Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-26
KIRK MONROE IN CHINA
AUTHOR TALKS OF HIS
TRAVELS TO YOUNG men
CHINA WILL ADVANCE WHEN EN-.
PRESS DoWAGER is OUT OF
THE WAY-RUSSiA'S
INFLUENCE.

ty members and friends of the Re-
search Club last evening. Mr.. Munroe
spoke on China and the present situa.
ton there, giving many evidences Of
having made a deep study of the
question. Mr.. Monroe has travelled
extensively in China and knows where.
Of he speaks.
One Of the points made by the
speaker was that China would improve
materially and make great strides
ahead u the Empress Dowager should
die. Such a contamination would re.
dound to the everlasting benefit OF the
country.
In order that the people of China
might advance, there should be a mix.
irg OF the people of the various prov
inces just as during the time of the
Civil War, when the people Of the
north went to the south and vice versa.
The young men Of China who were
being sent abroad for education, were
aiding materially in the development
of China.
Mr.. Monroe stated further that a
trip by the young Emperor through
the United States and other countries
would be another factor in the devel.
opment of the country.
The prevalence of superstition was
a very great drawback in the develop.
ment Of the country. Still another
drawback was the extreme Clannish.
ness Of the people, each province be.
ing amply sumcient unto itself
BY way of illustrating some of the
strides that have recently been made
In China, Mr.. Monroe stated that re-.
Gently Claude Kinder, who has been
working on the construction of the
Chinese. railway and who has built
large shops in one of the large cities,
received an order from Oregon for
four locomotive engines.
Speaking OF the Russian occupation
OF Manchuria, Mr.. Monroe said that
the Bear had gotten hold of that part
OF China and intended to hold 1t. ia.
pan would hardly attempt to fight for
Manchuria, but the Mikados forces
would undoubtedly go to war II there
was any tampering with Korea.
In the Chinese rivers OF Cochin Chi.
ma at the present time. the French had
placed their flags on various junks. so
that in the event OF trouble that coun.
try could Immediately point to every
spot where the tricolor might be flying
as its territory
Port Arthur. said the speaker, was
fortified almost as strongly as Gibral.
tar Russians were getting hold OF
everything. The Chinese bank was in
their hands and they were behind the
Chinese loan. What was known as
the Belgian road was nothing but a
Russian institution. The Belgian
name and officers were subterfuge.
The hotter members of the Japanese
parliament were for war, but the
speaker said that Japan would hardly
go to war with Russia, single handed.
lie did not believe England would put
any spokes in the Russian wheel.
Russia was In need of China. She
was getting firm hold now and would
eventually take the whole country.
This was necessary in order that Rus
STA might have the means OF support.
ing her immense army.
Speaking OF the Chinese again and
referring to the recent Boxer troubles,
the speaker said there was no justif,
cation in the taking of Canton by the
Germans. The murder of the mission.
aries, which caused this action, was
the work of two robbers and could not
be placed at the door of the people OF
the place.
The Empress Dowager was undoubt.
eddy at the bottom of the Boxer trou.
bles. The foreign legations which
were attacked during these troubles
were now arranged In such a way as
to offer absolute protection. There
was cleared space 800 yards on all
sides and there were 1000 German
: 900 British and $50 American sol
diers, besides soldiers Of other ma
tionalities stationed at the place, rea
dy to go into immediate action in the
event Of trouble. The Germans, be
sides having a small army, were fur
nished with a castle on the surround
irg wall that was filed to overfiowing
with. ammunition.
In the mind of the speaker, Minister
Conger was the ablest foreign repre-
sentative in China. He was the one
white man to whom the Empress Dow
ager would listen.
Speaking of the Taku forts, Mr..
Monroe said that these had been re
built out OF the original material :
mud. The villages between the ocean
and Picking were still In ruins.
Upon being asked about Christianity
in China, the speaker compared it to
small dent in the ground. The in
land missions were doing a great deal
OF good.
The missions were no longer teach
ing English in the schools. So many
Chinese had taken advantage of the
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