New-York tribune., 1900-07-18

Gated the great Catholic mission or the Peh Yang
Inside OF the Inlperia city Is LAe WSt+gC 4-ii -i
dwellings and halls and Ofices-Afty more. This
inner incosure measures about TWO and a quarter
miles in circuit and is called Taz Kin Ching or
"Carnation Prohibited City" III, -.
Here lives the Emperor. who is well called the the
Solitary Man All the other men IN me me 10 10
gpy Two thousano IA-y 90 g. . me iSr - n
The chief eunuch is man ot grsaL lmPorIare7 IAN -
In 1884 the foreign representatives were admitted
hibted City; There had been a long contest 10
tatiOn Of complimentary letters written by the
yas SIs OF Of ge Sete by N & hen 3r 9 s Regent it was rs
put IN force Since that time the foreign Ministers
hall in the Prohibited City
space doe. not permit me. 70 set out full de-
described The system OF taxation in PeKlng IS
inside the city Of Peklng there IS no tax on land
houses OF persona sate5 0PS ,i6 tax bu} are
exempt from taxation aftervfard The only tax
transfer Of real estate amounting to about 10 per
cent Of the price paid This TAX rs Is e39etsa M & on a
whenever the change Of the title is registered by
yarnen and red deed is given. This exaction
however, Is said not 10 be uniform.
To the absence OF onerous taxation Of the body
OF the people may 70 great extent be ascrt2ed
in some parts Of her great tominio7s there have
almost aIwa-s been riots and Instructions they
eigners which unfortunately has recently found
sz9res som9 snoT o cRn terrt0ry by Germa5y Russia
England and France. AS China has consented
tect them Il she does not the foreign Powers VIII
themselves send troops INTO heT territory TO 40
duty. The existing insurrection. which GEMS %
not by the Chinese Government then by the treaty
Powers. II positive assurances from the great
Powers be secured to the effect that the par
prevail again and business will proceed usual.
every riot in China emphasizes the necessity Of
in China we have been able 10 send in few days
troops from Manila 70 Join in the protection OF
Americans
1t may be disagreeable to the Administration to
tH9e b1I+ we cannot abandon our fellow citizens
who are in China under the sLiPuIarons of @ ne
tts nao1Ie what does II do except collect taxes? We
own. That same position should be now main
ably be avoided it should be understood thai
- -tGooPs are are IL % have nor spsce - forecast
the questions that may come up when China is
Queted
The sinking OF the Maine inpeued US to war.
Dreadful that crime was II pales before chinese
assfsted In = Wholesale murder
We never certainly knew that Spain ordered the
white people have been slain at Peking there is no
crime must be punished The Emperor, the En-
PerEer partition than wholesale murder but parti-
adopted l5Le -i.LS oe " ~ +,--e l-e - Es
It Therein comes the rub for In the face OF
Imminent peril and overwhelming duty traditions
must give way. they have often done in our his
tory. To stand entirely aloof from the European
Powers would destroy influence. II we 20 IN
with them in the effort 10 restore order We may be
able TO exercise influence in determining the
destiny OF China What, then should We ask
First protection 70 our merchants and mission
aries and then the autonomy Of the Empire
Whether the outrages eliminated in murder or
not the situation will be greatly changed. The
foreign Powers must step in and restore order IN
China A new dynasty must he put the throne
venture 10 predict that II will not be months
before peace viii prevail and the merchant and the
missionary viii take up again the tangled skelns OF
their former OCCUPATIONS