The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-04-18

and the national banner was henceforth modified as
though the deed had been done. Which thing is
suggestive of much' What the Chinese intended in
their emblem has actually been reversed and Japan
dominates China not by force of arms, but through
the potent influence of heroism. Japan having by
her proves conquered Chnas dreaded Eu opean enc
my, CHINA has by sort of inevitable law both of cir
cumstance and contiguity enshrined japan as her
ideal of national glory. There are now 5000 Chinese
students in Japan japanese tutors are employed
everywhere in Chinese schools japanese books and
newspapers and japanese transations of western.
works fill the Chinese market, and japanese ideas
dominate the Chinese mind. China being now at the
initiative stage in copying Japan a boy would his
copy book. This fact will have a marked effect upon
the coming development of the empire
2 Material Development. The railway between
Shanghai and Soochow and Nangking will soon be in
operation The great trunk line between Picking and
Hankow, with its magnificent bridge across the vel
low river has been opened Chinanfu the capital of
Shantung province has been opened to foreign trade
on the initiative 'of the Chinese government Small
steam launch lines are branching out in all direc
ions. Chinese stock companies are being formed
for this or that enterprise. These and the like are
the beginnings. Things will move slowly as we
measure them in the west, but this significant fact
remains, that China is beginning an industrial and
material development that will certainly effect the
commerce. and may effect the political history of the
whole world.
B. The birth of national spirit Curiouslv
enough this began with the anti-American bovcott
1t would seem that the encroachment ON their terri
tory OF France or Japan Germany or Russia
would have aroused the Chinese. But they suffered
Siam and Formosa and Kuechow TO be taken and
Manchura to be invaded with scarcely any intelli
gent knowledge of what being done But when
the facts came out of the ill treatment the Chinese
IN America iterated and reiterated and embellished as
they were in the native newspapers then it was that
the nation arose man. Nothing had been soon
hEe 1t. This was partly due perhaps to the time
oelS ripe Tor just such demonstration, and partly
TO the fact of the Chinese being despised as they in
le'Preteu IL, by foreign people, face" being the
next dearest thing to life in the Chinese mind How
ever it be, the boycott worked" The native nross
wrought itself into frensy and anti-American ana
hIl-Iorelgn feeling was stirred up everywhere Then
came the MlNed-Court incident in Shanghai and the
same press poured out the walls of its wrath upon tine
English and the resultant anti-foreipn sentiment
eliminated In the Shanghai riots of the 18th and
18TH of December last. And the cry still ooes an
"chl"d for the Chinese-no more cessons and con-
cfsslons to foreigners. We will build our own rail
roads and adopt our own system of reform and we
VIII push Western peoples out of the country alto
@ether The cry of China for the Chinese has in if
700 much OF the old racial hatred. Some think that
the Widespread toreign feeling thereby generated
VIII lead to another uprising like that of 1900
Ohers nope that 1T will work itself off as an incident
OF the transitory period. Whichever wav Won look
at IT, TINS TACT stands out, that there is reaction
9 NV ~ ""Ject SUBMISSION 10 the aggression
Oh foreign powers Henceforth these powers will
nave to reckon with united China not as hereto
iore with an aggregation of units And though amid
the clouds and smoke of foreign abuse and hatred
new spirit has been born, and new word created
at first by foreign missionaries, and having little
meaning then' Is now passed from lip to lip every
Where with electric effect, that is "ai kuo chin bsin
love of country"
. Ihe fa'nt stirring Of a national conscience.
say iaint because would not be understood as avn
that any marked change is taking place in pubIic o
private morals revelation of the depth and extent
~ olnc'aI greed and private corruption will astonish
the world some day But the Chinese oro ho,ir,i,,,
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