The Saint Paul globe., 1898-01-30

erations to come will worship at his
shrine and have the benefit of his pa
tient waiting
HOW CHINA CONQUERED Japan
81 should think the war would have
Chinese, SeHator?''
1T did not" replied Senator Can
non. In the interior of China 90 per
cent of the people did not know that
the war was going on, and the other
10 per cent firmly believed and still be-
ueve that China conquered, and that
the Japanese have been compelled 20
pay tribute. Celebrations are now talk
ing place in the back districts of China
in commemoration of the great VIC
tories which their soldiers won over
the Japanese"
EMPEROR AS SEEN. BY SENATORS
Did you see anything of the Chinese
soldiers during your stay there?'
Not MUCH said Senator Cannon.
Il don't think much of the Chinese
army. [ remember seeing the en-
peror's body guard as he made his way
from the summer palace to his palace
IN Peking, and two of our party in
CURED the danger of death by looking
at the emperor. The emperor's BODY
guard was 100 per cent worse than
Falstaff's army in appearance.
Kansas cowboy could have captured
the whole lot of them, and the en-
peror into the bargain Why. it was
more like comic opera than like The
guard of an emperor who rules one of
the greatest nations of the world. And
sun these Chinese would make good
soldiers, If they were we'll trained I
saw a man out pot hunting near Pek-
ing VINO had a gun which had neither
sight nor lock. He held the gun in his
left hand and discharged it by touch
ing the primer with a taper in his
right hand. He did this while he aim
ed at the snipe and killed it. That
man thought he had modern gun.
and that is sample of the way in
which many of the soldiers We're arm
ed"
JAPAN AND ENGLAND.
Suppose the English combine with
the japanese, what could they do as to
China p"
They could control everything. The
japanese could hold in check all other
forces there. Japan is well armed and
she is putting up magnificent fortifica-
tons everywhere. The japanese people
are intensely patriotic and they are now
beng taught to hate Russia. Why, in
the schools of Japan little children are
now taught to parse the sentence, We
must grow up to fight Russia"
What is the industrial condition of
Japan just noW?'
They have had great setback 7
think since they have adopted the gold
standard. Before that they were pros
perinG wonderfully under the silver
STANDARD. They We're charging their
productive powers and were adopting
all foreign methods. Now exchange is
going altogether in favor of China and
without Japan changes her monetary
system she will go backwards"
THE UNITED STATES IN CHINA.
What do you think of the statements
that the United States should have
nothing to do with China?"
L don't believe in that. I think that
we ought to do everything that we can
10 encourage our commercial relations
with Asia. We need the great mar
kets of the far East and we should
have the closest associations with the
Chinese They ought to come here to
get their money rather than to Eng
land. They naturally favor us more
than they do the European nations.
but they must have money to make
improvements and to establish modern
methods. 1 was told that the Chinese
would much prefer to borrow from
u.s."
But how about the security of sucb
a loan, senator? Would we ever get
our money back if we did lend it?"
There is no doubt of that" replied
Senator Cannon "The Chinese are
the most honest people on the face of
the earth They will keep their word
at any cost. Why, a Chinaman to