The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE.

In the New York Sunday JournaD
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. July 1T would be interesting
and perhaps edifying to take an American
plebisci;e on the question whether or not
we desire to participate In this scramble
for Chinese territory with England and the
rest Of Europe.
II has been obvious for more than year.
even 10 the uninitiated. that England ana
the rest Of them were whettins their
knives, TO cut up China. and that some OF the
Intending carvers were not averse 90 heip-
ing China to get ready for the operation.
There could be little difficulty about tha..
China Is not politically nation; even
raciaI,v IL f. heterogeneous: and the IN
habitants are ignorant. preiuaiced and su-
nerstitious--in short. date back TO the
Dark Ages They never took kindly to the
poor missionaries. and one sure way OF
STIRRING them up was to inctte these an
worldly persons to fresh activity. once get
a few, missionaries rnassacred and the rest
,,a,,,.a easy. For, though there are ioii
bundled million Chinese. they wouiu
ANYTHING but Il unit In war, anu INC -
ma iort,v OF them would nave no frttr,
.orinuert or trained leaders 40. a.,
rn,,Id he subdued, readily enough. pu'
what then?
More Trouble Ahead.
-, .,nt,a would be partitioned OF
.r,l,,r har couauerors and opened 10 lhei.
trrse Four hundred million more nus -,
y,,ronsan and American produce. me -
81 Of every tradesman W '"e
world yearned at the thousn- ,-,,,;on ,
Rut first, how about 'iia' u. va,,,d
Would it be peacefully accom- 81, ,,pic,hly
the ,jipiomats and geugraphe's ~ ~ i,,s,
~ - nd mark of with ruler the JUS
'..,,,',,,io, for each competitor! N"uiu - -,
-; h. content with So mIich, t1isi'"H ~,
s,,cb "A slice Germany, Frame, A., ~,
Tho nronortions allotted 10 ''ei' ~
others? ,.,n,rr- Tn the pas
lNeio 80 nrnssnt aspect OF Europe to ieau
nla -. - a supposition. ON the coii.ra !,
Ne .xne., each and all OF thefh W IN - -
,hc,, ran yet and to fehnquish h''A
cent 20 superior force ,o.. money
,rr;s night can hardly fan 10 cost mn"
,oore money than has ever p.v" W -
since. civilization began IL WI the
Iiyos hut that is minor c"hs.I,'i
-, CON h.ttrr spare men th''h ni"''s =
7. viii doubtless thin out the 'nl"'S
,,la,ion "a little. and 1t can HtIn'i i''',~,a 1
tho outset. to the finaht'"' az. -,
resources IF Europe. EaroP'' q, 49, a
Tho tally has been made up VIII
nev debt worth consideflhs.
-, hoer potntod out. II does NOT "F
- ~, the law mind shat the game. 'nh
,,erctallv speakinE. vouih pe Wiz -
candle We might hnd III '"o ~ -,
nd baeu putting into the Era" p"e
than this generation. or tp' heI,. -,
go ho able to get ont OF H. hut eN."
,,',,,- ,b,s assumption tn he pesS:inis-
o., &c we as a people. really desirouS "
i,nbrue our American hands III t"d' "a
ard a,,hy scrimmage" Is IL 'oi SUI y
purucse do We truly believe. tiat in'S "a
,ion was brought into the w"riI 'ai, a.
nocuniarv gain be large enough OF no u'
- - -, r,,gb 70 Justify Us in sending thoH-
49,, ~, n,,r Young men to death and as
-, 4, ,et,tnP the clock az time TAR na' i
ON i,s uairfuI Journey. anu 'sdS Una. W, =
as hi,, a slice OF the cake as We 'i.ihn W"
deserve, I'm undertaking Tue cuH'r"' ~
much territory beyond the oce'n' M, a.,
would be expansion Win 80, 10.
ey,ery sense of the word. ana might we i''
reasonably expect that some OF Inc 'e'-
geance would fall pretir near ho'he-
Englnuds Record.
But il IL objected. can We S's.hS ou
S.,ros IN leaving England to fight Russia
without our moral suppori-inofai at least,
If not also physical? Are NOT they our XIII :
10 ~ ,a,,.i,s ,b., n side-for | confess that
- a,,.r ~ race In nations seems to me
10 no approaching the end OF i's 'ethet' ana
tina, the day is az hand wheh We staii nav ,
ia diyid. up on the basis OF what we stahu
for rather than of what We M-'f uesot'e.
leaving that aside do Nc sihcefeiy fesar"
E.np1and's course and purpose AT present a.
mechanically favorable 10 the pe''errn. mn,
and rmancipation of the human race! VII
ths root and motive of her doings win 'he
Roers bear examination? Has her manage
ment OF India produced deiisnttui results
Js 81 not conceivable that she may already
have fulfilled her mission OF usefulness III
the wnrld-such usefulness as IL was-and
he now getting a little on the track witn
nrospects of checks and DISASTERS moi
wholly undeserved looming up ahead OF
her? .,, j,
II the Boer War has proved anything, II
| f. that England is not nj to take the held
against modern troops; she can make head
way only when the odds In her favor are
. six or eight to one. The bubble OF her mill
tary reputation is pricked past fhehding, ou
she has still her enormous navy.
AS against England. Russia Is generally
regarded as the logical alternative. We are
told that Europe in the future Is to be either
Cossack or Anglo-Saxcn. That Russia Is !
coming people may be admitted The Cos
sack is on the upward march: there are q
hope and . future tor HIM but Enxlaas