The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
Other Wars With China.
The Causes Which Led to the
"Opium War" ip 1910.
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
The German Emperor William
like Saul OF Tarsus. an unconverted
Paul-is "yet breathing threatenings
and slaughter " Addressing the
first naval division, destined for ser.
vice in China, which sailed on Mon
day from Kiel. the little emperor
said yours is the first division of
armored ships which | send abroad.
Remember you will have to fight 0
cunning foe. provided with modern
weapons, to avsnge German blood
which has flowed. Spare the women
and children. shall not rest until
China 10 subdued and all her bloody
deeds are avenged" 1t is, perhaps,
too early 10 the game to talk thus
lightly Of subduing China, q country
Of vast extent, inhabited by 400, ,000,.
600 Of people 1t ls gratifying to
know that in Difference presumably
to the spirit of modern civilization, if
not Of Christianity, the Kaiser does
not propose to extefminate the en-.
tire Chinese population. He tells
his warriors to "spsre the women
and children" For thus much, to
this great and terrible war lord, in
the nsmo of humanity-thanks !
IL is to be hoped that neither the
example Of foreign powers nor the
urgency of our own jingoes will
cause the administration at Washing
ton to deviste Q hairs breadth from
the sober policy of moderation and
justice already announced by Secre.
tsry Hay. Ii is all important that
President Mckinley, whose backbone
10 notoriously none of tho stiffest,
and who is lamsntably prone to
change his mind, shall have tho sup
port Of the intelligent, conservative
public opinion of the country in ad.
herring to the policy marked out By
his secretary of state. To save the
lives, If rescue be possible. of our
own fellow citizens iu danger of
death at the hands Of the Chinese
mob, to assist 10 the restoration of
order and stsble government at Pekin
and to oppose anything like the
spolistion or partition of China
among the bsrpy powers. is for THE
country, obviously the policy of wis.
dom % we'll as justice We should
not permit ourselves to be blinded
by the atrocities committed by the
Boxers-strocities not differing .iu
kind and not comparing in extent
with those committed by the sans
culottes Of Paris, and indeed
throughout France, during the Reign
o( Terror little more than a century
ago-to the fact that in oil her deal.
iogs with European powers China
has been treated with soan, justice.
il not With positive injustice
Although the oldest, the most pop.
ulous and in some ways the most
powerful empire on this globe. it is a
noticeable fact that in all her long
history. dating back far beyound the
beginnings Of Christianity aud mod.
ern civilization, China has never been
guilty Of any act Of aggression upon
any other nation, leastwise upon any
European power. She has invaded
the territory Of no other power, has
interfered with the plans and ambi
tions Of none. As an accomplished
writer and historian of our own day
has said /: "The one thing that China
has asked Of European civilization
and the thing called modern progress
was 20 be let alone. Chins's prayer
TO Europe was that of Diogenes to
Alexander-'Pray stand out of my
sunshiae ,"
The Chinese did not seek inter
course much foreign nations They
would with rather have lived without
seeing the face Of foreigner As
i. takes two parties TO a quarrel
China lived ia peace with all the
world until 90 years ago her first for
o a war was forced uooD her by the
fnss,ia,e greed and rspsci,y of Fog
land Ii wac soon alter the accession
OF Queen Victoria that the war
designated By all historians aud des
tinel 20 be remembered in oil time as
the Opium war" brCke out By
usay wise aud patriotic Eog!shmen
IL has been described as the darkcs,
bio, upon the pages OF EngIish bis.
tory Bu, that was before Chamber
lain srd Rhodes and the London
Stock exchaoge got up the war Tor
the deduction Of the independence
Of IT, Beers and the capture of the
gcld fields in the Orange Free State