Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-31
FOREIGNERS MUST GO
Declaration of the Real Yellow Peril
to Peace in the Orient.
TUNG Is CHINA'S DICTATOR
He is Powerful, and Even the En-
press Dowager Fears Him.
MAY DESTROY DYNASTY
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PEKIN, December, 1900
The real yellow peril of today is that
arch rebel Tung Flu Hsiang.
This cOnspirator-for he is naught else
has always been identified with the most
extreme of the conservatives in this en-
pire The sight of a foreigner is to him
what glimpse of red rag Is to bull.
He is an educated man, far the lore
and precepts of ancient China go. He is
familiar with China's history for thou
sands Of years. He desires, above all else,
to see that history perpetuated in the
China of today. Ancient China got along
very well without the foreigner: the China
of today, he reasons, would get along much
better without any foreigners.
The foreigners must go.''
That has been Tung Flu Hsiang's dictum
from the first day that he achieved any
prominence in the affairs of the empire
AT first he was the willing dupe of the
empress dowager, who holds views less
pronounced than his own. The empress
has got some glimmering of the danger of
her ideas. Tung Flu Hsiang has not That
is all the difference between them.
The Boxers? Chinese here in Pekin who
have become tired of the military invasion
of their country will tell you that Tung
Flu Hsiang IS the father of them. Much of
the money that they spent in organizing
was furnished from his private chests, af-
ter having been eXtorted from the help
less plain people.
With his growth in power Tung Flu
Hsiang has become gradually more AFRO
giant. His selfshness and conceit have in
creased until they are even more than
apace with his conservatism. Today he Is
the dictator of much of China as bows
to the will of the court The empress
dowager no longer deeply admires him.
She fears him. and would gladly remove
1t, tho n &
does not dare, for she is at present hope
lessly in the power of this crafty old yell
low general, who bungled so badly the
task Of defending Pekin and its approaches
from the allies. She would behead him,
but she knows full well that the loss of
her own head would pay the penalty of the
mere attempt. For this reason she follows
what she believes to be the wisest-and,
indeed-the only course. She bides her
time. In the meantime General Tung Fu
Isiang increases his power by day ana
night.
1t is becoming more apparent every day,
that if we hope to end the present intoler-
able situation and prevent the growing
possibility of renewed and more serious
war with China. the allies must remove the
court from under Tung watchfui eyes
and bring the empress dowager and her
back from Pekin
Truth About Negotiations.
The peace negotiations? Every one mere
knows what | fear is not understood else
where in the world-that these negotiations
have been a blind a gain-time. III Hung
Chang. no doubt. is as sincere as CHINA
man can be In dealing with hated for
elgn devil He knows how foolish 1t will
be- in the end, for China to combat the
powers unless she can secure the ala OF
some strong power-say Russia. Tor IN
stance-but he also feels that If China must
fight again, 1t can be better done when he
Chinese have had more time 10 rest and Or
ganize to fortify other parts OF emma ana
to turn out thousands more of rifles from
the factories that are running, further IN
land, by night and day.
So much for the peace negotiations,
which will never bring any lasting benefit
The delay is helping Gen. Tung. Every day
he is strengthening his power over the i'm
ptrial family, and therefore over the greater
part of the empire. Some OF the man
darins who accompanied the Imperial faml-
" on its hurried flight from here TO the !
new capital at Singan-fu have returned to
Pekin. They bring alarming reports of the
situation. They describe how the empress
dCwager and the young emperor are COM
pleteIy at the mercy of this crafty Tung.
These mandarins have fed back to Pekln
because they were loyal to the rulers only,
and therefore found it was more conducive
to their health to get far away from the
dictator a. possible. The stories that these
mandarins bring back with them show not
only how utter Is his arrogance, but also
how great is his faith in his ability to keep
the reins of power in his own hands for
the future
The Court In Tung's Custody.
The court is surrounded by a miserable
little body guard of two hundred Manchus.
Outside of the palace is large army,
directly under lungs command and Off
cered by men who are devoted to his cause.
1t would be impossible for the imperial
family to force lis way out, even if II were
desired TO return to Pekin. Any one VINO
wishes TO have audience with the empress
dowager or the emperor must give reasons
fSf4 afn rI1np haf he
admittance, so complete is lungs Gordon of
troops around the palace.
Every one who ventures into the neigh
borhood of Sngan-fu Is Immediately sub
jected to the closest espionage by the
emissarfes Of this willy general No audience
with the royal party IL possible without
lungs knowledge. Even the official dis
patches that arrive from Pekn are read by
him before they can be carried into the
palace.
So great has lungs impudence become
that he longer attempts to conceal his
brazenness under that cloak of meek mas
terry which the successful oriental underling
knows we'll how to assume at need. lie
lets the court understand his watchfulness.
Nest OF the servants that surround the
court are emissaries of this general
One OF the mandarins who has returned
here states that he secured audience
with the empress dowager. His purpose
was to secure the appointment of the two
Yang-Tse vicerOys. Chang Chin Tung and
Liu Kung-yi. All through his audience
retaries who openly acknowledged tools
of Gen. Tung Flu Hsiang, stood about,
listening to every word In less than an
hour, the dictator. who had been communi-
Gated with by one of the manda rims present
at the conference, came boldly into the
council room, barely waiting to be an
Eounced. performing his kow-tow with in
soient abruptness. and then went at once
to the subject that had brought him there
He attacked the appointment of the two
viceroys, who are progressive men, favor
able to foreigners. with force that fright
ened the empress dowager. She promptly
informed him that she had had no intention
of making the appointments.
Followed Wan9's Policy.
His point gained. Chinas new dictator
tiled 10 explain that he had intended no
disregard by his apparent contempt of con-
ventionalites. but that he was CONSUMED
by a patriotism that filed his heart. He
urged that the throne was wrong in hold
ing any intercourse at all with these de-
spised barbarisns.
In the time ~ The Han dynasty he told
the empress. when the court was about to
conclude dsgraceful treaty with the out
s.de barbarians the illustrious Wang Mang
had interposel his ohieptionS and had pra