New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE PASSING THRONG.

John Empey. Of Spokane, the mining expert
who is familiar with China, at Wei-Hai-wei
the time the English took
4 VIEW possession OF that port. Mr.. En-
OF EASTERN pey also spent a considerable
DIPLOMACY, period IN the vicinity OF Kao-
Chau Bay, the port which is the
centre OF that OF country which Germany
took at the time Russia secured control OF
Port Arthur. After Germany took over this bay
Mr. Empey started south. and eventually landed
at Canton. where he secured a large interest in
erIy through the provinces Of Hoo-Nar and Hope
ghuenL When seen at the Hoffman House yester-
DO DO you Temember that wonderful passage IN
Macaulay where he speaks Of the diplomacy OF
name for prevarication and deception? He spoke
diplomacy and I4e were s3o6yns 5ay 5ng srI
Eaitbar I-Ia noy si 5 j,olty loSs Us I@l55 +
leves that there Is truth in China lie afrects
the truth. To serve his end ne will lie or tell
the ethics q his lfe no question Of the right or
me In We49g hs OF ne & fPds place Whether China
tel lie or tel the truth is simply and solely
1T Is for this reason that am prone tc accept
the conflicting reports from China with large
punctuations OK salt Ii Hung
DOUBTS Chang ana Prince ShenE director
Ii AND and controller Of the Chinese tee-
sHENG. graph system, have for years been
held up 10 US as the most pro-
gressive type or the Chinese; men who were favor
able to foreigners foreign ways and foreign
methods. and believed !H applying them to China
These men have been constantly and consistently
giving interviews. IN which they stated their belief
and conviction that the foreign ENJOYS in China
with the exception OF the German Minister and the
Japanese Chancellor were safe; that the 1Ianchu
Dynasty was stil IN power: that It stu maintained
ii s - az -, e'LI.leHt IN PeAing of sufficiently
ELre 5tEehgL q 70 preserve the lives the foreign
eTs WIZ teW except ions. Both SEeug and Ii
aUng i SAa5g attzl51ts The Pekns riots the bom-
fba cy,1,zed 80 -I,11it LortS GAq they now beseech
caIea~to hoia their hand and to make no progress
I've effort to reach Peking. pending deveIopments
worlds envovs f5e-e y I as to the fate Of the
- have yet 70 meet Chinaman who regards the
On 20 let. ne thclrs no moral obligation. II q lie
known. from the highest to the lowest viii tell
2he LIeTe , is Ho question Of morality about It. It
have the best OF reasons TO believe, China Is pre-
ton what these means and end are A little more
Maine war With Ss' NV ne 7Iewing up o. the
S Tas PSueqfly ana Unexpectedly thrust upon US.
the world knew TO aen9vedEe t5t we Sra a. IN al
SfiIs1 ~ 'Ir.ng - tL9t period he and all the
try for conflict It was impossible to avoid and
fight which resentment ar5 An Sro, WIN hoLor me Ias
demanded he lifted the gauntlet thar had been
IN delaying that he gbt as far as possbYe Gz9. PTe
pare the country for war" -
II IS an axiom, and one the world over accepted
as such, that history repeats itself and IN slightly
different degree It seems 10 me
BELIEVES that China 1890 is trying TO DO
ENJOYS what America did in 1885 When
ARE DEAD the Spanish War was upon US we
sought 10 delay that we might pre-
pare. That is what believe China is trying to do
to-day She knows that she has offended the civill-
cation Of the West that for the crime she has
committed against civilization the Occident will de-
mand a heavy and complete reparation. China re-
alZes that by her acts she has thrown down the
gauntlet of a race war. The Chinaman is clever
and fully appreciates tnat a life and death struggle
between the Orient and Occident has been precipi-
tated by the horrible atrocities committed at Pc
king, but his very cleverness warns him that he
allow no trick TO 10 his adversary; that he
must allow no advantage, no matter how slight TO
cap-a-uie. Delay is TO his advantage. and il ia my
Heartess cruel and murder0u5 ii Is through no
Personally. from my knowledge OF his character
Peking dead. and I do believe that the
statements given out by ShenE Ii Hung Chang
are made for any other purpose than 10 prevent
an onward movement toward Peking. OF course, il
NAV be possible that the ENJOYS still alive.
There Is no question hat the leaven of doubt
Ists in the Chinese situation bat 70 my mind, look
iuR at il from my knowledge Of the Chinese, am
more inclined TO believe that the
and ri hat the statements given