The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-31
PICKING IS
!. MADE OVER
Foreign Soidiery Rare
5 lconocIasts.
They RESPECT NOTHING
Address by Rev. E. W.. Thwing Be-
fore the kamehameha COL
lege Students.


Rev. r. v. Thwing In an address be-
fore the students Of Kamehameha Col !
ese told something of the condition of
'hlngs in China. He related his ex-
periences as a professor in a Chinese
college. explaining the studies, and
showing that the students have their
hours Of fun as well as Of work Mr..
Ihwing gave an account of a visit to
Peking ami Of the remarkable changes
taking place in the Imperial City. He
rave some interesting extracts from
an article by DIR. A. II. Smith, author
tof Chinese Characteristics.v DR..
lSmith's notes on the present state OF
Things In Peking are worth quoting:
A BLOW AT ANCESTOR WORSHIP.
| The great building devoted to the
nasty stands wide open. II contains a
LUCE tablet on the northern side, to
Imperial Heaven and eight cases-four
on a side--to the eight emperors who
have thus FAR reigned during the 25S
wears which have elapsed since Shun
IChih took bis. seat upon The throne.
Every one Of these eight cases with
heavy carved doors has becn broken
cpt and every one OF the eight tab
let's to the Tai Tsu, Sheng Tsu, and
the other deified ancestors mas been
taken away by the British Museum
an act OF more than justifiabie reprisal
for Chinese treatment which the for
Itign cemetery, and also perhaps the
iinost stunning blow which the system
Iof ancestral worship has ever received
HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOOT
Frs.
The Emper or's Hall OF Fasting Is the
headquarters OF the British army in
this part If the city. and every day
IL is partly filed with many carloads
IOf loot, Silks furS, silver and jade or
garments. embroidered clothing and the
like. which Is daily forwarded TO the
british Legation. where Is IL sold at
IGuction for the benefit of the army.
land is soon replaced by as much more.
'ihe persona. apartments of the En-
I.ror in the rear serve as the bedrooms
LOT the officers, who look mildly surpri5-
led when the circumstance is communi-
lcated to them at their dinner, and
Terely give an enquiring glance as
lmuch as to say: We'll, what of II,
ion't you kIow?"
MAKING SURE. OF AN INDEMNITY
rhe government Of China has always
been conducted through the agency OF
: the six boards. of war. rites, works
nevenue,' civil office and punishments
!. tp:.ostly sittlat ted on street named after
lone of tho most important ones. the
/. board of war. At the wide doors con-
\, aling tn srcana OF this Chinese Off
= lIIal life, fol cigners have for the most
lpart hitherto gazed from afar. Al
Ipresent tn. doors of them all stand
a nttA rhr. tah v
wander through the courts 1T will. The
hoard OF war is the headquarters OF ar
lIn'lian regiment, the tall and dusk
warriors OF the Hill Tribes of the In
lt,iar frontier making themselves a.
Ia roe In the ample apartments at theil
disposal. The thrifty Japanese con
ttrIved to get the west side of thi:
lc,me stree. Tedistributed so as to com,
within thei. lines, and then sent g
icaravan OF mules working day anC
lhiSht for n long period and carried of
from the board of revenue treasury I
2 rum reported to be at least three mil
, lion taels OF silver ingots. This SANE
IOr!ental race. who appeared to know
lriuch more about Peking than the Pc
= li.ingese themselves. promptly fastened
ltheir talOnS on all the principal grana
ries. and are said To- have In their pos
lreysiou ric, To the value of t1.5O0,o0O II
Icoid their indemnity being thus auto
lsare whatever. or any consent asked o
: lany power.
A. LIBRARY DESTROYED.
Adjoining the carriage park on IN
II east, and the British Legation on tn
q lrurth, stood the series of extensiv
ltodrtyards and halls. Which containe
the Hanli1 CT Imperial Chinese Uni
D. lverslty OF highest grade, ,one OF tn
iu.stt ancient and most famous seats c
Ii H. L.. ~. III Ntx~t v.r t<o -
days OF the siege. to set fire to tn
lHanlin wouio be to roast the BIRTHS
Legation and every one In it, As
result of herculean efforts the fire
were put out. but nearly AL the hall
were destroyed. The principal literar
T n:onument .; the most ancient peopl
" I'm che world was obliteratei In an al
/ lternoon, and the wooden stereotyp
D plates to the most valuable works b.
ItJDe a prey to the flames. or wer
gscd in building barbados, or fC
fs kindling for the British marines. Price
II loss literary treasures were tumble
A LIMO lotus ponds, wet with the fiooc
Of water a..d to extinguish the fire
land later buried after they had begu
10 rot, to diminish the disagreeab
.sdcr. Expensive camphor-wood cas-
- lcuntaining the rare and unique Enc,
tciopedia of Yung Lu Ga photographic
work resembling the Century DictioI
" Odt RtbbtDty CT eiAt'
las extensive) were filed with ear tn
form n phrt Of the ramparts for d.
II Tense. while the innumerablc volume
~ comprising This great thesourus wei
:. Ibis persed I'm every direction, probab
o. to every rb-ary In Europe. as well
1.-The innufuerable private collection
lwnile not "A few Of the Volumes. befr
Thrown intr the common. will mold ar
te buried ike the rest. Thousands
lIIaplin Essays lay about tn. premise
the sport OF every breeze. serving ;
, lfr-wood :or the troops. Old ,vofJm
tof choice works furnished the was
paper or si.c entire legation for near
n Nv" rnontTs, and were found In u
lis Kitchens. rsed by coolies az pads Il
at lcarry ng Bricks on mems shoulder
~. and lay IN piles IN the outer street
land were ground- into fat'ers ind
the wheels of passing carts when ira
nd N. was once more resumed. OF II
n varied forms of Nemesis connect
with the uprising against foreigners
China, thu tate Of the ancient al
:. Ifamoos Harlin Yuan takes perhaps q
=. lf.r.p,.,< pfnce Out OF twenty