El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-05

greatest people of Asia II will bring
about the development of our material
resources, which are unsurpassed in the
WORLD. We shall build railroads and
open our mines We shall start factories
and shall produce not only for our enOr-
nous home market, but also for that
of other countries. You must remember
that We are industrious. We have skilled
hands and quick brains. and, indeed, the
future is hard to predict"
China's New Language.
''Will China develop a new liter
ture?"
L cannot see why not. We have our
own classics, which have come
down from generation TO generation
throughout the ages. We have a certain
kind of mind which has been trained up
on these classics, and which is reeog-
l. ;zed as one of the ablest Of the world.
That mind is now 10 be turned 10 other
subjects. 1t is TO deal with the western
science and methods of thought, and out
of the whole may come something en-
tirely new. We may turn to invention
again. We were the original diseoH erers
of the compass, gunpOwder, and print
ing, as well as of other things. We shall
hardly square the circle or invent per-
petual motion. but the big discoveries Of
the future may come trJm u.s."
How about the Chinese language.
viii it be- changed?''
i do not know. It viii be modified
by our western studies Indeed / think
mankind ought TO have world Ian
guage-one for all nations and tribes. 1t
might be something like Volapuk or
Esperanto"
A Chinese ArcheOIOSist.
From language the conversation drift
ed to history. Tuan-Fang described the
wonders of ancient Egypt and the joy
he had in the museums of Europe. He
spoke of a national exposition which he
had planned for Marking some time this
year and said that he hoped TO aid
China in establishing a national museum
of its own.
At this point the vieeroy asked me if
I would like to see his collections. and
he led me TO another part OF his palace.
We passed through rooms filled with
carvings, rare bronze and ancient mar
bles. any one of which would be 4 treas
ure In our national museum at Washing
TO. 1 remember one table of solid bronze
which was beautifully carved. II was two
feet high, four feet long and upon its
metal top the tablecloth rotting had OK
idized the bronze and left its mark That
table was several thousand years old. II
was in use at the time the Great Pvra-
mid was built,120O years before Rome
vas founded, and more than 400 he
fore Beishazzar had his great drinking
bout. in which he saw the handwriting
on the wall which foretOld the doom Of
his empire The table was a drinking
table such as the old Chinese emperors
employed at their feasts. It was dug
ont of the ground near one of the an
Gent capitals of Shansi seven years ago
and 10 bronze drinking vessels were
fol1nd upon 1t. The viceroy had these
brought out and placed upon the table
to show me.
Leaving this room We went into Others
p !. iainiug lea Gut. .lrvced I.r, MO
Ruddhas over two thousand years old
and tablets of Chinese writing. dug iron,
towns which were standing when our
savior was born in Bethlehem In ON.
room. filled with marbles. I saw sttone
tablets which dated as far back as 15a0
p c.. and in another I examined Tho
yiceroy Egyptian collection, compris-
ing many statues and mummies AZ 7
left his excellency gave me a cataIos-
Of his archeOlog ical treasures. ana also
a rare old porcelain vase as a memento !
OF my visit.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.