The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15
WIl WAR AGAIN.
DR.. Seaman Thinks the Peace
Treaty is But a Truce.
CHINA TO TAKE PART
The Wondsffnl Awakening of the Ancient
Empirel Great Armies Being Raised
and Drilled by European In-
stfiiCtOrs. Power of the

and and Drilled by European In
stfictors. Power of the
tJapanese Surgeon.
There has been added to Mark
Twain 8 another disordant note in the
chorus of3praise of the peace of Ports.
mouth, says The Now York Sun. 1t
has been sounded by Dr. Louis l..
Seaman, who has just got home from
q visit to Manchuria, where he saw
both the Japanese ar d Russian armies
at the front. lie had something to
say Wednesday at his home, Twenty
eighth street. and Fitch avenue, not
only a2out peace, but OF the awaken.
Ing and mo1ernizing Of the Chinese
empire.
The so called peace OF Ports.
mouth; said DR.. Seaman, "will, in
my opinion, como to be regarded as
one of the great mistakes Of the CEN
tury. That which is called peace will
be, in my opinion, only prolonged
armistico. L have been fairly near
the firing line OF both the Japanese
and Russian armies and | believe |
know something OF the temper Of the
men who have fought this war. |
know something Of the spirit OF the
house OF Romanofr, Of its mobiles and
the Russian people. / have q more
Intimate acquaintance with the tenn.
per of the people Of Japan, aud ] tell
you that the so called peace OF Ports.
mouth is welcomed neither in St.
Petersburg nor Toxic.
There are several good reasons
why the peace treaty which isnow be-
ing written can only be a prolonged
armistice. In the first place, Russia
she is still one of the great nations
Of the earth-will never consent to be
bottled up and will never be satsti ed
until she has regained the prestige
and the territory which she has lost
in this war.
Furthermore, and l fear it is not
generally known to my countrymen,
Russia Is most fertile territory
Acre onacre and mile on mile OF the
soil Of thN empire needs only to be
tickled order to bring firth rich
harV| n ~ the Black sea closed
dnSWaY Through The
A.. :. une sea and WITH only
a poor wa0er way to the Baltic, Russia
must havo an outlet for her commerce
of the future. She will go where she
can or where she may. She will find
her way to the Persian gulf and II
necessary, through Chira. and over the
battletields which she has so recently
lost and upon which she has left her
dead. The great empire by the frozen
sea will not stand still.
And while the Russians are get
ting ready the japanese will ,,rOw
more end moro restivc. Do you sup
pose Negi's veterans, TIE men who
followed wherever Oxu led or the sol
diers OF the splendid army OF the mas
terful Kuroki can forget, for lnstauce,
that they won by their valor all Of
Sakhalin Island only to have their
Emperor, the elder statesmen and the
plenipotentiariea Of pace give half OF
1t back to the Russians whom they
thraShed? ID you suppose that tile
men who fought wien Togo will fer
get that the battleShipi which only
escaped the mcrcilcss fire Of their
guns in fog aud found shelter IN the
harbor OF Mania have been given back
under the terms CT p9aco To the Rus
slams? The big white soldiers Of Rus
sa and the llttio broRn men Of Japan
Will come together again and the roll
OF the war drums will be heard in the
East. Then will be fought to finish
that last final battla for supremacy,
which, for the good Of msnkind and
the welfare OF Russia and japan,
should have been fought now by the
armies Of Oyama and Linevitch In
Northern Manchuria.
But however that may be- both
the belligerents and the world In gen
eral are rcckonitlg today in the East
without China. SO ne day, and it is
not far distant, Chiua, with It's mill
taot millions, will be the power in the
Orient. We can no longer speak Of
the rou3ing from the sleep Of agea OF
China. She has already awakened,
and yet the world knows little OF IL
Ga my trip home l met Dr. Tong,
government to negotiate new treaty
With the United States. | talked to
him OF his country and his people, and
even |, who know something OF China
II have been there nine times) was
amazed at the story he told. So
amazed, In fact, was | aked him to
reduce to writing and In the form OF q
letter to me the substance OF what he
had said.
Here is the letter. In 1t he speaks
OF the cordial relations that have al
ways existed between China and the
United States, and reminds me that
the Chinese people, from tho days OF
OJnfucius, have been people OF peace,
VINO nave been taught, more than
anything else, to revere the works
and the spirits Of their ancestors. A
Chinaman who dies leaving no son Is
regarded as a lost soul, because he
leaves behind him no one to vcnerate
him. Yet there Is an old Chinese
a1age that 1t Is better for man to
leave no son than to leave q son who
becomes a sol licr.
In spite Of this aud In spite OF the
thousands OF years OF tradition and
the wall behind which they have lived
| Or. Tong writes to me that the cdict
has gone forth that school for moi.
ern and Western education shall tlc
established In every district in China;
that there shall be high school In
every prefecture, end that there shall