The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

tries. The present consul In New York
, is graduate of the Tung Wen Hua1.
It is sometimes said that che uprisings
and outbreaks, riots and raobs in
China are CAUSED by and ze mainly
against, the missionaries. Such reports
are not true, The Chinese make no dis
/ tinction between those who are and those
who are not missionaries. Indeed. the
present Boxer outlaws, brigands, thieves,
kidnappers, robbers or whatever you
please to call them. for they are all of
these, make no distinction because OF the
callings pursued by the citizens of any
| country who wear European clothing
| They are all equally foreign devils with
out difference or distinction.
Why the Boxers Are Not Put Down.
China is severely criticised because OF
not putting down the Boxers. But the
truth Is that China may-fairly- be justi-
fed in not putting down the BoxeTs-on
the plea that she can't do II. Any one
who has listened to che pop-pop-pop OF
Chinese guns when the Chinese soldiers
are "praciicing" outside the walls Of Pc
kin, trying--but failing-to shoot together
in volleys-will agree with this. Not
long ago I had the good fortune 30 wit
ness an inspection of the Pekin braves
by the Mayor of Pekin, and II was a
| spectacle. ! can assure YOU. not soon to
be forgotten. 1t looked like Boston Com
mon without the grass on the Fourth
of July, when all the folks are In from
the country The tents for side shows
are all stretched. the fat man stands be-
fore his tent, the alligator lies winking
| in his pond. the peanut vendors have es-
| tahlished their stands. on every side, and
the little boys have all bought horns,
which they insist upon blowing every
where and at all times, while a great lot
of men have put on striped clothing, as
though thousand clowns had escaped
from the circus and were now having q
I good time while out of reach of the ring
| masters lash The horns are blown, the
flags wave. the peanut vendors sell pea
nuts and candy crowds gather together
around an organ grlnder-minus the or
gan-and he cuts cepers with his sword;
the whole being highly suggestive of
crowd of small Chinese boys l once saw
playing soldier during the Chinese-Japa-
nese War.
The youngsters had each found SIN II
stick or a large weed. which they used as
guns and had arrayed themselves into
company. Tfen they made feint as If
to charge with all their force on some i'm
aginary antagonist. They screamed and
ran about in quite as militia array "a
real Chinese soldiers, or as a crowd of
school boys playing prisoners base
This they kept up for some seconds until
one of those in the front rank cried out
in mock terror. THE japanese are com
ing! The japanese ore coming w}en
they all took to their heels Ike real chi
nese soldiers and fed in solder and dis
may The obvious reason why the Chi
nese soldiers do not defeat the Boxers Is
their utter inability to accomplish the
task AS they said about the Japaneve,
zone or the other must retreat. ard as the
Boxers will not. we must!' 1t is q Chi
nese proverb that mo good man will ever
become soldier" And 1t is to be feared
the proverb is nearly true-in China.
China and the. Powers.
Ever since LII Hung Chang was appoint
ed the repre- sentative of the D agon throne
at the coronation of the Russian Empefor
there has been more or less suspicion OF
Russia on the part of other Powers. II
was about that time that Sir Nicholas
OConnor in an interview with Prince
Kung. tod him in a language as blunt as
any Britisher ever spoke and as iorcihle
as any that ever fell from the lips of
son of Erin that unless he and his COM
trymen altered their methods and me de1
their ways, he should not be surprised II
within five years he heard of Prince kuns
being a beggar on the streets Of Picking.
At that time many thought there was a
deep laid project beneath that appoint
ment of--the great viceroy.
The cartoon accompanying this article
shows the view of the present situation
he d by many intelligent Chinese. 1t Is
the work of Use Tsan Tai an Educated
Chinaman of Hong Kong, Little explana-
ton is ne eded 10 make its meaning clear
as the Chinese symbols have been trans
ated. The signature and seal OF the au-
thor will be noticed at tn lower left hand
corner. as WILL as the Chinese mark OF
CODY wr ght. The United States In the form
of an eagle has lighted gracefully bu
firmly upon the Philippine Islands; but
is wings are spread as IL for tortheF
flight England, in the form of buiioog'
is sitting on the Hong-Kong district, with
the eye nearest to the eagle closed; out
with the other eve which is open, the
bulldog is very sharply scru tinizng frog
absled Fashoda, and which, of course,
represents France. The frog has graz pea
Hainan and is reaching out after Sza
C6uan. or Su ChWan, as 1t is usually
elled Japan is represented as the rising
sun. The eyes of japan are turned TO-
ward the bulldog, and the entente De-
tween England and Japan with regard 10
Russia is indicated. Germany is humor-
ously represented by a sausage curled
around the jutting peninsula OF the Shan
Tung district The string running from
japan to Formosa should also be nouc-
ed The largest figure in the cartoon Is
the great menacing bear at the top, whose
paws are already on the northern borders
of China. The bear is big because RUSSIA
is so large, and so near, and SO formidable
The Young Emperor's Mistake
But with all our making fun OF the Chi
nese because he cannot fight. we must
not forget his power as a diplomatist.
He NAV be easily overcome with the wea-
mons of modern warfare. but look out for
him when you come in contact with him
in a diplomatic way. Your European
representative froths and fumes, pounds
the table and sometimes swears. and the
Chinaman patiently waits until he gets
over it and is ready to tax business, ana
then suggests that I'VE go on with the
affairs of state" Among the ranks of
those who WELD the tongue and pen, the
Chinese statesman stands in the fore