Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

chus to their civilizing mission. Today
the Chinaman would retake his place. and
under the influence OF the Young Chit
nese" party Cinnamon have risen In mass
against the central power.
As TO the dislike TO foreigners. the chiefs
or the revolutionaries repu late IL ener.
geticaiiy. But. added the missionary.
can We believe In the sincerity OF their
when they revolt the masses
with the cry % China for the Chinese
IL was more fear Of European interven-
ton. in his opinion. than by conviction
that they menace with death those who
ill-treat foreigners. for the Chinese are
rabid patriots.
''Will the Chinese succeed I'm their insurs
rectionary movement" the missionary
was asked. There are
Chances OF great chances that they
cr,o... will succeed" he replied.
Certainly in the four or
Ave southern provinces the Manchu
militia are powerless and the Chinese
army-that which is Europeanized-is
with the revolutionaries."
But once in power what can the revo-
lutionaries do? What difficulties will they
not encounter? Very true; but they can
do what the japanese did In their period
OF evolution-namely, I'll the place OF
necessary skilled functionaries with Euro
peans and japanese
The missionary said that II was not pos
sible to treat as serious the idea OF a
public: a Chinese federation erhaps but
how difficult such a conception? The rev
olution was born. but IL conceats many
receptions to its organizers. all of whom.
very young, have not sufficiently meas
ured the actual distance from their ideals
to the reality
The Temps Of Paris learns through Us
correspondent how Yuan Sic kai was In
duced TO quit his exile. Su-See-than5
telegraphed him first In the name OF the
regent. but Yuan replied eXcusing himself
and finally refusing. Then Suisse tele.
graphed at length and succeeded In OBJ
taining his adhesion. Yuan imposed u
condition that he should be empowered to
treat with the revolutionaries on the basis
OF constitutional reforms.
When Yuan accepted the viceroyalty
OF he two Hous he demanded that Tang.
Chao-fi. his former secretary and friend,
should be appointed minister of communi-
cations In the place Of Chang-llsuen-
fiwai. the personal enemy OF Tang.
Diplomatic circles In Vienna are report
ed as discussing the possibility of the in
ter:vention Of Japan In China. The Wiener
Alsgemeine Zeitung expresses the opinion
that the uneasiness provoked in Japan by
the possibility of the establishment OF a
republic In China might result in inter-
vention IL the Chinese government should
be powerless to repress the revolt
i
1t appears that when Yuaa was vceroy
Of Pechil, he had with hin Col II y
Swedish insriu tJr OF cav
Inspection al, All ifn yia.
L. " mel tells the following:
" Auon. When the yieeroy came
IN 'nsnec my cavAir -
through all the classes. Before leaving
LAT stuue..tS aase.no.ea IA lH,
courtyard OF the barracks. Point out
to me- he said. those who have been
particularly bright and have progressed
l named a certain number. and the vic.-
roy congratulated them warmly. Now
-. Hr.t.e. t.. l8.4r no
are the ones who have been negl!sentf
Yuan addressed them a terrible .sc,ui e.
He reproached them with dshonoling
their country before foreign officer
Then he made a sign to two huge Man
chus. who followed him hahituaH". Tha
soldiers seized the wre.chcd student
bound them on their knees. and alresdy
one Of the Manchus ra.sed MS cleaver
with the intention Of chopplng off their
Col. N. interfered and begged Yuan to
finally his Manchus united the students
and the scene was over.
me uou.in Army China dates from
1902 when an experimental force OF 5000
men was recruited and gained near
TEN sin at Camp Hsiaochan. Yuan-Sic
ksii may claim TO be the creator of this
army
In November. 1903. an army board wa,
created April l6 1906 an imperial edict
nrAn raI ha Inn trJfh iva Ton. ven - ..f
thirty-six divisions Of modern drilled
oops, to be distributed in the twenty
two provinces of China. An edict OF
June, 1907. provided for the Fastening OF
the establishment OF the full numOer be-
fore 1872 decree of September. 1853.
raised the status of the military service.
heretofore looked upon as quasi-de -rada-
ton. July IL, 1909. decree proclaimed
the emperor commander-in-chief. gen.
e al staff of the army was created In
1870. but by the edict of May 8. 1911. the
general staff was given complete organi-
zation and was placed under the COM
mand of Prince Tsai Tao. the brother
of the regent. Japanese-trained officers
are In charge OF the six sections of the
eneral staff. Gen. Yin-Chang, who is
Manchu. was trained In Germany. and is
minister of war. There are 200 Chinese
Office who have been trained I'm Japan.
all OF whom hold commands In the mod
ern army. There are three or four Ger
man instructors. two officers who have
been educated i'm Belgium and two at
West Point Mil tary Academy. United
States. Thirty of the officers have been
educated I'm Germany and thirty In
France.
theoretically the strength OF the divi
sion Is II 512 men-that Is. 75S officers.
1896 men and l.32S non
Chinese combatants and 81 guns.
There are 81 divisions. There
amy should be. therefore. a4o,sl'
men. The actual strength, however T.
said to be 1000 foreign drilled. with To-
battalions of mounted and field artiller5.
each of guns.
1t is worthy OF note that of all the OF
ficers In the modern army less than per
cent are Manchus. Nearly all the senior
officers I'm the first division are Chinese
There IL an Infinite variety of rifles,
Mausers, Japanese Mannlicher. Wtnches-
ter and others.
Thus II appears the army Is now Chi
nese and not Manchu. SO that Gen. Yuan
Sie-Kai may be said to have prepared for
any emergency Yuan hopes to restore
peace by opening negotiations with the
rebel leader. Gen. Lily uen-Heng ana
with this object In view he has asked to
be appointed premier. Yuan Is between
two fires-on the one side the Manchu.
whose dynasty he would preserve on thu
other the Chinese. who would abolish the
Manchu once for all. IL Yuan-Siekat
can convince Gen. Li-Yuen-Heng and Dr..
Sun-Yat-Sen the apostles of the people
party" then Yuan-Sie-kai Is entitled Ia