention Of the Chinese
statesmen maintain the silver standard.
By this standard China now gets leo per
cent bounty on everything she exports
and n protection OF 100 per cent. on every
thing she imports. With the low wages
and the industrious character Of the peo-
pie. we can never compete with the man
ufacturing Chinese under such conditions.
You may raise n protective tariff wall
higher than the Washington monument
! about the United States but the Chinese,
with modern machinery. can make things
so cheaniy that she can pay your duties
and undersell you. l tell you that this is
one Of the greatest dangers our country
has TO face
The Division OF China.
What do England. France and Russia
want Of china?"
They want place TO dump their goods.
They have an idea that the Chinese Will
be great consumers. and their desires are
commercial rather than territorial. j be-
ueve they Will be disappointed The Chi
nese will be great producers but Il will
be long time before they Will be great
consumers They can live on almost
nothing ! visited mills IN China wher.
the workrnen Were paid % cents a day in
silver. This sufiiced 70 support their fam
lies. | saw men making boilers. doing
work for which Is paid from So TO s. per
day In our country. who We're getting -
cents In our money there. They did as
good work as our boiler-nakers. too Farm
laborers eet less than 10 cents day. They
don't know what luxury Is and they are
economical Ia the extreme"
But will they not be changed. senator.
by the foreigners coming in?'
Il think not China VIII always be
China. no matter who 1.-THE rulers are. 1
don't believe they care much who rule
/ them. They think that they are the
greatest people in the world. and al
though they have been sIDjugated again
and again. they have gone on IN their old
Nays and made their conauerors adopt
their customs China makes me think of
q sponge lying the seashore OF time.
The tidal waves Of revolution sweep
ever II. hus whom they so back they DO
not carry with them any OF the sponge
but the sponge has absorbed some Of the
tidai wave. Take a single instance. When
tie Manchus who are now ruling China
frs conquered the Chinese they passed
"a law that every Chlnaman should shave
his head and wear pigtan aS a mark IF
sthjurafien. The Chinese protested. Hun
dreds Of thousands OF them refused and
had their heads eat off IN consequence.
AZ last. however. they adopted the GUS
tom. and they have made II so necessary
To self-respcet IN China that the Manchus
themselves now also wear plgtaiis and
I. shave their crowns.
The Chinese are different from any
race - the word" senator Cannon went
on We produce eur results ny expul-
sion and aggression. The Chinese brings
about ms results by absolute paSsivtty.
hy the wonderful force q uon-rristanCe
and eternal waiting \ mans life is a
p.n-poiat tu the Chinese Idea OF time. IL
a thsng does NOT happen now. it viii GENE
tn the time 81 his t--~andC hlldTen,
ard he feels that D. can AFFORD 20 wait
The motto q our civilization SIS New.
and Il Tot now. Never The Ch.raman
looks az els family record for genera
tionx back ana believes that his children
for evue ratious tn come vii worship at
hls sntiue and have ;be benefit 81 his pa
tieat Waiting
How china Conquered Japan
Z shogli thfuk the war would have
taken scE'e - ihe coueelt out 90 the Clfi-
Reese. senator 49,
Ia dfd NOT" replied Senator Cannon.
I'm the interior q CAjU& - per ceafn =
tAe pyop8e afd not know tha- the wy
Wss gong en- and the 0taer 90 Per cent
f~n'y believed ard SUI believe that chi
ra conquered. aua tsat The japanese have
been coEnpeil.d ta pay tftaufe. Ceierfu-
ftauns are aaN tak8nS place $50 ths back
districts - China IN COMM tue-at.on u
taN great victories which thsir soldiers
wen ever fhe Jarsnese.'
The Emperor seen bs the senator.
't1tti yos see anything = the Chinese
soldiers during y13r say flgrt
"Nef rueh. sala Seuater Carmen. II
tort rhI-A u7urh - che Chirese army.
! fesar~ufr. seeing thr ersurrcr-s fsr}z--