The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-30
PARTIES IN CHINA.
Emperor's Alliance with Liberals
Good Results Already Accom-
p1ished by kwang Hsu. F4#

tive" says |. T. Headland in Ainslec's
THE latter IS the outgrowth of cen
t3r;c1 ct dominion over eastern Asia
1t is the party that is selfish and self.
sufficient, the party totally ignorant
of the world outside of China. The
word China in the original Chung Kno
means to the Chinese what Mediter-
ranean once meant to the western
world-the center of the plane surface
of the earth.
''The liberal party is the offspring
the present generation. and the
rficial head of this party is the
png Emperor Kwang Hsu. He is a
% that has been judged of less than
Rage ability. Despite this, he is.
act, one of the most remarkable
~. ptates, William of Germany not
4pted, on the stage of the world
ojeH.
~ tside the walls that confined
.fT Hsu the reform movement was
8Ie by the founding of the Reform
aN34A M Picking. Not long after the
lAA sl been put on running basis.
ia 8 senergetic members called on
vs Urn the names and addresses
'be ding magazines and newspa-
Il f shed in the United States.
u al 4 the required list. Soon |
~ ef that other members had
3*Ne ured lists of English, Ger
I'D h and Russian publica
gix reading matter was sub
KIN ar the club that members
n touch with the outer
y had the PROSECUTING
Reform club begun TIC
tfehA he cautious conserva-
tnR ed it to be suppressed
Hss menace to the gov
ei Though the doors OF
til tt3 hut, the doors to the |
mi ~ " Dung men had been |
optl.sa fg s to the light OF
new NtN,A
"Aqrlua lmer of 1898 | was
ENGAGE Liz noted liter.
airy of translat.
ing a haf ,sophy into
Chinet aa' that the
emperr to abol-
ish the ua of the
great ess
"'Wht wa " die o' this
edict?' asked H,
"'Some will like 'lf|
not he answered, d
"A few days later Ngs lr
sized another edict, all
cals to memorabilia hii
memorials on the provis
first edict.
Again |. asked the opinio
lin.
"'Some Mill approve of it, an
will not was all | could draw
him.
Then one after another those W,
derful edicts came forth from IT,
palace in such rapid succession as to
take our breath away. Indeed. they
almost took the emperor's breath
away definitely. In few weeks when
the empress dowager returned from
the summer palace, Kwang Hsu was
put in that confinement from which
he has not yet been liberated.
1T must not be supposed, however,
that these spasmodic efforts at re-
form had no results. The conse-
quences were apparent. The emperor
had succeeded in establishing in a few
weeks university which still stands,
and which is under the influence of
DR.. W. A. r. Martin, one of the best
educators that has ever been in China.
1.-The principal departments of the
are for the study of the
languages of the allied powers. In adj
dition, are the departments of law
and of medicine. Also there is the
gymnasium, which was a revelation
to the students. The gymnasium was
directed by a Frenchman, very ac-
athlete. While most OF
the apparatus was imported from Eu-
rope, many things were turned out by
Chinese mechanics. All the bicycles
that could he bought were procured,
and bicycle club was organized by
the students. 1t was not long before
| heard of a broken arm or two
among the new wheel enthusiasts.
an addition, there is n university
at Tientsin. which is on very firm
basis. Still another is at Marking.
There is a college in Shanghai and
other institutions of less note in vari-
nus parts of the country. Thus, al
though the conservative party is still
in power and has almost destroyed
the empire by anti-foreign principles
and conduct, these young reformers
are continuing to prepare themselves
to carry out the reform they know
will come in the near future"