The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

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is the rrfscn tat has fnii fwRv m on
commercial nbttcrs Al these yepra Tho
government hHr mt Tho pconie down and
has cot ur q harriar between the foreign
nations ard the great Empire.
1.-THE Chinese Government has not been
lilo 10 protect IT, subjects aud that q
tho cause ~ oil tho revolutions In the
last few years Almost every European
nation has concession from the Empire
nud yet they are afraid to 70 into the
country 10 claim their rights 10 the land
coded. Why is this. because tho Gov
eminent lu weak Nations are afraid to
Invest their money IN CHINA, although
everyone knows mat China II the wealth.
lest OF al. We all know that N these
! Hnwailnn Islands In the last few years
we have had prosperity. This is because
we expect all tie time TO have n good.
stable government.
"The foreign countries have sent troops
to Picking and men-of-wGr To the coasts
because they know the present Govern
mont is too weak to help the subjects Of
| foreign nations.
III we want to catch the thief we must
I first catch the ringeader The leader of
peace can be restored. Since the Tai
/ Ping rehellian the Manchu government
has lost the respect of the nations. II II
had not been for the cooperative assist
/ ancc 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 lacy
thought by doing this the officials would
| gradually become better II is impos-
sihle to expect anything from the present
officials because ,ney have not the ca
pacity to govern people. 1t Is useless to
wait for them to reform.
I'VE thank Gordon 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 Z half and half.
IL will speak now of the future of Chi
ma. 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 to make him completely well. The
curing of the disease of the nation is
similar to that of curing the disease of
a person. We must first cure the nation
and then give such remedies as will make
1t better. In what way can we cure Oh
ma? We must first cure the people and
then we can get a good government.
"At present the foreign powers are
thinking of partitioning China, sbut to
partition the country would wreak a
great evil. AS /. said before, the people
are a 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 70
them If the Powers were to partition
the country and every nation take
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pie will 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 40O,- |
100000 people in China. Nine-tenths of
them will surely go over to the boxers |
in such an event, and there will g 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 / know the very
method that would give China such a
government as 1t needs. The present EN-
peror, Kwang Hsu, is a very bright
young man and he likes his people. He
has love for them. He has read over a
hundred translations 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 |
n " in r1 IN hn IL
denly when the Empress Dowager folnu |
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 1t. 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-five others fled |
from China with price on their heads,
and l 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
and his country, and the Dowager and
Prince Twung are the enemies Zap
plause) I 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 thu
world In progress, A hundred years ago
urope did not enjoy that which she is
enjoying today. s..e had to undergo
great deal of hardship first. Perhaps
Asia win witness the same prosperity as
Europe has done. / and my friends will
do our duty to organize our government
on modern plans. and II is my hope that
foreign Powers will help us.
at 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.
1 thank you ALL" (Applause.)
Leung Chl-tso may soon leave for
Washington and o,ner seats of govern