Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-12
OUTBREAK IN CHINA IS =
GENERALLY;EXPECTED

The following alarming view Of the
situation in China, published in the
Celestial Empire" Shanghai, seems
t. be the concensus Of opinion of Eu-
Iopeans and Americans looming from
the Orient:
There will be another gigantic ris-
ing in China, compared to which the
recent troubles will be a trifle," so
speaks a resident Of Peking who has
just arrived In Calcutta. r
II am rejecting in this statement"
he continued, mot only my own opin-
ion but the opinion OF every European
in China, including merchants, trades
People. journalists. missionaries, dip
lomatists and soldiers. This opinion
IL not due to the natural tendency of
people to exaggerate and believe In the
sensational, but Is based on hundred
and one indications which all point In
the same direction. T obegin with the
Chinese hatred Of foreigners has been
increased tenfold by the conduct OF
the allied troops, and they have not
gained such victories In the field as to
prove that they cannot be defeated.
1t is true that Picking was captured and
the whole of Pechili devastated, but for
the most part such resistance as the
Chinese offered came from Boxers, and
the Boxers had no weapons beyond
swords. The Chinese realize the fact,
aud the Boxers are now being armed
with Mausers. China Is arming. Be-
| fore the outbreak she had large ar.
senals crammed with guns and NUM-
lions of war, and factories In which
guns and munitions were made. The
the contents distributed, and the fac
tories are working night and day."
II may L. remembered that tn,
statement regarding the arms factor
les working nisht and day was also
made to n rC preventative Of the EN-
Igllshman" by an American official who
had recently left Hankow, where thu
largest factory Is. The statement tina
the arms are now being distributed Il
lncw.
| ! ne SDUICtS VI ihioi Hdtioh VIII
regard to the distribution of arms arr
three" our informant went on. "Ther'
are letters from Chinese traders ant
Christians In the interior and the evi
dence of missionaries and travellers
Many boat loads OF arms are being sen
up the Yangtse from the arsenal nea
Shanghai where for some years hun
dreds of thousands of Mausers hav,
been stored. Again from Hankow t,
Picking there runs a great highroad
along part of which railway has beef
laid. Travellers have seen wagons
crammed to the top with Mausers pass
Ing along the railway. The construc
ton trains running out Of Hankow 70
a few miles are also being utilized 70
the carriage Of arms. Even in Pechil
villagers are now known to posses
rifles and ammunition, though 1t is be
lieved that the distribution has bee
most general In the provinces OF Shen
81, Shansi and Honan.
"The arming of the population @
North China is, of course, the mos
| significant indication OF the views @
the Chinese Government, but there ar
other facts almost as alarming. Tn
Boxer cult, or as 1t is now called tn
ALLIED Villagers" movement is spread
Ing throughout China, and the Allie
Villagers, everybody knows, are inter
sely anti-forelgn. Again, II the CHI
nese were acting in good faith, how
1t that the Government has not {
carried out a single one Of the cond