The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24

Ihtlng th@ Town IN IerDatual disgrnco.
/ but this lgnominy was here inflicted de =
| hl@ratcly aS one of the punish men n
which Paotingfu was required To suffer for
. ia. part sh" played in the Boxer rising.
IL ~ said that the people OF Paotingfu
eNp@Cted tn h" masslCrsd when the
B allies entered. 40 they themselves would
nav" massiCrrd tho foreigners Ind tho
order ~ things been reversed With thom
3 hs NlctorS They were amazed when the
foreign soldiers insteed Of razinE the
town ST tn work and paved the main
str''ets running through it The inhNbi-
tants hld never hefore Tealilod the value
/ OF good rnadways. having becn content
. Tor centuries with sloughs IN rainy 1thsr
and dust IN the dry SEASONS They took
/ up the now ldaA like children with a new
/ toy and Ia day you may ride through any
/ izad paths
| Our ponies logged through the narrow
streets lined with houses - Low that IN
many plaCrs we. perched high in our sd
dies. were on u level with the caves Of the
thS uhd roofs What would these people.
VINO saldpm build "A two story house. have
/ Ia say nf IN" skyScrapers Of America
Naked urchins scampsred out Of our
way ar followed on tn" heels Of our ponies
Tagging. and hare bodied workmen came
Ia tho oIenings Of their tiny shops 20 have
laugh as they always do. at the white
man whoss face appears 20 them oil
features
Passing out OF the walls on tho other
sid" ot tho town, We turned "a the left by
tn" side II narrow canal crowded with
junks from shore to shore 80 crowded
that not one could change its moorings
TIL all were ready To leave. BY the side
OF this waterway our road lcd through the
country for several milss to thu vast
level raradN grounds and the barracks.
mud built and mud walled, though wbite-
washed
! Some Of the most enlightened looking
men to he seen among the Chinese met us
at the main gate Several OF them spoke
japanese and one knew English The
/ General, whom We met " hen We entered
] had finished his education at one Of the
German universities
Among them all there was only one
who looked a. though he suffered from
the opium cure. which many officials
addicted TO the use Of the drug are now
testing with pitiful results The others
wer'' we'll built. healthy looking men who
would dwarf the Japanese.
We were shown into a hare, whitewashed
room furnished only with a plain table
and chairs and with screens over the
/ doors Contrary TO the Chinese custom.
the officers removed their caps when
entering and not only in this hut in many
other little ways they gave evidence 81
having forSaken their former satisfaction
in their OWN peculiar customs
/ Though the morning hour ot drill ter
p
crack companies of infantry and artillery
were kept on foot till We appeared to in
sps-rt them Then for an hour and half
we watched some Of the most precise
drilling that either Of Va had -een
Military Attaches IN Pekin will generally
say that they doubt the Capab,lity of these
modern troops in action The defects 81
tho rars Of which lack Of initiative IL not
the least will APPEAR, they think. when the
army ~ under iirr Nevertheless they all
agree that the model divisions go through
tho manual Of arms with precision equal
- II not generally better than European
armies II j. said by some that even the
highly trained German soldiers would he
hard pressed 10 change positions in closer
uniformity
We got a company to develop an attack
on an imaginary position. assailing i in
open order, which IL. after all, the chief
drill in which infantry - trained. This
attack they performed in a thoroughly
approved style. and but for the pigtaila
~ the officers the whole company, clad
q ia khaki. might have been mistaken at a
short distance for body Of European
TROOPS
/ Nor il IL ONLY the infantry that drills
, So well. The mounted men are hkew ise
I masters Of those tactics which can be
! learned from booka. We saw battery
4 Of artillery GO through turning move
ment at FUN Rallop several consecutive
times Keeping the rnuZyles OF all fouI
guns in perfect alignment. thing not
, often seen in the Western world
This is a striking advance since IN,
! days ~ the war With japan. the val
which brought these vain people Ia thetl
senzaa The forces they sent against
their hereditary enemies the little mer
~ whom they were cont.mptuous. mum
hersd in their ranks soldiers with hint
locks others with bows and arrow
still others " it'll spears, and some unarmed
carrying ON their backs only great Ma
lo1ve@ ~ Chinese hardt1ck. one slat
~ which IL enough to last a man n month
II was their Humiliation in that wal
which drove the chinese Government
10 adopt Western military tactics.
II il the ~av in the Fast. and eeDecially
in china. 20 plead your own lnferiority
and - eNtOl the virtues 81 the person
with whom YOU ar'a speak ing Of course
this il only "tiGuette Even the Officers
who had been - London and kne~ that
this waS not the practice OF the Wes'
would AZ times revert 20 the uFien'a
manner ~ sDSech When the battery
81 artillery. for instance. swung around
into action unlimbered and began mr.
ing With deNterity at an imaginary enemy
this officer declared that though II wa,
;he best they could do he knew y wa
hut a moor performance and pl"adinRlN
asked FOR criticism and advice He sale
he knew that the American arm wal
the finest in the world. md he would not
agree 70 the American officers r"marb
that the Germans held that position.
The conversation turned 20 the ques
ton 81 extrntcrritorialitv. a question
which disturbs the peace 81 mind OF many
Chinese Of education. One OF Ne men
toned the fact that Chinese police anc
+ Chinese courts had no Jurisdiction oveI
foreigners within the borders OF the
country
Neither have foreign countries sale
the young man. -anv authority over oul
reople Have 40 not our own Minister
and Consuls abroad'-
The chinese with comparatively fe~
executions have little conception nj
social or any other conditions prevailins
! in foreign countries. but they are rapidly
| developing whn' Ne know M patriotism
over and above their primitive FEELING
/ ~ dis,rust and dislike ~ foreigners
What change this patriotism may inspire
/ them "a make and how soon that change
NAV coma about no one her" will ven'rr'
20 predict