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national character, and, treating them a.
savages-taking them at their lowest level
Furnishes their treachery and ignorance
with fire and sword and the iron heel
Were they really savages this might be
an effective II hardly Christian. method
of reducing them TO order But they are
a nation. a gigantic and by no means eff
fete nation. We cannot dispose OF them
summarily.
We want to make them understand two
things. That the British nation has def
mite object in view. ana that she means
TO develop, and not TO extinguish the
Chinese themselves. This side of the
question will be dealt with IN another
paper.
Enough has been said. even in this brief
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nese are. notwithstanding much asser-
ton TO the contrary, capable of this con-
viction. and once their confidence Is
gained there is little chance that their
evil genius will turn them against those,
whom, from a commercial as well as a
social point of view. they regard as
friends. This possibility IS not only per
sonal but national, and in it lies the great
hope for China in the future.
Unfortunately their dealings hitherto
with European powers have not led them
to a belief in the disinterestedness. or
even the good will. OF those powers
Whatever the outcome of the present
crisis may be there can be no permanent
settlement of the Chinese question which
disregards these salient features of the
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clety 10 China. 1t Is not nearly as old
as the Triad Society. although 1t has a
century or two OF history behind It, and II
has not spread TO foreign countries, like
its better known rival. but within China
Itself II is quite as much feared, and just
~ so, for the organization has accom-
plished wonders In certain directions.
The society Is Of religious origin, and
keeps up this character much more con-
sistently than do the Triads. IL In also
political, and has for It's object the rrstor-
alton Of the pre-Manchu dynasty OF Ming
Its real name. we-Wei kiaou. is trans
lated as the Do-Nothing. or No-Hypoc-
risy, League. Its members are vegetari-
ans, and the higher officers dress Ia
white. The head OF the society has abso-
lutte control over the members. wherever
they may be- and IL regarded not only by
the members OF his society but by the
Chinese in general. the poasessor OF
awful magic secrets, in the existence OF
which all Chinese believe. And. indeed,
more than one Of their performances saw
ors Of the uneanny. Early in the century
this society nearly accomplished IT, pur-
pose Of oycrthrowing the Manchu rule.
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Of shcpkeepers" shouts be able ia A.
Its destinies 1se1
II Great Britain dec,ces TO do hi.
must not be dragged at the heels ~ - -
policy as that dictated by tha g.
empire. We cannot dragon the f-ss11s
Into friendship with us. ana wttbon, ~
friendship we can do little. To vas, -
friendship we must nor make the rn,ssses
of trucking TO their psccadfiloes ~, -
hold our own national ideals, ana :, ~
same time show them that they WI, -. ~
and not lose by an alliance with NJ sAa
In another paper we must Ax>-
whether such an attitude is san no..ss,'
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ordinary people Of
whom we have any knowledge are their
enormous number and their an
tiauity. These, added 10 their
isolated position. have combined to form
a national character so complex. OBJ
stinate and unlike that OF any other ma
f!on that the Chinese almost seem to
occupy a different planet 10 ourselves
We can see his outward shape. but OF
the true chlnaman, the thinking schem-
ing being. the Turing soul which lies be-
hind the impassfye face, and dark. in
scrufabie eyes we can form but very
hazy idea At the best any estimate
Of the Chinese character Is bound to be
full Of mistakes.
The history OF the Chinese people
ernerges. partially, at all events. from
the nists OF mythology more than a
thousand years before Christ Ethno-
logically they belong to the Monaghan
family, and throughout China proper the
type varies only in the same degree as.
for instance In the different counties Of
England. There arc still left In the south
west provinces remnants OF races who
were the aborigines OF the country, and
who preserve their dress and certain Gus
toms which are entirely distinct from the
Chinese. They are far more like the eau
casian than the Mongollan type. The
Manchus belong to the same family eth
infusion Of Turkic and Tungusic blood.
being one of the races which, under
Genghix Khan. became known as the
Tartars. The Manchu language origin
ally borrowed its written form from the
Mongols. but In entirely different when
spoken. belonging to the Turanian group.
of which Turkish IN the most prominent.
while the Chinese r. a purely Mongolia
language, monosyllabic, and. In its writ
ten form. hieroglyphic or pictorial
Literature plays an extremely important
part In the life of the Chinese, and they
possess a literature which is unrivailed
In Asia, not only for Its antiquity. but
for Its eomprehensiveness Confucius.
their great teacher. lived no less than
700 years before Christ. and the basis
of all education II the learning by heart
of his works and other classics.
Government Appointments and Chi
nese Learning.
All government appointments are
reached through the portals of competI-
tive literary examination. and the en-
trance examination takes place every
three years In the capital OF each depart
ment- The successful candidate may
hold once but IL called on again and
again 20 30 up for examinations until,
on reaching the highest grade, he passes
tho final at peking for Doctors degree.
OF which only 200 are given every year,
and Is thereupon entitled 10 immediate
promotion. II IL no uncommon sight to
zee three generations competing In diff
ferent grades. in the same examination
hall. and an idea of the competition may
be gained from the numbers at one OF the
tricnniai sttlngs. when 10000 bachelors
eontended for 1000 vacancies, out OF
whom 800 onlx could reach the highest
and nnai stage OF doctor. There Is, how
ever. back door TO government office.
and system IL not unknown by which a
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nassu.. where sacrifices were o1trsf
Among the American fhfiane q y ~
that not one 81 ~ tribes has pesh fg@ss
without its story 81 the deiage, he'
view OF the early missionary wofk er ".
continent aud the fact that he He'
OF ilberating the birds Is part o. ne ".
dlsion. scholars are Inclined - sas'$'
the influence of Christian tsarhiAfs
That China may have been the 49,.
place ~ the story, however. ienas ~
interest 20 the tradition and nFr 80
may come out Of Il upon TIE teisiios'''
az nations In ages long gone
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The British commercial sgspf r 80 IA
Mr Cooke. has just issued vsfl - -
uistie report on the great ifshesa@ "
railway Siberia be points esf
longer mere Russian penal sFtis, 80 -
bat young cognify WITH Efsea ~
before a. The railway has AifseN !.
fused hundreds ~ fhbgssDas 81 49,, ~
over the vast domain and IL ~ n'At
deposits which u has nos hkh.f.g 4
possible 10 work a a pr9at r's~s.a -.
ready ranks among ne ieaasNE 49, 4.
dpring countries. ard other ia9p4'f -.
dus;riaa are expected nov 20 ersf'pP w
idly In many respects tie hiEs@fy 4.
IBERIA Is curiogsiy ike that u Ass'hH''&
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sp.rliis1 Atmosphere of rsA'se.

