The sun., 1905-08-20
IAPS' TRIUMPH ROUSES CHINA.
AWAKENING CAUSED BY THE
VAR IN MANCHURIA.

Moderniz1ns Chins's Army and NAVY
Models OF Administratten Sought In
Jspan--1he boycott On America Net
Likely 10 Last, DR.. Martin 7ninks'
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. l-w. A. p. Mar
tin. d. D.. LII D., lately president OF the
Imperial Tungwan College at Peltn and
confidential adviser to the Tsung Ii YAmeo,
or Chinese Foreign Ofaoe. upon foreign and
International law, arrived In this city
few days ago from China, en- route to his
home at Audubon, N. Y. While hero no
spoke at length upon Chinese anatrh
III the Japanese faithfully carry out their
pledge and return Manchuria to China,
be said, 1T Is highly unlikely that China
will ever again allow encroachment upon
her territory without recourse to war. It
Is doubtful indeed II any Power will again
be permitted to take Chinese territory az
1t has been taken In the past.
.It is only In Chanting, where German
influence Is growing rapidly, that covert
danger of this kind exists The Germans
are running a network Of railways through
the province and are developing It's rich
resources. German influence is very strong,
the subjects Of William the Sudden always
referring TO the district as German China
But il Germany were to assert claim to the
nroyince trouble would undoubtedly arise
forthwith.
.The Germans in China appear to be
especially antagonistio to the British; but
IT is to be hoped that Great Britain will
maintain the sphere on the Yangtse and
continue the open door policy that now
prevails there.
sBy the advice of Chang Chi T,lng. China
was on the point Of joining Japan against
Russia after tho first successes OF the Jap
anese arms, and would certainly have done
80 but for foreign insistence upon the main
tenance by China OF strict neutrality. There
are few people who know how very near
China was to throwing in her lot with Japan
shoruy after the initiation OF the present
war.
In fact, t. Chang Chi Tung could have
had his way China would have at once
mobilized what soldiers could be raised.
Indeed, this was done, Gen. Ma, as Will be
remembered, having been sent to the vicin-
ity Of the Great Wall, just without the
Willow Palisade bordering Manchuria,
ready for any eventually Chang Chi
Tuns was overuIed. Foreign influence
was brought to bear upon China, with
Great Britain and Anne rioa leading the
movement to force China to maintain a
neutrality.
.Chang Chi Tung sinoe then has been
constantly engaged with military schemes:
His Japanese drill instructors are actively
Transforming the native troops., All the
soldiers Of Chang Chi Tung have been clad
In new uniforms, and the police even of
tho province have been garbed IN military
uniforms after the manner of the police Of
japan. JaPsn..,-.:r.-,.,.,. ~.
work Chang Chi Tung is doing IN the two
Kuang provinces on tho Yangtse, and
whom the work being carried on BY these
vioeroys IL complete China will have an
army and navy that will be quite capable
Of defending China.
struotors have been engaged. arms are
being secured, arsenals founded, new
guns Of modern styles are being
purchased abroad, while hundreds Of oan-
non arc being cast in the arsenal estab-
lished BY Chang Chi Tung-at first for the
yang, on the Yangtse near Hankow.
* board for the formation Of a navy
modelled on tho Japanese naval system has
been formed. Prince Pu Lun. Who repre-
sented China at the St. Louis exposition, Is
said to have been the originator OF the the
It Is all part Of Chang Chi Tung's grand
scheme to make China once again power
In the East. K,
.The modernization Of China's army and
navy is already we'll begun. and It VIII ever
The expansion idea finds no lodgment In
the Chinese mind. The yellow peril In
this connection ia a mere chimera.
"China Is not an aggressive nationi its
forces will defend the country. but. there
Is NJ, danger Of them attempting to inva de
Tung's idea is similar to that stated In the
motto Of England's militia-Defense, not
defiance.
All that China needs to weld the mil
lions into strong nation is true leader /,
but the leader is still absent Chang chi
Tung is becoming too feeble physically,
although his mind is still clear, .,
1T is quite improbable that there will be
trouble in China when the Empress Dowa-
ger, now an old woman, passes away: The
Emperor has shown great, Wit by his as
meddled with, matters pertaining to the
ruling Of the kingdom under existing, cir,
cumstances, 1t would have been fatal
had he done 80. However, / have been
informed on the best authority that the
young Emperor really possesses great
improbable that the reform movement
now being slowly instituted will be carried
on with renewed zest when Huang Su
succeeds Tsi An upon the throne of China,
1Tientsin has been chosen as the head
quarters OF the Chinese navy, and there the
naval department buildings will be estab,
lished. Subordinate stations will be created
at Shanghai. Chefoo, Nanking on the Cbu-
san archipelago, and at Tarengi, or Mrs
Bay, whence Dewey ships sailed for Manila
to fight the Spanish vessels. The stations
already established at Tientsin and Nan
king will be forthwith taken over and forti-
fed
AT each Of the six stations naval schools
will be established under Japanese and
other foreign instructors. The plans 80
FAR as matured have been adapted from
the Japanese, whose naval department
has given important and practical assistance
in the matter.
But it is education that will make a
nation OF China. In Chang Chi Tung's
widely circulated book Of essays which
was first published few years ago in
English under the title of Learn the
Niceroy saws that education is. China g
only hope With education China will
take its place in the East, and the great
markets which will follow upon the edu-
cation OF the millions Of China will offer a
fine market for Western trade.
1T is in trade matters that the growing
innuapca ~ .Iopan uvill v,,oat lsa folf rTharo