Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-21

ago. "A prominent citizen who formed
4 his acquaintance then and who has
1 known him We'll since he became prom
inent says he is a Very capable business
man and q millionaire many times
over; that he is loyal and honorableSto
his friends, but that ii he had an OPP
portunity 70 manipulate the public he
would make the most of it. He is not
advised as TO this latest movement.
PROPOSED CHINESE REFORMS.
The public has been advised of ac-
/ tlongof the Dowager Empress of China
1 in reasserting the conservatism that
has so long dominated that nation, and
lin turning down the reforms to which
! the young emperor Was committed.
Nery8little of the scope Of these reforms
was made known All the time, because
III was impossible to secure the facts
from the Isolated nation. When the
empress suddenly asserted her author
itN, four of the men lost their heads
without trial. Ore man escaped and
| for his head d reward of $50, 900 is of
ifersd. He is now in Honolulu and pro-
poses to yisit8our nation and Europe To-
llsarn What advanced IDEAS Will bene-
fit his nation.
The forms TO which tbs young en-
peror was committed when the halt
was called Ware radical and far-read-
ing. The small and able group sup
porting him bodily demanded the adop-
ltion of western ideas and Western
methods, regardless of color race or
religious superstition An evidence 81
the rapid growth Of this nloveflelr {,
Was apparent in the multiplication f
IneWspapers and translatio,ls II
lerfi books, which began tFealat
among the people even tti letdef'
pros nees--a sufficient Tor i agGlI
among the literat ard the inpre on
servative bureauerae rse npercr,
ISw1aiiss su, Mas isisN iii.ss niiS d issue
nine ediets syili,sll had ths been car
X t-ii U.s. y = Ky iliuti3ii
izsd Mira shin years. was.
pro-
70 at 353l b stem Of competitive
rss.a ,ninatis MEiich had been. in force
fsIr 100 yeas. ard was chiefly based
slison a knowledge Of the Chinese elas-
i To establish a university in PekinI
IEendewel by the governments
To use temples for schools
To establish board 70 translate
western tex books and standard liter
at,lre iiltp Chinese.
To#estabE3sh a patent ONCE 10 eneour-s
age invention.
TO protect Christians from persscu-l
ton or nlolestation.
To make tho newspaper If the re-
form parry, Chinese Progress. the or
gan Of the reform government.
To abolish useless ttices at the cap,
Iital and thruout The empire.
To encourage and cnable young Man
~ IL Y 70 " " Ni1AlIi tIls M Ilslteti
family bsiong, 10 study foreign Ian
iguasess ard visit foreign countries.
When tfe conflict OF authority ea,ne.
the emperor and his party Went u the
wall and the dowager empress. Ii.
| Hung Chang and other great adherents;
l,of the cause We're triumphant. Four.
men lost their lives. They had gone.
Into the reform knowing that this
might be the result. and they were
really great patriots and martyrs in the
cause of human freedom.
Had China adopted number Of these
reforms ref several decades ago she would
not now be considered 50 helpless as
compared with the great powers which
are able when occasion requires it to
SHOW aggressive and defensive force "
lis probable that in time she will be.
compelled to adopt western ideas as a
Safeguard against intrus ION. il for no
grander or more enlightened purpose.
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