The Irish standard., 1900-06-23
THE CHINESE 1mBRoGL1o.

THE CHINESE IMBR0GL10.
During the past week the Boxers OIL
China have attracted the worlds atten-
ton and thrown the Beers of the Trans
wall completely into the shade. If re.
ports be true the state of affairs in the
celestial empire is of the most internal
character, but as the news comes chiefly
through British sources and is vague
and contradictory, the American people
have not yet become very much excited
over the muddle. The administration,
however, has ordered war ships to the
scene and regiment of our oriental
troops in the Philippines is on the way
to the Flowery Kingdom, and more will
follow if American lives and property
and that intangible something euphe-
mistically called "our sphere of influ-
ence" are thought to be in jeopardy.
The question arises, what is the cause
of all this rumpus in China? When
boiled down, the answer is that the
patriotic element in that country is get
ting angry at the encroachment of for
eigners whose unmistakable design is
to dismember the empire and bring the
Chinese under subsection for the pro-
motion of European civilization and
the extension OF commerce. Foreigners
claim that the pig-tailed inhabitants are
non-progressive, that they are heathens,
and therefore they want to civilize them
by robbing them OF their territory and
dividing the spoils among themselves.
The royal robbers of Europe are bent
on the partition OF China and the
strongest robber will take the biggest
slice. At this crisis it happens that
Russia has the largest army in the vi
cinity. That prince of brigands, John
Bull, has his hands full in South Africa,
and has no troops to spare for the pro-
lection of his interests in China. Con-
sequently he calls on Uncle Sam to help
him out OF his predicament and threat
cningly says that IF the United States
adopts a policy of-inaction her inter
ests will receive scant consideration in
any future deal made in China"
President Mckinley and Secretary
Hay would like to pull the chcstnuts
out of the fire for their Anglo-Saxon
ally, but the American people are op-
posed to any interference in Chinese
complications beyond affording protec-
ton to American citizens and property,
and they want the government to act
independently in political sense. The
United States has no trouble with
China, with which it was the first to
have trade relations, and outside Of
the Mckinley imperialists the citizens
of this republic have no designs on the
integrity OF the Chinese empire. There
fore, the mother country" must expect
no assistance from the United States,
even though we have troops at Manila,
where England wanted us to have them
in anticipation of the emergency that
has arisen III China.
Russia has succeeded in checkmating
England and has taken advantage OF
her difficulties with the Beers, and be-
fore the Eastern question is settled the
car may march his troops into India
and compel England to get out OF there
or fight England has 100000 men in
South Africa, among whom are 10000
white troops from India, and another
10000 time-expired men i'll that famine
stricken empire OF Victoria are OH the
verge OF mutiny In view OF these facts
the Muscovite has the upper hand OF
the Anglo-Saxon, and the best thing
for the United States to do is to OBJ
serve neutrality and remain inactive,
despite the hostile comments OF the
London press. This republic must keep
clear Of European cntanglements and
not get entrapped into any European
coalition for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
China or the protection OF any residents
except its own citizens