A German diplomat Is reap1ntap
the opiEram. You approach Fss1s
tears. bat you leave q wesptas. Iat =.
son for this appears 20 b. he p''s
nosphere. The quality o. tbs ~
HcFibea as enc continual exhiszfs''1ss 4
winter dry and sparkling the WY 49, ,s.x
payne ~ atmospheric yigiaaea = Ns
and autumn delicious hiesainx y -
and sun. Tho Keen sir braces - 800. w.
like a tnnic. Thsv admit. h1~t - y.
the sun l. het IN Paking hHt fs@'asesf "
joy health and physical esFnfef5 = t'
friEn reklnR air
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One II the latest f4es IL New fefk
the substitution % oid-fAsAieaed 49,
ers for doOFbsiis. The oder Asa =
battered the knocksr the higher p1A.
commands. and enferprislng dcaisv VI
already manufacturing antl4n.iiss
this kind out Of iI0u and byass
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IBLICAL scholars are dis
cussing . the theory that
Noah was a Chinese.
China, in common with
almost all nations. has
its story of the deluge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-16
FACES BOER POSITION.
British Column Has Crossed Little
Tugels.

London, January 16.-Ths Standard
gives prominence to the following de-
spatch dated Saturday, January 1s. from
Durham:
A man who has just arrived here from
Springfield, says that q British column,
proceeding TO the relief of Lady smith, has
crossed the little 'Eugela. When he left
1t was facing The Bosr position on tRe
hi0 Tugela. and o Howitzer was shelling
the Boer trenches.
he says also that 270 wagons, laden
with oommissariAt stores for Ladysmith,
had left Frere, and it was expected that
the column would join hands with Gen.
White Monday evening.
The traction engines nave been doing
excellent work In hauling heavy wagons
out OF holes and swamps.
British patrols have discovered parties
OF Beers In the direction OF Fin nersdale,
between Frere and Eastcourt.
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Thought II Was a Norwegian Freight
Steamer.
But This Proved To Be
Mistake.
Steamer Left Halifax After
Wreck Was Seen.

