The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26

sung river distance OF some eigh teen
4 miles. This railway was Of immense linz
i portance to the trading onlrnunit ~ sf3r
many ships anchored at Wusung VA rlfl
Il slightered there. and It was of obvious ne
cessty to have rapid and frequent COM
nuntca ton between the anchorage and the
town. Under a variety OF pretexts. how
ever, this railway was suppressed. boug h Z
up by the governments. "A "a Ss i as3
This was done ostensibly to a1lay Bile
clamor--to propitiate$ the dead who could
not rest while the surface Of the earth
was profaned by the machinery OF foreign
! devils. w sst83 III
But the Chfnaman is not half 80 careful
| of his gods and names as some would
have US think, for in the next year, 1871.
Ii Hung Chang found no difficulty In civ
| ing to a Chinese company a concession
for railway which opened UP some mines
| in which he was interested This railway
was subsequently, expanded into the prr5-
ent system connecting Peldn with the ssa,;
We may reasonably conclude that the CHS
nese objected to the railway; at Shansha4..f Il
not so much because 1t disturbed the res
pose OF Chinese spirits as that this ~
pose was being disturbed under European
auspices. The religious element fonud 70 i
fault with a railway when controlle-s w I
Chinamen-and since that railwssi mas
proved Of commercial value and. WIS pAt
followed by calamity we may reasons,.
bly, look to the day when we shall buy a
ticket direct from Canton to Pekin. ana
thence across the great wall to Europe
The railway that was DESTROYED sl.d
shipped 10 Formosa In 1876 was reopepoa
for traffic in 1S9S.-and this time no ave
heard anything about offended sptSits.
The little Bismarck lady was Siskb-
she wanted railways; but she wanted the
public mind prepared for them. that here
might not be riots connected With their 4
construction. W II
Tsu n 81 81 Years Old
The little lady is now 81 years old sy,A
naturally disposed to repose. She assy
have many more years to live. for. meas
ured by the standard OF Queen Wet ofas =
and Bismarck and old Emperor William,
she is hut at the beginning OF her eareer,
At the age of IL, in the year 1851. sae &
became the concubineof an aErnpe:or, AndS
as such an Influence in the ruling Of his
empire. Since that day has happss.sd az"
most every great event that nav oriSs 4
foundly modified the position Of GntNt
toward the outside world She haze llyei
to see ports like Hong Kong ard Shanghai Y
develop from insignificant rradms sta-
| lions to commercial centres rivs!i,il ioI-5
don and New York. shanghsl which
| even in 1876 was purely trading cern-
munity, 10 today city Of !actory ih,n'
| neys conspicuous from afar sti
MedIaevallsm to Motcsn'tS' K.
| Tn Hong Kong to-day there are Sc
wards where iron steamers are lGlrS tt,.s.
| tinually launched. The H't'e s''ip4ffsi E
! Lady has seen her countlypeopss Not only
learn manufacturing trade frosn Eur.
peans In China, but she faa 500 fb5,,1s
erect factories of their own ard rNla flem
In competition with Euroneane. 81 h
This Transformation could s,o' i'x- schi,
made had she opposed II With the Ygor
Of which we know her capable " NJ
sure. the portion Of China atge o. ga 55i Ns,gs
modern ways Is not very greet. bitSsGlt
the modern ways are there, we .sase gsnt n
them sample, and they snen pleased
with IT, Much OF this TRANSITIONAL zen ,as I
occurred between the oceasion o. assy ''y'ss.
visits. and il we limit ourselves ~ niAfviM
that which has happened nafWren IN \
and 1898 we have a change a!slos1 ~
extraordinary as that which came onts
F,uropa through the use OF stefan ~
transpor tation at the beginning OF mo
nineteenth century
China advances slowly. It hSH been aa-
yanclng far some ten thousand years
and 1t has set Tar to go China shas nuch
70 learn .rom Western nations, mt
Western ,,stions have also much 20 'esrr,
frora an eratra that has seen sha prth
bloom and burial Of many'a wh'tc naAa.
nation * Ia;