Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-24

tore, " W IffflNf NWt UlNl hNh'h w
the awhkeninS Of China Mt our own
shores That will b. too intimate We
dOn't wish 10 be too clorr to the
awakened China 1T any time Az Tor
the first shock Of such awakening.
japan wishes to receive u as far
away as possible from her own
shores
In the days Of the Chinese war
Japan tried To- deal on China. white
yet she was helpless, such q blow
as y would be hard for her Ia recover
from In tho Sltlmonoseki treaty.
therefore, Japan insisted that China
sh0nld cedc 10 Japan Hhnt has be-
come famous as the Liaotung ccssion.
The treaty was ra,iRhd ut Chefu. May
3. 1885 It was done. Japan could
now plant herself in South Man
Churiq. and on the eventful day she
will be- able and thoroughly ready TO
meet the awakened China on the Dor
ders of the metropolitan province Of
chilli. Then Japan braathed for the
first time hi many n weary year She
did not breathe long, howevcr-as you
know. That kindly and very thought
ful Joint note of the three great Euro
ptan towers. Russia, France and
Germany, had something to say to
us. And we listened, We had to
listen. The Liaotung peninsula was
retroceded
There is no such thing as a stable
Chinese policy Of Japan" said Wis
count Aoki to the writer some years
ago. Since the joint note of the threS
powers II has even been shifting. II
was not the fault Of Japan, however.
There was time when the Russian
menace took the place Of the Chinese
peril. but now we are back again to
our old nightmare.
Aud we no longer see II IN dim,
distant future: or ms through 4
prophets glass. darkly. II is right in
front Of our eyes--thc awakening of
China .rr
Americans are too busy to look
around beyond the Pacific on the
west and beyond the Atlantic on the
east. We in Japan cannot afford to
enjoy such solf-centered luxury; we
na'u W ''oA aruuhu' .ihat' PERHAPS
Wv ie"aoi why we nee no" ias'
o''''" 10 'Whhei'ins'
Perhaps the most striking fea-
! lures Of lIankau.' said man Just
nome IRON trip OF Investigation
ana Hankau Is the metropolis of Gem
tral emma, the Chicago of China, as
u Is often called (iive hundred miles
from Shanghai up the Tangtse riverl
are the gilt watch chains and cut
OH queques! So, then, the Chinese
have come to the point of counting
time by tho second! So, then, they
nave at last gone to the desperate
ilhllt OF cutting adriit from the ira
dltlons oil their century-old ancestors!
On August 80, 1908, the now famous
imperial edict promised the people of
emma constitutional government at
the end OF nine years, And these
provincial assemblies are to be the
training schools for the national as
semDly which Is to come at the end
OF seven years from now! Seven
years-dear heayen'-is II possible
mat withln seven years from now the
most ancient OF all the despotic states
IN the world ana Peking, the most
venerable OF all the capitals hnown to
history are to see a gentleman from
huhpel rise IN great assembly hall,
wax ELOQUENT call the gentleman
from Nhlli names give ana take brides
ana take the names OF the sage7
ana OF the gods IN vain Just as II lie
iau, poeh tutored all his lie In the
ciVilized world atmosphere OF the leg
isiature OF Montana? IL passes the
nlghts OF n workaday imagination
NeNertheleSs' IL Is true
some iorty years ago wen Hslang,
munster OF the Isungli-yamen, the
rorelgn once OF CHINA said: Yes,