Boston, January 15.-The identity OF
the wreck at st. Msry's, n. F., was
thought to have been fully identified by
the marine department Of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce today, in the Nor
wegian steamer Parran, which left Balti-
more January 8 for Sydney, G. B., and
which passed Highland light, Cape Cod,
three days later. AS the Psrran had not
been reported as reaching her destina-
tlon, Secretary Preston of the chamber
telsgraphed sydney and the reply was that
the Parran had not arrived there. The
Parran SO we'll answered the description
of the wrecked vesssi that no hssltancy
was felt In claiming to have solved the
mystsry. But the wreck is not the Par
ran, as that vessel was reported by the
Associated Press as leaving Halifax for
North Sydney. on January l1th the same
day as that of the wreck several hundred
miles away.
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CHARGES BAD FAITH.
Emperor Angry Over
Bundesrath Seizure.
Regards it Ungraeeful and Unealled
For.
Some Rifles Found in
Her Cargo.
But They Are Said To BE Hunt
ing Rifles.

Berlin, January 10 Emperor William
still takes the deepest intsreit In the Bun
desrath incident and holds frequent con-
ferences on the subject with the foreign
secretary, Count Won Buelow.
The matter was under consideration
today; and the correspondent OF the As
sociated Press was Informed after the
conference that the emperor Is still furi-
GUS about the seizures, which he regards
as particularly unsraceful and uncalled
for on the part Of Britain, inasmuch ~
be was led to believe, during his rtcsnt
visit that England would hereafter do
everything In her power to preserve ami
cable relations. In view Of this his
majesty regards the seizure of German
vessels as apparent bad faith on the part
of Lord Salisbury"
The German ambassador In London,
Count Won Hatzfsldt, has informed the
German COVER nmsnt that the seizures
were made upon the order of the British
admiralty and not of the foreign ofiioe.
The Kaiser, however, considers this a
mere subterfuge.
At the foreign office today 1t was as
serted in reply to inquiry that the report
ed discovery Of a quantity Of rifles In the
cargo of the Bundssrath was upimpor-
tant, since 1t was already known, through
the manifest that there were several cases
Of hunting rifles on board.
The Kolnische Zeitung in the oourss OF
a severe article, protests against the
needless delay in searching the Bundles.
rath's cargo. whioh is engendering bad
feeling In Germany against England"
IL declares that the Bf.IisA authorities
have been ed on falfe scent by agents'
provocaturs and warns England that, II
she desires to preserve Germany's friend
ship she will do well to "pay more attsn-
tion to German opinion than mas hither 10
neen thought necessary
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GLENCOE SAW HER.
Passed the 81. Mary's Bay Wreck Houl
Before She Struck.

Passed the 81. Mary's Bay wreck Hour
Before She Struck.
Halifax. n. s., January l5.-New light
was thrown upon the my sterious mystery
of the wreck at st. .Mary's Bay, New
Foundland, by Captain Dave. OF the
steamer Glencoe, which arrived tonight
from ST. Johns, N. f. Captain Dave is
an old and experienced navigator and
pilot who knows every rock, current and
sounding on the Newfoundland coast.
The Glencoe was the first steamer the
wreck was supposed to be. Captain DAVE
says he passed the scene of the wreck
bound from Halifax for st. Johns at one
O'Clock p. M, on THURSDAY or one hour
after the Inflated ship is supposed to have
gone on the rocks. Gull island in St
Mary's bay where the unknown steamer
struck, is twelve miles of the course the
Glencoe was steRming and Captain
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NO BOUNTY DUE.
Atty. Gen. Griggs says spanish Fleet
Was Not "Captured" by Dewey.

Washington, January 15.-Attorney
Gensral Griggs has filed en- answer in the
Supreme court of theDiktrict OF Columbia
In she proceedings for prize money for
captures at Manila bay by Admiral
Dewey. The Attorney General asks that
the cause be referred to cJmmissioLer
and that Admiral Dewey, his officers and
crew and also the United States may
have leave to take testimony. The at
torney gensIal comedies that a state Of
war existed but denies that tho squadron
under Uewey's command captured the
Spanish cruiser Isla De Cuba, lsla DE
Luzon and Don Juan de Austria. These
vessels, he says. we're sunk during the en-
gagement. He asks for fuller information
In regard to other points and says, al
though some captures Of property wsre
made, such captures do not authorize
condemnation Of the property as prizes to
Dewey and his meI. The Attorney
General has also filed a similar answer In
the case of A dmiral Sampson and the de-
struction of Cervera's fleet.
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MIR. INGALLS, SICK.

