The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-15
WAR CLOUD LOOMS
UP IN CHINA
Continued from page one).


but the Chinese are in a foment of un-
rest and they mean mischief. There
has never been any bad government in
the history of the world that has not
had to be upset by bloodshed and there
seems to me no reason why the same
should not happen in China. The Chi
nese detest the Manchus, slightly more
perhaps than they do other foreigners
though they would bulk all foreigners
together in case of an outbreak. Des-
! pite the fact that the Manchus are
only about a tenth of the population,
/ roughly speaking, they have remained
| the ruling class and both they and the
| present dynasty are hated cordially
How will the trouble break out?
/ Well I would not care to surmise. You
can see how it is, with an enormous
population seething with discomfort
that is ever increasing, there are in
Vulnerable opportunities for friction. l
can speak with some authority for l
have been i'm touch with the Chinese
for many years and know them fairly
well. That they have wrongs there is
no doubt but if trouble do break out
the revenge for those wrongs will be
wreaked on many innocent people. I'm
by no means an alarmist but there is
no use in Disgusting facts that are APP
parent"
Aboard the S. S. Manchuria there is
another man who speaks of his per-
sonal knowledge Of conditions This
; is Rev. j. W. Lowe, late of Lai Chow
Flu hundred and fifty miles in from
! vrrIn he ha "a mis- 81
for seven years past He is now on his
/; way to Oklahoma where he has been
, stationed. He will not return to China
Much as 1 regret to say it, 1 an
. certainly of the mind that the difficult
r ties now in Chinese affairs will grow
. worse before they get better" he sale
= Fortunately in the north of China
where 1 have been living we have no
0 been bothered like they have farther
5 south but that is because Yuan Shi HI
0 viceroy of the province of Pc Che L
0 has a firm grip on the situation. Pc
. king is in his province and he has un
. doubted hold on the administration
0 also.
y There is no doubt that the boycott
g. against American goods has been use
u effectively by the Chinese and from m
" view, our trade must have suffered
" great deal.
" What Mr.. Spinney said about tn
D., Manchus being hated by the Chimes
" is quite correct. They are regarde
-. as foreigners despite the fact they the
~ have been ruling the Chinese for year
" and years. Why all goods coming frol
~ the south, Cantonese for instance, al
:, marked foreign goods in the mort
w and considered as such. l myself hGN
w seen it so often a shop will have
w sign out to the effect that foreign goot
~ are sold but every single article
:, would find was from Canton.
w "Then again most serious source {
- trouble is the return to China of til
- youths sent by the government to
w educated. They go back with merel
" smattering of learning but have tho
=, roughly imbibed the idea that they al
W as good if not little better, than any
&" one else. The effect of this teachin
'' on the less ignorant may be imagine
- Yuan Shi XII has kept these youths
- stop the boycott but he cannot d
:: everything. No. The leaven of di
w content and hatred is there and it
- surely working. l could not give a
- idea of what the effects will be bl
e there are all the elements which woul
:. go to make terribly serious stu;
w ton"