Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-28

time holding office in Hsia Chin county,
shan-tung province: Their religion is such
as China never had, and is antagonistc to
the doctrines of the sages, such family
relations, the laws of benevolence and right
eousness. In this regard these religions are
interior to Buddhism and Taoism.
western sciences have their ancient root in
Chinese principles, which have been stolen
ana shrewdly expanded AS to &C.
cidentals, their chaos has just begun to dis
solve and their savagery has not yet
changed. They have no loyalty, no family
rules, no true principles of sexual relations.
no literature, and no truly civilized society.
Because their land is narrow they
nave come to US searching the limits of the
land for their own gain In the
matter of skillful search into the secrets of
the earth they are far shrewder than We
put they do this simply for gain. and are
paroarians still. with all their industrial
ski skill. They seek only gain from
our country; they aim to deceive our peo-
pie. to surround our land. to disturb our
national laws and customs"
IL may be that the empress dowager is
merely an opportunist: but it seems much
more likely that she thinks to realize fully
the dreams of these past three wears and
TO close the coup of 1898 by which the
reiormer. Emperor Kwang Hsu. was set
aside and six of his advisers beheaded by
a general onslaught on all the Foreign
devils who are nfesting her domain. The
Moderate members of the tsung Ii yamen
OF foreign office have been displaced by
enemies or the foreigners. In one bres tn
she condemns General Mich for Furnishing
tne Boxers and calls them good citizens
ana IN the next, to hoodwink foreign gov
ernments, she orders them to desist The
appointment of Yuan Shi Kai as governor
OF Shan.tung. though nominally in the in
teiest Oh order, can now be looked upon as
f esig more than temporary yielding to
III eisn demands while waiting for the
proper moment for the present outbreak
me antl-foreign outbreak has grown from
What at first seemed but a plundering at
TACK upon few poor Chinese Christians in
Snan-tnnP n
"nicn necessitate International action and
Wnlch threaten the very existence of for
eisners and of foreign interests in China
II VIII not prove sufficient to quiet Pekin
with diplomatic relations restored the en-
press can by retaining in the foreign office
eae antl-1oreign ministers. wage a warfare
o. eHtermlnatlon on business and mission
airy interests throughout the provinces
me provincial officials would but carry out
one secret edicts, while CORRESPONDING
series OF pro-foreign edicts would tie the
hanos OF consuls and foreign ministers
concur In the ideas expressed nv Wenp
Iung Ho. tutor of the emperor. Kwang
Hsu. and see but little hope of a satisfa C.
Tory setuement OF the present most deplor-
abe situation outside some arrangement
similar to that suggested. Wen SAYS: His
majesty Is convinced, through amply trust
worthy sources, that the loyal support of
many scores OF millions Of Chinese will be
accorded to his proposals for putting an
END to the state Of anarchy brought about
by the action Of the Empress Isl An.
Inc government of China, being vIr-
tuaily nonresident. the emperor proposes
that the foreign powers, whose troops DOM
mate the capital shall remove his imperial
person from the palace in which his ma les
ty Is confined a prisoner. shall declare En-
press Isl An and her present ministers to
be usurpers, and shall bring Emperor
kwang Hsu to Marking, Wuchang or
Shanghai. whichever the said foreign pow
ers deem to be the most suitable situation
for the new capital of the Chinese empire
under the new conditions. 1t is proposed
by his majesty and his advisers that the
Foreign powers should declare a Joint pro-
tectorate and undertake the task of gov
erning the country through his majesty.
CHINA Is ripe for the change of tide
which the reactionaries vainly seek TO stem
II 1t should be, on the other hand that the
foreign powers seriously contemplate the
dismemberment of the Chinese empire they
have before them the huge task of facing
dense millions, who, although lacking train
Ing and making but contemplate soldiers,
possess boundless powers of passive resist
ance, and would be able to wear out the
patience of any European rulers seeking ID
govern them without regard to their preju-