Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-17
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sired, but It excites no alarm for the
near future. The conditions Of the
spring OF 1900 and that of 1908 are
radically different. Before the begin.
ming of hostilities in 1900 foreigners
we're disposed to scoff at warnings OF
danger. Many refused to take the
threats of the Chinese. and the hostile
preparations going on before their
eyes, seriously. Experience with the
Chinese. particularly the Japanese
war, had given them confidence that
a few companies of Marines from Ia.
ku could Withstand all the Chinese sol.
diers in the province, and they doubt
ed that the Chinese Government would
defy the law of nations by attacking
the diplomats and their families.
Today caution tends to the other di.
rection. The Ministers, missionaries
ard foreigners generally are alert for
danger signals, and the secret service
branches of the several legations, no.
tably the japanese, are active. Many
foreigners have sincere and reliable
friends among the Chinese. If these
friends were bringing them warnings
of danger, as they did in 1900, the le-
cations would be quick to heed the
warnings and take defensive action.
The best informed and most reliable
Chinese say that nothing Is further
from the mind OF the court than to
risk the necessity for another flight
from the capital, to leave the luxuries
of Picking palaces for the hardships of
the interior. The events Of 1900 have
been enlightening as to the resources
and determination of foreigners, and
two Princes of the royal clan have
travelled abroad and brought back to
the Government impressive descrip
tions of the strength of foreign ma
tons, which they had been slow to be
lieve before.
Whatever attacks upon foreigners
might be made, all evidence tends &c
show that they would be against the
will of the court. SO far as the safety
of Picking and Tien.tsin is concerned
the Viceroy. Yan.shi.kai, controls {
large and effective force Of soldiers
: well drilled, equipped with modern
: arms and honestly paid. His disposi
: ton has been proven by the prompt
ness with which he has ferreted tn
occasional feeble attempts = reviv'
the Boxer propaganda in this province
and punished the agitators, cutting OF
their heads for merely starting anti
foreign gossip. Yan.shikai has ambi
tious schemes of government, he Ii
employing foreign assistants to launcl
them, and there is every reason to be
lieve that he does not propose to hav'
his program disturbed by rioting o
war.
The only insurrection which ha
reached serious proportions recent,
IT. that In Kwang-si. 1t started NOR
as a labor riot than political demon
stration, from the desperation Of al
unpaid and hungry army, robbed b,
|, its officers, according to Chinese Gus
, tom. Crop failures have re-enforce,
!, It; 1t has been active for year, and |
giving the Government great uneasi
e ness, but 1t has been confined to part
D OF two provinces, and does not promis
r to become a national movement. Tune
5 fu Slang and Prince Tuan, the scape
3 goats of Boxerism, in exile on the Dor
der of Mongolia, are dangerous fac
Q tor, but the Government has succeede
probably by financial inducements i
o restraining them. Even should the
= take the warpath, the army OF Yuen
n shi-kai and the foreign garrisons /
J. Pechili could be counted on to kee