The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-05

a. the country has been to foreigners
tor its adva- 1cement.
China IS al eSempiification of the fate
{. Al Details a nation which sets itseI
- against the progress of civilization
Marching onward with irresistible
force, conqueri ng. compelling, civiIiza-
ton may be a b enefcert deity or a Jug
Gernaut, either taking along with it and
blessing those who accept its teachings
or crushing those who seek to oppose il
beneath the cumulative weight of pro-
6reSSive centuries.
Claiming precedence through its an
tiquity as a nation. with dynastic
chronicles extending back nearly ). 200
years, China has ever stood in the path
way Of progress blocking the road and
refusing to stand aside. Viewed in the
light of history, there can be but one
fate in store for such a nation, for
against it are aTrayed the combined
moral, if rot physical, forces of the
world, and it must obey the mandate or
perish in an Intellectual struggle for su-
premacy. The world will not tolera tie
even negative assent to the universal
creed that He who is not with us is
against u.s." it demands an active par
uc1pation in affairs that make for the
ultimate best the universe can yield.
With the origin of her people shroud-
Ell in the mists and mysteries of a great
antiquity. China dwelt by herself for
thousands of years before the outsider
penetrated the barrier she had erected
around her empire. At last the great
Mongol, Genghis Khan, preached the
walls and compelled the Chinese TO
to- . h, l.c,
die of the thirteenth century grand
son of Genghis went to the aid of the
Chinese against the Tartars, and. find
ms Picking very much to his liking. re-
fused to go away after the latter had
been expelled.
This man was the famous Kublat
Khan, who crowded out the effete ma
tive Sung dynasty and brought il tn an
end, establishing himself as emperor
of China about the year 1860. firmly fix
ing himself as such nine years later
kublai Khan may be called. perbans
the first foreigner who came to rescua
China from the depths of Ignorance
into which ~she was plunged Sba
did not want to be rescued. TO be sure
and the civilizing process went on rnucb
against her Will Whether his coming
was for her welfare or not is ooen -
question, since il would seem thar this
breach in the walls of excIusiveness
was but the precursor to her eventual
downfall and DISSATISFACTION.
Having brought with hin, soma 1riso
men from Persia and having invited 70
his capital that eminent traveller and
historian. Marco Polo. KubIai Khan set
himself TO the task of reorganizin,-
Nhlnese affairs. He extended Chinese
territorial limits beyond Tonouin ND
Cochin China and also extended the
units OF Chinese knowledge.
The astrologers and astronomers v-bo
oame with him erected tower for r.
observation Of the stars. set up instr,,l
hlehtS. which may be seen on the walls
b OF Feklng today, and taught the Chi
nsse much more than the rudinents of
science which they already possessed.
huoiai passed away in 1924. and his
a|'iasty in 1868. when a revolution over
Threw II. and then succeeded the
Sl'aSs. native rulers who reigned until
1eiA During the nearly 500 years thew
were IN power the Aiings did little for
emma, but held their own until the