The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15
TO TAKE PART
The Wondsrful Awakening of the Ancient
Empire{t Great Armies Being Raised
and Drilled by European In.
sffGctors. Power of the
Japanese Surgeon.

mas Deen und Oy Or. Louis ".
Seaman, who has just got home from
q visit to Manchurja, where he saw
both the Japanese aid Russian armies
at the front. He had something to
say Wednesday at his home, Twenty
eighth street. and Fifth avenue not
only anout peace, but Of tho awaken.
Ing and undermining Of the Chinese
empire.
The 80 called peace Of Ports.
mouth" said DR.. Seaman, twill, in
my opinion, come to be regarded as
mt Of the great mistakes Of the CEN
tury. That which is called peace will
be, In my opinion, only a 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. l
know something Of the spirit Of the
house OF Romanoff, Of its mobiles and
The Russian people. / have a more
Intimate acquaintance with the tenn.
per Of the people of japan, and ] 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 Is snow be-
ing written can only be a prolonged
armistice. In the first place, Russia
she is still mi Of the great nations
Of the earth-will navor consent to be
bottled up and will never be satisfied
until she has regained the prestige
and the territory which she has lost
II this war.
Furthermore, and l fear it is not
generally known to my countrymen,
Russia is q most fertile territory.
Acre onSRcre and mile on mile OF the
soil OF thN empire needs only to bs
tlckled ! order to bring firth rich
harvr tn the Black sea closed
ANYWAY through phe
A. :, Une sea and wfGh only
a poor waaer way to the Baltic, Russia
must have In outlet for her commerce
OF the future. She will 60 where she
can or who're she may. She will find
her way to the Persian gulf and If
necessary, through Chira and over the
battleields 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 viii grow
more cnd more FESTIVE. Do you sup
pose Negi's Veterans, tie men who
followed wherever Oku led or the sol.
dlers OF the splendid army OF the mas
teIful Kuroki can forget, for instance,
that they won by their valor all Of
Sakhalin Island only to have their
Emperor, the elder statesmen and the
plenipotentiaries Of pace give half OF
1t back to the Russians whom they
thrashcd? ID you suppose that the
men who fought with Togo will fer
get that the battlashipi which only
escaped the mcrcilcs3 fire Of their
guns IN a fog aud found shelter IN the
harhor Of Mania have been given back
under the terms CT psacc to the Rus.
slams? The big white soldiers of Rus
sic and the little brown men OF Japan
Will come together again and the roll
OF the war drums will he heard In the
East. Thee will be fought to a finish
that last final battle fur supremacy
which, for the good Of mankind and
the welfare Of Russia and japan,
should have been fought now by the
armies CT Oyama and Linevitch in
Northern Manchuria,
But however that may be, both
the belligerentS and the world in gen
eral arc reckoning today in the East
without China. SO ne day, and it is
not far distant, Chiua, with It's mill
tart millions, will be tho power in the
Orient. We can nc longer speak OF
the rou3ing from the sleep OF ages Of
China. She has already awakened,
and yet the world knows little OF it
Ga my trip home l met DR.. Tong,
who has been sent by the Chinese
government to negotiate q new treaty
With the United States. | talked to
him Of his country . I'd his people, and
even l, who know lothing OF China
II have been there nine timcs) was
amazed at the story he told. So
amazed, in fact, was | a-ked him to
reduce to writing and In the form of a
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 the days OF
CJnfucius, have been q people OF peace,
who have been taught, more than
anything else, TO revere the works
and the spirits O. their ancestors. a
Chinaman who dies leaving no son is
regarded as a l)st soul, because he
leaves behind him no one to venerate
him. Yet there is an old Chinese
adage that 1T Is better for a man to
leave no son than to leave q son who
becomes q sol Tier.
In spite Of this and In spite OF the
thousands Of years OF tradition and
the wall behind which they have lived
DR.. Tong writes to me that the cdict
has gone forth that q school for mod.
ern and Western education shall be
established In every district In China:
that there shall be a high school In
every prefecture, and that there shall
be q college or university in every
province. The teachers In these in.
situations shall be either Cinnamon
taught abroad or Americans or
Europeans.
but that Is net al. From what
DR.. Tong told me it looks very much
as If China herseli were propa ing to
take her part In tie wars or the fut.