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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
REAL CAUSES OF THE BOXER UPRISING
And THE MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS
A Distinguished Missionary Describes the Social
and Political Outrages Inflicted on the Long
Suffering Chinese by the Christian Races.
The Opium Trade Curse.
By JULIUS CHAMBERS.

are being pushed into China in preference
10 our cotton goods. Japan has passed u
law prohibiting minors from using to-
bacco. ana holds the parents responsible.
Cigarettes are killing thousands of Chi
namen every year
MISSION INTERFI19 Elm CE.
'This brings me TO the wrongs perpe-
trated by missionaries very delicate
problem. ] refer TO the missionary factor
that forever grasps at temporal power.
france, that has 'repuGiated it at home,
stands behind the priesthood in China,
just as Spain sustained the friars in the
Philippines. The imperial government at
Pellin issued a decree in 1897 raising bish-
ops to the same ranks as viceroys and
governors and extending their privileges
in their absence to the priests whom they
leave in charge / am stating this not
only of my own knowledge, but upon
the authority of Bishop FTavier Bishop OF
Tien-TSn. The object of that decree. as
the bishop admits, was to settle local
disputes with the natives rather than
appeal TO the Chinese authorities or the
home government. With my long eX-
perience i'll all parts of China ! sincerely
Believe that this encroachment by the
missionaries upon the civil procedure of
the Chinese courts was q grave mistake,
frausht with serious consequences. owing
TO the lonS-eXisting feeling Of hatred gem
Z! ti!lS bpiILt pN Tiit ll3ilNtsS toward III ltT
eisners. ] can say with perfect truth that
! never failed to get justice from
Chinese cotrt, How would We feel right
here If we had to so to the Joss House
to have any disagreement we might have
with Chinaman adjudicated? We'd
become Boxers Very promptly' That step
alone is quite enough TO account for rev
olution. In the interior we are all known
as Jesus doctrine people The natives do
not discriminate between sect or creed.
PERSONAL INSULTS TO NATIVES.
THE personal attitude of many foreign-
erS toward the natives is calling. They
give themselves airs Of superiority, and
are wont 10 curse and cuff natives upon
the slightest proyocation. This is enough
to make any unrcgcneratei Chinaman
thirst for White mans blood. / said
years ago that if | We're a Chinaman I'd
hate foreigners. l do not believe that
there was a single man, woman or child
murdered in this outbreak except the
crime was actuatea by a feeling of reprisal
for scnle injustice or wrong done to a.
tive. i do not necessarily mean that the
victim of massacre had personally COM
mitted such "a wrong: but he or she be-
longed to the intensely hated white race,
and a Chinaman assumes that all foreign
ers are alike. Only u short time ago a
highly educated. said to me: i have to
pray every day to God to keep me from
hating Americans, ministers among them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

gan to squeal with delight.
Moreover. when the food was brought
and her brother tried 10 take her from
her new friend. she protested to tempest
uollsly and chung 50 tightly TO the fringss
Of his shirt that he laughed again and
would not let her so. but ate and drank
oae-handed with the BABY still held on
his left arm In consequence he was some
what awkward. and let fall q plate. which
was broken in halves
After the departure OF the men this
breakage worried the boy, who feared ne
might DE punished for having served his
imposing guests. a. he had done. from
the precious best china, which no one but
the mistress of the house might touch
without permission
On his mothers return. therefore. :
was with much trepidatien that he told
his story, but that strict, although pa
triotic hoi,se-zeeper, tosGztve and approved
him. she had the broken plate 1nensie'',
and Tor many years it :, remained s,tssss,a,,. n the
er r'ri as General Morgan's p!ate-"-
Winchester Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
Bryan's Fad Taste.

