New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

caste in most OF the states Of Asia" II JenghH
,,s Tho "scourge Of God" he was so in no
fatalistc sense. but solely by reason OF ms
Military capacitv He was "A military genius
NJ tho very first order and II may be question
able whether either Caesar or Napoleon can. a.
commanders be placed on a par with him.
How far that scourge reached II ~ almost I'M
r.csgible for US to-day 70 realize. Not couh-
try from the Euxine 10 the CHINA sea escape
the tramp OF the Mongoi horsemen OF IN
creat Khan. while Russia. Poland Hungary
a, o,.or,. state I'm Asia fell before his success
sors and their generals. In vie" Of this OK
,raordinarv manifestation Of power II speaka
,oluroas for tho strength OF China ard the mil
,arv canaci,v Of her rulers and people thi
Jcrebiz hinaelf was not able 10 subjugate h"f
and that she effectually resisted his successor
for a longer period than any other ha"'" '''
the East or West 1T took the Monsois i"'''
than whole generation to conquer 'he ho'
provinces ~ China and 10 sweep OUT OF eN'''
ence an alien dynasty 0he kins) which ne,
secured the sympathy Of its subjects
Kins fought better in defence or their r's"~
than did either Of the great Mahometan states
of Western Asia or the principalities Oh haS
Europe when assaulted by the same Zoe
As everywhere else in Asia, the effects OF wv
NoncoI conquest were evanescent. The power
weakness and Incompetence. and in less than
century the Mougol rulers gave place /" '"'
native dynasty of the Mings and left scarce
1900 Lobina tbenn. Not So however, witn th"
overthrow of the Mngs by the Manchus IN IN
so,e,teenth century which forms tho sec'h'
1reat crisis I'm Chinese history In TINS '"'''
not only did the foreigner subjugate the ''un-
trv but nc established himself firmly upon '"'
throne founding dynasty under which the EN-
nire rose to its highest pitch OF splehnor am
which to-day controls its destines IL ne Is Over
thrown il will doubtless be only Dy o'he' i''
eigners more powerful than ne l"e pa
PLAYED by China, also, at TINS epoch "d' VIZ
different from her attitude toward her ""ns''
foes Instead OF resisting vigorously anu I" '"'
u,,ar,nost she met her relatively weak antae'-
mist with an imbeoile though prolonged opp"-'-
ton. while her greatest general. Wou Sank"'+
| led the Tartar hosts 10 the accomplishment %
her overthrow. And ever since. though n'r
! Nanchu rulers have formed only small am
| bitterly hated garrison. and IN spite OF h''
! splendid military past and her well-proYed love
! of freedom she has been impotent to free her
self from their control. This is n very extraot-
binary fact. and one that is exceedingly difficult
! to explain unless the explanation - 10 be FOUND
in the admirable qualities of Manchu rule -
Mr. Boulger remarks. how small Tartar
tribe succeeded after forty years OF war In i'm
posing its yoke on the sceptical. freedom-loVihg
and intensely national millions OF China VII.
| always remain one of the enigmas OF history
! As matter of fact. under the great Kang H.
| the founder OF the Manchu ming dynasty ana
his equally great grandson Keen Lung. "h"
carried the bounds Of the empire TO their fur
thest limits the climax of China's hstory-the
summit of her glory-was reached. or thts
two sovereigns and of the equally great Garner
! ruler Tai-tsong Mr.. Boulger well says: Inc
! right OF these three Chinese rulers TO app'Sir
! I'm the same rank with the greatest sovereign
! of antiquity or OF modern times OF Europcs"i
| of Asia cannot be disputed They showed IN"
| same qualities that gained the admiration 81
mankind in the heroes Of Greece ana Rome.
nor can those few rulers and conluerors -
whom by the allowance of all civilized peoples.
the title of Great is due-Aiexander and CnSar'
Charlemagne and Alfred. Jenstz ana Iimour'
Akbar and Peter, Frederick and Napoleon-ne
placed in any way above them, whereas in tho
magnitude and utility OF their deeds some OF
these fell very far short of any one OF these
Chinese e,nperors." And they were great not
merely in conquests. but, what is more, in Wis
DOM justice and beneicence.
But at this period Of her greatest elevate N
China by common arrangement or rate htSt
came into actual contact with the forces when
seem destined to bring her career to an gno-
minious and when her past Is considered, tragic
close-the European Powers To this third ami
probably last crisis in her history Mr.. Boulger
devotes his second volume in which the mar
rative is brought down TO 1898. To follow him
in his account OF the steps by which European