The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-14

he went on, was Tong WI, who over
threw the first dynasty. He is regard
ed by the Chinese people as one of the
seven sageS of China. Before the first
dynasty the government was a sort of
a Republic, when the Emperor was
selected by the people, wise man in
whom the people could reposes their
! trust.
"The question is whether we ought to
revolt against the present Manchu dy-
nasty he said.
1--WE ought to do so, we must do sol"
exclaimed DR.. Sun vehemently, bring
ing his fist down upon a table at his
side.
why? Because the present reign
ing house is that of fallen conquer
or, and second because it is not
house of our own Chinese race. Ac-
cording to the growing feeling and
sentiment of patriotism the Emperor
should be turned out whether he is
good or bad rulerF'
DR.. Sun sketehed the misgovernment
of the Manchu dynasty. Great
slaughter of the Chinese people took
place when the Manchus came into
power. The Chinese submitted and
ever since then the Manchu dynasty
has devised skillful methods to pre-
vent the Chinese people from rising in
revolt The Chinese have stoically
submitted to every form of suffering
until they are now a crushed race.
The speaker said the Chinese people
have little protection from foreign ma
tions, as the Chinese government
seems to care little for them. For
this reason the Chinese people were
not respected and not on an equal
footing with people of other nations.
Under sua,z conditions, even though
the Emperor were one of their own
race, they should rise and throw him
out.
1.-THE dynasty is decaying,'' contin-
ued the revolutionist. eff we, the
Chinese people who should be govern
ing our affairs, do not rise and turn
out this Sick Man of the Far East, 9TH
er powers will yet do so and then di-
vide up the Empire. This is one of
the most powerful reasons why we
should rise and uproot the dynasty and
restore the country again to it's an
cient people.
'The prosperity of China is now GER
tain to assist in spreading the seeds
of revolt over the vast Empire. We
know the Manchus have become impo-
tent. Their extreme weakness was
apparent during the Boxer trouble.
Then not more than 10000 troops of
the Allied Army marched upon Peking
and captured the capital of the En-
pire. This is the midst of a nation of
400, ,000, 900 of people. Think of it! On
ly 10000 soldiers in that vast Empire
and the Manchu government standing
weakly by while it was done!
eff such an army of foreign soldiers
could capture the capital, what would
happen If the Chinese. people rose in
their might. They could take the cap
itaI much easier than did the Allies.
There is no great difficulty before
US in accomplishing this same result.
The real difficulty lies in the fact that
the people have not awakened to the
fact that the Manchus are foreigners,
as much SO as the Russians or any
other power. Centuries of suffering
under the Manchu yoke have rend-
cred the Chinese people callous to the
knowledge of who their present rulers
really are. But once the people are
awakened and realize their own
strength, we can easily devise an in
vulnerable plan to overthrow the Man
chu dynasty and build upon it's ruins
a good government-the Republic Of
China"