The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-08-09
CHINA AT A GLANCE.

Prince Chun.
Yung Lu. the empress factotum
general-issimo of the army.
Kang-Yi, a Manchu, anti-foreign
president of the board of war.
Liu-Lun-Yi, viceroy at Rankin, trus
ted ally of the dowager empress.
Generals Tung Flu, Mich and Kane
Su, anti-foreign leaders in revolt.
Tsung Ii yamen, council of ten mem
bers acting on foreign affairs.
Prince Lii, senior member of the
cabinet, much trusted in the imperial
family.
Ii Hung Chang, acting viceroy Of
Canton, trusted friend of the dowagel
empress.
Prince Tuan, father OF Pu Chun
heir-apparent. and now leading the
anti-foreign revolt.
Prince Ching, reported dead, was
lord chamberlain of the court and
commander of Picking field force.
Chan CHI Tung, viceroy at Hankow,
a man of much influence with the PEG.
pie, and believe in China for the
Chinese.
Hsu Ching Chen, vice-president OF
board of works, ex-minisiter to Russia
and Germany, president of Chinese
Eastern railway.
Chan vi, director of mines and as
sistant director of Northern railways.
Favorite of dowager empress. A ris-
ing man, much in touch with foreign
ers.
Prince Sheng, administrator of tele-
graphs and railways, head of the I'm
perial bank and of the China Mer-
chants Steamship company. Man of
great power, always to be reckoned
with.
THE PEOPLE.
Chinese soldiers range from sixteen
to sixty years of age.
To become soldier is humiliation
in China. The magistrates out-rank
the military, socially.
The population of Chinasis nearly
4O0, 000, 900 more than the com bined
Of Great Britain, France,
Russia, Germany and Japan.
People ia the interior of China sell
dom read newspapers. They get their
ideas of foreigners and outside doings
by gossip.
The Chinese boys ambition is to be-
come civil magistrate. Even SER
wants save money to educate their
sons with this aim.
English bankers in China give ma
tive commercial men a name for
strict business honesty.
If a Chinese criminal is fugitive
the police arrest his father, GRANDPA
Their, mother, uncle or aunt. Family
affection speedily brings the man
to the relief of his relatives.
A native priest says of the Chinese
articles of religion: ''The men believe
them. The women DON'T" There is
no religion in China.
THEIR RESOURCES.
China could raise an army of L.
100, 900 men; but it would be undisci-
plined and only one-third equipped.
Eight million cartridges were taken
10 Pekin two years ago, and constant
additions have been made.
The Chinese possess Mauser rifles
md Nordenfeldt, Hotchkiss and Max
IN guns.
There is no properly organized medi-
al corps, transport service, or COM
nissariat in China.
A favorite Chinese weapon ia ma
i've made rife of one inch calibre, re-
luiring two men to handle it.
The Chinese have thirty field bat
cries with $50 Krupp and Armstrong
runs.
The Chinese navy consists of four
,rusiers and few useless fighting
Tessels.
China has new colleges in engineer
ng, ma igation, military tactics, cleo
ric science and medicine, with Euro
,ean professors.
Good newspapers are printed at the
reaty ports of China.
CITY, PORTS AND RIVERS.
Pekin, the capital Of China, has q |
population of more than million,
1,60O, 900.
T1en-Tsin is treaty port on the |
liver Pie-Ho, seventy miles form
'ekin.
Shanghai is the largest and most /
Important treaty port Twelve miles /
rom the mouth of the Yangtse-Kiane |
liver. Population 4, O0O, 600.
Port Arthur. leased to Russia in
896 for naval base. In the Far
last. 81
Chee-Foo on the Shantung PENN
ula- a treaty port with the best
Innate for Europeans. .s Il
rsku forts, now dessroysd, we're /