The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-19
THE CHINESE "REPUBLIc,'

THE CHINESE REPUBLIC,
The best Judgment OF this country
with respect to thc Chinese rebellion
is, that the movement is not for
republic As a sound Eastern exchange
SAYS, s'It is much easier to see Chi
ucse republic from London than from
Peking or Shanghai. " The proclama
tion, call. or watchword upon which
the revohtionists are acting is, VIC
will overthrow the iyrant Manchu
| dynasty, and revive the rights Of the
| real Chinese That is, the real Chi
nese want real Chinese dynasty, and
not 4 foreign usurpatiou. The Chi
ncso have come TO the point when they
do not wish TO bow the neck to the
Manchu woke, but arc quite willing
to support monarchy of their own.
The Chinese have local form of
government throughout their villages
and settlements which closely ap-
proaches the old New England town
meeting. But the trouble is, that the
oycriordship is in the hands of agents
of the Manchu dynasty, who rob at
Will, and who are so corrupt that but
little of the loot finds its way To the
Imperial treasury. For ages, as n
patriotic Chinese paper says. "the Chi
nese soldier has been contcmncd even
by outcasts. He has been labeled,
ticketcd, and advertised as the lowest
of the low, His officers have robbed
him, starved him. aud left him to die
rs matter OF course. They have sent
him to be moved down by foes n
hundred times better armed than he,
rcservinc themselves as leaders for the
retreat only
1t is no wonder, therefore, that the
Chinese troops should desert in bat
talons, and sometimes in mass, and
JOIN the reVolutlonists.
The Imperial government has recalled
the great Nicerov Yuan-Shh- Kai, and
put him at the head of both the army
and the navy; and vet the army which |
he viii command is so uncertain of Its
allegiance to the Manchu dynasty. and, |
~ fact, his own allegiance might fairly |
he questioned because of the outragcs |
upon him by that dynasty, |
that the effectiveness of the Imperial!
forces is very doubtful. We look TO see
startling things in China: and il would |
not be at all surprising if .Shih.
hai should emerge from the conflict
as the real ruler of the Celestial En-
pirc.
The great fear that might fairly he
fclt by the Chinese in this movement
Is, that tho Manchu dynasty would
make terms with Russia. either for the
PARTITION OF the Empire and the suZc-
'alutY of Russia in the northern prov.
nrcs. or that Russian troops would be
'allcd IN 10 qucll the rebellion and sun
'ort the Manchurjan throne. In either
'ase worldwide complications would
ct in, and the civilized. nations would
ne fortunate indeed il they escaped
without a worldwide war.
In the meantime, while considering
he complications in China, i; Is worth
'hiic TO know that an Officially in
pred Japanese paper claims thai
americans have finally secured through
secret treaty perpetual lease OF
O,ooo acres of fine agricultural land
car Harbln; this lease granted bv thc .
resent chinese government 1t Is said T
nat TINS success of the Americans has !
cen accomplished after three success !
we failures 10 gel land roothoId i'm !
lanchura. The Americans referred IN
re supposed TO he the International r
arNeSier Company, which engages 10 /
improve The lands; and the government
ohlna undertakes 10 provide mill .
'rN guards, and pay all the cost of y
nPoriIng expert farm labor from the =
nIted States. Representatives Of This i,
'nlpanY IN the United States do not >,
my TINS negotiation, but laugh at !.
'e idea of IL being ga secret treaty, -
inns report Is true, il will have moi ,
NY important industrial and CONNER :,
al. but also important poIiticaI ro
'l'S' lor' II Is 10 be presumed that l.
usual, tho government of the party J.,
NoINou VIII stand at the back of that
lry IN insisting upon lis rights in -
anchurla' These rights will bc tbc =,
chis of the International Harvester -
'mpany under the negotiations Of -
'ina' and so the United States in
sc OF general trouble and compiica. w.
ms IN China, is likely TO he drawn I'm >,
IN the rest Of the world. ~
The news from China is of ir6n;foI,, III
orc importance than the news from -
,pohi and the working out of thc ~
.'ncSc problem will be the great ~
ing to engage The attention of the ~
'ilized world FOR the nn.t few ,o,r. or
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