Mr.. Robert ingalls,, the senior member
of the firm of Ingalls, Bros, bottlors, is
critically i'll at his residence on High
street. He has been confined to the
house for the last four or five weeks,
suffering with cancer. Last evening his
condition had become so dangerous that
it was reported that he could survive
but a few hours. Mr.. ingalls, has been
engaged in business in this city for many
wears and his large circle of friends will
be panied to learn of his serious sick
ness
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ORDERED TO FRONT.
Kruger Also Gives the Beers some bible
Texts.

London. January l6.-A despatch to
the Daily Mail dated Saturday, January
Is. Fl ON Lourenzo Marquee, says:
"President Kruger has issued procla-
nation ordering all Burghors TO the front.
"Ths volksstem, the Transvaal offioial
organ, suggests that the moment the
British cross the border the gold industry
should be irretrievably destroyed.
president Kruger also issued q clrcu-
lar dated January s, to Boer command
ants and Burghers urging them to show
more energy in the Transvaal cause. He
quotes Psalm XXXIII. verse seven, as
God given instru ctions to the Burghers
and says that the Bri tish have fixed their
faith in Psalm LXXXIII. He also quotes
Psalm LXXXIX, verses thirteen and
fourteen, and asserts that he has searched
the Bible without being able to find any
other mode which can be followed by the
Beers, who must fight In the name Of
the Lord
Comma ndeering IL procse ding busily
at Pretoria. where the town guard is ex-
changing Maussrs for Martins as the
former are badly needed at the front. 1t
is said that there are nearly 5000 British
prisoners in Pretoria"
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DAVE says there is no doubt in his miud
the lost vessel was steering the same
cours, 10 make Cape Race which was tue
Glencoe's objective point. There is q
strong current here with a westerly set
which would ABOUT put the stranger out
of her course the distance Of twelve miles
b, st. Msry's Bay. This current Is one
OF the worst on the coast and several
steamers have been carried out Of their
courre in years gone by and cast away In
st. Msry's bay.
There was q blinding snow storm all
day Thursday. The flakes fell thicker
than Captain DAVE ever remembsred see
ing before. IL was impossible TO see
ahead q ships length otherwise be would
have seen the wreck, The captain says
he thinks the III fated steamer was bound
across the Atlanti, from New York or
Philadelphia and allowing nine knots
speed was about five days out. While In
st. Johus he saw an official communics-
tion from Magistrate Hogan at st. Mary s
Bay stating that the steamer on the rocks
was most certainly an oil tank.
The magistrate reported that the ship
ran ashore nj full speed and was craft
Of about 1900 tons and not likely q pas
senger boat Captain DAVE does not be-
lieve that steamer bound to Cape
Breton port from an American port
would 90 ashore here as she would be owe
two hundred miles OUT OF her reckoning.
The captain was not surprised to learn
that the Identity of the wreck was still
unknown as the bay could only be ap-
preached from the sea, as the cliffs are
precipitous and rise twelve hundred feet.
Any wreckage cast on the narrow beach
at the foot of the cliffs could not be
reached.
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WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Jan. is, taken at
D. m, meridian time, the observation for
each section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state OF
weather.
Boston. 80, s. oldy; New York, 30
II, oldy; Philade!phia. 8s. SE, clear
Washington. az. S. clear; Albany. 81. N
D oldy; Buffalo, 81. E, snow; Detroit, 81,
NE, rain; Chicago, so. NE. rain; st
Paul, "a, NV, cldy; Huron. OAK, 2S
NV, cidy; Bismarck. "a, W, clear
Jacksonville, so, L. clear.
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MAY BE SNOWFLAKE.

Sc. johns. n. F., January 15.-There
Is still nothing definite about the vesse ]
before reported wrecked and on fire In
st. Mary's bay. The fiji IN OF 5owring,
ship owners. OF ST. Johns. whose New
York house Is Bowling s. Archibald,
have an oil tank steamer named Snow
flake, which sailed from New York sun =
day. January Z, for Southampton and
London. and it Is feared that she may pos
sibly be the unfortunate ship.
NOT THE FALK.
Boston, January 15.-The report that
the steamship wrecked in st. Mary's bay,
was tne Norwegian steamer Falk,
Capt. Bugge, is not credited in marine
circles hsre.
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MOREAMYSTERY THAN EVER
Latest Theories Regarding Wreck Have
Been Disproyen.

