The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-14
'BILKINS IN CHINA
Ii 10 the Greatest of All
The Countries In
Population.
COVERS A VAST TERRITORY

Chinese Wall as Evidence Tha
She is . Baby-Chinese womel
Have Good Qualities - Farmers
Institute Needed In China-Re
form Badly Needed.
Pekin. China. Sept. so. 1909.
Correspondence of The Caucasian-En
| terprise.
Hit seems but step from India te
China. The two great countries
touch elbows. But what a difference!
The people do not look alike, do moi
act alike. air not alike. The three
hundred millions ov people who live
In India air crowded upon a com.
paratively small territory. The four
hundred millions ov people who live
in China hev vast territory to roam
over-if they could-but they can't
Why? Too many mountains, toe
many deserts. Hit liz a fact that
nearly half ov China's great popula.
tion is crowded upon a bit of coun-
try probably three times as large az
the State ov North Carolina.
Still China hez territory. Hit ia
sed that the Chinese flag floats over
five million and three hundred thou
| sand squar miles. To put hit anoth-
er way. China IL nearly twice az
/ large az the United States. In the
Northern part ov China the climate
liz awlmost az cold az that ov Siberia,
while in the southern part the people
live under tropical sun.
Az to the actual population, some
allowance must be made. China hez
| rich men-a few. But the majority
| ov the Chinese air poor an hit would
bankrupt the country to take an ac-
| curate census. But even II the CEN
sus wuz taken the Chinese air such
Internal liars nobody would pay any
attention to the census report.
But China hez vast territory an
stacks ov people. Pekin, Canton.
Hong Kong. Shanghai an other
cities furnish proof ov the existence
ov large population and the facts
az to territory air fairly accurate.
The harbor at Hong Kong IL a
fine one. But the water liz not deep
enough fer the larger boats at
Shanghai, Cheefoo, Taku, Tientsin or
Pekin, so the Chinese air at disad-
vantage in dealin' with the people ov
foreign countries. But they do not
care to deal with their nabors to any
great extent. They lack the thrift
found in America and the sturdy
greed ov the English. Az a country
or a nation China liz a great big
baby. In their peculiar way the peo-
pie ov China do things. But they air
two or three thousand years behind
the times. China hez nearly two
hundred times az many people az
live in the State ov North Carolina
an yet could muster enough troops
| in North Carolina in three weeks to
| whip China to a standstill. Little
Japan whipped China only a few
few days to do the job. Japan did
| that before she had a flrst-class army
or navy, too. Az Japan IL fixed now
she could thrash China every morn
in before breakfast, an her soldiers
an sailors could work in the rice
fields the balance ov the day-fer
Japan IL now great little nation
But Japan wuz just az helpless thir.
ty years ergo az China IL to-day
Japan got up from her long, lone
sleep an got busy. Perhaps China
will reform in time. Do not misjudge
me. l do not mean that nations
ought to fite. But nations, like In
dividuals, should stand up for theil
rites. Unless they do some othe1
feller will get the rites.
The greatest visible evidence tina
China IL an hez long bin a baby Il
the great Chinese wall which extendl
from the ocean westward along th'
northern boundary ov China. Their
/ were some hostile tribes or Tartar
to the north Of China an thougl
they numbered not over a few thou
sand az compared to the vast popula
ton ov China, the big baby (China
went to work to keep them out O
China by building great wall. Thi
wall still stands, though hit liz nov
in bad repair. Hit IL about twenty
five feet thick at the base and flfteel
feet thick at the top. The wall va
ries in height, ranging from fiftee
to twenty-five feet, according to tn
locality. Hit is built ov earth wit
. a thin shell ov stone to hold tn
earth in place. This wonderful wa
iz about fifteen hundred miles /
. length and hit took a vast amour
: ov labor to build hit.
The principal Chinese cities al
surrounded with walls. The wa
I around Pekin is about so feet hig
and very thick. The wall il onl
l about four miles square an the cit
hez long since outgrown the wal
The wall around Nan King, tt
former capital ov China. IL about d
teen square miles in size. Duril
the TAPPING rebellion this wall stoo
8 a Siege that lasted fer thirteen year
q But the walls would soon go IL Il
e attacking army had modern canno
ell In the Chinese cities the buildin
q air low. Private residences air seldo
more than one story an busine