Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-25
WHEN THE EMPRESS DIES.

There is one man In America, who
will be moro than glad when Empress
An, ruler OF China, shuffles OFF this
mortal coil and goes to join her fore
bears in the happy hunting grounds or
whatever other plan Of hereafter Con-
fucius has fixed up for the elect. This
man is not an American but just now
is an exile from his native China, and
is Kang Yu Wei, president of the
Chinese Empire Reform association.
This organization was formed by. Kang
Yu Wei after his Punishment from
China in 1898 and with 1t he is con-
templating reform in China follow
ing the death of the empress. He adj
mits that the resourceful woman is
entirely too much for him alive, but he
hopes that with her dead, he will be
able to manage all the rest of China.
America hopes SO too, for If Kang Yu
Wei ever gets his reforms started in
his native land he will open to Ameri
cans and other foreigners a. market for
which they have been working for
many years and which is closed to
them by Empress Isl An.
His excellency, Mr.. Wei, was for
merly prime minister to his celestial
majesty, Kwang Su,- emperor of
China, but when, in September 1898,
the empress performed her wonder
full coup d'etat, throwing the emperor
into prison and sitting the plans for
liberal markets that he and his prime
minister were working on, Kang Yu
! Wei was fixed upon by the woman as
splendid man of whom to make an
az nj pyyf of ~ i,
hari-kari act or being strun-; up by
the thumbs, Mr.. Wei silently stole
away from China, came to America,
and has, ever since been waiting for
the empress to die. In the meantime
he is not idle, but has organized the
Chinese Empire Reform association,
and hopes to carry out his plans as
soon as Confucius gets the empress.
Wherever his countrymen have
found foothold in other countries,
Kwang Yu Wei has organized a
branch Of his society and other
branches have been established
throughout China itself. by his friends
and secret agents there. The object of
the society is the renaissance of China
through the adoption of western meth
DDS and western civilization, just as
Japan has done so marvelously. The
plan Is practical and comprehensive
in it's design and thoroughly worked
out in its details. A prodigious amount
Of patient effort has been expended so
far in organizing and still more will
be required before the hour is ripe for
/ action. But Mr.. Kwang Yu Wei's pa
No man, and no boy either, should
be without a savings account in a
bank, drawing interest and increasing
while he sleeps Not only
does 1t serve as nest-egg for
considerable fortune, but it lends
the owner an air and feeling
in no other way A savings account
should be the first investment of every
boy, and every father, rich or poor
should train up his boy to realize that
bank account is the index of mans
ability to do good work for himself or
for anyone else. The man who works
and nowadays almost all of us dos
worth certain sum each week OF
month to his employer. While he is
in a comparatively lowly position he
Is worth what his work amounts to
each week, but if he moves up along
4 the ladder of business, attains higher
position in the firm for which he is
working, he begins to be recognized
as a representative of that concern by
tience is truly Oriental, and his per
severance is worthy of success.
!. At this time of fear throughout
America and Europe that Japa1
and China will unite and close thei1
ports to foreigners, Americans viii
wish Mr.. Wei success, and would no
grieve extravagantly even though he
were to put a spider in Queen Ans
dumping to hasten the event. Hel
rule is hostile to all foreigners anc
consequently to American trade. The
dismemberment of China by the Euro
pean powers which have already
seized large slices of territory along
the coast and are casting coyetou.
4 glances toward the interior would
mean the loss to America Of most Of
the Asiatic trade it now enjoys. China
recognized upon a western basis Of