Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-23
CHINA'S CRISIS.
The Cause Of All the Present
Disturbance.
china for the Chinese" is the Popu-
lar Cry.
Lack Of United Action by Powers Causes Loss
Of Lie and Trade.

itoIc especially since her war witt
Japan in 1895. has been made tn,
theme of such untold thousands o
| magazine and newspaper articles, a.
well as of hundreds of more or les!
elaborate books, that it would seen
Well-nigh impossible that there shout,
remain anything to write about thi:
great problem, aptly described b,
emperor William as the yellow
Peril, and which has now reached al
exceptionally acute stage, says an eX
attache of the Chinese court in tn,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ana yet there are some points which
apparently still call for exclamation
while there are certain facts, forgotten
or ignored. to which it is timely t
draW attention at the present juncturt
Tor the purpose of promoting Il proper
comprehension Of the situation in tn,
Tar East by which the great powers OF
ChriStendom are now confronted
Numerous inquiries have been adj
dressed to me during the last few days
by readers of these letters asking fol-
information as to the immediate cause
of the present trouble the reason for
the delay on the part of the United
states and other great powers to take
common and at the same time effec-
tive action, with view to the prOtec-
ton of the white people, missionaries
and traders, who are being maSsacred
and of their property which is being
destroyed; how it comes that the very
Chinese societies which until year OF
50 ago We're endeavoring to overthrow
the reigning dynasty at Picking are
now cooperating with the latter, and
lastly as to what is likely to be the
outcome of the imbroglio
China is honeycombed as no other
country in the world with secret socie-
ties. embracing all classes. having an
existence dating from the second cen
fury of the Christian era-an existence
not of tradition, but vouched for by
record. They are diverse in the ele-
mentS of which they are composed in
their rules and practices, although
most Of them, especially the Triad.
which is the most important of them
all. have such extraordinary analogy
with the Western Free Masonry as to
imply n community of origin. The
symbols and tenets are the same, the
ceremonies of initiation are similar,
semblance thereto. and in fact the only
foreigner who ever obtained admission
to the Triad, namely, an Englishman
IF the name of Mason, achieved this
feat on the strength Of his belonging
to the higher grades of the Scottish
rite Of Free Masonry.
originally form of Oriental mysti-
cism. founded on moral and cosmologi-
cal theories, these societies became
political factors toward the seven
teenth century of our era, and until 1
year or 50 ago had in view as their
principal object the overthrow Of the
Manchu OF Tartar dynasty, and as
Watchword China for the Chinese
The TAPPING rebellion of 40 and 80
years ago was fostered and promoted
by the Triad. and came near over
throwing the Picking government.
which it could doubtless have accom-
plshed had it enjoyed the cooperation
Of the other secret societies.
Today the meaning Of the watch
word of the various secret societies,
namely. China for the Chinese" is
changed For the aim is no longer anti
dynastic. nor do they seek the eXpul-
Manchus who for the past 200 years
have imposed themselves as the ruling
class over 400. 100000 Chinese, COM
polling them to adopt the Manchu
style of hair dress, namely. pigtall,
in token Of subsection. Today the
secret societies have for their object
the expulsion of the foreigner from the
land.
1t is a mistake to believe that John
| Chinaman is a stranger to PATRIOTISM.
Indeed. 50 passionately devoted Is ne
! to his native country that he makes
| arrangements for the return OF ms
bones to the Flowery Kingdom in the
event of his dying in foreign LANDS.
| This fiber Of patriotism has been utll-
| lied by that extraordinarily clever Wo-
man the DoWager Empress, to rally
| the entire nation into the presentation
Of a virtually united front to the Tor
| eigner. to convert the secret societies
| from anti-dynastic into anti-forelsn
| movements, and to achieve that when
| The Triad sought in vain to bring
about at the time Of the TAPPING re-
hellion namely, cooperation of all
| secret societies one with another
| against the cOfflHlOn lpt. Ntt''Ai
| time is not the Manchu, but the Whlte
| foreigner.
| II cannot be denied that for more
| than half Il century past emma mas
| been subjected to a degree Of mag
nitv. insult. extortion and bullying on
the part of foreign powers which nc
| christian power would have tolerated.
Treaties have been imposed upon he'
Inv force. her finest harbors seized, ana
,act stretches of her llttoral sue
| cessively placed under foreign RUE
| She has been compelled to consent GO
| arroements providing for the transfer
of her immense river trade to foreign
| flags and for the gridironlng Of rs
| nntire land by means of foreisn-bull'
md foreign controlled railroads, Whlie
| far avary concession made by hef
| dozen new ones have been presented
nv the foreign powers. At length, eN-
| ,snarated beyond endurance aho
driven TO the wall. the Empress issued
n december last an edict addressed &c
III yiceroys of the various provinces
| THE foreign powers cast upon Us
| looks of tiger-like voracity, hustli,ie
| oacs other in their endeavors to be tne
| frst to seize upon our innermost terri
| tor;ac F., she declared. They fan u