Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Feeling Against Foreigners Confined to No
Section Of the Empire,
RULERS FRIENDLY, BUT PEOPLE EXCITED
Influential Citizens Lend Aid and Comfort
to the BoyCOtters,
RUSSIAN POWER IS GREATLY MISSED
IN spite of It's General weakness
Forces Of Cssr Exerted n Healthy
RestraininE influence ON
MonEOIians.

Involved In another war with the powers
before the middle Of the summer OF 1908 it
will surprise all of the foreigners who
have been students Of Chinese character for
many years. The situation in many res
poets lie far more serious than it was few
months previous to the Boxer rebellion.
The news Of the massacre of Frenh and
English missionaries by rioters at Nan
chang, together with the announcement
that the American missionaries at that
place escaped the massacre only by taking
to boats when the threat of massacre be-
came imminent. surprises no one who has
been keeping posted upon the situation In
this country.
The American boycott proves conclusively
that even taking IL for granted the dowager
empress and her court love the Americans
IKE brothers, this love and affection is not
shared by the rank and file Even the mer-
chants, the banking and commercial classes.
powerful interests In China in other ma
tons, appear to have egged on this boy
cott of American goods. And this boycott
can be explained upon no other grounds
than the grounds OF the bitterest hatred. IL
is true that as soon as the intentions Of the
mob became known to the governor of Nam
chang he used the force at his command to
suppress the rioting, and that he also as
sisted by every means in his power to aid
In the escape of the missionaries who had
not already been murdered. According to
the reports here. the original quarrel was
with the French Jesults. no other nation
aIity being involved But the rage OF the
mob once excited did not draw the line be-
tween the French and the representatives
OF other nationalities. All Christian mis-
sIonaries without discrimination were at
tackled with the intention OF making clean
sweep Therein lies the whole trouble. Diff
ncuIties which in other countries might be-
come purely local. as for instance the
lynching of the Italians in Louisiana in
the United states few years ago, here
become international and all In q moment.
and the fever for the killing Of mission
aries nv ons4town, n fsaachecvcds will rspreed
from town TO town with amazing rapidity.
Russia FaeIpsd ForeIEnerH
The sooner one thing is recognised by the
nations OF the world. the United States in
cIudsd, the better Il will be for the ma
tions Of the world, the United States in
eluded. No matter whether one likes the
nation or not-no matter whether one
agrees with its civilizatiou-still II must
be admitted that for hundreds OF years
Russia has been a sort OF international
policeman on the Chinese and Tartar from
tier. And milnpns and millions OF repre-
seutatives of the yellow race who knew no
other nationality, feared no other nation
ality, did know and fear the Russian sol
diers These wonderful new cities built
on the northern border OF China these
railroads pushed through to the sea, did
act as a policeman'S club TO keep in check
millions OF Manchus, who perhaps never
heard OF the United States. but who did
know the meaning of the crack OF the whip
Of the Cossack. the knout OF the Russian
soldier only applied to the back Of the
Russian peasant and made perfect by
practice. Take away the international po-
heeman. take away the International po-
Iieeman's club. lift the pressure and what
Is happening now Is what always happens
when the pressure Is lifted from ire
sponsible people and authority is succeeded
by no authority at all. For 1t should be
remembered that for 1000 miles and over
tens OF millions OF people who yield nom
inal obedience 10 the ruler OF China-fOr
a stretch of 1900 miles on the northern
boundary OF China, Russia was the SUI
preme authority. And now that this TN
ternational sick man with apologies To
the Turh9 is no longer able to WELD the
Dolieemans club the whole attitude OF
the Chinese people has undergone a re-
markable change; the patient, timid Asiatic
would seem suddenly to have realized that
\
vincible and the result has been an i'm
mediate awakening OF the national instinct
and the expression OF its national policy
China for the Chinese.
All PervRdiRE IgnOFahse.
The causes which predispose the Chinese
people towards the possibility OF so sudden
q change are undoubtedly first. their in
stinetive and not unjustihable aversion to
the objects and methods Of European civ
ilization, and. secondly. the absolute ig-
. nOTance OF the newspaper men, the writers
and even the classes which here as well az
abroad mold and guide public opinion.
Mere II not for this all pervading Ignorance
and the inability OF those who lead the
bresent movement to realize the actual
tsOsition OF the empire in its relation to the
eest OF the world the victories OF Japan
would have sobered rather than stimulated
the national mind As matters now stand
however. the classical scholar Of the ole
regime eomplacently reminds himself thai
Japan received It's prehistoric education
from the Middle kingdom. while the stu.
dent rsformer talks loudly OF Insisting on
his eountry's sovereign rights and the i'm
mediate organising OF armies Neither IN.
one nor the other realizes that they them.
selves are sufficient explanation OF IN,
fact that China has at present no NOR,
hope than Turkey Of climbing to IN,
heights Japan has won; that It's administra
tive corruption far exceeds that OF Russia
aud that It is consututionslly incapabl,
Of making the sacrifices by which JapaI
sss apparently able To cast on medieval
ism In a day
Net Like japanese.
AMONGST observers OF the far easter
apestion there Is a disposition 10 aeeep
a. Identical the national characteristic
and aspirations OF China and Japan. To
certain extent some OF the contention
arr iustihed. - is proved by the prsseEc
of great number Of japanese IN the elite
q she interior 0t China. shsre Eurooean.
CcOntinusa On FOurah PsssJ