The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ..s
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 5.-Soldiers
and teachers Of the west are being en-
listed to assist the self-willed monarch
infuse fresh lifeblood into the shrunk-
en- veins and inert frame of the great
Chinese empire. Recently Miss Mary
Reynolds of Sibley, Iowa, left for Chi
ma to become a tutor to members of
the royal family, and requests haveb been
made of Carleton college at Mortified,
Mimi, for two others.
an agent, Colonel Edward F. English,
of Yankton, S. D., organizing a party
| OF the best young men in the north
west, who will sail for China within
| five months, to assist in bringing about
the Americanization of the Chinese
| army.
according to Colonel English and his
commission, American blood and brains
are now found necessary to restore the
period of glory when the great wall
was built on the northern frontier of
the country. The new republic is call
ed on to bring again to China an age
of progress and invention, when war
riors stood in every tower along the
great wall which stretched for over
1900 miles along her border; when her
roads were finely kept and her rivers
|
young men, the progressive party in
China will overcome the old conserva-
tive element, connect her vast interior
with the sea- utilize her mineral wealth
and assist in building one of the great
nations of the world.
A distinguished Chinaman once re-
marked to an American minister in
| Pekln: Wait until your government
has been tried before you boast of it.
What is a hundred years. Ours has
stood the test of forty centuries When
you did not exist, we were. When you
shall have passed away, we still shall
be. -
Tho many PATRIOTIC Cinnamon may
still hold the views Of the loyal di plo-
mat who made this statement, it is well
known that Tze-hsi, the dowager en-
press Of China, is DESTROYS of bringing
about reformation in her country.
This reformation is to amount to the
Americanizing of the empire, com
pared with which, the papacy is young
and this republic but a thing Of yes
terday.
Colonel English's Commission.
In a small office in Yankton, S. D..
Colonel English, a quiet, unassumine
man with somewhat of military all
about him., is assisting the dowage1
empress in bringing about this reform
alton. He is organizing a party Of
young men and is authorized to appoint
those who have had military training
to the ranks of captain, lieutenant ant
second lieutenant in the imperial army
of China. Colonel English is an ap
pointee Of the Chinese embassy at Sa1
Francisco, and did not receive his
commission from Prince Pu Lun, al
was at first supposed, when it became
Enown that he was an agent Of tn
Chinese government. He says thu
prince has nothing to do with the army
whatever, coming to this country to thu
st. Louis exposition as the Chinese
royal representative. Colonel Eng
lish receives his orders direct from TIL
embassy and reports to them the stat
us of the work as it progresses.
"Within five months you will know
; what I have accomplished, said Col
onel English. II have nothing to sa,
, at present about who is going. 7 hav
r a great many who have been appointed
to positions in the Chinese army, bu
state. Some undue influences nigh
be brought to bear on some Of them
and every young man whom [ hav
made q member of our party is pledge
to absolute secrecy.
Inducements to Americans.
81 will say this much about tn
work and about the trip to China,
: continued the agent of Tze-hsi. *
consider it the best opportunity in tn
world for a young American. Wha
those people will do for him there car
- not be estimated. I can guarantee
salary of $1,40O for second lieutenant
$1,000 for those in the rank of frs