The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-02

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80 he,nu. /, Minister INT hr felt " wise
10 derlin. um'iI e.. en's had moved forward
~. uat'v ic controls wtll undoubtedly
become Tho Rrca' furcr In Chinese govern
mont Ita nemhpr- realize III" rover ~
the rasS and gtlire ". Chinese news ~ ers
To- day ara Trogre--ive ami reach reform.
Tho conservatives no 81 learned the N5lus
OF tho nrNSt atot~ and 10 not understand
to-day what part they rlay IN moulding
public urinIon
"Th. Empress herself IN more ~ loss 1T
Q liberal hut she saw IA lSas. hen her I'M
pulsiyc ueytew the Emt error tried Ia sccnm-
pIisb the work of years IN n few weeks,
the unwisdom ~ forcing China She would
have cut n the head of my friend. k'ang
Nu-wsi with the utmost : leasure, Just as
she did have teheaded other radicals who
we're not able 10 make their ESCAPE h'anS
Nu-wei himself got away My through
Q hint from the Emperor
My belief l. and | have studied the
question Tor nnny years that China viii
receive The edict very favorably. She ls wax
ing ~ Ia the value Of Western Trogres-
Iv ensss. . ,vtIy treaty crt such as Hong
kong and Wei-hai-wei are - mary wedges
Of Occidental civilization thrust INTO IN"
great mass Of Oriental conservatism, But
the greatest incentive Ton reform 10 ire
chinese mind LAS been the slccess Of Japan
through the adoption of Western ideas ia
government. business. var and reace.
China IL ANXIOUS 10 emulate Japan ami
realizes that the only ppseihle means 81
doing 80 is through a ConstitutionGl gov
rnment
Il am no prophet. hun | believe a consIitu-
uonaI government wouIi be successful IN
China. Few people in this country, ] fancy.
really understand the capabilities 81 the
educated Chinaman. Mistakes will be
made. there will he trouble here and there,
hut the ChinamaD will learn how 10 help
govern himself. The country will be
KulVeU Nv utn EToRIPNr1Nt ttFi az h'cf
Shih Kai. Prince Tsai Isl. Prince Pu Lun.
Sir LANG Gang. WhaDg kah kai, Shang
Chi-heng. WI Tingfang and ihen renG,
not to ~ eak of many hundreds OF others
almost equally noted.
Much has already heen lone by the
Empress Dowager herself, proceeding
quietly and not aro,ising the ennity OF the
ultra conservatives. She has aided. Gen.
Yuan Shin Raj in undermining the chinese
army: she has aided in establishing schools
and colleges; she has discountenanced the
barbarous practice Of feet binding among
Chinese women; she has posed for photo
graphs and oil paintings. thereby SKATER.
ing the ancient belief in the sacredness of
the person IF the sovereign: shc has nitro
duced electric lighting and the automobile
into the Forbidden tity; abe has abolished
many ancient and cruel methods OF punish
ment. and shc assisted Sir Robert Hart,
1nsrector-tieneraI W the Chinese customs.
10 formulate a system Of hand tax 80 that
her people would he relieved from wicked
oppression by tax farmers and collectors.
Besides she has sent students abroad
TO study aud introduce into China such
progressive measures az will improve the
CONDITION Of tho people. and she has givensI
every possible 'ncoura cement. To com
missions that went abroad FOR the purpose
of studying trade conditions in his country
and Europe. For these reasons , believe
she means eventually Z" give China a
constitutional government. The Empress
DowBgcr il n progressive" ruler. but she
realiHeH thai NINA must ne awakened
gradually. She raw through the scheme
10 accomplish the ruin Of the ianchu dv-
nasty through the young Emperor himself.
so she promptly rlapped him into prison
70 "a We him from the conspirat ors and thus
averted u possible revolution.
do not believe that awakened China will
he more dangerous To western nations, for
MANY years ~ least. than the Old. lethargic
sleepy nation Of a quarter of a century ago.
do believe, though. that the Pacific coast
- -. V-HfeaI SfnfAa and (nnaAu utl la
come eventually the worlds greatest battle-
ground. There the Yellow Peril may become
something more than the foolish lies Of
yellow newspapers. In Europe they laugh
when the yellow Peril is discussed because
they feel they have little to fear, but they
grow serious when America IL discussed
Prof. Hirth had the distinction IA year ago
Of treating Prince Pm am to Scotch high
ball when that young man visited him in
his apartment nj sol Vest 18th street.
Some day, said Prof. Hirtb, Prince