The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-09-20
LACK or R'k III IN CHINA.
Truytou sraic Believes In Euro
,,,n form Of Government.

| B,nlc on tho situation in China' Mr.
; Benie has travelled extensively III Tho
Orient and has visited p0rtlona o' 'ho
interior OF China, which, while ht''o
! known, may bo takon AS an example Oh |
that country in general. MIR. Boale
said
"lt Ii true that tho territory OF
| China is huge and that IL ID poOplod Oy
| four hundred millions OF inhabitants,
| hut sho il nevertheless an inc0heronI,
inert mass, IL social organism, "s III
wore, without u nervous systom, 70
| that tho fo constantly oNpros5od
nuout tho difficulties European nrmios
would have in controlling IL Hro
| EruundluSs. 1t Is true that sho has
mnuo n showit = tina! hms surprisou Tho
| civllihUu world, but II Is uuvcrthIosS
only n showing, and mndo by that strip
| oi China along tho Hcnbonrd whose m
| hHhitants l.NvO hccOmn familiar with
| Europonu mrthUis and havo had access
| 10 European mouorn nrns. unlikO
the rNprrionco that M Asintic army
| would hnvo In Invading r.urupo, find.
| ing II moro and moro difficult Nnrh day,
| the allied armies viii find thor WORK
each day much castor Ii by any chance
! they arc Obliged to tunrrh hrvOnu tl:u
| great walt. Tho nrmH Of tho ChinVso
| Suldtrra whrro | wna, In tho province
ui kashi:m. wrrr ol tho rrudvst
prs&thlr description, nnny uf thNm
| with thV Old percussion rH, nun and
! uthrrs with tho Niutlurks. | ru,.rrt
! that | arrived too lAtN 10 500 ono of
! thrtr military mnnoouvrrs thrrc, but
| AN old tossnrk rulunrl ON tho frontier
M siberia lnuEhtnEly told mo uf 1t tho
urNl day. II srrmrd that n hollow
.uuarr WAS torMrd. tho mon facing In
/ ward, WHOM tNr some rrAsOn various
I iitn,i* ut tNrd wrrr placed IN tho con-
tvV. AtINr this mCu ON stllts uuturri
tho square ami walked about in gro.
( tusNuu ATTITUDES, while the men (arcd
outward aWN NreN volley OF blank
. ,ArtrtNENs. ttr ma ainrity ot their guns
( lu.ssInE NrV ruIirr,y. Then one Of the
WAuNArlUs. tNiurSc army officer
>Aur Up ~ INr NN '>rSsAcE 10 explain
i"r mysteries u y Nteechioading gun,
HUN Uutn ~ the Old ColOun.'s amusc
Wrut MAS So ignorant OF his profession
lnHt tie attempted 10 force pin tire
vayIr.GEa INTO y ceutral lire gun. Tn
tar!. :ne nauGtu. ot Cossarks in the
r..y ~ \ASIGar, luNuy days Journey
iruiu tuG Frontier q StOGri8, their own
country. seemed ~ treat the whOlc
CA:urse pOpl.a!iuu, officials and all.
win the Grea.eSt UisdH!u. This is the
u:ueeu. feeble condition OF the Chinese,
arG those now found selling to them
uuU9rn arms should be treated RS
pirates ~ tuc nations Of the civilized
world.
II. j. u.:.iyu!: for civilized man TO
understand their total lack Of national
spirit and patriotism. Pcking only
meats TO q Cainaman Of tnoso distant
provinces u p!ac- from which a mHll-
uariu has been sent from nfnr TO Cd.
Drc,S. torture and ovcrtaX thCm. 1t is
nal FOR us to conceive OF the total nb-
Sencc there Of anything like public
opinion, anything hko an opinion on
..uy subject, aud their total lack OF
what might br termed emotion. With
in few days jOuracy from where |
waS great massacre OF Tunguncs,
Chinese MHhOmCtanS, WAS gOiEg on,
;.brut which from time TO time vague
reports reached us, and it seemed that
|, foreigner living many thousand
miles from their country, was the only
enc that took the least interest in the
matter.
Many cNpansiOrists would
soon be converted if they could see the
gross lnlsgOvcrnmcnt, tho oppression,
The torture and OvcrLaXatiOn OF one OF
the interior provinces OF China. The
old Asiatic maxim, Better have the
enemy than the tax gathcrcr,' certain
~ appltc- In That country. lnstru-
mcnts OF torture lie strewn about in Of.
liciais' quarters in China Gs thickly as
has"-ba!! bats, golf clubs and tennis
racquet, around the cottages OF the
summer residents at Narragansett
Pier. Huge paddles, the cruel wooden
collar bOitcd on the ollender's neck in
such q manner as to make q reclining
attitude impossible and thus DESTROY
sleep, huge iron bars chained to an in
dividual, sometimes for life, VINO Thus
travels through the bazaar, each stem
causing pain, are not uncommon sights
III the bazaar OF kashgar. These op-
pressiOns, together with Chinese vices.
destroys every Nsiatic race which hos
the misfortune TO come ia contact with
the Chinese IT Is only necessary, in
answer to those who dcplOro th J loss
OF liberty that ASlatics lose w!Gn thew
are conquered aud governed by Euro
pcnns, 10 recall to them that The H.
lands Of llongkong and Singapore were
entirely barren when taken by the
English. Today they are among the
most thickly populated spots on the
globe, caused by the Chinese crowdjng
into them to escape the domestic oD-
preston OF their own country and to
gain the liberty they obtain by living
unC Ccr British rnle.
AS Herbert Spencer once pointed
out to the Americans ibrrtv
means nothing il it docs not mean in
dividnal liberty. Ion may easily break
away from Il country ana have 8 80.
called political liberty, and neyerthc.
less establish q tyranny among your
selves. In emma this is reversed Lbo
Chinese must leave home to ACQUIRE
liberty.
tor one, hope the allied forces
are in 'eklng to stay. II England can
govern India, the allied nations OF Eu.
rope can give to China q freer and be-.
ter government than they cnjoy by
governing themselves to-day. 1t Is to
be remembered that it Is the last great
portion OF the temperate zono where a
white man can live and develop its re,
sources, which in the eEd viii be 80
beneN"ia' to 'loth thinamen aid Tor.
ciRnera rs the Eng!ish government Of
both Egypt and India bns been to both
the natives and Englishmcn. OF
course, the present reguiativc and nd.
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