Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-03

, language sufficiently to get the full
benefit of German training. Some Of
them speak It huently They wear
neither Chinese ror German uniforms,
but specially designed costume. which
Is 4 combination of the French and
CHILEAN uniform. white shakes being
the only feature IN which the three
services represented are alike. The
hussars wear helmets upon which the
Chinese dragon is a conspicuous fea-
ture.
FATHER OF YELLOW PERIL.
As the father Of the yellow peril
| theory. II is understood that Emperor
Wilhelm was averse to permitting these
young Cinnamon TO perfect themselves
| In the arts ~ warfare In Germany, He
argued thav It was inconsistent that
Germany should train men who may
at no distant day lead hostile armies
against the kalsers own legions. The
Chinese government asked the perm!s-
sion as & great favor. however, ana II
was represented to Wilhelm that re-
fusal would be prejudiclal TO German
Folicy In the Far East So the China
men came and nave been given every
opportunity TO learn how war IL made
In Germany 1t ia supposed that their
teachers have instructions from august
quarters TO withhold lmparting too IN
innate knowledge on certain subjects,
but the Cinnamon are keen question
askers and are on record as having an
annoying habit Of launching persistent
queries wherever they detect desire
to withhold information. The Chinese
officers have no command over German
troops, but accompany German Of
fcers at drill and at maneuvers and are
given every opportunity of practising
the duties Of command short of actual
authority.
That they will be more than ordlnar-
ilY capable of leading Chinese troops
against a possible enemy there is no
doubt, and further details which have
obtained of China's new military policy
confirm the statement that the equip
ment and discipline OF the Chinese
army OF the future are to be brought
as nearly as possible to perfection.
MAKING GREAT ARMY.
At the present time that army
which two years ago consisted OF only
100000 men numbers 100000. ana II
is now Planned that before the end of
next spring over 4O0.OOQ soldiers viii De
undergoing training under the dragon
nag. The men VIII be carefully chosen,
and each will serve three years ms reg
ular and six as reserve. At present tne
principal weakness OF the Chinese
iorces lies IN tAe rifles with which lhoy
are equipped being chiefly o.a |
style Mausers and Martinis--but In the
course OF a few months from now tne
soldiers of the Celestial empire will be |
provided to a man with the magazine
rifles now on order with modern Aeid |
guns and European equipment
Given skilled aud experienced In /
structors OF their own nationality |
such. tor Instance as the young OIL |
GERS already mentioned ana the others |
VINO are now st Dying the aTt OF Wa. |
at West Point and In Tokio--what will |
the army OF the tiowery Kingdom De
capable OF doing at the end OF half ca
dozen years from now? Remembering |
what a spectacle the cohorts OF Chua
furnished when last In action. Que
might be inclined 20 give ratner a care
less answer to that question were II
ot for many recent indications that
cur estimate OF the Chinese as military
men may have to be altered somewhat
drastiCally.
European experts. for example. are
now pointing out thar the Chinese have |
recently been maniiestlng a Quality in
which they have hitherto been sup
posed TO be utterly lacking, That quail
ity Is patriotism and to the minds OF
continental thinkers its development
among the rank and file OF the Chinese
is the one thing needful TO make taem
capable OF being turned into effective
fighting men.
KNOW WHAT 1T Is.
Numerous, hardy. emnently teach-
able and fearless" wrote Frederick
Greenwood the other day. 1T can no
longer be maintained that they do not
know what patriotism is. or only un-
derstand to despise IL. Never accu-
rate. IL Is no longer safe when, as we
have lately seen. a political anti
foreign boycott organized In China is
promptly taken up by Chinese COM
munities out OF China" And other
writer's as distinguished are declaring
that the Chinese undoubtedly drew
their own conclusions for the future
from the practical ineffectiveness of |
the European invasion OF 1900, as well
as the example set by the Beers In a
country far less difficult and engulnng
than China.
II is fact. OF course, that Chinas
creat military program for the fiturs