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Lord Charles Beresford went to China at
the solicitation of the associated chambers
of London, for the purpose of ascertaining
how best to protect and extend British
trade He visited many places and inter-
viewed a host of persons, both English and
Chinese. He unreservedly took the position
that China's future lay brightest in the d.
rection of the "Open Door, of trade which
is the name popularity given to the policy
of permitting all nations to do business on
an equal basis He found Russian influence
increasing in a manner to threaten the Brit
ish prestige and to alarm conservative
Cinnamon and as we'll as the English and
American merchants. He conceived that
China's trouble at present springs from her
extreme internal weakness, resulting from
a wholly inadequate military force to pre-
serve order and to guarantee the rights of
both natives and foreigners. His keen eye
detected grave faults in the fiscal as well
as the military system. On all sides he
found evidences that the people are COM
planning because they are taxed to pay the
foreigners They believe that because
China mas been compelled to borrow
money from outside, which interest must
be paid, their taxes are collected solely for
fact. added to the native hatred of foreign
ers of all races and nations, has caused the
government a great deal of trouble in the
provinces in the raising of revenue, while
the army is not powerful enough to enforce
order and compel obedience to the laws
Hence the state is in a sad condition of
disruption, while Russia continues her en-
croachments. Manchuria, Lord Charles
found, is today virtually Russian prov
ince. He learned that there were at the
tme OF his visit no less than 10000 Rus
sian troops in Eastern Siberia and Man.
churia, all available for immediate service
IN the event of & rupture of relations be-
tween Russia and China or Russia and
any other European power with holding
IN the far east. Naturally. under these con-
dftions the British sensiblities Of the inves-
ueator were offended and he returned to
London most determined advocate of the
open door policy pointing out that statis-
tics prove the British trade to be the most
considerable in Chra and noting the urgent
necessity of injecting a new life into the
empire, which Is sloughng away like dis
eased body. Lord Charles epitomizes the
case in brief paragraph in the midst of
bis chapter on the Chinese armies, as fol-
lows:
China, throughout her history has been
one long scene of rebellion and stern re-
preston, but never before has authority
been in so weak or so helpless a condition,
cring the government from maintaining
force adequate, in either numbers or eff
cheney to prevent disturbances and rebel
The moral to be drawn from Lord Reres-
ford's report IS that unless the civilized
powers unite in a reasonable demand for
equal trade facilities. and contribute unset
nshly to the recreation of China's govern
mental strength. the great empire will
hreak In fragments, which will be seized
IN turn by the powers now lowering over
the giant. His remedy is European instruc-
ton for the army, a reorganization of the
iIrSt nc
rency system. and the adoption of the open
door policy. which win regenerate the in
dustries and develop the resources
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THE TRAIL OF THE GOLD-SEEKERS. A Record
Of Tavel in Prose and Verse; BY Iiamlin Gar.
MAIN Travelled Roads, ''Prairie Folks +"
Boy Life on the Pratrie, etc New York:
The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Garland did not go to Alaska suffer-
ing from the gold fever. He went rather
as a seeker for adventure. scenery and ex-
element. He found all of them, together
with much very hard work, some danger
and a new view of the mendacity of the
tourist agents who tell of the glories of
the untried trail with a maximum of de-
scrption and a minimum of foundation
He chose the longest route. that overland
by way of Ashcroft, whence the way lay
straight through practical wilderness for
nearly d thousand miles After much suf
fering he and his partner reached the
Stikeen river. where they parted. Garland
to travel by boat down to the coast and
thence up by way of Skaguay to the Klon-
dixie region, the partner to push on to Tes-
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book is diary of the journey interspersed
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STARS AND TELESCOPES; a Handbook Of Pop
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ton of Iynn's Celestial Notions BY David
z. Todd. MA. Ph.D., professor of astronomy
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Boston: Little, Brown Company.
Prof Todd has taken as the basis of his
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Lynn. formerly of the Royal Observatory
at Greenwich, and has amplified it with
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enriching it with profuse illustrations, in