Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23

were in China, whom the EN-
press dowager calls arch something els,
is in New York taking counsel with his
followers. He hopes that the revou.
tion which he has planned during sever
years of exile from his native land will
be of the bloodless kind. He woulC
rather have 1t that way. Easy in man.
ner, suave of speech, calm and cheer.
full in demeanor is this leader of hall
a million Cinnamon in all parts of the
world who openly and in secret are
planning for that day when they shall
overthrow a regime which rests upon
the tombs of ancestors and a deader
past. Unconcernedly they talk of the
death of the aged empress dowager
as the beginning of a new era. Kang
Yu Wei, who smiles as he says it, ex-
presses the hope that she may soon
realize how essential it is for her own
happiness and that of her subjects that
she abdicate.
Several times has Prince Kang Yu
Wei-for although of humble descent
he has a title conferred on him by the
emperor which is equivalent to the son
of king-journeyed across the United
States. This last tour has been in the
nature of triumphal progress. for the
arousing of the national spirit in China,
the discussion of the exclusion act and
many other circumstances have added
to the Importance of his coming. In
every large city branches of the Chi
nese Empire Reform association, of
which he is the founder and the head.
have hailed him as the leader of the
hope of Cathay.
Stories have come over the press
wires of the drilling of military compa.
MES of orientals who may one day take
part in the management of young
China. One dispatch has it that in the
mountains of California ARRANGEMENTS
are made for the mobilizing of an ar
my At all of these rumors Prince
Kang Yu Wei only smiles in manner
which says THAT would be rather a
clumsy way now. Perhaps there is a
better way" At the Waldorf-Astoria
he is giving hours each day to con-
sultations with educated Cinnamon.
Character of the Reformer
Kang Yu Wei is an intellectual aris-
tocrat. He has neither the time nor
the inclination to confer with any but
those who are to be the leaders of the
people when the dream of reform is re-
allied. They who are coming to take
counsel with him now are LII. DIS of
Yale, born in China, AMI masters of
arts from Harvard. Many have been
trained in the arts and professions in
this country, and some to the trade of
war. There is no telling how far the
long arm of the Mings may reach. For
that reason Kang Yu Wei always has
some able-bodied persons near him.
Two times at least he has escaped as
sassination at the hands of his politi-
cal enemies. Twice the plot has been
made to poison him. Chinese warships
have pursued vessels in which he has
taken refuge and a reward of S1OO.0
placed on his head, has only recently
been withdrawn.
None Of these things disturb the arch
reformer. He is a fatalist in a way.
for he believes that his death shall not
come until China has begun the career
OF enlightenment which he has predict
ed for her Only the death or abdica-
tion of an old woman separates Ca
thay and Utopia. and Prince Kang Yu
Wei waits in placid patience for his
day.
With his history all the world has
grown familiar in the last few years. |
From the ranks of the common people |
he rose by the force of his talents and |
ability and his studies of the civiliza-
tion of the east until he stood at the |
right hand of the Emperor Kwans Su. |
Had the ruler of China been a man of |
stronger purpose there is no telling
what China might have by this time at |
tained. The reign of the things to be
was brief as 1t was brilliant. All China
awoke as from the slumber of ages. In
that epoch-making time known as the
Days of Wonder the most
radical Ideas of the western civilization
'@roNN'A - 5"iiA ." AAoAb VII lHt lIlldRlDa-
tion of the younger and progressive ele-
ment The works of the great English
We're translated. The arts and
sciences obtained a new impetus. The
prime minister, Prince Kang Yu Wei.
was the man of destiny. Then came the
coup detat. Reformers were banished
many of them were condemned to
death, and Kang Yu Wei at the urgent
request Of the emperor, who saw that
his power was on the wane, at last left
China.
The Psychological Moment
The Chinese dowager empress, who
was brought up as a slave girl, whose
home was a flatboat in her youth. as
sumed control again. for since 1860 she
has had her grip on China Then fol-
lowed the Boxer uprisings. the Danish
ing Of all foreigners and the march by
lhe allies upon the imperial city itself.
kang Yu Wei went to Canada in 1898.