The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21
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At TiENT5tN ARJENAL

so Increased that II could defend itself
against any nation or all nations. He
took a pencil and figured up the possihili-
ties % the Chinese army OF the future
lie said China could put twice as many
men into the fieid AS any other nation. re-
ferred TO the wonderful wealth OK the
country and its mineral resources. sayins
that il could make its own guns and mu-
nitions OF war lie told me that the iron
mines near HankOw would be developed
and new arsenais built,
This prophecy has been borne out by the
facts. The arsenals az Tlentsin. Canton
and Nankine have heen busy for the past
four years and the kiagnRn arsenal here
at Shanghai is still turning out guns 81
all descriptions and smokelsss powder a.
well The empress dowager has been Inn
porting Mausyrs and arming the troops.
and some Of the biggest American gun
factories have had their agents here try
ting to introduce American rifles.
Hou, Americans Las, an 0-dcr for Rffes.
TIE Chinese think well Of our guns. and
the vieeroy OF Canton not ienE ago asked
Consul General Goodnow for the name OF
the best American gun and cf TIE most
responsible OF the American nrms- IL
happened that one OF our gun factory
agents was In Shanghai at the time. and
AZ the suggestion OF the consul general ne
went 20 see the vicsrcy and offered 70 MI
his order at IS taels per sun. or lsevo
iAeis for all. The vsceroy replied that he
would give him the order, bat that he
must have the stuH at once The agent
then cabled % the United States, and In
r.pis was teid that the guns could not be
furnished within less than = year
rpon this the vfceroy said thef this
would not do. he must have the guns AZ
once lie then applied 70 the Germans,
who told him thRt they could give him
what ne wanted in sixty days ard that AZ
II tael~ each They got the order. bat the
gums sent were a lot ~ cid weapons. hard
" worth their freight
Az the arsenal AZ Shanghai the Chinese
are rrakGrg guns almost a. large as any
YuAae In the Washington navy yard some
~ ,hnm are n feet long, with prcieetiies
weighing thousand pounds Arrnstrons
rApla-nrinx Eups are made ara also
,,e.,ern rtrss rrojectliex o. all kinds.
gron, revolver cartridges Up - great
shells az steel as hiwh as yorF waist, are
turned out in great quantities Nn1 the
a,rerert kinds 81 shot and strapped nam
Mr. about soA The work - al dane by
chinese under cne Or two foreign sapor-
intendents
Gan Mssd.s 90 L&ree Scale at Hxrto~o.
Many Of the wsApons with whleh the
Chinese are armed come from Hankow.
The great vicsroy ChAnx Cni Tung has
an arsenal faere anon which he 's spsaa-
ing half a million taels a year The
guns turned ont are sort ~ AsHser.
and the steel comes from tho steel works
Al HAnyaas. ja>s above Hankow. There
are large iron ninos IN the vicinity. and
coal mines. 20 which = railroad has been
built.
was at the city Of Hangchow not long
ago and had chance 70 sec the troops
there undergoing their drill They eid
we'll, showing the effect OF their rigid
training since the war with Japan Chang
Chi Tung's trcops have been drilled by
GermAns. ana this 10 80. I am tod. with