The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-31
MINISTER WI
GIVES OPINIONS
Will Not ub-y the Orders
vi the Peking
Anarchists.

~ urlCtllSUS.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-No one in
America is more eager for the latest
news from China than is Mr.. WI Ting
fang, the Chinese Minister, and no one
regrets more than he does the unto
ward events that have taken place in
that. country in the last few weeks.
Mr.. WI is too great statesman not to
understand just how delicate is the
situation in which his country has been
placed by these unfortunate circum
stances; he is too we'll read in the his
tory of other nations not to know the
danger that confronts China in case of
concerted action on the part of the al
lied Powers of the world.
Although 1 had had no confirmation
of the recent dispatches received by
the State Department" Minister WI
said to-day, II have felt very much
alarmed at the reported condition of
affairs in Pekin. / was prepared for
almost anything. The murder of the
German Minister shocked me mex
pressibly. After that news was con-
firmed 1 was ready for any calamity,
and hence the despatch l received yes
terday from Sheung, Director-General
of Imperial Telegraphs came as great
relief. If the Emperor and the En-
press Dowager are imprisoned in the
palace. and Prince Tuan, with his Box
ers, is in control of Pekin, which hope
is not the case, then the Government I
represent is for the present over
whelmed. While this state of anarchy
lasts 1 shall obey no unreasonable or
n H. Ar;o
provinces feel as / do, and until peace
is restored they, too, will use their dis
erection in obeying orders. All are loyal
TO the Emperor, and it is only the peo-
pie in the province of Chill who are in
state of rebellion.
THE mob in Pekin has evidently got
quite beyond the control of the Gov
eminent. 1t is very unfortunate for
China that the Government was not
strong enough to suppress the uprising
/ at the outset. The explanation for it's
| inability to cope with the difficulty lies
! in the fact that there is widespread
disaffection among the Imperial troops.
Sympathizing with the anti-foreign
element as many of them did, 1t was
impossible to expect very energetic ac-
ton on their part when sent out to
chastise the Boxers. If small things
can be compared to great ones, we see
in China now condition parallel to
| that which existed in France in the
days of the Commune. The Imperial
troops of China have made common
cause with the mob just as the soldiers
/ of the French king did at the time of
the historic revolution in that country.
| There Is no people on earth toward
whom the Chinese have a friendlier
feeling than they have toward the Am
orleans. 1t is now about half century
since the first treaty between the two
nations was concluded. 1t stipulated
/ that there should be peace and friend
ship between China and the United
States and between their people re-
spectively. Not once has the letter or
the spirit of that treaty been violated.
On the other hand, the United States
have several times exerted their
friendly offices in behalf of China, and
as the Chinese are a grateful people,
they have appreciated those services.
Never have the United States shown
any desire for territorial acquisition at
the expense of China, and this fact
alone would go far to strengthen trust
terrain this sentimental regard for the
United States as nation they are not
always able to distinguish the Amer
leans, as individuals, from representa-
tives of other foreign countries. The
dress and physiognomy of Europeans
and Americans are so similar that the
uneducated Chinaman classes them all
alike as foreigners, and the mob makes
victims of them all, / fear.
Il don't know much about this Prince
Tuan, who seems to have the upper
hand at present if the reports about
him are true. He has come into prom
inence since / left China. He is one
of the many Manchu princelings sup
ported by the Imperial Government.
The present Emperor is the ninth of
the Manchu dynasty, which has occu-
pied the throne for over two hundred
years. The Manchus came originally
from Manchuria. China was in the
throes Of a civil war at the time and
the ruling power called in the aid of
the Manchus, who, after suppresslng
the rebellion, assumed the reins of gov
eminent. Among the Manchus of no.
BILE birth are many who are poor. Pre-
vented by their aristocratic ideas from
entering into any commercial enter
prises they are compelled to live upon
the slender pittance allowed them by
the Government. Until lately Prince
lTuan, although cousin of the Emper-
or, passed among them unnoticed. A
few months ago he came into prom
inence through the fact that his SON.
a child about 10 years old. was named
heir apparent. 1t Is not customary for
an heir to the throne to be named be-
fore the Emperor Is dead, but for some
reason it has been done in this in
stance"
A determined lady from the West
visited Washington, DC. not long ago,
for the purpose of interviewing q mem