The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08


generally he depended upon that most OF
the .ieath-dealing has been by means
of other than powder and shot
Che Celestial when he Is aroused TO Jury
is literally beast, savage, blood-cfaFlllS
animal and as such his hands become TO
flips as the claws to tiger re GUS
.-lashcs and tears human flesh with the
fnsatiate instincts OF the carHForous
creation: absolutely reveling In the blood
ne causes to now AMI satisfied only In
being IN and feeling it.
STOP HIS MAD CAREER
Children evidence this trait on the ground
where the public decapitation OF criminals
takes place, and where, as the swift suohe
OF the knife is succeeded by the gushing
forth of the life current, the little ones run
forward and dabbls bare-footed in the
blood. Even play with the gnastly heads
until they are collected TO: the preserving
jar of the executioneT, whose principal
revenue is from selling them later to the
relatives CT the departed
Normal or obnormal, whatever may be
the conclusion as to the Chinaman's blood
tnirstiness, he is not congenitally bad, IN
stinctively duarrelsome or naturally
yenseful. He is undeniably cruel, the SUI
perstition which is the well spring OF MS
existence, and the fatalism that Is MS
| second nature make him impervious 10
pain and suffering, but IN others no more
than in himself.
He has been the football of chance,
the creature of circumstances. the victim
Of fate through the generations which
have made the few families inordinately
rich, and the masses miserably poor. HIS
inheritance is submission to the Official
class whether it be the deprivation or
mis- sustenance until body and soul can
scarcely be kept together, or Indictment
10 the point of sef-immolation if such
extreme viii hasten the determination OF
the ''foreiSn Devils
THE EMPIRES "IN'rEGRITY.
Preserving the integrity of China
should read. preserve the pickings in
China" and it is to the latter end the
official class keep the rowdy class in
state of ferment with the encrOachments
of the foreigners the ever present causa
sine qua non
The great body of the Chinese is peace
full. industrious and amazingly patient. De
spite TIE burdens heaped upon them, their
lespoliation and the unmercifui servitude
to which they are subjected. marvellous
furgaiity and uneHding toll counterbalance:
China continuing an augmenting Power IN
the worlds production.
Generations will not make her mill
tary Power, or will her army Of the flu
ture be other than it is now, a mere trav-
esty upon the name. There arc not the
first principles to base the appeNation up
en-.
It used to be thought that with her
unparalleled population. the Characteristic
indifference TO death. patient submission
TO eXactions and universal fatalism China
could put an army in the field thai would
make invasion impossible. Conjuring with
this shibboeth the centuries rolled on and
China remained behind her wall.
Little Japan pricked the bubble and the
escaping soap-suds washed away the wall.
which. after all, was found to be merely
paper
Marco Polo to now anything and every
thing said of China's greatness is believed.
Bulk being SC widely regarded as sure
sign of greatness. Glib talk Of China
army leads TO the impression that the
sense relatively is as if one We're referring
to Germany, England, France or other
European countries
NOT a BORN SOLDIER,
Every inherited trait of the Chnaman
is in direct antagonsm to the bearing Of
arms Any association has ever been re-
garded as preferable to such as center
about the military or naval profession.
Indeed, he has had it instilled into him
through the ages that war and the man
who wages it are alike despicable.
illustrating the extent to which this is
carried in all the teachings, also the
culcated. a bit OF personal experience-or
possibly observation would the better eX-
press it--at lien Tsin, will be in point.
The occasion was Il reception at which
officialdOm both native and foreign was
impos:ngiy represented. ii was an affair
of considerable moment, md among other
high flyers in attendance, and by deport-
ment testifying to self-appreciation of M
portance, was the admiral of the Chinese
hi,
be admiral of, but that was of no especial
moment from the Chinese way of looking
at things. There was, to be sure, the Old
gun-boat, or cruiser, which the japanese
admiral after the one-s:ded engagement
at Wei Hal Wal had given back to China
to carry home the body of the Chinese
admiral who. when fate gave him the
cold shoulder, promptly removed himself
elsewhere. But the vessel in question, un-
able to pass the bar, lay off the mouth of
the Pei-ho, out of commission, and, with
the usual Chinese disregard of essential
things, not a guard aboard of her. Had
she been moored off Of T'en Tsin, the ad-
miral would not have known her from one
of Ii Hung Changes merchant ships. Quar-
ter deck, forecastle, below or aloft, would
all have been as Greek to him. san
pan" or at the most, a house boat up
creek, was the limit OF his nautical ex-
samee,'' and a gorgeous son of the sea il
his bright silks and sntns, and his bro
cade so rich and heavy it would have stood
alone. In the rig he sported, boarding
ship in the usual manner would have been
a sheer impossibility. He would have had
TO be fastened to the block and tackle Of
the davits and swung over the side like the
uuarterma dnkeX. He was, however
in great shape to fall down. and which,
when the reception was at its height. he
proceeded to do, his sudden prostration
upon his face producing the liveiiest per-
turbation among the foreigners, who natu-
rally thought he had Il fit. Nothing OF the
kind, only the gilt button on the skull
cap of a quiet, unassuming little man,
mandarin.
In authority, the latter ranked about as
a justice of the peace with US. but he had
the precious insignia of high place among
the learned of the land, he had successful
ly passed the examination cells OF Peliln
A grand commemorative festival had been
given him in his native town, poles with
banners signaling his triumph erected, his
father and mother honored. his name des-
tined to go down in blaze OF glory 70 all
posterity Greatest of ALL he had the