II all probability Mr.. Bfyans paper
will be. a most Interesting one. He is
. brilliant writer-aid j man whose words
VIII always have weight with the thous-
ands of those VINO have followed him
twice to tefeat. Mr.. Bryan wa Il news
paper man before he was a candidate for
The Presidency. and had the reputation.
in his State of being an able editor.
1t is of course to be regretted that any
man should display such bad taste as to
give up newspaper work to vun for the
Presidency. but Mr. Bryan is entitled 10
the benefits of all doubts IN tais direction
His temptations were even greater than
those which heses the average editor
Norfolk Dispatch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
PARIS 0UTDID HERSELF AND THE
GREAT EXPOSITION WASASUCCESS
United States Commissioner Louis Stern Of New
York, Gives His Impressions Of the National
Enterprise Of the French
By LOUIS STERN.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Nr. Louis Stern
of the great dry goods firm of Stern
Brothers. of this city, one of the United
States Commissioners to the Paris Expo
siton. gives his opinion on that splendid
national enterprise as follows:
The Paris Exposition, from an artistic
point of view. was unquestionably a sue
cess: and as this was the central idea
OF the creators and managers of the eX-
penditures of money, the enormous amount
OF patient labor, constructive energy and
directive force that had to be called into
play cannot be said to have been wasted
France can recall the Exposition of 1860
with pride. In many ways 1t Will re-
dound to the glory OF the splendid capital
of our sister republic.
One OF its drawbacks was the limited
space in which it was held but this was
unavoidable owing to the fact that the
site selected was in the heart of the city
This was a great datriment in many ways
Architectural effects Were married on ac-
count of tne lack of adequate area: the
building OF pavilions of the foreign ma
tons We're OF necessity built too near
one another Aside from the Rue des
Nations and the buildings between the
Champ de Mars and the Seine. the lay
ing out of the grounds III general and
the horticultural features We're superb
and drew forth universal commentator.
SCENES OF GRANDEUR.
The most beautiful and artistic buildings
were the Grand and Petite Palais, each
side of the new street, the Avenue Nico-
las Cwhere formerly stood the old Paiais
de LIndustreD, to the new bridge Alex
ande- LII. They were visions OF arclitec-
tural beauty. and will remain as a re-
minder OF the Exposition of 1860 and add
to the artistic beauty of the French CAPT
tai. AS TO the main exhibition build
ings on the Espanade des lnvalides. they
We're, as a rule. somewhat overdone in
the way OF exterior decoration, wnEe the
main exhibition buildings on the Champ de
Mars were in much better taste
The United States made most credi-
table display leading every other foreign
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

country III the number Of exhibitors
France was, OF course. first on the list
Ots.l Fllnins, machinery sle2trl Ciu,t
arts ana educational exhibits We're very
fiue-to many people quite revelation.
Our agricultural exhibit was excellent ana
won general approval, The number Of
Grand PriX. gold, silver and bronze med
ais awarded to our exhibitors is the
highest evidence that could be given of
our superiority in nearly all the Depart
ments OF industry in which We compet-
ed.
AS to the United States Pavilion, It must
ne said that, Notwithstanding the adverse
criticism, it was fitting building for the
purposes for which it was designed and
constructed 1t served as the meeting
place for all the Americans in Paris. and
was not converted into q shop for the sale
OF cheap and tawdry articles. as We're the
pavtlionS of some OF the other countries
/ may not have been equal to the Italian
British and German buildings, wtfsd1
aside from their artistic and correct ex-
teriors, Were filled with rare objects OF
art splendid paintings and tapestries.
THE AMERICANS.
The restaurants and cafes on the ground
were Il disappointment in every way. Not
one OF them could be truthfully called Il
first-class establishment, and the greater
number Of them were poor. 1t is not
surprising, therefore. that many of them
positively lost money. whiie not few
were driven 70 bankruptcy.
One of the conspicuous failures Of the
Exposition was the SHOWS, particularly
those that catered to the muItitudes In
nearly every one Of them the perfor-
nance or exhibition was commonplace.
With respect of the cost Of living at the
various hotels, increased prices were, OF
cou-se. TO be expected, but the newspaper
reports at the opening OF the Exposition.
and for many months after. were very
much exaggerated
The proverbiaI reputation Of Americans
in Europe as the most lavish os all enter
tainers and spenders was more than sus-
tanned by the many visitors who focked
TO Paris during the Exposition.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

