The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-08-07

fhc REBEL Was Dae To the Training They
Had Previously Received from a Ameri-
can Mandarin Named Ward-The Native
ChiEsse Have AIwsys>eeded Foreigners.
- - generally admitted. evc5 by the
r.-rFr themselves, that jhr one depart
O. lh' Chinese government that IS
altogether above TCprCach BE- tbnt OF the
-a. customs. presided over by frr-
.--- Sir Robert Hart he was held "a
r... ..-H regard that. ia r. said h. was
-.- t.-e.fncr within the walls OF Pc
s.. .. raa time z vas closed 90 outsiders
z.. SEAS as.r AN o.partgutty 20 escape,
.-- .t va= eou~i~',u; with Ei~ whole lie
.-H.~ 60 refuse the proaered chance I'M
b. was shared by MS rIend- and fell
~ ..rafyrrsn. The regard which those
4. ...r.ms power manifested FOR him ard
... wide latitude trev allowed him IN ~
D.. .... operations show that even the
...-. a. China can appreciate qualities
e"... .ra lacking ir themselves, and the
STORY y h'S career D. oa.y another Illus
.r..Hr OF how deeply indebted the couu-
-. ras been 10 foreigner Tor Its advance
r..f
..na IS an cxcmpHfraton Of the fate
rr.r tafIIs nation which sets itself up
....rst the progress o. civilization.
E..ualug onward ,ith irresistible force,
...gu-r.ng ..up..'jug civilization may
boo L.narrcDr l,-y or Juggtrnaut,
.rte~ taking along with IL and blessing
bose. who accept IT'S teachings. or crush
-. those who seek 90 oppose il beneath
..- cumulative weight Of progressive
centuries.
r. ming nrccodcnC" through its an
r..r. as a nation, Win uyuasuc Chro1-
.r. r,teadug back nearly 500 years,
r.... has ever stood iu the pathway Of
H.-r.--. blocking the road and refusing
4 ..HI aside. Viewed in the light of
history there can be bur one fate in store
,r -..h Cd nation for against il are ar
-r.. rn, combined moral, If not physical.
.r..- ot the world, and II must obey the
mandate ,r perish IN am Intellectual struS
-.. rr supremacy The world will not
..,rr. even a negative assent to the
universal creed that he who is not wiki
.. f. ..aiust us" IL demands an active
..rf..ariou in affairs that make for the
.r.mar. best The universe can yield.
First Foreigners 10 Aid China.
With the origin Of her people shrouded
!r t.- ul-t- and mysteries of a great an
,rr..-v china dwelt by herself for thou
sands of years before the outsider pere-
rr.r,l the barrier she had erected around
r.r empire Al last the great Monco! !
crrsnt- Khan. preached the walls and
compelled the Chinese to stand on the |
d.fr.lya. About the middle OF the thir- |
t..urh century o grandson Of Ghenhis |
went 10 the aid Of the Chinese against !
D.I mn
tu his INiu. refused 10 go away after the |
Lft-r had been expelled.
This man was the famous Kublai Khan. |
Who crowded out the effete native Surg |
dynasty and brought It TO an end estab- |
I-alus himself as emperor of China about |
jhr year 1870 firmly fixing himself as such |
nine years later. Kublai Khan may De |
called. perhaps the first foreigner who |
came 20 rescue China from the depths Of /
i-uoItuc, in " Inch she was plunged. She |
lid Not want 10 be- rescued. To be surd |
I'D the eiEuiZ.ug process went on much /
against her viii Whether his coming |
Vas for her welfare or not Is open to
question, since IL would seem that thiS |
breach ia the walls Of eXclusiveness was |
hlf the precursor 10 her eventual down |
fa. and disiuteS.ation.
Having brought with him some wise mon |
from Persia, and having invited 90 his |
capital that eminent traveller and histor- |
ian Marco Polo Kublai Khan set him |
SELF 10 the task OF recognizing Chinese |
Affairs He extended Chinese territorial !
limits beyond Tonquin and Cochin China. !
and also extended the limits Of Chinese |
knowledge
The asJroloP-rs and astronomers who |
'amg with him erected tower for the |
observation Of the stars. set up inStru- |
mrnt~. which may BE- seen on the walls |
"i f-hiu To-day. ana taught The Chinese |
much more than the Tudiments of science |
which they already possessed
kuhlai PASSED away In 1894. and his |
'}ua-ly Ia 1886, when revolution over !
throw it, and then succeeded the Niings. |
native rulers who reigucd until 1914. Dur
i.E the nearly so years they were in
lower the Mings did little Tor China. but
L-l their own until The Mantchoos in
'a1.I he country and sent them after
Tie rest
German n Prime Minister.
The MantchCos took possession of Pc
I'm and proclaimed as Emperor, Shun-
.'- ne youthful son Of their own King !
..t was educated by a German Jesuit
Adam SchalI This man was another
'-'' ii'' Il DtituCtHt nlHu- !
..~ over he Chinese. for he was presi-
-.. 'i The mathematical board. and be-
'..H- 10 fact, prime minister. Thirty
...'- later IN i6i some Jesuit astron-
came o"' as missionaries from
.'. %. ana Louis XIV sent with them
SUI TO The Emperor kangshi,
bronze azlmuth and celestial
"''i me directions Of the chief
faiher Nerbeist the chi
'N1I,N'l lhelr We'll known powers
49," so successfully that they
... '--'' "''"-Ila' group OF astrO-
............ '.'S,' 'il'7"'S win their dragon
.,, ''~ III 'Ar Obs ryatory. These
.......,s -, - '''''"s '"r worlds finest J
M. -
Limit Of r-...r 49, -''r been about the
rt. lf.rf.r.... .t.. -.' the coming OF
araumer-s d.. .'''s Win II any
hluuf,.fre D,rf,. OF general
.- rr-tr r.f,r '"' second century !
...r.rgrtlr.v 3D.. ~ ''.. 'hlhd became
..... ban. '.'s Country OF Int I