The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-28
|BIlKINS IN CHINA
The Major Visited the En-
porer and Gave Him Some
Good Advice.
SUSPICIOUS OF FOREIGNERS

press Locked the Emperor Up
Chinese Growing suspicious-sla.
jor Bilkins VIII Soon Visit the
Philippine Islands-A Very Inter
esting Country.
Correspondence of The Caucasian.
| Enterprise.)
| Pekin, China, October 14.-Erbout
the greatest experience / hev had In
China wuz my visit to the palace oy
the Emperor that rules over China
that IL. the Chinese gentleman who
wears the title ov Emperor. fer China
IL just erbout az uncertain az to who
her real ruler Ia az she IL about other
matters. an ov course. that means
that they liz a great guessin' match
goin' on. fer they IL nothin' certain
in China except uncertainty. For q
number ov years the supposed boss
ov the Chinese ranch wuz q woman
who IL styled the Dowager Empress
Considerin' that she IL a Chinese
| woman she may be counted az smart
But somehow. no one seems ter be
certain, there IL an emperor mixed up
in the business. He IL a nephew ov
the Empress. But fer the fact that
he IL a near relative. there mite be
more peace In the royal household.
Hit required the full endorsement
ov the United States consulate before
I could get date with the Emperor
had sich a run ov bad luck. CROWN
| out ov the "Boxer" trouble several
years ergo. which cost her a vast sum
ov money before she could settle with
| the various governments, that her
people air naturally CROWN suspi-
cious ov awl foreigners. But that IL;
after awl. 4 guide sign. The officials
an the plain folks air gettin' more
sensible. more cautious. an that IL
really the only guide sign you kin no.
tis In China. In everything else, awl-
most, they air two thousand years
behind.
When I rode up to the gates ov the
royal palace a guard met me. Seem
that wuz an American he began to
speak my language, askin' perlitely.
II he could be ov service. I told him
my name an displayed the letter
from the American Ambassador. He
reported my presence to another Of
fetal an then wuz invited in, SER
want takin' charge ov Bob, leadin'
him on to the rear ov the palace an
jabberin' to him in Chinese Bob hez
listened to so much furrin talk since
we hev bin on this trip that he does
not mind hit. One would think that
a big. foolish country like China
would hev very fine palace fer the
Emperor, but hit IL not. Some ov the
homes in the various cities air fner,
though fine homes air rather scarce
here.
wuz soon in the presence ov the
Emperor. He rose to hiz feet an
"kowtowed" or bowed low. / never
practiced the kowtow. but gave him
one ov my best Terrible Creek bows
an I guess hit satisfied him, fer the
waitin' servant at once placed a Gu
rious-lookin' chair behind me an
sat down. These visits to kings and
emperors awlways tire me, though
| don't want to miss them.
The Emperor axed me how things
air movin' on over in America.
told him I had bin out ov the country
fer quite q while. but I guessed the
panic wuz erbout over, an things wua
movin' erlong. as I notised In q news.
| paper. The London Times. that cot
| ton an things wuz very guide price
in the United State. your people
are fond of the new President, Mr.
Taft" sed the Emperor. "Oh. yes;
he liz o. X. think" seq I. "He 4.
goin' erbout q guide deal an shakin
hands with the folks. an that adds
ter hiz popularity. The ruler ov 6
great country. whether he be a pres
ident. a king or an emperor, ought Il
mix up with the folks an try to fint
out what they want an what the!
need. Hit makes the people feel bet
ter, satisfies them In many ways, an
that IL about awl the average maj
needs, IL q satisfactory feelin', to fee
that he iz gettin' q square deal"
could notis that the emperor seeme<
ter be a-thinkin' an I hope he will b.
q better man.
/ How long hev you been visitin' II
China. an what do you think ov m!
country" axed the emperor.
:. "Only a few weeks" sez "Yo'
hev a wonderful country in a way
), Any country that will sustain life
support four hundred millions o.
Ipeole. must hev producin' qualities
. But I motifs that many ov your peopl
live hard. harder than necessary. Blu
that may be their own fault In part
Too many ov them depend upoI
gamblin' an sich az that. Gambler
air not producers ov anything bu
trouble. II you an your assistan
lawmakers would find some way Z
) lput an end to gamblin' an opium
smokin' you'd hev one ov the grea'
, est countries in the world In to
: years. You people air natural
, tough an industrious. Most ov you
; country hes q cool climate an Lar
ness does not clog the wheels o
, progress In q climate ov that kint
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