El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

The Peking Gazette of today is large
~ devoted to the modern movements
now going on over China 1t con-
tains memorials relating to the schools
and the establishment of constitutional
government. 1t is full of edictS re-
garding the opium evil and the impor-
tation of morphine; and IL has much to
say about railways and foreign loans
1t contains now and then a paragraph
concerning the emperor and the en-
press dOwager, as we'll as some of the
doings of the prince regent and his cab
met officials. It is more interesting
than were the issues of the past. al
though ii is staid and steady and lacks
the gossip Of the new Chinese dailies.
WOman's Daily.
The only woman's daily newspaper
published in Asia, II not in the world.
is issued by woman in Picking. Its
editor is Chinese girl belonging 10 q
well to do family. Her paper is known
as the Picking Woman's Journal. 1t is
published in an attractice form and is
written in classic Chinese It is largely
devoted to educational matters, and es-
pecially TO the advancement of woman.
1t advocates the enti-footbinding move
ment, supports the anti-opium crusade.
and. in general. is for wOman's rights
from a Chinese standpoint
Foreign Newspapers
There are now foreign papers pub
lished at nearly all of the ports of this
country. There are a half dozen or
more here at Shanghai. The North
China Daily News and the Shanghai
Times come out every morning and the
Mercury and Gazette every evening
The French have q daily known as
LEcho de Chine. and the Germans have
one. the Ostasiatishe Lloyd. Shanghai
has four foreign weekliss. Tientsin has
several dailies. including the Picking
and Tientsin Gazette and so has Hong
kong, including the Hongkong Press.
the China Mail and and the Hongkong
Telegraph. There are papers pub
lished in the English language %.
Annoy, FOOchow and Hankow: and
there is a German paper published at
Tsingtau in Shantung The Japanese
have several papers in China. and
there are Portuguese journals in Macao
and Hongkongi
All of these papers cater to the for
eign population. They are mostly blan-
ket sheets of the style which we used
10 have, and they sell on the average
a cents per copy. AS far as advcr-
Using is concerned they are we'll sun
ported and most Of them are run at a
profit.
Chinese Papers Abroad.
There are quite a number of Chimes.
papers outside China. some of which
nave considerable circulation here.
mere are three such in Singapore, one
IN Penang. seven in San Francisco. four
In Honolulu and one in Manila. Japan
mas two, Sydney two, and there are a
number in Hongkong.
Inc empire has also several mission
airy journals, some of which are medical
and others religious. It begins to have
ma gaines and with the new schools
ana the new civilization il will prob
any build up a new literature.
understand that the prince regent
- contemplating starting an organ of
MS oWh- de is greatly interested In
newspapers, and has given orders to
the grand council to have IDENTITIES read
al the chinese dailies and TO furnish
MIN with abstracts of the imnortant
news contained in them Eight men
nave Deen chosen to translate the for
e,eh papers, and his highness has these
ciassiIied and pasted away in a scran
DOCK 1t is said that Yuan Shin Kai
owned newspaper while he was in
feklnS, and that several of the cabinet |
are secretly interested in tne
uiIIereht Journals there. The states !
men watch the papers to see whether |
they are properly mentioned. and a de. |
SIRE Ior notoriety is springing up I
among them
They Want Foreign News.
now that China is adopting the new
CIVILIZATION. the high officials are anx-
Gus 10 learn what is going on all over
the world. They are studying public
opinion in New York. Berlin and Lon
ION; and they watch the market re-