Show V CHINESE AWAKENiNG T Tile eNe New York Pass Pes devotes one col column column of Its editorial page to a justification tion of the attempt to the Filipinos In another column it pro protests protests tests agaInst the dismemberment of the Chinese on these grounds I Up to five years ago there was a I spirit of indifference among the people of China as to whether h ther they retained their national Independence Recent developments says sas the Press have shown a change In Chinese sentiment which entitles the leople and the gov government government of China Chinn to consider consideration consideration These are th the facts which drive home the qUestion says this New NewYork NewYork York organ of f the administration If the ChInese have acquired that patriot patriotism ism the want of which was the chief excuse for the dismemberment of their empire why should their empire be dis dismembered dismembered This is a Question which must be considered entirely aside from that of punishment for the massacre of foreigners though overshadow overshadowIng Ing is after all Incidental If the Chinese have shown themselves cap capable able of fightIng for a country why should they not be confirmed In the pos possession possession session of that country Have they not stood at Tien Tsin and on the road to Pekin the supreme test of nationality Is the Press entirely consistent If thIs this applies to the Chinese why it apply to the Boers And If it ap applies applies plies to the Boers why it ap ai apply ply to the Filipinos I I II |