The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16
CHINA.
Proposed Peaceful Invasion of Celestial
Kingdom.
Washington Post.
Kingdom.

y hy" ~. .oe Of a commercial nature, and
y ~ '.olvipc no grab Of territory. This
q ''.s ..,omeu. is determined that the
e';,.d e' States shall obtain share Of
B u'', y. ,,,de Of the middle kingdom, for
Il " Ns;.h four great European powers are
q 'n,' -. couteuding. Accordingly, the
,.' ,.',,tmeut Of State is on the point of
81 .asl;shipg a very important and elab-
g 81 w. document, taking the form Of a
M lame Of 500 pages, which shows
gu ~ how this result is to be accom-
I v,;.bed. The book will afford mighty
',,,estiug reading for every merchant
!, u manufacturer, big or little, in this
|Ss NJ step, will fail to be taken, no
,,,e left unturned, in che compe-
|a;,;o, for fair share OF the trade of
g., 800. 100000 people who dwell in
Nd, washed by the same sea that
ST ST ,,ss the shores of California. Oregon,
I'd Washington. It is not merely
sssfhioa. Russian Siberia, Japan, Korea,
'a n I'm Formosa, the Philippines, Java,
|o,neo. and multitude Of islands,
3 sEl Ls,t and small, constitute vast field
ssi,b has been termed the "Pacific
~ A,,utunity.' All eastern Asia to-
!, is trembling with the oncoming
,,d Of progress, and when once these
:' ,,ounred hosts realize that old con-
sI,ous of sloth and inaotion must
I'D 10 the invasion OF new ideas,
' IN the movement all along the line
III astonish the world. Those coun-
8 Ses which have prepared to control
Asiatic trade will naturally take
;9 lead in the division Of the spoils,
bile those who are laggards will be
W aeyer rclcgated to the rear. Korea,
Iva. and the Philippines have as
sI luy accessible inhabitants as Africa,
'|' lie Siam has as numerous popula
bu as Australia and the lesser
sasnl, Of the Pacific. ,
Ihua. nevertheless, is par excel
Ace the field Of future American op-
&Sauni,y. With her 100000, 900
epe advancing rapidly in civiliza-
@ b with the growth of q new era, she
@ need immense quantities Of ever
many kinds of things. which we are
to furnish. At present her
srs arc only one-seventh Of those
7s7za France, which has one-seventh Of
3nas population; but the time will
arrive when her products will be
Y 3prtionate to the number Of her
,bitants-say, fifty times as great
Fl e1portation as they are now. The
bem is to make her rich by de-
Rpng her resources, and then she
have means and willingness to
fifty times as much. Oh, it is a
2ss: derful prospect
ss=ss49 s5ss9 century hence the Chinese em.
\ 9 will be gridironed with American
Tsys, traversed by Yankee loco
aives, drawing trains Of cars built
M United States factories. These
will carry not only pig-tailed
Bngers, grown Indifferent to the
flege Of running over the graves
slr ancestors, but coal and iron
Chinese mines. The mines will
controlled mostly by American
bal, aud their machinery will be Of
nean make. These will be other
h, too, Of gold, silver, lead, and
Pus other valuable metals and
fas derivable from the bowels of
earth. For. if the testimony of
American experts and explorers
= sth anything, China embraces
of the richest and most extensive
"a producing regions in the
'herto the development Of China 8
'a' resources has been studiously
afagcd and opposed by the au-
'es. The first thing required is
d1 ssl0n to the people to avail
selves freely of their un touched
;. under ground. The absurdity
present situation in this regard
=. ~ illustrated by the fact that
% ''ats at lchang, 1000 miles in
,a the Yangtse river, are com
'es 10 burn costly imported Japan
although Ichapg is situated
he e borders Of ono Of the richest
g. e sz!5e sflas in The world. the coal de-
in Of that region are so remarka-
% arrest the attention Of casual
s,s' but the governments will moi
'aen to be worked.
. aese mines, with the iusidenta1
\ 'ss and! petroleum springs, were
aed to be exploited, there would
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