Latest Theories Regarding Wreck Have
Been Di.proyen.
st. Johns, N. r., January ib.-Mid-
night. The latest advioes destroy many
theories propoun ded concerning the wreck
in ct. Mary's Bay and render 1t more
mysterious than ever. Owing to the oon-
tinuanoe OF turbulent seas, 1t is impos-
81 BILE to launch boats or to venture down
to the beach with any safety. Bodies and
wreokage are still visible, the latter in
creasing as the ship breaks up.
The colonial cruiser Fiona is now at
the wreck. She will be Joined in the
morning by the tug Ingraham. and a
diver will then go down II the sea per-
mits. Failing this, an attempt will be
made to eff cot a landing In Soulpin cove
where thsre are two bodies and almost an
entire boat. 1t seems highly probable
that the name of the vessel will be
learned tomorrow.
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TRUSTS CAN'T PLAY IN THEIR
YARD.

st. Louis. No., January 15.-Col Will
liam J. Bryan and President Arthur t.
Hadley of Yale university, were inter
viewed today relative to the latter's pro-
posal to ostracise trust magnates.
Both agreed on the idea that social rec
ognition should be denied to any man
engaged in a trust or other business en-
terprise inimical to the public welfare
and that the public mind should be edu-
Gated to see those evils that exist in the
trust system.
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MAXWELL COMING HERE.
No Further Opposition TO His
Removal.

St. John. N. B.. January 15--C. n.
skinner, council fer hlmer Maxwell, the
seaman charged with the killing Of Capt
George Baislsy on the schooner j. b..
Van Dusen. stated tonight no further op-
position would be made to MaxwelPs re-
moval to Portland for trial He Will be
taken Wednesday
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GOING SOUTH.
The Retreat of the Insurgent Forces
Continues.

MiniIa, January i5.-6 40 p. m.-Part
Of General John q. Bates troops are op-
Grating about Lake TanL The insurgents
continue to retreat south. Col. Hayes
with the fourth cavalry is supposed to
have reached Lipa, whore many Spanish
prisoners are held.
Col. Anderson, with the 3Sth Infantry,
took Tslisay, on north sburs of the lake
with but little opposition. Major Cheat
ham with o battalion Of the 87th, on his
way to San Pablo dispersed four hundred
insurgents whom the cavalry are pur-
suing toward Alaminous.
A troop Of the third cavalry lost two
men killed and three wounded In an en-
counter with the insurg erts near San
Fernando de ls Union. January 1.
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THE WEATHER.

Boston, January 15.-Forecast: Cloudy
weather, probably with occasional light
showers; light southerly winds.
Washington, January l5.-Forecast for
Tuesday and Observation-Disclosures
creasing cloudiness Tuesday, probably
showers at night; showers Wednesday
light southerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-16
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portlend, jan. l5 i900-Ths local
weather bureau records the following:
Sam barometer, 80. 233; thermome-
ter, 20; dew point, 26; rel. humidity, "a;
direction of wind. W; wind velocity, 2;
state of weather, clear.
SD. barometer. 30.3lS; thermome-
ter, 80: dew point, 20; rel. humidity,
So; direction of wind, calm; wind veloc-
ity, state of weather, clear.
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(TALK No. Oh
EYE WASH < s.

There have been more eyes ruined
by the use OF washes, Ioultiees ara
beIladonns than from all other causes
combined. They generally increase
the Inflammation rather than lessen
IL. Belladonna hArdens the eye and
makes it prematurely old. No wash
or medicine of any kind should be
used except by the advice of ply
sician. In ninety-nve cases out Of
hundred, discomfort and Irritation or
the eyes is due to muscular and nerS
yous strain. Instead of applications
the eyes want rest. They want to do
their work under more favorable con-
ditions. Glasses. and glasses alone
will accomplish this. They will rest
this muscles and the nerves. make
a speciality of correctly lifted glasses.
If your eyes trouble you In any way
ind out first II you need .glsssss, be-
fore you resort to medicines.