The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-08-04
Native Boys Ambition is to be
a Civil Magistrate.
BUSINESS INTEGRITY OF MERCHANTS
The Influential Officials Among
the Ruling Classes.

lust now, when the news from China
is of such absorbing interest everyone
feels the need of a knowledge of the
country, its people and government, the
cities, rivers and seaports as well as
something about those who occupy pla-
ces OF authority. There are no books
of handy reference to which recourse
may be had for enlightenment on many
points relative to which there may be
a passing interest, and hence the sub
Joined compendium will prove valua-
bic.
Chinese soldiers range from IS to 20
years of age.
To become a soldier is humiliation
in China. The magistrates outrank the
military socially.
The population of China is nearly
4oo,ooo,ooo-rnore than the combined
population OF Great Britain, France,
Russia, Germany and Japan.
People in the interior OF China seldom
read newspapers. They get their ideas
of foreigners and outside doings by gos-
. SIP
The Chinese boys ambition is to be-
Z come civil magistrate. Even servants
save money to educate their sons with
this aim.
English bankers in China give native
commercial men name for strict bust
ness honesty.
If Chinese criminal is fugitive the
police arrest his father, grandfather,
mother, uncle Or aunt. Family affec-
ton speedily brings the man wanted 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
China could raise an army of 1,7oo,-
600 men; but it would be undisciplined
and only one-tlird equipped.
Eight million cartridges were taken to
Pekin two years ago and constant addi-
tons have been made.
The Chinese possess Mauser rifles
and Nordenfeldt, Hotchkiss and Maxim
guns.
There is no properly organized med
ical corps, transport service or COM
missariat in China
A favorite Chinese rifle is native
made rifle of one-inch caliber, requir-
ing two men to handle it.
The Chinese have thirty field bat
teries, with 18o Krupp and Armstrong
guns.
The Chinese navy consists of four
cruisers and few useless fighting YES
sells.
China has new colleges in engineer.
ing, navigation, military tactics, cleo
trio science and medicine, with Euro.
pean professors.
Good newspapers are printed at the
treaty ports of China.
United States mail leaves for China
about every 9 days.
It takes IS days to reach the ports
OF Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
Pekin, the capital of China, has a
population of more than million. Can.
ton, 100000.
Tien-Tsin is treaty port on the river
Pei-Ho, seventy miles from Pekin.
Shanghai is the largest and most i'm
portant treaty port. Twelve miles from
the mouth of the Yang-tse- Kiang river
Population, $4,000.
ChesFoo, on the Shantung peninsula
A treaty port with the best climate for
Europeans.
Taku forts, now destroyed, were three
in number at the mouth of the Pei-Hc
river.
New-Chawng is treaty port of the
British concession in- Manchuria, 1oc
miles north of Port Arthur.
We-hai-Wei (Liunkuntao), British
base of operations. A garrisoned port
with large, safe anchorage.
Pei-Ho (north river) rises beyond the
great wall, flows past Pekin and Tien,
Tsin to Gulf Liao-Tung. Navigable
from mouth to Pekin, 100 miles.
Hoang-Ho, river of northern China
emptying into Gulf of Pe-Chee-Lee
4ang-tse, river in the Kiang-Soo
province, o which the port of Nankin
is situated.
Among the leading officials are:
Chang Chi Tung, viceroy at Han
Kow, man of much influence with the