The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13
DEAD FOR
THE ROCKS
China's Ship of States
Course.
VIEWS OF CELESTIALS
Agreement of the Powers Only
Hope for Kingdoms
Integrity.

the Boxers, written by a Chinese ant
translated by an American:
Just as the public is beginning to tir,
% the Beers and their troubles, thu
Boxers" appear upon the word stag
and claim 1t as their own. During th'
last few weeks this question has beer
asked thousands of times, Who anC
what are the "Boxers7" The name ha,
anything rather than a Chinese sound
and Occidentals are naturally puzzled
as to its origin. We may answer thai
the name is purely English and moi
even free translation of the origina
Tia To Woey. or Great Sword Society
Possibly the British residents of the
Orient gave them this sobriquet on ac-
count of their fondness for athletics
quite an uncommon trait in the Chinese
character.
In reality the Boxers" are a howl
ing mob of fanatics, having as their
slogan the destruction of all foreigners,
and the browning of Poo Tsun,
the heir apparent to the Imperial
throne of China. They are greatly OPP
posed to Kwang Hsu the rightful ruler,
and hope with the help of the Empress
Dowager to carry both points. But
what with the growing Importance of
the reformers. and foreign Intervention,
this irresponsible mob has attempted q
task which they will never be able to
accomplish.
This explains to q certain extent why
the Empress Dowager has not used any
great effort to suppress these maraud-
ers. much to the surprise of the powers
1t seems hard to understand why even
q provisional ruler should care to see
her government jeopardized with an eff
fort to save. But it must be remember
ed that the lady in question has no love
for the Emperor, and would willingly
submit to the temporary rule of the
mob in order to accomplish her
pet scheme, which Is the enforcement
Of Poo Tsun. She has always shown
her hatred for the foreigner. and, with
all her reported wisdom, there remains
enough of weak woman in her char
acter to induce her to believe that she
may yet be able to cope with the pow
ers-
All stories to the contrary, still, this
old woman must surely have an insane
strain in her makeup, or else her vanity
and the voices of the obsolete sooth-
sayers by whom she Is surrounded are
getting much the better of her alleged
Judgment. for the most illiterate of her
subjects realize that once the great
powers are aroused, the dismember-
ment of China must soon follow, and,
IL we may judge by the tone of the
daily Geographic reports, that time is
near at hand. Even the crafty old Lii
Hung Chang seems powerless to beat
intn thia ftto oil
thick head.
The Boxers" have arisen something
after the manner of the hordes of
Khan, in miniature. only that they lack
the one requisite for permanency, a
-ebel leader with the magnetic power
20 command that was ascribed to the
acted Genghis Khan. According TO
tncient history this mans powers of |
were so great that he found |
t an easy task to raise an army of mil |
ions. and with this immense following |
lie was enabled to sweep Asia from the |
'hores of the Yellow Sea to the very |
ENTER of northern Europe. without |
ioubt these misguided creatures are
rying to emulate this strange man,
Who seems to have been one OF those
are military freaks who have bobbed
p regularly each century since the be-
inning of written history.
But conditions have greatly changed
ince that old land pirate succeeded in
evastating an entire continent: the in
ention of the machine gun precludes
ny chance for repetition of his haz-
rdous deeds. and the Boxers" would
o well to listen to the sage advice of
heir betters and remain at home at
ending to the cultivation of the soil,
'hich Is their natural calling.
But alas. there is no public opinion In
nina, so these poor ignorant peasants |
ave nothing to guide them but their
wn stupid heads. stuffed with q colo
linl history which is so strangely mix
j with mythology that few II any of
leir number are able to separate the ,
NO. 1t must be admitted that there are
>me wise heads concerned in the
ovement, but most of them are I'm the 9
npioy OF the central government, and
'e themselves vain enough to believe
lis idiotic measure can be carried :
trough to successful conclusion,
Ana what Is to be the result OF this a
ufxotic battle with the windmills7 !
IMPLY that these deluded fools are
aging straight into the hands OF the 7
ore greedy OF the powers. who need +
1t the slightest pretext OF excuse 10 e
row China on the dissecting table a
ID start In carving. In this respect v
nina has but one hope for salvation.
hich Is the possible disagreement be- n
'een the powers as to terms OF par c
-ion' Tor undoubtedly each win ask \
the lions share. Possibly this cause !
ay give China few months respite.
10, IN the enterim. some bright star
ay ran from Heaven and puncure !
Q brain OF the silly old woman who IL q
M acting as national pilot. with her q
cay imperial ship pointing dead for a
9 lee shore. ~ "