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Show ' THE REAL CHINESE QUESTION". j (Ralph E. Bicknell, in Boston Journal.) ! There are many reasons given why these I cruel wars should cease. Why the singing Mauser bullet should I i give way to suntrs of peace; I There is sympathy for "Aggy" (for some I friends that he has grained). 1 i Boer whiskers should, some argue, ba, left growing unrestrained. I And the bloody Chinese Boxers may not ' box as well as claimed. ; But has it occurred to you 'Tis a vital matter, too That the firecracker country is in f danger! l j As a nation we have suffered, we have borne our crosses well A "cross of go Id." a "crown of thorns," and war when it was "hell," Yet our patience has a limit, and Mars must have the bounce i If he can't confine his actions to a. tongue we can pronounce. j And our Yankee jaw already has re- ceived a serious jounce, ; But this result is not the worst Another, more important, first j The firecracker country is in danger! j . The lingo of South Africa, of Abyssinia, I too. ". Of belligerent Ashanti and our new friend j the Sulu '.I Was bad: but now another, most out- . landish of the lot. Yangtse Kiang. Shanghai. Tien Tsin, f Foo Chu. Go Rot, What Not. ' l An outrage on the alphabet that, no f wonde-, makes us hot. I But have you considered how 'Tis a timely question now The firecracker country is in danger! We can watch with equanimity the nations na-tions rise and fall. 1 : We can calmly view the havoc of tho ; murderous cannon ball. f Till national life is threatened, till our I institutions tremble. I Then must we assert ourselves if we I would not resemble t Thirty cents; fatal now to daily or dis- J semble. I Small hope of a Fourth of July With explosives impossibly high. When the firecracker country is in danger! The doctrine that was written by the great and good Monroe, ? To keep within our own back yard and let ' the others go. j Was all rittht then, but now 'tis plain ! we must join the foreign banti 3 And play a part in the concert of the - Powers to demand I That China have her subjects boxed -or t else securely canned i Per has it occurred to you 'Tis a vital matter, too That the firecracker country la in danger! |