that oost z,,t,. :. 800. some old one Will
be bouyht ~, n now o,le started. The fact
Is rocoI,od tb.t tammany, under the
leadership of Inn Kelly, went into jour
nalfsm and Irade very Illuminating fls-
,,ra - ,.a The losses thereby incurred
,nado 7snn INellys estate. when he died
mnrh Smaller than it would have been
If he had not for years paid the bills Of
the old fallen Tammany Star Mr..
croker and his friends see no financial
terrors in the Kelly precedent. Their
theory is that there is field in Greater
New York for n low-priced morning news
paper genuinely Democratic. that shall
represent Tammany, defending and Sus-
tanning it with vigor equal to that with
which it is now assailed.
TANfMANY ALWAYS.
1t is as certain as anything can well be
that in the next municipal campaign no
one of the existing morning or evening
papers. with one exception in New York
and another in Brooklyn, will be on the
side OF Tammany. If the Democratic
party were undivided. Tammany with its
splendid organization. could face a hos
tile newspaper combination. but not 9TH
erwse. The experience of Tammany I'M
der John Kelly proves this. Behind the
old County Democracy stood all the city
papers. and as a result OF the battle,
Tanmany was excluded from office so
the semblance of an organization. Rich
ard Croker restored it to power. He will
leave no expedjent untried to retain the
control of the greatest American munic-
ipality.
Could Tammany raise the million dol
lars that would be required to put new
journal in the field with anything like a
prospect of success? Unquestionably.
Richard Croker demonstrated what he
can do in the financial line in the last
campaign. Through his personal eXer-
tons ne raised hundreds of thousands Of
dollars. Without him the National Dem
ocratic Committee could not have done
anything in the East. and the New York
State Committee. outside some small in
dividual subscriptions. was almost bank
rupt. Croker was the financial Atlas that
carried both on his shoulders. Ills friends
and admirers do not doubt that if he re-
solves to have morning newspaper in
the metropolis he viii accomplish that
object, gigantic though it be.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
THE ATROCITIES
IN TRANSVAAL
Lord Roberts Conduct Compared
With That of CORVALLIS.
THE VIEWS OF Mr.. FOLEY.
He Contends That What Has Hap.
pcncd in South Africa Has its
Parallel i'll the American
Revolution.
THE VIEWS OF Mr.. FOLEY.
BY joins P. FOLEY

In the closing days of the closing month
of the closing century, lauded Of poet and
preacher, of novelist and historian, of or
;ttOr and editor, Of politician and states
man, because of the civilization that, they
tell us, it has produced, there is present.
ed on the Crimsoned fields of the Trans
vaal one of the ghastliest pictures of
ruthless barbarism that history clasps
within its pages. British soldiers turned
into incendiaries by the titled officers Of
a nation that claims to lead the civiliza-
ton and progress of the world; home
gteads given to the flames; women and
children driven from the roofs that shell
tered them to die of cold and hunger and
disease; property looted; helpless little
ones orphaned; on every hand famine
ruin, riot, robbery. preparation OF crimes
unmentionable-tha is the Christmas pic
ture that Great Britain has painted in the
little republic of South Africa.
Well, there is a companion picture to it
in our own history, and 1t was painted
by the same master artist OF national
deyiltrv. Its scene was in Virginia more
than a century ago. The 4lobie ROBERTS
raveled in the wreck of the Boer repub-
liz; the equally noble CORVALLIS was the
deyastator and ravager in the heart of
the Old Dominion Thomas Jefferson was
one of the victims. and the author of the
Declaration of Independence has put him
for all time in the pillory of infamy.
LORD CORNWALLIS.
t'Iord Corvallis" wrote Jefferson to
DR. Gordon, the historian OF Virginia,
took up his headquarters in my house ar
Elk Hill had time to remove most OF
the effects out of the house. He destroy
ed all my growing crops OF corn and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
a Good Excuse.

On Monday morning last. Nh James
McCanhridse. a blind young man who
is member of our corps of teachers,
failed to report for duty, Although he
lives some distance from the Institution.
he is usually in his school-room when
the opening bell taps. and his prolonged
absence on this occasion created some APP
prehension. Finally. however, the tcle-
phone bell rang with Il nervous, jubilant
.tins-a-lins' and the laconic MESA sc
came over the wire-..Twn boys" The
explanation was entirely satisfactory and
the Superintendent told him to remain
at home and entertain the Strangers
Gnodson Gazette Stanton Deaf. Dumb
and Blind Asylum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
CROKER And HISCOLLEAGUESPLAN
AN OFFICIAL TAMMANY ORGAN
The Leader of New York Democracy Scheming to
Establish Morning Paper In the Metropolis
to Fight His Enemies
By JULIUS CHAMBEES.

