The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-29

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WIS country a-e the Cantonese, many
Or them originally brought in as chez
sa ao The merchants are all Can
the country hardly a man from Fucho.
n mnoiy, .Lingpo or any Of the, great
Why's Why ,h OF Ems ms country have no idea Cf
Times Hard in China,
The situation IN Southern China Is very
psn; though doubt IL the people. outside
OF tne mandartns, know anything about
s Tnat T. : going on up around Picking. While
mere - not famine in the country, ex-
aeliy, there is shortage Of food, and
times are hard. Cash which is the cop
per money o. China. Is at 20 per cent.
,housand on these coins for a dollar Mex
iean, you get only 800. Times are hard and
there Is much unrest among the people.
River swarms with Pirates.
,s.W west river which is the. great river
mat canton is located on is swarming
wtn pirates. Last December left Hong
a"ns ana went up the river 800 miles In
government gunboat, and from there
LUZ miles into the Interior away over
near the Himalayas. As we proceeded up
the river, hying the Chinese imperial flag.
we could see the pirates in hiding along
we banks OF the river for hundreds OF
miles. waiting for some one to come along
70 rob. The banks of the river for long
Instance are low. and there are myriads OF
small creeks or bayous running into the
main river. and ia these side streams,
shaded by the trees and foliage that grows
there IN great luxuriance, the pirates were
iyins IN wait for their prey. OF course
they treated NJ with the greatest respect,
because We weIQ flying the nag. To show
now brave and eold they were as an In
stance, they attacked an English gun boat
and gave them fierce fight, in which
several blue coats were killed and Others
wounded: There Is no getting around the
and hard shters r,ases ars e5svs
powertess, at present. to put down these
pirates. and shippers and travellers on the
~ from them II they want to transact
business on the river. This IL one reason
why / say the. tax-paying class, the main
of the emperor's party, which thew iook
upon ms tending to restoration of or
der. so that they may pursue their voca-
risinss.
strength Of the Emperor Party.
Nearly all of the great statesmen Of
the empire are in the cmperor's party.
llceroy Ii Hung Chang. one Of she
man man who made a tour. of the United
states 5nd Europe several years ago, Is a
sort of o-between for both parties.
emperor's party. He was ordered 10 Can
ton last year. but since l left I under
stand he has been summoned to Peklng
ers there. Ii Yung Yew. consul general
man. as is iii Yans. Wang. who Who was ss.,e a,
eminent ability, well educated and well
informed and II anybody thinks they are
not pretty smooth people they are very
the emperors party. Don Carlos Planka
OF Manila, mandarin. end one of the
shrewdost men In the Orient is on the
other side, with the dowager empress
party. His Chinese name IL III kuie WI
the other is his Spanish name. He is a
sharp old rascal too, and has caused US
term rascal In any disrespect. but he Is a
smooth one. and a power In the land
Emperor IL Perfectly safe.
When asked about the rumors that the
emperor had been killed by the empress
dowaser' party. Mr.. Plat smiled and
hesitated. then said no could safely make
the statement that the emperor was well
II have a cable from there this morning
put perhaps I had better not go any
further" he said, but you may say tina.
II Is reasonably certain that the emperor
- we'll. and that he IL surrounded by a
strong support OF the most able states-
men In the empire,
Two Parties I'm Power
Both the empress dowaser and tho
emperor are living at the imperial palaces
IN Peking which cover a large territory.
There are palaces and castles, In ex-
tensive gardens and grounds They ara
surrounded by their courts, and each
keeping UP pretense OF being the gov
eminent though at the present time the
empress dowagers party Ia enjoying the
living and the emperor's power Is merely
nominal and does not extend much out
side hts court When I arrived at the
palace our party was met at every turn
by guards and soldiers, some OF them car.
sy rn, "a sInna. .ss and eatlasses Of
latest model rifles. The palaces are
guarded by numerous walls and forth
heattons, and you have TO go through
many gates and passages 10 reach the
cmperor's quarters, all vlxllantly guard
I'd. A foreigner. or person dressed IN
the clothes OF a foreigner. would hardly
he able to even approach the outer circle
Of thu palace grounds. In fact. for
eigner cannot 20 anywhere In the em-
ptre bat he viii hear on all sides foreign
devtr and other expressions OF hate. They
will stone him, spit on him aud ofrer all
manner Of indtgniiies, so great Is their
hatred for foreigners, especially the mis-
sionaries ana the followers Of the mis-
10 Not Like Christians.
The Chinese who have become stu
dents In missionary colleges, So far from
having any influence ier good among their
own people. are looked upon as lower than
tho loves. coolies IN the social scale. They
are dcspiEei snd deridcj by their fellow
countrymen. who place no confidence IN
them. They say that one who renouuces
the religion Of his fathers aud takes up
a new religion ~ not TO he trusted. The
same r. true OF natives who pretend "a be
Christians. II Is a maxim among the neo-
pie who are well versed In the ways ot
the country. that u boy comes Ia you
20 engage as servant and says he IL
Christian 10 aena him home al once, waNc
II n boy says he Is not n Christian he
can be trusted, His employer may leave
hts clothes. money ana Yalussles scatter
81 about, ana In the morning they would
an BE- found TN nice order. and not thing
missing With the boy no saws he Sc
Christiaa the chances are that the bog
ard the valuahlrs would both - gone In
Manila there were sA.aN Chinese Roman
Catholics whom the Americans took p1s.
srsstau. now there y not ore. That shows
how b. works The chinese fnt rnMuSf-
rii purposes. Viii Eretend O. ACCEPT re-
lgion and ga this ne does not lose thr
respect ~ his fellow coGntrymen They nj
understand IL ana understand that ne -
= good Confuciaa OF Taos or buddhist
Shin~se Are Religtoux.
The wav 10 reach the Chlnese D. not
by attempting % turn them away from
fheiT religion. which 10 really the WORSHIP
ct iAeir ancestors, or a, least hat Is
large Item ia their fVlEEloa. though 7 wiu
ne; say tNat ~ al Tor I 30 rat know Nut
they ayc "a verys teliKi 0us People, and TANK
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