Evening journal., 1901-02-25
NEW FACTS
ABOUT CHINA
General Wilson SayS Cause
Of Trouble Was Natural
ADDRESS WAS INTERESTING
Chinaman Was Dissatisfied With His
Lot and Ready TO Take AdVan-
tagc Of Boxer Outbreak
ADDRESS WAS INTERESTING

Brgadier General James II. wilson
addressed members OF the Union Lea
que OF Philadelphia. on saturday
night on "Or Commercial Relations
with China" Before the address Cen
eIal Wilson was entertained at dinner
By twenty members OF the league
General Wilson was introduced by
President Darlington. who said that
General Wilson was In a better posi-
ton than any other man to speak IN
n knowing manner OF the relations OF
China with this country, as he had
been sent there by the government on
A. very uarticular mission. Presldentl
Darlington briefly related how this
country had become suddenly great in
dha ewes Of the world when We had
so effecually attended TO the affair
with Spain. Therefore he said that
now that we were after our share of
the prominence coming FROM the Chin |
ESQ incident the whole world looked
upon our claims with respect
THE VAST EXTENT OF CHINA.
General Wilson told of his mission
to China, where he arrived too late to
lift the siege OF the legation He said
that when he started for China he
knew that the general fear that the
vast boards Of Mongolians would snun
The speaker said he vas at a loss tol
describe I'm an adequate manner .he
vast extent OF the Chinese territory
He asked the auditors to draw an inn
acinary line from the Amcor river t0|
the southwestern portion Of Africa,
and for ten thousand miles il would
nraveuse n desert upon which no per-
son could live and which is pracu
cally impossible 10 all.
The inhabitants had no chance to go
abroad by sea, and therefore the
slightest influence OF civilization had
never reached them until the recent
troubles. Therefore China had devel-
oped its own civilization just the same
as Il IL had been located on the moon.
Despite tha fact that the Chinese have
the same feeling as other human be-
ings thy are just as distinct from the
other races Of mankind as II they had
been born on the moon OF any other
sphere
In speaking OF the present troubles
OF tia Chinese General Wilson said
they really began with the advent Of
big ships. When we WentthCre with big
ships wa went there with the purpose
o. trading and this was soon followed
by the missionary. who in turn was
followed by the soldier and then came
war he said that the great Con-
flcius. who lived $50 years before
Chris. did not form a religion. He
simply codifed a system Of morals.
and they had been lived up 10 ever
snce
The Chinaman IS the same now as
he was ten thousand years ago. he
knows that IL is the nature OF water
20 run down hill. but he does not
know why Il runs down hill. and he
has never tried TO find out The gov
ornment has been the same since the
knowledge OF man. The emperor is
the head and centre Of all that is good
had and Indifferent in the world. and
thGre has never been any question OF
his position. In speaking OF the gov
frnment OF the countless millions of
China General Wilson said il took
Just forty-twO thousand Office holders
to run the government and he had
understood that there were more than
that number in the State OF Pennsyl-
vania alOnR
In giving a reason for the poverty
Of the Chinese the speaker said the
Cninaman was distinctly a person
who had only cne occupation He
would TN the soil in a primitive way
but he would never dig beneath the
ground to see what was there.
CHINESE ARE NOT FIGHTERS.
In referring to the scare about the
eanger Of the yellow hordes overrun-
ming this country and all the civilized
world General Wilson made very light
OF the idea. He showed how time
ai1er time the countless millions OF
China had been completely overcome
by a mere handful Of disciplined fight
ing men. In some instances the in.
yaders were not disciplined. They
were merely fighters. All this, he
said, goes to show that the Chinamar
was not nghting man. He could not
travel tar enough by land to do auy
damage, and he could certainly make
no haadway by sea.
In referring to the recent "Boxar'
uprising. the speaker said the whols
situation was one that came about
naturally. The Chinaman became dis
satisfied with his environments ano
was ready to wreak his displeasure or
some one The foods came and his
stock and crops We're destroyed, ane
naturally they asked who had chanped
their luck and brought this misfo-f,ins
upon them. Little by little the inge,
OF suspicion and superstition pointed
10 the foreigner, and soon the way was
cpen TOT the present mischief. Then
the Boxer as an old institution tool
nand IN the thing to try and find
out what the matter was. NaturalIv
fhe statement was made that thew bad
no such hard luck before the foreien.
ers came. and 1t must be them fba.
made the trouble
General Wilson said that the I'm.
glish policy of an open door was no.
20 be trusted. He said that AZ m.
United States hoped to do anvtbine
with the open door she must be r.-ol
pared to sell goods on better Time
cheaper and Of better quality than any
other nation. He said that the matte
Hcuid soon adjust itself when inc
future OF China was assured.