The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-19
Chinese Minister on Present
Agitation
ANTI-F RIOTS
Meant to Entangle -Pekin,
However, Is Prepared to Use Force
Will Crush Revolt With
Great Slaughter.

Washington, Feb. 1s--The Post Sat
urday says; There is no danger what
ever Of an uprising in China against for
Ieigners,' said Sir Chentung LANG Chang,
the Chinese minister. ut is true, of
course, that there is political agitation
in China, but it's object is to create such
excitement as to cause International
compilations with view Of Gripping
Iif not wholly destroying the present
dynasty, My Government Is amply pre-
pared to meet any emergency. do not
mean that China is threatened with a
revolution, but that q small party of
discontents is striving desperately to
start a revolution. But the movement
would not be strong or dangerous. My
Government IL keeping me infinitely in
formed.
III as q result Of the agitation now
going on worthy foreigner is harmed
the cmperor's soldiers will pounce upon
the community that harbors the mis-,
creants and lay it waste, should they be
unable to find every one Of the scuun-
drels responsible, directly or indirectly,
for the trouble. The slaughter will be
sickening ii the Government is driven
to reprisaIs Yuan Shi Kai. the great
yiceroy OF Chi III, set the example for
this sort Of rigorous work in the Boxer
uprising OF 1900. The slaughter of the
Chinese by the emperors soldiers will
be more horrible than that of Yuan's
soldiers six years ago il the miscreants
now at work 10 involve China in foreign
trouble do not desist.
Millions OF dollars have been expend.
ed by the Central Government in the
last six years in bringing the army up
to a proper condition of efficiency. China
does not want TO 90 TO war. We are a
peaeeable people. War is hateful, awful,
horrible--hellw
rs there likelihood Of a foreign war;"
None, so long as the outside world
lets China manage her own affairs
is it a fact that Germany, or Ger.
mans, are mainly responsible for large
part of the threatening trouble in China
al present.
The Germany are aggressive he re-
piled "Since the dawn OF your civiiiza-
ton, the Germans have been the disturb
ers OF the peace and repose Of other
peoples and nations within what is now
the Christian domain They seem al
ways Discontinued with what they have.
do not say that they are responsible
in any sense for what il going on b.
hind the scenes In China. | have pleaded
with the authorities at Pekin to be care.
ful to see 10 il that foreigners Of all
classes are treated unusually well in
China while this agitation lasts. | have
learned that my advice is being followed
all over China.
"The Chinese have adopted a new in
ternational policy. There win be no
more concessions to foreigners. We shall
attend to our own affairs in future, and
we hope the outside wOrd--the Christ
ian world--will permit AS TO do this.
When ! reflect that all of Cl,ristendom
is an armed camp, | am convinced that
we are more peaceably and neighborly
inclined than is the Christian world. !
suspect that statistics would show that
there are today more men in uniform
and with deadly weapons in their hands
than at any other period in the worlds
history. Even China is armed to pro.
tect itself"
"Why is the Government OF the
United States strengthening its mill
tary forces in the Orieut!" was sug
gested.
THAT is something | do not under
stand, replied Sir Chentung.