The Florida star., 1900-07-27

Chinaman and that he, after a good
square meal and days rest. would be
fit for work again the day following.
His mental condition Is closely akin
TO his physical II is tough. stubborn,
unresponsite and slow 10 move This
Is why the Chinese and their govern
ment are moving so slowly or not NOV
Ing at all at present. Any other race
OF 4O0.O00.OO0 possessing one-half OF
the real vitality and capability OF the
Chinese would have been up In arms
en- masse long before this against the
tnroads or the foreigner. But the Chi
naman is very hard TO move. He.does
not know why he should put himself
out or his accustomed paths for any
body. whether foreign devils or other
wise, consequently his feeble central
government is left helpless and gets no
support. Nor will he move most prob
ably until the visible presence and
iconOelastie workings OF the foreigner
have been brought home to him in his
native village, where he works sur
rounded by the graves OF his ancestors
on every hillside. Then he will move,
and, as / venture to predict. he will
move In such a case TO some purpose,
but il will be in his own way-quite
apart from any government, for he
viii not be likely TO consult the faroff
and helpless powers at PekIng.
''China has long been hOneycOmbed
with secret societies. at the Organiza-
tlOn OF which the Chinese are past mas
ters. They are adopts at cooperation
generally, as is well shown by their
powerful guilds or trade unions all
over China. These constitute n great
standing protection TO the people, as if
the local magistrate tries TO squeeze
them with taxation beyond what they
consider fair and reasonable the guilds
assemble to mob and frighten him or
In various ways bring strong pressure
to bear on him.
"But, IL may be said, these societies
are destitute OF arms and ammunition;
they have no money, no skilled leaders,
no knowledge OF war. How can they
contend against the disciplined troops
of first class power? Any one who
talks thus shows that he is ignorant OF
OF their power of raising funds, or the
nature OF their workings and still more
ignorant OF the great scale of their
probable operations and their vast pO-
tential power once they are strongly
supported by universal popular SYM
pathy. These antifOreign societies in
the supposed case. judging by what
they actually do now, will raise large
sums by enforced contributions levied
on gradual scale as a regular tax on
the entire population. Any one who
refuses to pay Will be promptly
brought TO book and will be lucky il he
gets off with his life or with the loss OF
all he is worth. They will import rifles
by the thousand and ammunition by
the ton from Europe and America, for
rifles and ammunition can always be
obtained by people who will pay for
them. They will terrify and pillage
every village or town that does not
support them.
Briefly, such societies, part open,
part secret, but all more or less in SYM
pathy with the populations and covert
ly supported by any and every native
Qocal or prOvinciaD government of
China. can and will, if they are so
minded, make life uncomfortable for the
foreigner"
HO Vow, the Chinese consul general
at San Francisco. has spoken recently
in n similar vein. He says:
"The Chinese are well armed. They
are we'll supplied with weapons OF the
latest pattern. many Of them manufac-
tnrnl i'm niir nun nrnnt nrSnnnls Shnnr-