The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-31
A CHINAMAN'S VIEWS
Policy Advocated by q Native Christian
in Settling Boxer Troubles.
SHANGHAI, CHINA.

| OS1hNOhais WILMA.
Since the Boxer trouble began in the
North and the arrival Of the Allied troops
at Picking, horror, massacre, desolation
and other attendant evils of warfare have
probably done their work. More attention
is now being given to the question of set
| ting affairs and various policies are sug-
gested to bring about a peace which will
be lasting.
One class of foreigners advocate the pol
icy of vengeance. BY the way, it is a
notable fact that this policy is the favor
lite one of the Westerners living in the
East. According to these advOca ces, the
lex talionis is the only law that carries
Il sanction sufficiently strong to affect the
Chinese mind. To borrow the homco-
pathic dogma, similia similibus curantur,
but in this case at least the like would
have to be administered i'll far from no.
mpoua hic doses = Immediate re-
suits of safety are to be secured only by
so severely furnishing the Government and
people that, for fear of n repetition of the
punishment, they will fOrego repetition
of the crime"
The second policy is that known as
the 'patch-up" policy. This. though IA
yorable to the Chinese Government, finds
little appreciation among patriotic Chi
nese. BY carrying out this policy the old
state of affairs, with its evils and wicked 4
ness, will return. The progress of China
would still remain an unsoiyed question.
We now come to the policy of modera-
ton, the one advocated by the writer. To
understand this policy it is necessary, first,
to comprehend the causes of the disturb
ances. The immediate causes were, no
doubt, first, the seizure of Kiaochaou by
the Germans on the slight pretext that
one or two missionaries were murdered in
Shantung. This aggression scared the
Manchus, who saw i'll it the beginning
of the partition of China; second, the ill.,
usage of the Chinese by foreigners in |
China.
AS foreigners are partly to blame for |
the trouble, they surely have no right to |
carry out the lex talionis. Besides, the |
employment of the latter policy would |
never put an end to the hatred now ex-
isting against WesteIners. The patch |
up" policy is not to be expected by the |
Chinese, and ought not to be, for the Chi |
nese, too, are to be blamed for the dis |
turbances. There remains, therefore, the |
policy of moderation. Believers in this |
policy demand that the leaders of the ris- |
ing be led to the block or punished by other |
means sufficient to expiate their crimes; |
that central Government be established |
under Ill. Nj. kuangsu; that mere par |
takers be pardoned, and reformation |
started.
THE SITUATION IN CHINA.
The chances of peace being negotiated
in the near future are greater than they
ever Were before. The United States has
gracefully backed out of the Celestial En-
pire for the Philippines, while Russia long
ago signiied her willingness to come to
terms with regard to tire Boxer trouble.
She has another program for the Chinese
government as to the affair in Manchu-
ria, which, she claims, was brought about
by the unproyoked attack of the Manchu
General on Blagoyestschenk, on the other
side of the Amoor.
DiscOrd, instead of harmony, being the
reigning tone of the International con-
cert, the different participants have found
it best to look out for individual inter
ests. England, besides getting her hands
full with the BOer war, finds great deal
1f anti British sentiment among the Com
tinental nations, and therefore dares not
10 be too exorbitant in her demands.
Truly, China is the most unIucky and
yet lucky nation in the world The same
International jealousy saved her from
arger territorial losses after the japanese
war, and in the present case she is again
saved by mutual distrust and intervening
circumstances. The Powers, at first too
naughty or discreet to rush into the OMEN
ng of negotiations, and recognizing even
he Peace Commissioners, are now lust as
lnxious as the Chinese Government to con-
:lude peace.
Only few days ago what purported
o be genuine articles giving the demands
IF the Foreign Powers were published.
The same articles, it is said. were received
~ telegraph at Marking. the message
iaying been sent from Chinanfu, the Cap
tai of Shantung. l
The first clause says that railways in
NINA snail be placed in the hands of for
gners altogether. The second clause de-
hands that foreign officers be appointed
o each province, supplementary to The ;
;hinese officials. The third article. a gar
lson of 1000 troops TO be placed in each {
province apparently supported by the To-
al authorities). The fourth demands the
urinary decapitation of the murderers of
'aron Won hetteler, the late German MIN