The Washington herald., 1911-11-04

gradually was formed the Young
China" party, with a peaceful revolu-
ton as its aim. But II was found that
even the most modern schemes for re-
form were rejected by the throne, and
IL was forced upon the agitators thai
the dawn OF better things for the ignor-
ant people lay at the mouths Of guns
and rifles. Then, side by side, with
she plans for education, came the clan
destine conversion of the imperial troops
TO their cause, with the result, as claim
ed, that to-day the majority Is with
the reformers. And II is reassuring
that, with such a man at the head, no
anxiety need be felt for the Europeans
or Americans IN China.
DR.. Sun is Christian and the son Of
a Christian, therefore the present move
ment has nothing OF anti-foreigner idea
about It. He is a diplomat and he was
long enough in the occident to be fully
convinced OF the fact that. II It is sought
to set up another government, all possi-
bility OF oRerdlng other nations must
be strickly avoided. Hence this rising
must not be confounded with the Box
er revolt, which, in reality, had been
fomented by the Manchus to get rid Of
the foreigners -
! OF Suns ultimate-even early-success,
his friends have little doubt He is sup
piled with plenty Of money from his sup
porters among wealthy merchants in the
Straits Settlements and other places; he
counts upon two-thirds Of the 1s0, 900 we'll
armed foretgn-dr4lled troops, and the cap
ture Of the arsenal at WI Chang has
solved the puzzling problem Of ampuni-
ton "a - -. -.
When the time comes for It to be told.
the story Of the coming and going of this
quiet man with a price upon his head
VIII prove one of the romances Of mod
ern times. Once he sought permission to
visit Hongkong, which Is q British pro-
tectorate. and the refusal had q pathetic
sequel He wrote to Lord Crewe,. asking
to be permitted to land at Hongkong, as
his mother was dying there. The for
eign secretary declined his request on the
ground Of DR.. Suns hostility to the Chi
nese government. He went, nevertheless.
as far as the port Of that city. safe on
the union jack, but in the meantime the
mother had died. and her body was
brought out to him for a last farewell
look.
Somehow 1t completes the picture of
this fearless patriot, who holds his own
life so cheaply that he spends most Of his
time in the land where there Is a price
upon his head TO remember that, while
he sorrowed for his native country, he
found his sharpest pain In being barred,
by the British, from the death-bed Of his
mother, beloved as only a Chinaman
knows how to love a parent-a sacred
love, equaled by no other peoples on
earth.
He Is the man who, though he would
overthrow an empire, would not be king
or president, If some better way could
ha 70 70 he of
his people.
Romance has claimed the Ogilvie-
Grants for its own, and the late coun-
tess, although only a Grant by mar
riage, was not the least striking ex-
ample OF the picturesque side Of the
family history. She was Stuart,
daughter Of the eleventh Lord Blantyre,
a peerage that became extinct in 1900
after having lasted for almost three CEN
turtles. She was married in 1850 to the
seventh Earl OF SeafieId, who died In
1881. There was an only son, who sue
ceeded his father as eighth earl, but who
died in 1854 without having married. He
left the whole of his estates to his
mother, the late countess, at her absO-
Lutte disposition, and 1t will be interest
ing to know how she has disposed Of
them.
The Seafield estates cover a wide area
In Elgin, Inverness. and Banff, and
amount to something Nike 100000 acres
with a rent roll estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000 a year,. and the action
of her only son in making his mother his
sole legatee put the later earls into the
position Of succeeding to a barren in
heritance, except for the title.
Until the death of Countess Caroline
there were three Countesses of SeafieId
iving-Lady Caroline, the wife of the
present peer, who is the daughter of a
late distinguished medical man of Christ
church, New Zealand, and the widow Of
the present peers father. The present
earl is granddaughter OF the lady just
dead, and his father, who came into the
title most Unexpectedly as tenth earl,
had been an ordinary artisan in New
Zealand. He never acted as a bailiff,
however, although that statement was
widely circulated. He had many hard
and pathetic struggles, but both he and
his wife, who some years ago Joined the
Salvation Army, were never ashamed of
their life OF hardship in New Zealand.
where the present earl was born.
FLANEUR-
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