Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-03
NEW ERA FOR CHM
Missionary Says the Celestial
Empire Will Have a Parlia-
ment in Near Future
DOT BINDING GIVEN !

Raise an Army Of 100000 Men.
EAGER For American Advice and Aid.
The Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett, VINO
has been missionary In China since
1868. representing the American Pres
byterian church there, recently when
In Chicago gave an interview when
throws much light on present condi-
lions in China Or. Corbett is station
ed Mt Chefu, which is opposite Port
Arthur, and travels over the province
of Shangtung. the country of the
sag Confucius and Mencius, estao-
fishing stations and missions Of his
church.
ION arrival In China" said the mis-
sionary to Chicago Records Herald re-
porter, latter a sailing voyage OF l67
days around the Cape Of Good Hope,
we found land that did not welcome
us. This Of course made our work ali
the more interesting as we'll as diff
cult. At that time there were possibly
1000 converts connected with different
Protestant missions In all China, and
these were confined to the open ports.
foreigners not being allowed to live in
the interior. Visitors likewise were
permitted to gtrayerse the inland coun-
try only on special occasions. Today
there are more than 150,O 600 communi-
cants in the Protestant church in Chi
ma. Since the Boxer uprising in 1900
more than $4,000 new converts have
been added.
sThis number is greater by far than
the number OF conversions made IN the
first sixty years Of Chinese mission
work, which was begun 100 years ago
by DR.. Robert Morrison. Or. Morrison
toiled for twenty seven years among
the Chinese ard only saw two Chris
tian converts in oil that time. The
beginning was necessarily slow, but
the foundation of the work was sub
stantial. as the figures mentioned will
show. In 1910, so far as known, there
was only one Christian convert In
China.
"When I left America on July 8,
1868, the day Of the battle Of Gettys-
burg, there were no railroads across
the United States, no steamships cross
Ing the Pacific ocean, no Suez canal and
no cable around the world. In China,
as may be imagined, the situation was
much worse. Today the empire Is
awakening in marvellous way. Tele-r
graph wires are In operation between
all the walled cities, postoffices have
been established at the leading centers.
and In the last six years 100 newspa-
pers have been established. all widely
read. The government has established
schools in all branches from the kim
dergarten to the university all over the
empire.
"a constitutional form Of govern
ment is in effect, and parliament is
promised in the near future. Procla-
nations have been issued by the gov
eminent urging all to give up the cruel
system of foot binding, and strenuous
effort Is being made to suppress opium
smoking. The British government
agreed last May to release China there
after from receiving opium from India.
Military schools and colleges are
CEOWueO Will y OuuS lHcA w Llo arc AoiAS
taught and drilled by experts from
Japan. high official has been ap-
pointed to reorganize the Chinese army
on western basis. The military pos
sibilities Of China are such that IL she
would put the same ratio in her army
as Germany she could furnish 100000
900 troops and still have large enough
force left to carry on the ordinary in
dustries of the nation According to
General (Chinese) Gordon and others.
there can be found no Drawer or more
efficient men than the Chinese when
they are properly drilled and led. Wait
a few years and let Japan and China
unite, and what western nation would
want to meet them on the battlefield?
'China is eager for the help that the
United States as nation Is able to
give. BY sending wise and statesman
like men to represent the states as min
listers and consuls wonders could be
accomplished, for these men could adj
wise with high Chinese officials and
help them to understand the necessity
and Importance of colopization-the
moving Of families from overcrowded