Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23

stories Of Chinese being drilled in mill
tary companies in this country"
II anticipate" was the reply "that
nothing of the kind will be necessary.
In the course of nature the empress
dowager, who is now more than 20 years
old and feeble, cannot live long. She ia
also tired of power. Nothing better
could be done than for her to accept a
pension and retire. with the emperor
restored to his own, China will begin
her new era. The empress dowager is
the only real obstacle to progress.
When she usurped the throne in 1898
urged upon every power not to recog-
nize her authority. knew Of the plot
which the Manchus had formed against
the foreigners. 1 told them all that the
Boxers would surely come, and my
prophecy came true. The acts of the
empress dowager brought on the
Russo-Japanese war. She openly made
threats with Russia for control of Man
churia, and, worse than that, she made
secret compacts with the Russians 20
maintain her on the throne Of the Man
! chus in the event of rebellion. I can
not impress upon the people Of the west
too much that China as she Is now
threatens the peace of the whole world.
It is not a matter which concerns only
the east. The fact that the empress
dowager is in control makes for trouble
in every part of the globe. Not until
her rule Is ended will this vexed prob
lem of the east-this eastern question
be settled
what do you think of the exclusion
act?" L asked.
"In principle" said the prince, "such
legislation is radically wrong. All Chi
namen should be freely admitted to
this country. By that I mean that
the conditions should not vary from
those which are applied in passing up
on the qualifications of immigrants of
other nationalities. Especially should
Chinese students and travellers and
merchants be permitted to enter the
United States. America will realize
that the student class is to have a tre-
mendous influence on the future of
China. If by harsh measures you ex-
clude students the youth will go to
England and France to learn and di-
vert trade to the nations where they
have made connections.
1--WE have heard much" continued
his excellency, of the Chinese boycott
The Chinese would prefer to use Amer
lean goods. The articles which we
would buy here are good and they are
cheap. But the Chinese feel that il
they would pay more elsewhere for
something not so good or so cheap
that they may impress upon the United
States what they feel with regard TO
the exclusion act. The educated Chi
nese think that they need the help Of
can ideas and American goods. They
wish to establish friendly relations. but
they consider that their students and
their merchants and those who would
travel in the United States to learn
should be treated with as much con-
sideration as is shown to Americans
who now visit China. 1t Is only fair.''
w nat 90 you think is tne Iorm OK
government best adapted to China?"
"Such a government as England now
has" was the reply. would be best
suited to advance the interestseof China,
a constitutional monarchy. The em-
peror is in favor of that manner of rul-
ing the people, and I have no doubt that
China will eventually have represea-
tative government of that kind. China
will be well able when properly gov
erned to work out her own destiny"