The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15
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posite side of the river and does not
/ cross the Pei HO until it reaches Yang
| stun, about eighteen miles above Tien
Tsin. 1t was the destruction of the
/ bridge at this point which prevented
| the reinforcements from reaching the
relieving force that stopped at Lang
fang, about forty miles from Tien Tsin.
and just half way TO Pekin.
/ From Langfang the railroad makes a
sharp turn to the west in order to pass
around the ancient royal hunting park
that lies south of the capital. Passing
An-Ung, hfty-fOUr miles from Tien
Tsln, the next station is Huang-tsun
an important village only fifteen miles
from the capital. Huang-t sun is par
tculariy easy of defense, as it lies on
a commanding elevation with the rag
ing current of the Hun river on one side
while the headWaterS of the Feng and
Lung rivers protect the eastern flank.
teng tai. so frequently mentioned in
the dispatches, is really of no import
ance, except as being the junction of
! the Pekin-Tien Tsin railroad with the
branch to Pau-ting-fu. It was former
~ the terminus of the main lines.
though 1t was almost five miles from
the walls of the capital city, but after
wards, by strategy. the empress was
induced to order" it built up to the
city.
The foreign settlement at Tien Tsin
hes distance south of the native city
and is protected by a heavy wall Of
earthworks, with a ditch outside.
'Smothering'' Foreigners.
The Chinese are a peculiar people
and have peculiar ways of putting
down their numerous local insurrec-
tons They never oppose such move
mentS while they are gaining strength.
They put up only a passive resistance
until the movement has spent its
strength and shows signs of cOIlapse
Then they jump on it with vigor. It is
because of this absence of active re-
sistance that China has repeatedly been
conquered by small armies and bv
small nations. The powers must not
conclude from this, however. that the
partition of China viii be simple
matter
The Chinese are largely Indifferent
as to the figureheads who occupy the
throne, but the persistency of their race
characteristics are remarkable. They
knew that they are helpless before their
foreign foes. because. gigantic as their
resources are. they are unable to mar
shall them When they are invaded
they make only a feeble resistance. but
OA-Cc lAle IubIuNefS are We'll within the
country. the Chinese DeoUle simply
swarm and smother them. They are
the greatest amalgamators the world
has ever seen They have grown hv be-
ing CONQUERED. The Nongols under the
great Kublai invaded them and usurped
the sovereignty. hut a short century
sufiiced for the Chinese to absorb their
conouerers and TO make their country
tributary TO the dragon throne. Still
later the Manchus CONQUERED China and
Seized the reigns Of government. but
thew too have been ensulfed in the
rising tide of black haired men. and
their country made into a province
Neither shall the modern invaders Of
China esrane a like fate. While pres
ent conditions. prevail there the spheres
of influence claimed by the several
powers would doubtless fall an easy
prey to the powers claiming them. hut
when thew have SuDnlied the emnire
with modern facilities for transporfa-
ton. then viii the Chinese come into
their own again and history repeat it
self. The Chinaman will absorb the
outsiders and if thew be not separated
from him by too wide a sea he Will
add them to his. empire. Within its