The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-06
THE REAL CHINESE QUESTION, by
Chester Holcombe:

Chester Holcombe
In getting at the meat OF the Chinese
question II is evidently important TO view
Scarcely necessary 20 observe this Is not
the ordinary point of view, partly for the
reason that there has been small dispo-
sition among European writer's TO take
that view and partly because few of them
have been qualified To take a. IL was n
bold Englishman, who. at the height or
the recent Boxer outbreak. declared that
under similar conditions the English peo-
pie would have risen I'm arms as the Chi
nese patriots did and few were i'm a frame
or mind To listen 10 such talk. even
though equally few cared To dispute the
assertion. Mr.. Holcombe was connected
with the United States legation at Pekin
as Interpreter and In other capacities for
some ID years, and since 1889 has been
connected with extensive commercial and
financial enterprises In that country. His
book, the Real Chinaman.' has attract
ed considerable attention and the present
work handles the tremendous subject
with extraordinary analytical power.
clearness of vision, entire absence OF
prejudice and convincing argument. rein
forced by startling array OF facts. The
American reader, at least. Will find no
ground for quarrel with this timely and
important work. and the fair minded
Englishman-whom Mr. Holcombe distin-
guishes from the impersonal English gov
ernment-will ba disposed TO look the situ-
alton fairly in the face and realize that
the Chinese side OF the question has been
denied a hearing quite too long. The
book IL absorbingly interesting. as well
as vastly Instructive and compels the
most partisan opinion 10 pause long
is after all a brother and a man and not
a barbarian, and child except as the
policy OF the civilized powers of Europe
has forced him to figure as such. IL is
a wholesome and effective work that Mr.
Holcombe has contributed TO the big
problem which the world is now facing
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@. from quotation, Heavens Distant |
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prayer, resignation. each |
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i'm It's tone until the closing division which