Cochise review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1900-1901, 1900-11-07
OUR RIGHTS IN CHINA
Translation and Study of the United
States Constitution.
Az international understsndtnE
Brought About Through. Trans
actions Between Our Gov
eminent and Denmark.

The relation of THE United States
to the responsible government OF
China is, in some respects. different
from that of any other nation. Al
the present horrible crisis ail is con
fusion and chaos. In the future
lasting settlement is to be made It
will be full of difficulties. but America
holds place Of vantage. The follow
ing paragra'5 lS explain i'll part, why
this is so-.WhS The high officials OF
China understand as better than they
do any nation Of Europe. When the
first Chinese legation 10 The United
States settled in Washington it was
accompanied by very int elligent and
cultivated attachc, by nIn Tsai Sih
Yung. He came OF an ancient Chi
nese family, one Of whose members
had been prime minister of the en-
pire-a very nnnsNa .osr for pure
Chinese to hold under a Manchu Tar
tar dynasty. He was a graduate of
DR.. Martins college at PelIing and
had also taken his Bachelors degree
in the Chinese examinations. During
hfs residence in Washington he formed
q close friendship with DR. Edward
s. Holden, then one Of the astrono-
mers of the United States naval OBJ
servatory. In one of their converse.
tions Tsai was asked The object of
the coming of his legation. why,
= "a n rnoDa 70
country" And how is a treaty
made?" ut is a written agreement
between your president and our en-
peror" Nothing more?' No, moth
ing more than this" 1t transpired
that Tsai, and his minister as we'll,
was totally ignorant of the treaty
making functions of the senate, and
they were thrown into CONSERVATION
when they heard the story of the re-
lection Of the treaty with Denmark
by the senate after President Grant
had arranged for the cession Of the
Danish West Indies. and after the
confiding Danes of St. Thomas and
Santa Cruz had formally voted to ac-
cept American citizenship.
Out of this conversation, says the
New York Sun, grew project to
translate the constitution of the
United States into the Chinese Ian
guage.' For many months'the China.
man and the American met daily,
Each provision of the constitution
was carefully explained and discussed
and then written down, with a COM
mentary; on subsequent day the
Chinese translation was rendered
back into English and again discussed
until an was clear. Doubtful points
were referred to Frederick w Whit
ridge Esq. aof the, New York bar,
in writing, or; occasionally TO. Mr. JUS
tice Bradley, of the supreme court,
Finally the document was completely
and satisfactorily translated with
marginal commentary and sent as an
Official dispatch TO the tsung.h-yamen
in Peking.9 A copy of it was deposited
by President Holden in the library
Of the University of California, where
1t now 10. On Tsai's part it had been
q labor of love and on his return to
China it, won for him official ad-
vancement in rank and place, His
American coadjutor was glad to give
q portion Of shis time every day for
dearly a year TO this public service
which has resulted in making the
high officials in Picking understand
the United States Of America as they
understand no other country. They
are themselves literary people and
are .uied''to relying on the written.
word. They know the organization
Of Great Britain or of Germany in a,
very different way from that of our,
own country, and we are, according
~. trusted 40 no other country is.
Our opportunities at the present
crisis are unique, Every European
government is distrusted by all the
high officials, at ,Peking-by those
friendly to foreign inventions as we'll
a. by those who hate and ctespise the
foreigner and all his works When
the time comes to adjust final and
lasting settlement for the future it is
in the spoWer, of America.sto take a
high stand. The constitution of our
government 10 understood. It is
known that we desire no territorial
acquisitions. We desire and we mean
TO have the treest opportunities for
trade, and above all things the fullest
protection for our citizens in foreign
parts, 1t may be necessary for our
troops to Join with those Of Europe
and Japan in punitive expedition.
II may even be necessary to raze the
wallis OF Picking to the ground. to
plow the lite and SOW It with salt, as
the Tartar Chief Jenhix Khan was
used to do with the rebellious cities
Of Bokhara and Turkistan. All this
will be understood az 4 deserved pun
iahment for acts which even the Chi.
nese cannot defend. But In the final
a6justmsnta0f relations America may
hold . uniq,ar place; and this posi-.
tion Of moral vantage sheulA b safe.
guarded In ell our acts.
DRON NED In A FLOOD.