The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-09-04
EXECUTION IN CHINA
r. al Incident But 1t Throws Light On the Chinese
c5,racterStrength of Anti-oreign Sentiment Greatly
ov,rsstinated>>>Plans for Big Army and Nsvv.

way bore pain which | did NOT real
hoda ullsarnlshed tale is valuable
because 1t IS an exactly true rs II VII
Cdn pe' ana because it throws s7n,a
Ii9nt On Chlnese character, II -
neLCneF dressed up nor toned town
ga" Tue Wnole business about nira,
ilouIS ago. Other accounts have hean.
"llCteh Dy globe-trOtters, who nror,-
n!y 81" pictures Of it in Canfo o~
tney sa" the real thing were nrob,
ANY 700 SICK to know what they saa,.
Dut IneE might not feel sick becansa
Ih'y Oelng globe-trotters. a Gilman
even near at hand would be little ,nara
70 Ihem than he is TO you. when Won
say, another 100000 Cinnamon killed
oE a MOOD. Good! There are still TOO
many. 10 me the Chiaman is very
much man, and q man / like.
MANY CHANGES IN CHINA.
l VIII not write some Of the tbinps
meant to write yesterday. befora
remembered that an account Of the OK
ecutlon would probably b. interesting
and that / could write it more exacri;.
while it was fresh in my mind.
Without any flourish Of trumpats
many changes are taking place in
emma. The influence If Wu I'm,
rang. formerly ministe? from China
TO the United States, is making itself
1elt, slowly but surely thrOughour he
vast empire. Western ideas and Wes-
tern methods are coming more and
more into fashion. The opposition 10
the foreign devil" is dying awav
With the Chinese New Year came. Tor
instance, the more general adOprior
OF European dress. Students a. the
University of Pekin and the various
procinclai cOllegs Or universities are
permitted to appear without the pig
tall, and likewise officers Of the army
and navy can dispense with this ap-
pendage. All classes in the laruer
centers Of populate show a leaning
70 western customs.
But il is not alone IN these minor
things Of everyday life that China
shows evidence of q desire to keep
pace with the mOdernizatiOn of the
East. China is determined to recon
Struct her navy and her army in or
Ger that she may take place among
the great powers and no longer be he
playthlng OF her aggressive neigh b1rs
The plans afoOt are kept profoundly
secret, but on the very best authority
1t can be stated that orders will short
ly be given for the construction Gf
sshlpS of war, battle ships cruisers tor
pedO boats, and submarines. It must
not be understood that these ships
are to be built in 4 hurry or that the
order Will be given Immediately.
A BIG CHINESE NAVY.
China is going to have a nayv
worthy Of a great nation, navy
vstrOng gtOr 0im$fdsswifyi WY-JXLx
strong ought to enable her to hold
her position and command respect
upon the seas. The plans have bean
under consideration for long time and
have been completed il a tentative
fashion, but China is not talking
about these plans or holding out a
threat while she is in her present STATE
of weakness" said Chinese Otticia,
from Pekin when asked or CCnfiTm2-
tiOn of private advices. Il am not in
q position to talk about these plans
he continued, but | will not deny
that much of the information contain
ed in this letter is correct. The let
ter referred to comes form asOurce un-
usually we'll informed concerning mat
ters transpiring in the Chinese capital
The writer says that China has de-
termined on a secret appropriation IOT
the purpose of reconstruction Of ner
navy. and that this fund amounts ac-
cOrding to the gest Information avail |
a BILE, to $2000OO,0O
1T is no use talking about new
ships until we have officers and men
to handle them. These I,hina has not
got as yet, but she will have them. |
I am not committing any breach O. |
confidence when | tell YOU that emma |
is nreDaring TO officer and man a navy |
second to none in quality, # not Ill |
Quantity. China realizes that this
takes time. but | am very firmly con- |
vinced that within 4 few years The
powers will not be able to taunt China |
with weakness or INABILITY to protect |
her shores or her Boundaries
This is sufficient confirmation OF the |
reDort with regard to the preparations |
now afoot in China.
THE CHINESE SHAME.
Pehaps some idea of the change OF |
mind that has come and Is coming |
To the Chinaman can be gathered nom |
the following exact copy of a student |
ESSAY at one of the provincial colleges. |
The students were allowed to choose |
their subject They wrote in English |
for of course English is taught IN all
the universities and colleges. these
are under the government. The stu
dents are kept there by the govern
nent. and the teaching stffs are drawn
from America, Germany and England.
Out of this educational system has
snrung the Young China movement
"a formidable one because it Is anu
1vnastic but not anti-foreign. This
,uite original essay, the manuscript or
which lies on my desk at this moment.
reveaIs the reform idea of these young
,,hSnamen-the future leaders of this
1t says:
Iii talk with sou about the SupJSe
which is named the Chinese Shame;
thirty wears ago Japan was as weak
IS China. but the Japanese tried their
hest to strengthen their country, ana
-oday they are very proud of their ed