Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15

formally Orders are being given by means
of bulletins posted on the walls OF pubic
buildings in which manner intelligence Is
rapidly diffused among the masses This
very informality is source OF great
strength to the organization. as its leaders
are bound by no rules, and Its activities are
covered with the mantle of mystery. AS
the days pass the population begins to sym
pathize anew with the movement and lg-
nores the law. Large numbers join It, ana
it becomes impossible-or, better salo-t
has become impossible to control 1t through
the weak central government, which, more
over, is far from disappearing of the mo-
tives that animate the rioters. Thus, what
seems now q local disturbance may at any
moment suddenly flame up into vast ma
tional uprising which may delay the work
of civilization in China for some time to
come.
Anti-Foreign Sentiment.
How to account for the Chinese anti
foreign sentiment Is hard task, and,
withal a particularly important subject, IN
asmuch as this feeling can be traced back
few years and studied carefully No one
cause produced 1t; 1t Is the result OF
emulation of causes all working toward
the same end. AS the beginning OF the
change conceded in a general way with t me
Manchu conquest, In the first half OF the
seventeenth century. the first explanation
ia that It is due, in part, to the policy OF
the conquerors. And this has been the gen
arAI DOllCY Oh TIC PxCSCuI 0yiio~'sS'
Concession has ever been gained from 1t ex-
cent by force or the threat OF force II
has until two or three years ago, oone
everything in it's power to make 1rienuy
relations with the west impossible. Ihe
Manchu dynasty has given nothing whlcn
was not wrung from 1t; 1t has made no
concessions of its own accord; II mas never
taken a single step toward putting its reia-
lions with foreign powers Oh d iooeins VI
sincere friendship.
."The circumstances attending the nrst m
PRODUCTION Of westerners TO oie Ini tss,
were such as to give that people tne IN! IN.
nrsss,on that the visitors were little better
than nirafes and murderers. and not Mt
tia has occurred since then to deepen tnat
unhappy feeling. When the nrst Fortu-
guese traders visited CHINA, IN inc SIN. ILL,
century, they were well received, but they
we're soon followed by a horde or unscrupu
Ions adventures, who sometimes 1orcea
their way into the interior and commltleo
high-handed acts OF piracy. 90 ,noe s,seu
Portugal, few years later. sent an am
hassador to Picking he was sent BACK 10
Canton, thrown into prison and finally ex-
AFTER the Spanish seized the Philippine
Islands. In 1913, a great expansion OF trade
with China resulted, and such large NUM-
bers of Chinese settlers went there that IN
time they outnumbered the Europeans In
the proportion OF twenty-five to one the
Spaniards saw In this influx of Chinese i'm
migrants a menace to their own sovereignty
and they maSSacred the larger part VI l.o
defenseless and innocent celestials. The
impression which such savage butchery OF
its people made In their native province OF
Canton accounts for the reception which
the English met with few decades later
when they first entered the Canton river.
and for the fact that the people OF that
province are. with the exception of those OF
Hu-nan,-the most truculent haters OF Tor
eigners in China.
No Anchorage for Fleet.
"All these instances of the cruel use of
force by foreigners were heralded far and
wide by the Chinese newspapers. and the
impression made on the people 1t is not
hard to imagine. These papers have also
made the reading public aware Of the de-
privations of territory suffered by China
No wonder the people are Inundated and
angry Many a time they believe that the
end of the empire as an independent state
has come All its finest harbors have been
taken; there Is not a place on its coast
where her fleet can find refuge, except, by
the grace of foreigners. Port Arthur. on
which millions were spent, to Japan; Wei
hai-wei with its Notifications, on the coast
of Shan-tung, to England: Ktao-chow wfsh
the finest bay on the coast or China. 10
Germany. and Kwang-chan bay TO France
ures although they are called leases
would be justifable had they been made
In retaliation for broken pledges. Tor crimes
which the government was responsible: but
It Il evident that, with the possible excep-
fears and jealousies OF foreign countries.
The sovereignty Of China over her own do
main is only recognized by the powers in
spirit OF condescenddng piety, and the late
John Hay was the hrst~to ask them to
maintain the integrity OF the empire.
sThe8e causes are not complete. There
arc others which might be mentioned It Is