The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-17
CHINAs GREATEST CALAMITY

The dcatl ot tt Hung Chans i~ a greater dis..ster Co China than al the punishment that thc allies inflicted upon her in their occupation of her tcrritory. lt is a loss that no other nation could experience because lu no other tx thcrc but one man who is iit to counsel. to di- rvct and Co explain what hc alone under stands The passing of this grrat man Is like Che death of Che captain of a crowd ed ship. assailyd by stormy seas. when no one else on board understands uaviga- ton or knows thc vessels course. And tn another sens, it is a misfortune Co tho world
 GI Huns Chang stood as the Interpreter Co each other of che ancient and the modern spirit No one save Marquis Ito in Japan dllrd station 1t all compar- able Co his. but Japan is eager Co learn. panting for progress. drsirous always Co dnd the morr excellent way. while the whole bent of China is that of hostility Go the new dca' and blind retrogressiou Co dead past in Japan thcrc win be others Co take up tho work when Mar quis lto Is uo mouc. and they will have an enthusiastic popular following. In China th,rr Is not one lcajcr capable of nnlng the place of ti rluug Chang. while the slIlen millions who ohsyed but r'- luctantly his counsel win refuse Co listen Co a less commanding and persuasive voice.
 This man alone. oIt of al Che hordrs of China. understood hts own country. understood the outer world. and under stood their relations Geo one another. ll Hung Chang wts Chinese through and through. unoltcrably devoted t'
 vouutry and hts people Uut he also vale ued foreign civilization. knew the worth and the iueyitahleu,sS of progress and looked far into thr future. ll- saw that China must advauc, cor dis. anal to help ing her emcrgencv along lines that would not be so startliugly revolutionary as Go drive thc ignorant mulutudcs to m1tiny he devoted hts lifv. In very larg" meas ur. the better relations that exist. the creation of progressive party in the cmpir- and he opening of th. minds of Europe and America tu Che possibilities of Chinese development arr nll his work. Down Co Che Vvry last. iu Che shock of resistance of 1u nations. it was this man who made an agreement possible mad through whom alon, tb~ hostile parties could deal iconndeutly togcthcr
 Just at this moment China needs 60 li Hung Chang morr thtn ever before. The people are humuiat,d and bitter Their government ls in thr hands of 70 woman as wonderful for h,r cunning and ability as for her crimes Th. empire is dis- tracted and discorlant And tt th" same time th. element of foreign control has entered and win stay M,nchuri1 is as safely Russian now as f it wcr" cone veyed formally Co the Czar Tn" rvisuinE dynasty is hateful Che people of th" s"v- erai provinces utur Interested in what happens in the Imperial d'li. national spirit almost nou-eNistvut Nrt China can no more remain outside thr move ment of progress or prevent thr develop mcnt of her material resources in har- uonv with the tendencies of th~ age than a man can resist "a cyclone.
 Ii Hung Chang was the one man whom an respected and feared. The many knew that when h, Gold them what U was necessary Co do with the hated f"r eigner he spoke out of Che depths of knowiedg. absolute, They would ou l.s- ten Co him Any succ-ssur cannot possess in equal degrcc either their confidence or that familiarity with thr outside world of which they arc so destitute. China needs at this time a strong hand and a great brain Co set her f1cr Co Che future It would seem that nothing short of a miracl, could give her suc- cessor Go TI Hung Chang.