The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11

neSe people to .aeip tnem 10 tnlS enQ IL
the government of China is unstable
there will be trouble between it and the
Powers. If China waits, they will par
tition the country. You know that for
many years the commercial interests be-
tween China and the other nations are
solely in the hands of the Dowager. She
is the person that has full sway in all
government has put the people down and
has set up barrier between the foreign
nations and the great Empire.
''The Chinese Government has not been
able to protect its subjects and that is
the cause of all the revolutions in the
last few years. Almost every European
nation has a concession from the Empire
and yet they are afraid to go into the
country to claim their rights to the land
ceded. Why is this. Because the Gov
eminent is weak. Nations are afraid to
invest their money in China, although
everyone knows mat China is the wealth
lest of all. We all know that in these
Hawaiian Islands in the last few years
we have had prosperity. This is because
we expect all the time to have good,
stable government.
1.-THE foreign countries have sent troops
to Pelxing and men-of-war to the coasts
because they know the present Govern
ment is too weak to help the subjects of
foreign nations.
IF we want to catch the thief we must
first catch the ringleader The leader of
the Boxers must be exterminated before
peace can be restored. Since the Tai
Ping rebellian the Manchu government
has lost the respect of the nations. If ii
had not been for the cooperative assist
ance of foreign nations the Government
would have fallen long ago. The reason
why they assisted was because the Pow
ers wanted to help China, because they
thought by doing this the officials would
gradually become better. 1t is impos-
sible to expect anything from the present
officials because they have not the ca
pacity to govern people. 1t is useless to
wait for them to reform.
I'VE thank Gordotd during the Tai Ping
rebellion for helping China, but he only
went halfway with the work. If others
want to help US. they must go further
and not do it half and half.
Il will speak now of the future of Chi
ma. A doctor must first find out the
cause of patients illness and he will
then give the latter such remedies as
will cure him quickly, but afterwards he
must give him more and stronger RENE
dies 70 make him completely well. The
curing of the disease of the nation is
similar to that of curing the disease of
d person. We must first cure the nation
and then give such remedies as will make
it better. In what way can we cure Chi
ma? We must first cure the people and
then we get good government
AT present the foreign powers are
thinking of partitioning China, but to
partition the country would wreak a
great evil. AS / said before, the people
are good people, but the official class
are not. The foreign missionaries must
go against the official class and not
against the masses of the people. If the
foreign countries are willing to teach us
to reorganize our present government
the Chinese will be very thankful to
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the country and every nation take a
strip of territory, then the Chinese peo-
pie win say You come and rob us, no
matter how good your intentions are
they will always say, You come to rob
the country. No doubt the hatred of the
foreigner will become more intense. Those
who do not at present belong to the Box
ers will flock to their standard if the par
tition takes place. There are over AGO.
100000 people in China. Nine-tenths of
them will surely go over to the Boxers
in such an event, and there viii be no
peace to the world. The foreign Powers,
seeing China in trouble, and desiring to
partition the country, is like the doctor
curing a sick man by giving him so
much medicine that 1t almost kills him.
1t is not difficult to have good govern
ment in China, and l know the very
method that would give China such a
government as it needs. The present En-
young and he likes his people. He
has love for them. He has read over a
hundred TRANSACTIONS of books from for
eign languages and he has acquired many
foreign ideas. He knows much about the
laws of foreign countries. About three
years ago he was giving power to per-
sons to take charge of the government
for its good. Although he ruled nominal
ly for twenty-eight years, the power was
in reality in the hands of the Dowager.
and he had only three months in which
he was really allowed to have anything
to say in regard to the government. Sud-
denly when the Empress Dowager found
out that Kwang Hsu had so many for
eign ideas, she became afraid, anu cast
him aside. For several thousand years
the Emperor and his officials had the
control of the government and the peo-
pie had nothing to do with it. 1t was
the intention of the Emperor to give such
rights to his people He wanted foreign
ers to come in ana assist him to organize
the new Chinese Government. OF those
who assisted Kwang Hsu, six were be-
headed and about thirty-fve others fled
from China with price on their heads,
and ! am one of the latter class. The
Dowager wanted to put Pc Ching, lad
of nine years, on the throne. The leader
of the Boxers, Prince Twung, is the ia
/ Their of this lad
| '.Kwang Hsu is the friend of his people
| Prince Twung are the enemies. Gap
plause) l know that England, America
and Japan are all willing to help the En-
! peror, Kwang Hsu, to win back his
! throne for him. Even If the foregoing
! Powers do not help, the people of China
must help put him back on the throne.
"In the twentieth century China will
witness a great change for the better.
She will match with the Powers of the
world in progress. a hundred years ago
urope did not enjoy that which she is
| enjoying today. LIE had to undergo a
| great deal of hardship first. Perhaps
Asia will witness the same prosperity as
Europe has done. / and my friends will
i do our duty to organize our government
on modern plans, and it is my hope that
foreign Powers will help us.
1T is my hope that the Christian peo-
pie will try to restore the Emperor. and.
that done, that all will work together to
make China OF the great world nations
/ thank you ALL" (Applause.)
Leung Chi-tso may soon leave for
Washington and oluer seats of govern
ments to endeavor to gain the ear of the
,, Powers and enlist their sympathies in
reform.
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