The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-25
CHINA'S DYNASTY IS
 SERIOUSLY ALARMED
SPREAD OF FAMINE OFFERS OP- PORTUNITY TO SEDITION-
 ARE SOCIETIES.

Suffering of the People Used as Capital
 -Hardships Attributed to the Gov
 ernment--WashingtOn Advised of
 Propaganda That May Engender n
 General Uprising-American Diplo-
 matic and Consular Officials In-
 structcd to Send Information of
 Every Turn in the Situation.
 Washington, March 24,-From shang- hai, advices received at the state de- partment, it appears that the ruling dynasty in China is seriously alarmed over the effect of the spread of fam inc through the country and the oppor- tunity it offers to seditionary societies to enlist converts to the cause directed against the government. The suffering of the people is used as capital 1t is said, in that judicious assuaging of want places the persons given assist ance under obligations to the societies. The governments inability to relieve suffering, it Is said, has been magnifed and the .hardships of the people attrib- uted to lack of sympathy by the gov- ernment for the poor classes.
 Tso information received here indi- cates that a propaganda has been or ganlzed to further the circulation of stories of the character outlined and it is said that state department officials fear that spread of hysteria may en- gender a general uprising. If such should be the result there is danger that tlie government might not be able to control the situation. American and other foreign interests would be jeop- ardized. So great is the concern that diplomatic and consular officials in China have been instructed to keep Washington advised In regard to the situation and of every turn taken.
 That the Chinese government recog- nizes the danger is shown by the fact that Viceroy Tuan Fang of Yanking 900 to purchase East Indian rice to feed his people. Undoubtedly this step was taken co offset the work that has been done by the seditionary societies as well as to relieve the immediate suffering. Tn taking his action the viceroy pre- dicted a general uprising in the famine stricken districts unless prompt relief is provided, but he did not refer to the trouble that has been stirred up by the nti-government societies.
 An extra effort will be made in the United States to broaden the scope of the movement to find relief for the Chinese. Already there have been large sums of m -ney collected and dis patched to China to be used in the purchase of food and in the near future the transport Buford will sail from San Francisco with shipload of provisions given by Louis Klopsch, editor of the Christian Herald. A general movement throughout the civilized world 60 aid the sufferers, it Is believed, will enable the Chinese government to strengthen It's hands and possibly suppress upris- ings and riots. For the protection of foreigners in China, the United States and European countries are prompted my self as well as humanitarian inter- ests to come promptly to the assistance of the celestial empire.
 That any movement which threatens the overthrow of the present dynasty in China gives alarm to the United States and every European nation which which has interests and people in China, is not denied. The life of every white person in China is believ- ed by officials of the state department to depend upon the continuance of the Chinese government as it stands, the Boxer uprising being cited as an in stance of what might result if the present government should be weak ened