The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-25
THE YELLOW PERIL.
Prince Oukhtonsky Discusses
the Chinese Situation
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tn qsesfo1 ~ fe ASKED ~ dip.9u-ats
what r. likely ~ happen nows- and
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sper ibe qBesflol IerLsrs better tlan
any ore else TLF .s Prince O1khfgu-
sky fD1n1 fte Drrsiferf ~ fie Rus
so-Chlreae fauf lD really marrei0us
nom Everything in it vas Ch.nese.
Tie roof1 uas I.e p Ch.nsse feuple
II iooke1 ~ 10 as fa1Igl there were q
fhousard Bulidlas tiare 90 beaIfifgl-
~ arranged sr1 30 tuo alike.
ecil0ed tle seuf'm~ prevailing 10
tolincsi aEd d.Diomsflc circles here
that there vas ilffie Chance q On early
svacuaflon Prince OIkhfOmaEy said
The Germans dO nof mean ~ get cut
81 ali That was what everybody knew
who was .u Pekinz o. was me com
moo talk " ctery German there. and
they made no attempt AZ conceaiing the
object u their mission, which was 10
stop"
"BB: what dO they uanfT' ! asked.
''ITbe province ~ shangfung and Chi
a." was the reply. adjacent 10 ~ iu
Aancburia. o territory with 2lOJO0DO
of CLincse Inhabitants Ihcy want
Yang tse. bot only f0r trading pur
poses. al fhis ibcy book upon o. a
colony f0r Germany"
And Count ron WnldeuceT
4 did not see Count v0n Waldersee
~ Peking. but every one there knew
that De- feit ihe use.eFsness " bis poi.
ton. Tie kalscr bad forced him 10 u
and told him be must act ana make q
big thing of f."
IAN to make a sbowT
yes"
"Bnt Do you consider n.at the kaiser
tbOrgl; fhe matter eafyf'
lie evidently dld bot be- must have
been 100 advised Ho thought Peking
could be taken wish n battalion. So D.
could. bot The battalion could not stop
there. That ir what he did not under
stand lie did not comprehend the ie.
naclty and silent resisting power ~ the
Chinese. who have the character " the
Finlandcr and the chanctcrlstlcs of
Turnulan blood"
what is thc Chinese moodf'
"Thcy win never forgive and never
forget"
but are they not frighiencd|
"There ~ no fear with them" replied
Prince Oukhi0mRsy. "Ihc spirit of "a.
fallsm among them " far too strong
They would not care even " ns many
more Of them were sacrificed"
"Do they hate Germans particular
Tyr
mo: they dislike us all about equally
and now more than ever"
what would have been the right
course 10 pursucT
Retire al once after the legations
had been rescued and treat the Chinese
~ barbarians with whom we would
have no more intercourse. Had that
been done ~ Hung Chang ana the rest
OF the mandnrIns would have come run
ming down after us. Instead of that-
aud look upon IL ns shame that Rus
sian representatives should bee In sucl
n position ministers are running nficl
IL Hung Chang. bowling. scraping and
craving audiences of him"
The prince looked Intensely Indignant
ms he said this. What follows merits
the closest attention. for IL is here thai
Prince Oukhtomsly came 90 matters o
vital international Importance. I askc,
him what be thought would De the con
dition Of affairs should Germany no
evacuate Pcking before the wet scasoi
came on. His reply vas'
"Whcn the season commences the lc
gntions cannot remain in the city. Thcl
will have 10 go MP 10 the hills They
will go with small guard Of soldiers.
"What VIII happen thcnr
"In the recent trouble over whicl
there were such great difficulties onll
one Of the iogntious was attacked. TIT
probability Is that the Chinese are nov
more angry and excited than ever an'
will attack all the legations lemem
bcr, the Chinese are very bitter au'
have much right 10 be 80. The plllaglnI
at Pellng WAS something awful
"Pcklng was rich"
"Fabulously So the prince proceed
ed. Examples Of beautiful things wer
ruthlcssly taken mud sold while, so I
speak, aeckcd with blood. And.' h
said. rcsumlng where had lnterrupte
him. "the railroad viii once more b
cut II has one track, and none Of th
hands are English They have relnsta
ed all the Chinese IN their former slt'
ations. aud so the line IL In the pow'
OF the Chinese, who viii surely cut
again the moment they get the chanc
SO the trouble viii rccur'
"Aud tlcuI"