NEW YORK. Dec. c2.-Ncarly twenty
different organizations, political, COM
,ncrcial. social and religious, have de-
cIsrcd war upon Tammany Hall since
Bishop Potter opened his last attack a
month ago in his crusade against the
official countenance and protection OF
vice 1t is not improbable that before the
Now Year has cut its first teeth the pres
ent score of reformatory bodies will be
doubled perhaps quadruplcd- This eyi-j
dcnce of whitehead zeal for municipal
publication gives great comfort to Ane
anti-Croker forces of the Potter school.
but It does not mislcad those whoihave
watched the rise and fan of thesmetro-
1,oiitan reform movements Curing the
past fifteen or twenty years..s
These experienced Observers see that IN
the present agitation. as. in all those pre-
ceding it. these reforms leagues alb
ances. decorations, etc, as a rule
have only a mere paper existence. that
IN nine cases out of ten, their member
ship is limited to their officers, and the
janitor of their csfnp rooms To get his
name into the Newspapers as the figure
head of something or another is one OIL
the high ambitiio of the average New
Yorker. The ssanti-Tammaay movement
has made spAendid opening for TINS class
of notoriety hunters. And that they are
mob of refR5rmers that are rushing to the
front. THEY are becoming as numerous
as the Cheap notion fakirs along the
importar7 t street corners.
CROKER AND HIS FRIENDS
Richard Croker and small circle of
men THAT stand closest to him in the
Tamrsany councils appear to be indiher-
ent IT, the broadsides of abuse directed
aEafS ist them Not syllable of reply is
protsyoked by any attack, however bitter
Il : may be- One and all, they maintain
ar unruffled serenity. 1t is. however,
Fmong the political possibilities that this
Z ,stonishing meekness of spirit will. be-
fore the municipal campaign fairly opens,
be electrified into rage of ferocity, ex-
hibiting the Tammany Tiger in all the
superb strength Of its life battle. neither
giving nor asking quarter.
To put Tammany in this position equip
ned equally for assault and defense. big
morning newspaper is deemed an absolute
necessity, and the determination now Is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
DANIEL MORGAN AND THE BABY.
\ Pretty Tradition CT the Winchester
Soldiers Famous March to Quebec.

When Arnolds expedition against
Quebec sailed for the Kennebec in li!o,
it included no finer troops, and none more
picturesque, than the Virginia sharp
shooters of Daniel Morgan who was at
'terWard famous as the friend OF Wash
ington and the hero of CoWpens. These
troops were mustered az Winchester, Va,
and were composed for tie most part of
natives of Winchester. Among them We're
the famous Dutch Mess of Winchester.
\ pretty tradition Of the march of the
Nirginians from the camp at Cambridge
to the rendezvous at Newburyport be-
longs to an old farmhouse set back lit
tie from the main road on a shady lane
of its OWL
In it's kitchen that September day
boy of nine Was engaged in washing
dishes, half crying with vexation over
his task and the possibility of the sol
diers passing without his seeing them.
His mother had been called suddenly
away. and had left him in charge. with
an Injunction not to leave the house
With the dishpan before him. blue
tire fastened around him and ore foot
frequently on the rocker OF the cradle
drawn UP beside him he dutiftllly but des-
pairinsly clattered china and sang to the
baby.
a shadow in the doorway made him
look up. and he heleid there two lean
brown towering figures-one. that of the
tai1est and hanisomest man he had ever
seem several inches ove: six feet-attirets
in buckskin hunting shirts and with
caps bearing the motto: Liberty or
Deat It'll"
they were Daniel Morgan and one OF his
lieutenants. They entered and asked lor
a draft of water but the boy hastily
whisklns off his apron. invited them 10
sit down and partake of milk and cookies,
an offer they readily accepted
But the baby. as her brothers foot 'eit
the rocker, reused herself and began 10
cry SO Justify that he hesitated Whe'het
to try To quiet her first or TO go 1T once
to the pantry The mighty Virginia cap.
tain did not hesitate at all lie stopped
with "a laugh. scooped the small lazy out
of her cradle and lifted her 10 sucn
breathless height that she stopped aer
complaints IN sheer an1azeInent aud pc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

