Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-23
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American Travellers Interesting
Observations In the Orient.
CHINA ESPECIALLY CONSIDERED.


| incline to the belief once expressed
by Napoleon that the Chinese are n
sleeping nation and that whenever
they awake they will startle the world.
They will show the west--aud by this
| mean America England Germany and
all Enropp--that they can accomplish
great things. If any one thinks that
| the Chinese are Il weak nation. that
they are all ignorant, superstitious and
treacherous. they are far from correct
In their opinion"
This is an expression of the belief of
Mr. Daniel G.. Nugrnt. who. with his
family. recently returned from Ii
months trip crcumnavigating the
| globe. says the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
| Mr.. Nugcnt talked interestingly of
the countries h" visited. ~ made a
| careful study ot the peoples of the
countries through which we passed."
he said "and compared them and their
customs. habits of life and particularly
their business methods. There was
one thing which impressed me more
than anything els" from this observa-
tion-and was glad indeed to note it
and that was that. for commercial
enterprise the American people are
far greater than any other nation.
! They stand hea, and shoulders above
the rest. The English are next and the
Germans are pushing them hard
There is great race in the east for
trade particularly in China. There
was evidence of that fact to me on
close observation of the movements
there. and | u;USt say that we Che
United States are conducting our
selves With II higher standard of honor
than any other nation now dipping
its oar into the troubled waters over
there. Even Germany is jealous of
England over there. though friendly
at home.
II say without fear of successful con-
tradictiOn that the United States can
deal more acccptably with the Chinese
than any other nation. This may seem
an eXtravaEant expression when Amer
lca's restrictions against the Chinese
are remembered. but the ruling people
III China understand them. appreciate
their necessity and respect our nation
all the more for them. | want to tell
you there are some great minds In
China. Their ideas of development
have not taken the same course as the
western idea. but they should not be
misjudged on that account. While we
think it is a great thing to build n rail
road and open vast fields of, new ter
ritOry, they do not think so much OF
that sort of development, but that Is
no token that they are not developing
along other lines.
''Trade in China is the animus and
the incentive for all the Boxer dis.
turbances. and but for the United
States, whose policy has been COM
mended on all sides. the war of con-
quest and land grabbing would have
been so long before this. The United
States has good trade with China
now. and there is 10 doubt that it will
rapidly increase. If China is not di,
vided among the powers and Is given
n chance. | repeat that when China
awaktns she will startle the world
with her accomplishments. This pres.
ent disturbance is likely to cause an
awakening"
Mr.. Nugcnt talked interestingly of
his entire trip. during which he and
his family visited all the oriental
countries, including Japan, the Philip
pine Islands, India. Ceylon, Egypt,
Italy. France and the other European
countries, but he was inclined to dwell
more upon China and the Philippines.
Speaking of the Philippines, Mr.. Nh
gent said;
I'VE spent some time at Manila with
Captain ID. J. Baker, n relative, and
his family. The Filipinos | consider
capable of self government in a very
large measure if given a chance and
fair treatment. They will surprise the
world if this is done. Manila is the
best city in the orient. TO be abso.
lutely truthful have in mind when
saying this Hopgkong, of course. but
that is at English city From what
saw of. the Filipnos within a
radius of 100 miles of Manila, can
speak of them as an Intelligent people
of very kindly disposition"
Mr.. Nugent related thrilling eX-
perience which he and his family and
siSter-in-law had. They drove from
Manila to Pasay in carriage to visit
Colonel Campbell. They had Fill.
pino driver. 1t was late when they ar.
rived at Pasay. and they decided not
70 stay, as Colonel Campbell was
away. The driver suggested returning
by another road, to which Mr.. Nugent
consented They had progressed some
distance when they encountered bad
roads, They were entirely outside the
lines of the American guard, mt the
mercy of the Filipinos. The carriage
finally mred in Filipino village, and
they were surrounled by natives and
thought they were in great peril. Their
fear was dispelled more or less when
they saw the natives assist the driver
to get out OF the mire. An old Filipino
with gray hair though he could not
speak word of English, made his de-
sire to assist them known by signs and
piloted them through the village and
out on the other side. where they met
their carriage. which had been pushed
through 1,200 TO 1.500 feet of mire by
the natives. After it was all over Mr.