The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

! ~ y ACdlCu luC pIUAcID Is nearly true
in China
China and the Powers
Ever since Ii Hung Chang was ap-
pointed the representative of the
dragon throne at the coronation of the
Russian emperor there has been more
or less suspicion of Russia on the part
: OF other powers It was about that
time that Sir Nicholas O'Connor, in an
Interview with Prince Kung. told MIN
IN language as blunt as any British
er ever spoke and as forcible as any
mat ever fell from the lips of son Of
Erin. that; unless he and his country
men altered their methods and mended
their ways, he should not be SURPRISED
II within i've years he hard of Prince
hung being a beggar on the streets Of
PekIn. AT that time many thought
there was deep laid project beneath
mat appointment OF the great vieeroy.
Ihe cartoon accom- oanying this arti-
Gle shows the view of the present sit
uatlon held by many intelligent Chi
nese. 1t is the work of Use Tsan Tai,
an educated Chiuaman of Hongkong.
Little explanation is needed to make
It's meaning clear as the Chinese SYM
ools have been translated. The sigma
ture and seal of the author will be no.
tlced at the lower left-hand corner, as
Wen as the Chinese mark of copyright.
The United States, in the form of an
eagle, has lighted gracefully but firmly
upon the Philippine islands; but its
wings are spread as if for further
fight. England. in the form of a bull
dog, is sitting on the Hongkong dis
trlct, with the eye nearest to the eagle
closed: but with the other eye, which
is open, the bulldog is very sharply
scruJinizing frog labeled Fdshoda,
and which, of course, represents
France. The frog has grasped Hainan,
and is reaching out after SEA Chuan,
or Su Chwan, as il is usually spelled.
Japan is represented as the rising sun
The eyes of japan are turned toward
the bulldog, and the entente between
England and Japan with regard to
Russia is indicated. Germany is hu-
morously represented by a sausage
curled around the jutting peninsula of
the Shan Tung district. The string
running from Japan to Formosa should
also be noticed. The largest figure in
the cartoon is the great menacing
bear at the TOD. whose paws are al
ready on the northern borders of China.
The bear is big, because Russia is so
large. and so near, and so formidable.
The Young Emperor's Mistake.
But with all our making fun of the
Chinese because he cannot fight. we
must not forget his power as a diplo-
matlst. He may be easily overcome
with the weapons of modern warfare.
put look out for him when you come
IN conteet with him in a Diplomatic
way Your European representative
IrothS and fumes. pounds the table
and sometimes swears. and the China
man patiently waits until he gets over
II and IS ready to talk business, and
then suggests that I'VE go on with the
affairs of state" Among the ranks of
those who WELD the tongue and pen.
the Chinese statesman stands in the
forefront and he never forgets that
the pen is an index of q higher state of
civilization than the sword
The mistake made by the adherents
OF the young emperor. Huang Hsu,
was in entirely disregarding the army,
poor as that body is. If Huang Hsu
had first surrounded himself with a
Dodyguard that would have protected
MN from the eunichs of the palace
and the empress dowager, he might
nave carried out his magnificent re-
forms TO ? successful end. And never
III the history of China did so mag
nihcent a beginning come to such a
lamentable and Ditiable end. That a
young man raised from infancy in a
PdieSe PRISON, with Two old cOnSerVd-
tive women as his chief advisors and
associates, should break away from all
the mossback official customs and
musty traditions, both of his own an
cestry and that of the people he gov
erned, and set himself to study the
Christian Bible. western science in all
its branches, including mathematics.
chemistry, physics, medicine. history.
and even the English language. is evil
dence enough that Huang Hsu is not
a 'Weakling," as some of the papers
represent him to be. but character
which, when the true history OF China
is written, will shine either as the first
martyr for liberty and reform. or the
Constantine Charlemagne, or Cromwell |
of the Orient