Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-31
CHINA REPUBLIC
STILL TOTTERING
ON THE BRINK
Deep Rooted Aversion to For
eigners Only Hold Together
Warning Elements in Celes-
tial Empire.

Picking. Aug. 3i--NUt only bee
tween china proper and her depend
cnCies. but also among the Chinese
provinces themselves. conditions
which threaten disiutcgratiou become
more nnd more serious as the leaders
ct the republican movement fail to
roorganize the government and delay
in re-cstabilshing central authority.
The chaotic condition uI china b. at
present such as would cause wide
spread dangers. international az we'll
~ domestic " the country were not
80 fatorably Isolated from the rest
OF the world ana IL the people were
not ut an exceedingly peaceful tenn
permanent Their conflicts are pri-
MARTY struggles with money and not
with arms
In the late revolution there were
no battles In which more than few
thousand men were engaged aud the
lighting was generally of feeble
character. Bartering usually took tho
place uf fighting ana some Of the
surrcndcrs ~ impcrialist command
crs were the result of monetary pay
ments. while their loyalty might have
been retained had the Muuchus been
able or willing to provide a greater
number OF silver tacis
Tho same means today It Is gem
orally believed. would save china
from her officials. who. with very
few exceptions. are men who 40 one
time or another also held office UNI
der the Mauchus. Among these uf
ficials those who are honest suffer
from the racial lniling--hck of moral
courage--aud fear L. accept the siN-
motions loan with the requirement uf
foreign control. ana the others are
working up the national opposition
because they desire no supervisor
over their system of "squcczcs'
Meantime Japanese consuls iu
southern Manchurii and Russian con-
suls In northern Manchurla ami Zen
the vast territory beyond the Gobi
desert may impose their authority as
| they viii, aud tho Chinese officials in
those border countries can obtain but
poor advice and little support from
the cabinet In pcking. whose attDu.
tiun h concentrated on maintaining
It's prccariuus political position.
Ia Thibet. Co whose sacred city th'
| British have shown their ability a.
| pructrata with Few hundred men
/ NANNNN fhN AiN' hHiNN''NHf kNf tH'fNNH Wv n
been DICTATED aud driven out even
from Lhasa itself though thc soldiers
at the Iamas are little more thar
az 'il-ar,ned raoblc
The deep rooted prejudice against
the foreigner and the fear nf hin
seems Ia he the greatest factor con.
| tinulnR 60 hold tugethcr the PROV
iuccs of china proper, which are ioal
Gus of one another ANA scctionnll>
lunfricndlN The national government
being afraid to contract a foreign
loan and afraid Go Impose taxes ol
even in some provinces to cullrr
those instituted hN the Manchus, %
unable tu purchase authority holun,
| the walls of tho capital. such nrdrl
as exists is maintained locally and d
due chiefly Co the peRccfulness of tho
people.
liut there IL, apparently. mo- organ
lied party with secession cor cuup
ter revolution Ia mind; nor rs there
any foreign pressure on the uuul
except in the so-Cliled dependencies
over which the Chinese have heel,
hut nominal control for many wears
Conditions In these dependencies af
feet only a few ideallsts and mo
the great uncomprehending Chimes
masses.