The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-06

coincide partially with those tnat hdse
already been expressed IN other quar- q
ters. but in some respects they are
o,,ite novel He maintains that the
very beginning of the movement was
a programme of forming volunteer
army. 1t had been constantly urged
upon China by foreign ADVISERS thal
she must endeavor to develop her own
canacities of defense; must provide
herself with an army and navy. oh 3
tho other hand. the example of Euro
mean States plainly suggested that
big standing army is wasteiul anu
dangerous, while her own experience
during the Franco-Chinese aialf'
when .all China ranged itself on the
| Government side" and the lessons OF
- poar war seemed to Indicate that
] . Volunteer organization would best
. meet the exigencies OF the time. ouch
/ a device would cover the Whole en-
! nire offer an outlet for restless splrltS
and foster a united and patriotic
/ feeling 1t was thus that the Boxer
| association came into existence Sii
/ Robert describes it as patrlotic Ia
4 origin. justifable in it's fundamenlal
4 idea, and in point OF fact the outcoiaie
i of either forein advice OF the STUDY
!, of foreign methods" AS to the SUI
segment history of the movement, or
Roberts words must be quoted;
an the meanwhile, the seeds OF otn,
err growths were being soWn IN the s9 .
of the Chinese mind, private ana OH
! ciaI and were producing fruit eacn
a fter. their kind Various commercial
stipulations sanctioned by treaties hao
!, not taken into full account Chlnese
s conditions, difficulties, methoos anu
raouirements and their enforcement
Ea foreign commerce IuOTS
3 agreeable to the eye of either provlh-
3 cial or metropolitan officials. Mlssioll,
q ary propagandiSm was az Moi az
s lover the country, and It's fruits Snl-
{ nose Christians did not win the es-
= tenn or good will of their fellows; for,
:. first of all they offended pupllc reel
ing nv DESERVING Chinese Tor foreign
cults: next, they irritated their 1eiiow
. villagers by refusing, as CHRISTIANS, 70
2 take part in or share the eApeii ss,s., %
Village FESTIVALS. and lastly, as Chris
: tians again. they shocked the onciai
9 mind. and popular opinion also, by get
. ting their religious teachers, more es
. necially the Roman Catholics, TO iheel
: fere on their behalf IN ntisatlon,
oetera-a state of affairs Whlcn became
= snecially talked about in Shantung, the
. native provinee of Confucius OF over
Q two thousand years ago anu NOW tie
sphere of influence of one Oh rhe
= church's most energetic pisnops. ne
q
Q were TO ride in green chairs ana De
. recognized as the equals of Governors
= and Viceroys had its special slshiii-
canoe and underlined missionary aspi-
. ration, telling people ana oiilciais -
. every province what they hao 10 Elk
. meet from it. On the top of this came
. the Kiao-chow affair and the deSrada
tion and cashiering OF a really doie
nopular and clean handed offlclal, tu'
= Governor Ii Ping Heng. succeeded o.
the cessions of territory at Fort Al
thur. Wei-hai-wei, kwang-cnoW,Wah
. at cetera: and these doings, folloWe'
nv the successful stand maze asdiie
q the Italian demand for port on IN
. coast of Chekiang, helped to force tn
. chinese Government to see that con
. ,cassion had gone far enough and tina
opposition to foreign encroachInen
might now and henceforth be the Key
. note of it's policy. Lii Ping Hehg ne,
. taken UP his private residence IN u
southeastern corner Oh Pechiii, ei y,
= to the Shantung frontier, ana ~
Boxer movement, already started IN
tentative way in the latter proVilc
now received an Immense lIipe..
from the occurrences alluded TO, al
was carefully nurtured and fostered
that cashiered official-more respect'
. than ever by his countrymen. 0tn
. high officials were known 10 oe
. sympathy with the new departure d.
TO give it their strongest approNai d
SunDOrt SuCh as f1Su
and men of the same stamp ana stan stan
Q ing. and their advice to the throne W
. To try conclusions with foreigners d
WELD no more to their demands no
| ever mistaken may have peen III
reading of foreigners and no~e'
Q wrong their manner of action, III
. . men-eminent in their own country
....s their learning and services-were a
mated by patriotism, were enraseo
foreign dictation, and had the coui
of their convictions. We must 90 u u
! II he Justice of allowing they were ac
ated by high motives and love
country: but that does not always
81 necessarily mean political aplhtS
highest wisdom.
..Thus it came to pass that II.
attempt to strengthen China TOOK II
and shape: it was more or less
ceiyed on foreign lines and the re
of a study of foreign condltlons'
apart from what it comprised OF
patriotic and the justifiable, II al
at change as little as possloie an
grated carefully assimilatSd TOT
|, idea = volunteering on as carer
4 prepared a Chinese trunk, ana
growth convinced the Government
it could be relied on to relieve
country from foreign dictation II
drive the foreigner entirely out Q
That it was patriotic in it's origin
Unsuitable in much that 1t aimee
cannot be questioned, and cahno
too much insisted on, but, like
popular risings. its popular orgal
ton and formidable development
widespread growth made it more
to lead than to follow, while the Ct
of the initiated to something liks
pernatural powers in the matter
movement and invulnerability, e
tied first before Prince TWAIN and
before the Emperor and En-
Dowager won for it a standing
respect which placed it on pla
!. its own and went far toward Civ
free hand for its operations.
Another very remarkable state