The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-19

mes themselves undertaking 10 supply he
capital aud build the railways aud de-
.eIop the mines Al Haakow the Srea:
treafy port thro-Th wht~h Sz.~hwaux
passes. the chinese own rud
operate the Han vans steel Works whfr..
even exports its manufacturers Ia Aur~t~7
Larry IN the present year. the Pekinr gov
eminent developed a strong attitude apd
wifh the announcements Of \ cabinet afs,
oSerruled the provinces In tic matter 81
the local construction Of railways itron.
traeted = four nation railway loan ~ rftv
million dollars. 10 prosecute 1t on. > ma
tional system If railways This = What
has set the provinces 10 huzzing The
riofing IS the Chinese way Of protesting
And the easiest way Of diS;urbln. the
cenrral government i TO make trouble fer
the foreigners. So the missionaries have
been forced 20 flee 10 Chung King n. ON
the Yanctz- River. where they will te am
der the protection u the Gunboat~ which
The great nations always maintain In
Chinese waters.
Portents for the Superstitions
superstltious 10 the last degree. the
thfnese regard all unusual events - IN.
signs of the diSpleasure OF the spirits
Thus. prior 10 the appearance Of Ialles's
comet. the missionaries conducted an edu-
catlenal propaganda that probably averted
m uprising at that time. Now the plaene
in Manchuria (which viii undoubtedly
break out again this winter. the 100. and
1911 famines in the kiang peh region. and
the present floods. uuequalled within the
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memory OF living man. all combine IN stir
the minds OF the people 10 the conviction
that the gods are angry With the foreign
ers and with the Manchu dynasty Be
cause the missionaries are the only for
eiGnerS living in the interior. Within easy
reach OF mobs, they are always in hrst
danger from any outbreak.
The ~antf-dynastic feeling throughout the
empire i unusually keen ut the present
time II i felt that the government IS
betraying the Chinese nation into The
hands of the foreigners. Recently. i ru-
| NOR pm ron rho ,anI eIar she .-E.rn
powers had agreed upon the partition II
China and it threw the people into a
frenzy.
Then il was seen how imminent i a
national revolution. only a strong leader
is aeeded To resolve he popular sentiment
into action. Young China. and especially
the student body. i really fanatical in
its patriotism. No man can tell what II
day my bring forth. The officials learned
their lesson in 1880 and whereas at that
time the governments was arraycd against
the foreigners, and on the side of the Box
crs, it is now certain Ia adopt al posi-
ble measures for the protection of for
eign life and property. There VIII he 10
more massacres Of foreigners With lie con
~nivance of high officials.
Flood May BE Worse.
The great river of central China = the
Yangtze. In some places it, rs Well a. its
tributary canals, is higher than the sur
rounding country. The flooding Of this
region by the overflow OF the waters IL
the cause Of the famines. Now an m
equalled flood. for which authorities find
no parallel. has swept the YangtZe itself
over its banks. The lesser streams have
likewise suffered SO that i'll SZeyhwan,
dykes that have neld through the worst
floods have now given WAY. At some
places the Yangtze is forty miles wide be-
cause Of the food. No man can estimate
the damage: the report from Nuhu, of
100. 600 lives lost may he far below the
truth. For weeks the iangtze has been
dotted with the corpSeS or men, women,
children and domestic animals. Millions
have been rendered homeless. II il We're
not for the awful. heart -sickenin" suffer
tracted 70 the financial losses caused by
the flood to foreign firms IN the river
cities.
The worst may yet be to come. The an
nual rise of waters from the melting OF
the SHOWS in Thibet has not yet been
reported. Although the river has risen
more than forty feet, still further rise
and devastation is feared. Disease mas
quickly followed in the wake IF the
! will be terrible. Hundreds Of thousands
Of neasants have already refuCe"d - the
principal cities in the Hood region =
which extends from Ichang to thinkiane-
and u famine without equal j. assured Tor
this winter.
If the rioting subsidies. and he ho!o-
caust cf revolution does not break OUT.
china will find himself engros>ed ~ lam
inc relief work.
It NAV be that China's heaped MP atam-
ties will he the means 81 hanging Her
mind aud method in things essentiai
HI RELIGIOUS RANRlfH
downright. 1911. by The Ef.iet"us
Rambler