The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

IN salt Lake last winter to MrS. Vivian
Jones. has mailed 10 The Herald a
copy of an article which he recently
wrote on The New China: It's Press -
The article is as follows:
"One afternoon recently 7 vas nase-
ing along the Bund of Shanghai on
my way to have talk with the edi-
Tor OF a Chinese newspaper. the name
or which may be represented bv three
hyphened syllables the last being PAD
wren my riksha coOlie suddenly pulled
IN towards the curb as he heard the
foot" OF a motor horn bebind 49,.
ne cannoned into another riksha cooIie
ana tnere ensued an animated debate
III Wnlch great many spluttering-of
the-i1p words were used Of which r
Ola not know the meaning. but whose
purport was evident This We me-.
tunate-or otherwise-in more senses
than one. as not only am T infoyr,,o5
iEat the Chinese language of exDIeti,,e
Is one or the most varied and sorgeo,s
III the world. but take every oDnor1
UNITY which offers for gaining a fur
.lIen InsIght INTO that philosophical
s , aIIleH' OF the Chinese which rem
uers them so amendable to the force
OF reason as apart from The noIicxy 90
rough and tumble 'N' Vi
In the midst of the alteration the
motor, which had been the nrirpsr,,
CeOse or the trouble. whirled past and
Ecu my thoughts. 1t was occu-
RHeyu soleiy by Chinese. even the
.onooVer was Chinese Considera
lions OF accuracy prevent me using the
WORD Chinaman because that term
contrary TO the generally accented idea
OF the Occident-iS altogether q mis-
'nomer, and is derived from that generic
SpPenation evolved from Pidgin Eng
'hSh-Jonn Chinaman. AS the motor
passed me another machine came "tat
Itatting along from the opposite direc-
.tlon; IL was motor bicycle bestridden
10y another blue bloused Celestial whose
queue streamed out behind him. Now
ithe mere passage Of motor cars and
Hiotor bikes along a thoroughfare of
tine International settlement NAV an
pear to be very trifIinR incident mn
worthy OF notice. -Brt 20 my mind the
celestial "Shoover|' and the vibratin1
irloer-who as he whlzzed past tucked
MS flying pigtail under his belt TO
prevent 1t catching in his rear wheel
conveyed a significance which I am
sui attempting &c determine
L was already ten minutes behind
the time OF my appointment with the
editor, and on reaching his office 7 I'M
morally excused myself for being late
oy an explanation of the little incident
OF The collision. Directly / had spoken
my punishment came, and regretted
having made use Of that excuse. It
turned out that he had been one of the
occupants of the car, and he began
TO make the most elaborate apologies
Ter having caused me any inconveni-
ence. l say, began" advisedly. be-
cause after a few minutes I thought he
was never going to stop. However we
az last arrived at a very amicable I'M
derstandfng, and the ice being
thoroughly broken in this manner +
perhaps learned more than I otherwise
might have done.
Rise of Chinese journalism.
To anyone who has witnessed or
studied the rise of Chinese Journalism.
the remarkable talent and enterprise
displayed by the Chinese in editing and
conducting their veInacular press. can
not fail TO convey q sense of admira-
ton. Similarly 70 their general cana
city for handling the latest inventions
OF a mechanical age, such as the motor
IN all its forms. and emulating many of
the methods of modern civilization.
they have acquired the art of Journal
Ism IN the most natural way. With no
1nhertted qualifications or experience to
guide them: handicapped as they have
been till recently by an ignorant and
meager clientele. and by the hostility of
the official classes of all degrees. the
fact that they have succeeded i'm pro-
'ducing organs which are having an
enormous influence on the evolution of
untiring patience, perseverance. and in
dustry Of the Chinese.
TO me this proof and it's CONSEQUENT
admiration is associated with wonder
When one remembers that only ten
years ago there was hardly a Chinese
newspaper in China, and that the one
or two trumpery sheets which then did
exist had a circulation of few hun
,dred only. II Is Of a truth wonderful
TO know that there are now organs
whose circulation runs into hundreds
iof thousands and whose status is such
that not only do the local foreign news |
papers quote largely nom them. but |
foreigners of standing contribute to
them and read them.
Government Can't Interfere.
1T is equally of interest to remem- |
her that this remarkable progress is /
in great measure due to the compre- |
ihensfve liberty OF the subject of in
dividual Of any race of nationaxey
whatsoever which is afforded by She |
treaty ports OF China under the aepis |
of that extra-territoriality which at |
present forms such a prominent factor !
1n the relations existing between the
foreigner and the Chinese. Under the
British flag in Canton and Hongkong.
I'm the international settlement of |
Shanghai, and the cosmopolitan con-
cessions of Ten Tsin, TO say nothing
OF other extra-territOrial communities
scattered along the seaboard of the
Celestial empire. the writ of the Chin
est government does not run.
The Mandarin whose conduct or
method of squeeze" has been criticised
and upheld to the obloquy &c oftimes
so justly deserves by his journalist
compatriot, cannot send his Yamen
runners and summarily arrest and pun
ish his critic as he would do if he re-
sided on actual as well as nominal
Chinese soil. He may grit his teeth and
order that the editor shall be watched
and seized directly he puts foot out
side the boundaries of the settlement
but as long as that individual remains
within the line and commits no overt
act against the peace he is free from
all danger of molestation.
This liberty has enabled the Chinese