The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-11
AFTER THE MANcnu, WHAT.

| some new and interesting lights upon
! the revolution in China, it's causes and
tho ultimate communication to which
it trends. The article is headed. "Thc
Passing of tho Manchus." who. Mr..
, Bonsal believes, are destined soon ito
flee across the Manchurian plains and
the marshy banks of the Sungari to
rejoin their cousins. tho Hun Huses,
who have always remained in their
ancestral Businesses. and who are also
bandits. but In n small way of bust
ness" Mr. Bonsal views the situation,
its promised developments and the
tinality to which he is convinced the
upheaval Will come Mt close range; and
for this he is unusually well equipped
He has enjoyed especial advantages
for studying intelligently the workings
OF the Oriental mind, particularly tho
Chinese. and for Analysing Oriental
policies. inspirations and ambitions In
addition to having served long as a
newspaper correspondent in tho Far
East, he has been at times in the
diplomatic corps as secretary of Iega-
ton. and charge d'affaires at Pelsing.
Tokyo and in Korea.
Mr.. Bo al traces the revolution. or
rather. the immediate conditions which
have most potently contributed to it's
outbreak at this juncture, and its di-
rection against the Manchus, to Chin
csc contact with Western civilization.
which has been very costly to the
Chinese people. He points out that in
the last sixty or seventy years the
Chinese have paid across the counter
to the representatives of the new
civilization one thousand million dol
lars in compensation for wrongs and
injuries" many of which ne doubts
were consciously inflicted. Further
more, this pecuniary atonement," he
notes, has not been accepted as pay
ment in full; one by one Chinese prov
inces have been absorbed by the
predatory powers, and tho area OF
China has In the last century seen re-
duced over 60 per cent"
This at first blush appears an as
tonishinG statement but reference TO
history and details the writer gives
of the territorial acknowledgements at
China's expense bears 1t out At one
time Chinese civilization and influence
were regnant from the Arctic Sea of
Eastern Siberia to the Burmese shores
OF the Indian Ocean. Now Russia, as
Mr.. Bonsal cites. has absorbed Eastern
nf Tor
Japan has taken Korea, provinces In
Manchuria and Formosa; France has
acquired AMMAN, Tonking and Cam
hodla; England has annexed Burmah
and sections of Thibct. while Germany,
TO conclude by no means complete
list Of our depredations. has raised its
flag and mailed fist in Chanting, the
very heart of China, and the home of
Confucius." That is, Germany has In
vaded and desecrated the innermost
shrine of the old civilization.
The Manchu dynasty is. Mr.. Bonsal
demonstrates, the direct and more
visible target Of the revolution, be-
cause 1t has permitted these things"
and the new civilization has conduced
to something like an organized ma
tionaliHm, which represents the culmi-
nation OF centuries of anti-dynas site
feeling, and through which centuries
Of anticipation and desire of China
for the true Chinese" is hoped to ma
terialize. But tho writer has small faith
that after the Manchus" this ma
tionalism offspring OF the new civili-
cation and Chinese hatred of the
Manchu will not turn against China's
Occidental "benefactors" FOR" he
says, I'VE would do well to remember
that these millions OF people who have
at last aroused, who at laet are as
sorting themselves, who seem 70 have
escaped all the time honored checks
and balances. are animated by no feel
founded dstrust Of and unnatural
hostility TO the practices OF our civil
zation."
AS VIC have Indicated, Mr.. Bonsal
knows or ought to know. whereof he
speaks. Hence, the powers might make
no mistake In taking precautions
against what may come after the
passing of the Manchus." or even be-
fore, as development of the revolu-
ton and phase of the Chinese hope
and ambition for China for tho true
Chinese" At any moment the singular
liberation and protection extended to
foreigners in the empire may prove
the thinnest and most deceptive Of
veneers.
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