The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-07
TO MODERNIZE CHINA
WHAT THE REFORM PARTY is
SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH.
Letter from a Leader of the Organ
Saved by Use OF kilograms.

NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-The New York
branch Of the Chinese Empire Reform AS
ISOLATION Is gradually gaining ground in
Chinatown. 1t has received a letter from
Khoo Sock Waa, chief of the reform party
in Singapore. 1t comes through the San
Francisco branch of the association and
bears the date of June 90. A translation of
part of the letter reads as follows:
my Dear Brothers: 1 am very glad that
you have started a society in America with
the object of saving His Imperial Majesty,
Kwang Hsu, and to introduce all advanced
civilized ideas into the Chinese nation. This
laudable act is much admired by me. Our
empire, as you are aware, is not a small
one, and the number of our people is very
great indeed. Still, at the present time We
are being treated with contempt by all the
rest of the world and are not accounted
equal to other great nations. Lately many
large concessions of LAND lave been made
to foreign powers and 1 dare say that al
though the wholesale partition has barely
commenced L fear china will soon follow
in the wake of Poland and India. One was
gland. Should this continue for any length
VI tiluc we cudl Dcr WlluOuI SONtf Ii1ltul,
without homes, altogether we might have
vast riches and a powerful empire. AS it
is our people are treated like animals serv-
ing their master.
You have seen the great citizens of
foreign countries, my dear brothers, and l
am sure you have learned a great deal
of Western history. For instance you have
learned that neither England, Germany,
America. France nor Japan was powerful
In the beginning. And how have they be-
come powerful; always the work of a few
clever men who in the beginning took on
themselves to educate the people to point
where they could understand the meantime
of good government. Taking our present
condition into consideration 1t were proba-
bly, better that we make our Emperor abso-
lutte ruler until our people know more of
the laws of government.
MANY of our friends advise us to appeal
to friendly foreign powers such as England
and America. This is good advice, but it
does not exactly agree with the old family
law. / consider this to be our affair, an
affair between ourselves and our Emperor
and IL is our duty to act for ourselves.
Foreign powers have nothing to 40 with it.
Besides the time is not yet ripe for foreign
Intervention. If we are ever to ask their
help we must do so only after We have
struck for liberty. Then, If they approve
of our principles we may depend upon it,
they Will offer their assistance.
Are you aware, my dear brothers, of the
great amount of good We have already ac-
complished? Our Emperor would long ago
have been murdered by the wicked old EN-
press dowager or her confederates If IL
were not for the great fear our protesting
kilograms have e~ngendered. To be sure
kilograms are but bits of paper. but they
nave had a most wonderful effect. / would
also inform you that our joint kilograms
lave been much admired and commented
upon by the great powers.
II appeal to Confucius. Jesus Christ and
Jehovah and all the ~phophets, praying
that our association may succeed in its
loyal work"