tobacco; he burned all my barns. He
used, as was to be expected, all my stock
OF cattle, sheep and hogs Tor the sus-
tenance or his army, and carried off all
the horses capable of service; of those too
young for service he cut the thrOats; and
he burned all the fences on the planta
ton. so as to leave it an absolute waste.
He carried off also, about thirty slaves.
Had this been to give them freedom, he
would have done right: but it was to
consign them to inevitable death from
the smallpox and putrid fever then rag
ing in his camp. This | knew afterwards
to be the fate Of twenty-Seven of them.
say that Lord CORVALLIS did all this.
do not mean that he carried about the
torch in his own hands, but that it was
Az done under his eye; the situation of
the house in which he was, commanding
a view of every part of the plantation, so
that he must have seen every fire. He
treated the rest of she neighborhood
somewhat in the same style. Wherever
he went the dwelling houses were plum
dered of everything that could te car
ried off. Lord CORVALLIS character in
England would forbid the belief that lie
shared in the plumber; but that his table
WAS served With the plate thus pillaSed
from private noises can be proved by
many hundred eye-witnesses. From an
information l could collect. l supposed
the State of Virginia lost under Lord
CORVALLIS hands that year about 10000
slaves and that of these about 1000
died of the smallpo and camp fever and
the rest were partly sent to the West
Indies and exchanged for rum, sugar,
coffee and fruit, and part sent to New
York whence they went, at the peace,
either to Nova Scotia or England. His
tory will never relate the horrors commit
ted by the British Army in the Southern
States of America
MORE THAN DUPLICATED.
And in all probability history will never
relate the horrors committed by the same
British Army in South Africa in our own
day The savageryiof CORVALLIS against
the patriot American republicans Of his
age breaks out afrei n in the case of Field
Marshal Lord Robetts against the embat-
tied farmers of the Transvaal. BY Rob-
erts the CORVALLIS catalogue of crime in
Virginia and the other Southern States
appears to have beet closely studied. He
has more than duplicated it. CORVALLIS
lid not burn down the homes of women
and children. That Fs the peculiar glory
OF Lord Roberts. The Transvaal will
forever remember Iim as the Attlla of
the nineteenth century.
Mr. ", w Wall, the we'll known coal
dealer, met with an accident Friday night
which may cost him an eye. Mr.. Wall
was entering his stable, and, in the dark
ness. ran n stick in his eye.-Wincheste r
+
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
An Example Needed.

Scarcely Il day passes during the hunt
ing season that the news reports do not
tell of one or more persons shot for game
by careless hunters. but seldom or never
is there any mention that the eunners
have been arrested. Is it not time ito
make an example of some of these peo-
ME. by way of teaching others To eNer-.
else a little Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
Wat do you think Of that? l unoei ~
! couldn't blame him.
pNTETD

1 4
i I"Ciina has been forced to arm !or E EoI
/ / aefense Look at the facts: u
wears all the civilized world mas pss ~
onenlv discussing the dismemberms'ie -
| china. felt the atmosphere Oh W.
| evervwhere in China two years g..
When we steamed into Cbeg1uiP pods a
example ''1e s,ea. war n TESS. nr Use
al. torea, or in the Gulf of Pechiii, or
off Shanghai, or at Hong Kong, WASH
calculated to make patriotic Cinnamon
very happy. I have spoken OF our own
feelings were we to read every day CAIN
discussions of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF our
country carried on in the parlfaments ana
council-rooms of the European Powers.
But l must not be misunderstood as
defending the brutality Of the Boxers.
They are horde of robbers and assas-
SINS.
THE EMPRESS GOODWILL.
'eDid you ever meet the Empress Dow
aSer?" was asked.
NO: / never personally saw her, but
our missions were constantly receiving
her aid She is a wonderful woman.
Her rule has been most liberal. / could
travel from one end of China to the other
without a passport; certainly from Pekln
to Canton. IN Japan one has to carry
a passport in the hand 1t is constantly
demanded. Nnen our great cnuicl III
Pekin built to hold 1900 people, was
dedicated the Empress sent two high
mandarins to sit in the most conspicuous
seats near the altar rail to show the
official approval Many times has the
Empress personally directed that our
pIocla1aations should be given thorough
publicity. You tell me that she didn't
treat the young Emperor right? Foreign
ers think SO because the situation is not
understood. The boy got into the hands
of young men who were radicals in their
educated here. and in Paris or London.
He actually issued a proclamation turn
ing the temples into schools, In China
the temples are private property. or
course. every Buddhist or Mohammedan
revolted at this You can't force relig-
ion. If that proclamation hadn't been
withdrawn there would have been relig-
ious riots in every city Of the empire
That would have resulted in killing for
eigners, and the Empress we'll knew that
for every Frenchman killed She would
have to surrender more territory; for
every German killed more land. She
took the young Emperor by the nape
of the neck and locked him up. ] sup
pose she is very uncertain as to the
future. Unless the Powers unite to save
the dynasty it looks very much as II the
llnell of the Nanchu rulers had sounded:
but am sure the Empress Tsze Hsi An
never ordered the killing of any foreign
ers. The murders have been in spite
of her