The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-21

1 RG l GhlIl uIllN tioltJ iH Ut N''N ~N4N-- odist mission, where all the mlsslona-
 ries of the city have been gathered ana | where they have been defended by the male members of the missions, the gal
 lant marines and the one hundred ana
 fifty students of the college. In mar
 mony with this mission there IS a &lfls
 high school in which there are one | hundred and fifty students, ana also
 church. which seats two thousand geo
 ple-the largest auditorium, perhaps, Ill China. Out of the tWenty-eight sradu- ates of this school one has been decora-
 ted by the emperor by the queen Of
 England and by the czar Of Russla- ! pr. Y. K. Tsan, the physian to Chang Yunhuan, delegate to the queen Ju-
 bilee-and twenty others have entered
 religious (Christian) work on salarles
 of from one-third to one-tenth what
 they could get in business.
 "The Tung- Wen Huan, or Imperial
 college, is under the auspices of the Imperial Chinese customs. It was un- 1 der the superintendence of pr. Martin l for many years and has done a great
 work, many of the graduates now belng ! connected with the Chinese diplomatic service and with the legations and con- Sulates of different countries Ihe | present consul in New York IS grad
 uate of the Tung Wen-Huan.
 | Tt is sometimes said that the uprls- ! ings and outbreaks, riots and 1nobs III China are caused by and are mainly
 against the missionaries Such reports
 are not true. The Chinese make no dis
 tinction between those who are and
 those who are not missionaries. ln- deed, the present Boxer outlaws, brig ands, thieves, kldnappers, robbers or whatever you please to call them-fof
 they are all of these-make no distlnc-
 ton because of the callings pursued by
 the citizens of any country who wear European clothing. They are all equal ly foreign devils without difference or distinction
 China is severely criticised because the Boxers are not put down. But the truth is that China may fairly be justi- fled in not putting down the Boxers on the plea that she can't do 1t. Any one who has listened to the pop-pop- pop of Chinese guns when the Chinese soldiers are practising outside the walls of Pekin trying but failing to shoot to- gether in volleys. will agree with this. Not long ago I had the good fortune to witness an inspection of the Pekin braves by the mayor of Pekin, and 1t was a spectacle, l can assure you not soon to be forgotten. It looked like Boston common without the grass on the Fourth of July when all the folks are in from the country. The tents for sideshows are all stretched, the fat man stands before his tent, the alliga- tor lies winl1ing in his, pond, the peanut vendors have established their stands on every side, and the little boys have all brought horns, which they insist upon blowing everywhere and at all times, while great lot of men have put on striped clothing as though thou sand clowns had escaped from the cir GUS and were now having a good time while out of reach of the rii1gmaster's lash. The horns are blown. the flags wave, the peanut vendors sell peanuts and candy crowds gather together around an organ grinder-minus the organ-and he cuts capers with his sword the whole being highly sugges- tive of crowd of small Chinese boys I once saw playing soldier during the Chinese-Japanese war.
 The youngsters had each found a small stick or a large weed, which they used as guns, and had arrayed them selves into company. Then they made a feint as if to charge with all their force on some imaginary antago- mist. They screamed and ran about in quite as military array as real Chinese ,Nf ,,tp -tv,fy prisoners base This they kept up for some seconds until one of those In the front rank cried out In mock ter TOT, The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!' when they all took to their heels like real Chinese sol- diers, and fled in disorder and dsmay. The obvious reason why the Chinese soldiers do not defeat the Boxers is their utter inability to accomplish the task As they said about the Japanese, one or the other must retreat, and as, the Boxers will not we must!' It is a Chinese proverb that no good man will ever become q soldier And it is to be feared the proverb is nearly true in China
 Ever, since Ii Hung Chang was ap- pointed the representative of the Dra gon Throne at the coronation of the Russian emperor there has been more or less suspicion of Russia on the part of other powers. It was about that time that Sir Nicholas O'Connor in an interview with Prince Kung, told him in language as blunt as any Britisher ever spoke and as forcible as any that ever fell from the lips of a son of Erin, that unless he and his countrymen al tered their methods and mended their ways, he should not be subrprised if within five years he heard of Prince Kung being a beggar on the streets of Pekin. At that time many thought there was q deep laid project beneath that appointment of the great viceroy
 But with all our making fun of the Chinese because he cannot fight, we must not forget his power as a diplo- matist. He may be easily overcome with the weapons of modern warfare. but look out for him when you come in contact with him in diplomatic way Your European representative froths and fumes, pounds the table and some times sWears and the Chinaman pa- tiently waits until he gets over it and is ready to talk business, and then sug- geStS that we go on with the affairs of state.' Among the ranks of thOse who wield the tongue and pen, the Chinese ,t.,s.x Es., c.. |