The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
TROUBLE IN CHINA.
Ex-senator Washburn's Views of Its
Origin.

Origin.
Because of ex-senator w. D. Wash
burns sOJourn in China three years ago
where he spent some time. in Fe}Iino az
We'll as in Shanghai and other imnortant
cities Of the empire, he is the possessor
OF much information that is - N iaily in
tcresung at this critical stage. When a
representative showed Senator Wash
burn last evening bulletin from London
stating that TWO legations at Ieking were
sun holding out on July g. and that the
reNeTSeS. ne said:
II earnestly hope that such good news
Is true, but / cannot help but feel that
the worst has happened bV thlS time TO
one who has been in Picking as recently
as l have the news from there is fraught
with special significance. Though it was
three years ago last April tnat Mrs
WaShburn and myself visited Peking
was uncomfortably impressed at that
ulne with the sense of the danger to
winch the legations would be exposed in
the event of an uprising of the Chinese
Ihat IL would come so soon, of course,
no one could predict, but that it was in
eV table l was firmly convinced"
Senator Washburn considers the CITY of
disgusting city he has ever seen in his
lille. There Was only one hotel fit for
an American or European to live III. He
said:
THE streets of Picking, while not mere
narrow paths like those of Shanghai,
Tlen-Tsin and other cities, as they are
tlfely destitute OF pavement and side
walks. Fltn abounds everywhere, while
the disgusting practices and habits of the
natives offend the senses on al sides.
The legations are all located on one
street, and each is walled in. Once you
are inside any of these compounds, the
entire aspect of things changes, as you
are surrounded with the signs of civil
ization. Within the German legation, for
instance, you might readily imagine you
were walking the streets of Berlin; SO
with the British and United States lega-
tons While the walls would afford pro-
lection against an ordinary assault they
would poorly Withstand bombardment by
heavy artillery"
Referring to the tremendous difficulty
OF moving an army across the eighty
miles of country stretching inland from
Tlen Tsin to Picking, Senator Washburn
said:
This country, like the rest of the EN-
pire, is entirely devoid of the slightest
SemDlance of road. 1t is not hillV bnt
II Is intersected and interlaced with a
network of bitches rendering progress
exceedingly slow and laborious, end
herein Is seen the motive of the manchli
dynasty IN selecting this inland site for
i poi,ii loca h OF the imperial city Had
ekIhg oeen situated on a naVigab,e BODY
OF water, accessible by ships this awful
slaughter could never have been perna-
When asked to express his views Of tho
present situation in China and the cause
tEereof, Senator Washburn replied:
me fundamental cause lies in deem
rooted antipathy of the Chinese to aIv
chanSe whatsoever in their government
the1r institutions. their manner of iiyin =
ana IN their religion. They do not want
ttaLIFoa9S S, nor any of the other institu-
lons allied to the civilization of the
western world. The system of govern
ment is one of robbery from the emperor
Gown TO the humblest coolie. The empe-
yiceroys for their appointment, and the
vlceroys levy big tribute on the manda-
rms, who in turn squeeze their Interiors.
maintain their supremacy by this soueezs
ing process, and in the emu the coolie
pays Tor ii all. Naturally the governing