Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-07-26
CHINA Ar A GLANCE.
A Short Encyclopedias Of Facts, Figul
Names and Places.

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A short Encyclopedia Of Facts, Figures,
Names and Places,
New York Evening World.
Chinese soldiers range from 16 to go
years Of age.
To become n soldieris q humiliation
in China. The magistrates outrank the
military, socially.
The population Of China isr nearly
400. 600, 000-more than the combined
population Of Great Britain, France,
Russia. Germany and Japan,
People IN the interior OF China sell
dom read newspapers. They get their
ideas Of foreigners and outside doings
by gossip.
The Chinese boys ambition Is TO be-
come a civil magistrate. Even servants
save money to, educate their sons with
this aim.
English bankers in China give native
commercial men name for strict bust
mess honesty.
II a Chinese criminal is fugitive the
polioe arrest his father, grandfather,
mother, uncle or aunt. Family atfec-
tion speedily brings the man wanted to
| the relief Of his relative.
A native priest says Of the Chinese
articles OF religion: 1.-THE men believe
them. The women don't. There Is no
religion In China.
China could raise army Of /, 700, 900
men but 1t would be undisciplined
and only one third equipped.
Eight million cartridges were taken
| to Pekin two years ago, and constant
additions have been made.
| The Chinese possess Mausser rifles
| and Nordenfeldt, Hotchkiss and Maxim
guns. :.
cal corps, transport service, or commits
sariat In China.
A fayoiite Chinese weapon Is native
made rife Of one-inch caliber, requir.
ing two men to handle 1t.
The Chinese have 10 field batteries,
with 1870 Krupp and Armstrong guns.
The Chinese navy consists OF four
cruisers and few useless fighting ves-
sels
China has new colleges in engineer
ing, navigation, military tactics, electric
science, and medicine, with European
professors.
Good newspapers are printed at the
treaty ports Of China.
| Pekin, the capital of China, has q
population of more than million.
| canton, l,bUU,UOU.
Tientsin is treaty port on the river
Peiho, 10 miles from Pekin.
Shanghai is the largest and most i'm
portant treaty port. Twelve miles from
the mouth Of theYanRste. river.
Population, 1900. 900.
Port Arthur, leased to Russia in 1888
for a naval base in the far East.
Cheefoo, on the Shangtung Peninsula.
| A.an&u utfh tha haat rltn,a In FIR
Europeans.
Taku forts, now destroyed, were three
in number, at the mouth of the Peiho
river.
Newobang Is treaty port of the
British concession in Manchuria, 19C
miles north of Port Arthur.
Wei-hai.wei tLiukuntaol, British
base Of operations. A garrisoned roii
with a large, safe anchorage.
Peiho North River) rises beyond the
Great Wall, flows past Pekin anr
Tientsip to Gulf Of Liaotung. Naviga
BILE from mouth to PeKin 100 miles.
Hoangho, river Of Northern China
! emptying into the Gulf Of Pechili.
YanRste, river in the Kiangsu Prov
! ince, on which the Fort of Nankin il
situated.
: Chang Chi Tuug, viceroy at Han
: kow, a man of much influence will
: the people and believerin China 70
I, the Chinese.
Chang vi, Director Of Mines an,
y Assistant Director Of Northern Rail
ways. Fav0rits of the Dowager EN-
4 press. A rising man, much in touol
= with foreigners.
Hsu Ching Chen, Vice President O
Q Board Of Works, ex-Ministsr to Russi
and Germany, President of Chimes
2 Eastern Railway.
= Kang vi, a Manohu anti-foreign
= President OF the Board Of War.
Rang Yu Wei, exiled leader Of tn
= Reform party.
9 Kwangsu, the present Emperor, SO
l. Of Prince Chun.
Liu Kun vi, riceroy at Rankin
. trusted ally Of tine Dowager Empress.
y Il Hung Chang, Acting Viceroy {
u Canton, trusted friend of the Dowage
= Empress. ag g9he.
: Prince Ching, reported dead, wa
= Lord CHAMBERLAIN OF the Court an
N commander OF Pekin field force,
- Prince Ii, senior member of th
a Cabinet, much trusted in imperji
- family.
= Prince Shsng, Administrator ,
" TeleRraphs and Railways, head Of tt
Imperial Bank and of the Chin
Merchants' Steamship Go, Man ,
a great power, always to be reckone
with. b.
Il Tsung Ii Yamen, council of te
IN members acting on foreign affairs.
- Prince Tuan, father Of Pu Chul
y heir-appareht, and now leading Il
a apti-foreign revolt. ID. T .
IA TIE Hsi, the Dowager Empress.
~ Yung Lu, the Empress faototur
y Generalissimo of the Army.
Generals Tung Fuh, Nieh and kar
Su, anti-foi eign leaders in revolt.
t, Flu, a prefecture.
pt Fuiai, the governor of a province.
th Godown, a place for storing goods.
ny Haikwan, Chinese maritime custom
" Ii, a Chinese mile, one-third OF
re British mile.
Yamen, an official residence.
Tael, coin of silver, worth fro
a. cents to 71.8 cents, according
province.
Squeeze, general term of extortion.
~ Kiang, or no. river; hu, u Ink
m Pei, north; nan, south; tung, east; I
~. west.
NJ Shan, mountain sheng, provino
nd obeng, town; hsiang, a villag
Is. hsien. q district; ling, hill, peak
pass.