Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-30
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 80. 1898.

pie did not know that the war was going
on. and the other 10 per cent firmly be-
iieved. and still believe, that China con-
quered; and that the japanese have been
compeiied TO pay tribute. CelebratlonS are
now takinS 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 the Senator's.
Did you see anything of the Chinese SOL
diers during your stay there?"
Not much" said Senator Cannon i
don't think much Of the Chinese army. l
remember seeing the emperor's body guard
as ne made his way from the summer pal
ace to his palace in Pekin. and two OF our
party incurred the danger of death by LOOK
guard was 100 per cent worse than raj
stan army, in appearance. A hahSas
COWBOY could have captured the whole iot
OF them. and the emperor into the parsaih.
Why, 1t was more like a comic opera than
IKE the guard of an emperor who rules one
OF the greatest nations of the world. ANU
sun these Chinese would make gOou SOL
uiers, II they We're well trained. saw d
man out pot hunting near Pekin VINO had
a gun which had neither sight nor ioGh.
He held the gun in his left hand and dis
charged 1t by touching the primer WIN a
taper IN his right hand. He did this while
ne aimed at the snipe and Killed II: maj
man thought he had a modern. gun, ana
mat Is a sample of the way in which many
OF the soldiers were armed
Japan and England.
Suppose the English combine with the
Japanese. what could they do as TO
China?'
They could control everything. The
Japanese could hold in check all other
forces there. Japan is well armed ana
lions everywhere. The Japanese people
are intensely patriotic and they are now
being taught to hate Russia, Why. IN me
schools of Japan little children are now
taught to parse the sentence. We must
grow up to fight Russia
VIVA is the industrial condition OF
Japan just now?"
They have had a great setback. I think
since they have adopted the gold standard.
Before that they were prospecting Won
were enlarginS their productive powers ana
were adopting all foreign methods. NOW
exchange is going altogether IN favor OF
monetary system she will go backwards
The United States in China.
What do you think of the statements
that the United States should have moth
ing to do with China?"
Il don't believe in that. I thing that we
ought to do everything that. We can to
encourage our commercial relations win
Asia. We need the great markets or the
sociations with the Chinese. They ought
han to England. They naturally favor US
more than they do the European nations,
but they must have money to make I'M
provements and to establish modern meth.
DDS. l was told that the Chinese would
much prefer to borrow from us"
But how about the security OF such a
loan. senator? Would we eyer get our
money back If we did lend it?"
There is no doubt of that" replied Sena-
tor Cannon The Chinese are the most
They will keep their word at any cost.
Why, a Chinaman to pay a debt of honor
or of money, will often go and give his
head as q substitute to the eXecutioner
for some man who is under sentence OF
death. He will sell his head for 500
women sell themselves into slavery to pay
China is almost as disgraceful as the word
thief"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.