Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-15

~r MAY be that the foreign powers
r,w gathered about and $50 solicit
f.isy watching their holdings In
China lrs moved By a disIn,erested re-
gard for the hapess Manchurian dy-
NASTY. which some consider as about
\, round out Its 800 years and more OF
existence with an abdicatlon. But This
voull be contrary TO AN traditions and
tlachnes of history and the bare sup.
position would De met by the asiute
iipl0mats OF any first class power with
miles OF lnrrcduIlty
They would assure you, II they all
owed themselves 10 speak the truth
though diplomats are said TO hold the
truth IN such high esteem as rarely TO
presume upon a familiar acquaintance
with lt--that the sole reason for this
concern IN the affairs Of their oriental
nelghbor Is that there Is still supposed
10 be- some milk left in The Chinese co.
coanu. 10 not. then why this persistent
and long continued shaking Of the tree
and ths unseemly scramble for the
fruit thereof?
Said O. well known clergyman Of Bos-
ton about 40 years ago when he found a
stretch OF beautiful shore on the coast
Of New England for sale. "Thc Almighty
isn't going 20 make any more country
like this, OF least during my lifetime.
and I'm bound 60 get an can Of IT,
Acting upon this assumption, he In
vested all the money he could raise.
and the result Is that his heirs today
may De classed With the mlllonalres.
The reverend gentleman knew a
good thing when he saw IT, he also
knew there was likely to be a dearth Of
good things OF the character he coyet-
ed His attitude seems to be that Of
the great powers In their dealings with
China
Either facility or avowedly the pre-
mlers Of Europe are constantly on the
lookout for new worlds to conquer
Their reasonings are various but their
conclusions lead up TO the same result;
That they must extend the borders OF
their empires the confines OF their ter
ritories Casting comprehensive
glance over the map OF the world to-
day. what large extent Of territory can
we find unapproprlated or susceptible
OF profitable exploitation Civilized
man has carried his conquests almost
from pole to pole; he has traversed the
burning sands Of the sahara, scaled the
snow capped Himalayas and penetrat-
cd the remOtcst recesses Of the Andes
with the result that but a small portion
OF the globe remains unexplored. Fu-
ture generations. therefore, viii have
to sit at home by the chimney corner
with no outlet for their ambitions and
no possibilities for adding 70 the gar
nered treasures Of the world.
The world Of the nineteenth century
was indeed practically a squeezed or
ange, and explorers, animated by the
high desire to add to scientific knowi-
edge. not 70 speak OF rulers DESTROYS Of
enlarging their material acquisitions,
territorial and commercial, were In de-
SPAR, when Just al the right moment,
In the nick 81 time-as always happens
In the distribution OF benefits by q
bountIful Creator, as recall the dlscov-
cry Of coal, petroleum, natural gas. etc
China doomed large IN the eye Of the
universe 1t suddenly came home to an
that here at last was the opportunity
OF the century Here was the orange
which, through the vicissitudes OF cen
turtles past, has been preserved intact
in order that Il might eventually be
squeezed And doubt not that It will
be, for, though the powers may seem to
be bordering on the momentous ques-
ton. ITO squeeze on not TO squeeze,
they win never relax their grip upon
the oriental fruit plucked In the gar
dens OF Hespoudes so long as a drop OF
juice remains.
Bat there Is the squeeze legitimate
and the squeeze illegiumate. the latter
being peculiarly the Chinese method.
consisting IN taking commerce by the
throat and strangiIng its life ont by ex.
actions like the 'lkin" or local tax. A
mutually OF interests win prevent the
powers from adoptlne mis- method.
They win BE- more likely to pursue the
gronder scheme Of apportoning Chi.
nese territory among themselves for
exploitation, to the lasting benefit OF