The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-19
How the Manchus Conquered.

courage. battlefield victories. dark
sreachery and indomitsble perseverance
| In the middle OF the fifteenth century
| the race consisted OF three small tribes
/ living near the borders OF what IS now
the Chinese Empire, and only escaping
| the designation Of nomads because, n
/ the winter months they had some settled
home. Even IN those days they were
/ known and feared by the surrounding
! tribes for their daring. their contempZ
/ for death and their willingness 10 run
any risk 10 add 10 their herds and pos
sessions,
Gradually. as they grew in power and
influence, they began 10 absorb neighh2r-
ing peoples until al the beginning Of TIE
sixteenth century they had become The
most populous and powerfu! race on n,
/ borders OF the celestial empire
Since their birth as a nation the Chi
nese had harassed them continually and
border troubles had grown thick and
fast. \ century Of persecution bred in
the hearts Of these people such a hatred
Of the Chinese race that they gradually
began 10 long for a sweeping and terri
bic revenge. In the year 1901 the Man
chus were possessed OF a standing army
composed Of hardy lighters, and foiAht-
teen years after that the project Of an
invasion Of China was thoroughly dis
cussed and finally arranged.
In 1915 the forces of the two nations
net on the borders and in what came
TO be known as the Yang Wah Sui
the battle of the terrible blade-the Chi
nese were completely routed The con-
Querors, crossing the border at its north
western extremity. ravaged the towns
and villages OF the empire for HUNDREDS
Of miles, and in three years had secure Z
and held in subsection a section OF terrl-
tory as large as their own posssssi ms
on the other side OF the boundary. In
1919 the Chinese, led by the Emperor
Hwi Nang in person, and numbering. IL
is estimated by the chroniclers OF those
days, $4,000 troops, advanced TO give
battle to the invaders The fight lasted
four days, and the Chinese forces were
literally cut 10 pieces. The emperor was
killed and half his army were destroyed
Even after this great victory the Man
chus felt their way very cautiously. They
advanced along toward the interior slow
" and deliberately. capturing and paci-
flying district after district and carefully
refraining from any rapid movements In
a country densely populated by hostiles.
In 1921 a new king ascended the throne
of China. Hundreds Of thousands of his
subjects congregated in the Yangtse Val
ley for celebration in connection with
his ascension. The invaders chose their
time and swooped down on them. cutting
the dykes OF the Yangtse river and
spreading death and desclation every
where Awed by the calamity and the
menace Of a strange and powerful people
in their midst. great numbers Of Chi
nese came over 70 the enemy and openly
avowed allegiance to their conquerors.
The new emperor was a weakling, with
none of the instincts of a soldier. and,
believing that the time was ripe for a
L a.
push on to Picking.
In the year 1913 they reached the walls
of the forbidden city, with every foot of
the country that. lay between them and
/ their own native land not only under
subsection but enjoying a fairly good
government. There never was any more
deliberate or better planned conquest I'm
the history OF the world. Before the
Manchus advanced from a captured 6is-
trict it had been practically made part
of their own nation. If they could not
accomplish this change in one year they
waited five.
In front of Peking the invaders halte
for two months. One night traitors open
ed the gates OF the city and for twenty
four hours the thoroughfares ran blood
The palaces and all vestige OF Chimes
authority were swent away. and before
the year was over China's first Manchu
ruler assembled the throne.
The dynasty has remained there from
that day to this. Instead, however. or
stamping its impress on the country or
bringing with it any changes in the life
or methods Of the Chinese its Afanchu-
rian customs have almost completely
died out and the Chinese literature, re-
ngion and habits have thoroughly trans
formed the conquerors. And. more than
/ that the Chinese have actually overrun
Manchuria and so stamned II with the
/ Chinese hall mark that the Manchu ma
tion, as q nation, has been practically
wiped off the map.
( Though China has obtained this mild
hammered revenge on the Invaders the
very great mass OF the people have never
been reconciled TO the conquering d.
nasty. and the whole southern and
southeastern part OF the empire with its
teeming millions OF people may be liken-
! ed to a smodering volcano, ready az any
moment 10 break out into rebellion and
place a Chinese family on the throne.
In the whole go years since the Ming
! dynasty began 20 rule this determination
has been kept steadily alive
The great Tai Ping rebellion. In spite
| Of all the terrible charges that were IA
az the door Of the rebels and generally
/ believed, was treated by the European
/ governments in manner that they arc
now beginning to realize was entirely
wrong England and FRANCE. failing 70
I see in II the uprising Of great national
spirit which could never be kept down
{ permanently. sided with the Ming dy-
nasty. and Il was this assistance that
saved the throne and smoth ered tie re-
( belfon. What has Europe won from ~
ONLY the bitter hatred and Ecorn 4 tie
+ race that Il saved and kept IN power
"a Fr+- hr
/ dealt black dagger ;hrusts ard insults
I for every kindness showeref upon them.
II IS the general sentiment among
white people who have lived among the
/ Chinese and VINO claim 70 understaud
some little about their motives and their
ambitions. that China VIII never be in
= settled condition until this Ming sy-
nasty has been extsrninsisd or baulshed
/ once and for al and ire oid Chinese fina
II eruperors seated on the farons. T1sn
great Province - SEE Chuan ,s the head
ard front Il TIRE IA! PinR power.
power that o. steadily ErowinE and pa
tientIy making for iis ultimate obiecs-
the overthrow q ths ire that uafrpes
the throne ~ years ago
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