The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-13
THE WAR IS A HUGH FAKE.
ALLIES FIGHTING BIG AND
JNWIELDY MOB.
Military Man From China Says one
Decisive Battle Would Crush Out
break-Less Than 100000 Armed Men,

An officer of the military arm of one
of the allied powers, who was passen-
ger by the Hongkong Maru on Satur-
day for the mainland, disagrees with
some of the authorities regarding the
situation in China. His name is with
held for obvious reasons, he having
occasion to CritiCise the authors of the
big Oriental scare, some of whom are
his own superior officers.
"All this talk about China doing this
and that is bosh of the tlimsiest kind.
Japan is losing no sleep over the stu
alton and has offered to deal with
China alone if the powers would con-
sent Russia, though knowing less of
the situation, has not had the night
mares of the United States, Great
Britain France or Germany over it.
The fact is, both Japan and Russia
realize that there is no serious difficult
ty ahead.
"The newspapers told us that there
were 100000 Boxers, fully organized
and armed. They also told us that
Admiral Seymour killed his wounded
and that the Ministers were murdered
on July Z. l say that there are not
100 900 rebels under arms in all China,
and that these are poorly organized.
This may seem a queer proposition, but
my words will be remembered in few
weeks from now when the so-called up
rising is a thing of the past. The Box
ers under arms and somewhat danger
Gus are Immediately in front of the
allied forces, opposing their advance,
and at Picking. Other Boxers in the
country are bands of outlaws operat-
ing against Christians in the provinces.
Few are armed and none are soldiers.
"The move of the allies should be to
strike boldly at the force directly in
front and to press right on to PeI.lng.
You will find that Japan has already
or will very soon lead off that way.
one decisive victory in front would
crush the rebellion. Resistance at Pc
king would be feeble, unless, of course,
the Chinese army in the meanwhile
allied itself with the Boxers and even
then the struggle would be short and
decisive.
1T is not a fact that European Off
GERS are leading the Boxers. These men
are with the regular Chinese army. the
Boxer army is big, unwieldy mob of
cut -throats. Not enough drilled chi
nese soldiers have deserted to them to
make any impression.
When one good battle mas
been fought it win surprise the
world to see how quickly the re-
bellion or uprising Collapses Then
the commanding officers of the
allies will feel exceedingly cheap.
1t will dawn upon them suddenly that
they were never opposed by anything
more than big mob, and that there
is no glory in this war.
Heretofore reports sent out from
China have come from parties favor
able to the dismembermento of the En-
pire. 1t all looks to me like a deep
laid plot TO get all of the big powers
heavily represented there, which would
almost certainly lead to dismember-
ment.
1.-The Chinese army is not with the
Boxers. In the confusion caused by
the suddenness of the outbreak l be-
lieve it took the army sometime to get
it's proper bearings again and learn
lust what the situation is. Whether
the army will oppose the allies at Pc
king or not is something 1 myself would
greatly like to know