| Show I 1 THE T HE FUTURE OF CHINA 1 what will it be under tha new conditions I 1 A HEAVY INERT MASS IT IS social and political roli peculiarities M of tile the celestial empire explained 11 and discussed the tha alleged rus rug no BO chinese understanding li hung jbangs position as the foremost of chinesa statesmen his mission llis sion to the lauds lands of tile the barbarian bw by the bacheller baynai cate now new york ali aug 29 21 LI living chang the of nc llie lie Hin of oc china who lias has just it in this country front from ringland will make but ft a fl almis tug vlma us ai a i ir ile 1 la dup to io depart fiction Vanc oiiver on it fit alii Ean press of oc limin india un tin tile alth ol of sol lie ile was forced to disappoint ilia chinese it an fn now new york milo mho would have been biond to I 1 burn ivarn firecrackers in ills lionor banal ilia fc feast linn upon dials and other oilier dainties I 1 I 1 I 1 learned jhb the of the japa here vic tortes it way may eveni even lie bl double nya wither I 1 other all the chinese that Jai Jap anwon any vic victories nt at all when hen the british ail aal french stal ell tile tho forta li lit kiis in 11 rac for tho the 1 a of tile the ai airow row there remol nd 11 no obstacle to their balting it soft 1 and 1 ilant lalling hands upon tile the august perso n of oc the l empi jor or limit they ell 0 son but the powers romeil to expose go 0 o art apt a people to the hoi horrors rare at 0 anarchy an conten contented teI cheing elvos 1 bittl ili a i cry lesson alle meant allt for el linelle than the people the result result vms mas nol lot only that the awk had fill to b be repeated a two ao years laler inter but that most of the ChIl chilleme leFe still think the letter sonic trifling 1 of ave due to inattention ili it filat annihilated the intrusive a as soon as their acin peen summed ed wal woilley eliy of notice tho tho beating administered by japan was much more severe but there is danger dancer that title lewon lesson also will be b wasted wanted and adalis no go 0 on n in the lie samp horrible old way irk in the C celestial elest lal kingdom it Is certain ill that t husain by Inter fedric to navo bova ChInT from from unglue punishment was serving lne tier own brids much more inore than those ot of her ally the chinese will never learn ana anit thing hlUB until anlu it ili fi beaten into inlo their heads not that they rile nic stu ild pill by tiny any nit arang lans the chinese are bettor better merchants than the japs having baying the he in fit iii eilla of 0 prompt nella and fuld and ft a gift for ri oance nance china li Is far wealthier than japan what hiis ic legated her to the rear inck in ilia of tho great nations la Is ber fati fault of billic pi me walli lilt a older than flat of it any european try ab 1 I old as aa tile d gle viles of oc C r acce it fill tile the but bill led ld temples lein ples of 0 egypt I 1 sapt the average chinaman iteli it biml tile lle to r ihnat tile hie olit side barliak ill fill ran call leavo anything to tearl blin very ore are flut bia and china for or instance rioth path life ast lit III empires mah made ill up of many dir event nation a ill or I 1 all I 1 I 1 C I 1 ile at e I 1 a ami nil always in revolt I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 2 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 al 1 lz Z uzl 1 6 A burt I 1 I 1 I 1 14 11 ZV I 1 1 1 I v im 4 11 81 41 1 I 1 JN 4 I 1 I 1 1 L k ai I 1 N W r 11 E 2 ig 11 1 1 7 77 7 I 1 p va 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 N M I 1 i k I 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 X I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 li hung chang viceroy of the emperor of 0 china arid and has time but for the bri briefest erest pos poll filble visits in phia and a few other cities ills visit to thin ahlo country liaci tax little political sig ila as the united a Kt itH aloof from froin tile ha ical luiis Iu tangle of and loHl lial roin bin salons involving the ali clues but it la Is a mailer of oc tile the elmost uhn 0 s t interest to ils u s all in mew low ol of liln lil a si vast importance in trade and of lis las position BS is JUT lot greatest man there can be no douht doubt of cf lis pro fully taxed ovid robbed by offic laly ant ut 1 agla Is 0 fiel naw alg olous try cynor ging front from and inar confidently lohara tile th future tului tf alna 11 hira 1 it 14 4 an ail ull old civilization decadent yet proud of its very faults anti aarl intolerant of change rhana rha nj no 0 trill that along the Hett hettley leI front leis or contival asia till tile boundary boun lary is constantly set over nt at tho e or f china in fit 15 lc 11 same sri UK ahr ile or if aad aal the cap turc ot oc canton china ninde oer to nil rila li nill killes or land equal to more than four times 11 Z N N I 1 all X I 1 NO I 1 I 1 I 1 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 3 1 I 1 g 1 i I 1 bow I 1 I 1 1 i 11 M I 1 i ki X IT t 1 ct 6 j n n I 1 mr C N 10 ar ort c IS n lt 4 4 11 11 J N arl A AA A A fl 0 it i 4 5 tk al 11 I 1 I 1 13 ae I 1 it nf 11 2 Z 1 ff T V aty rew jl ii 7 1 v I 1 ni 1 I ja 11 1 1 fol 1 zi 1 I 1 g j fi X 1 q I I 1 1 1 1 11 enix J 1 1 I I 1 A I 1 bixl ixl t ti R i j I 1 Z 1 11 I 1 1 1 I 1 P 1 II 11 IV 1 it q 11 J 11 t ig I 1 1 I 1 1 i ill 1 V J ff q I 1 I 1 7 11 I 1 I 1 ur ii 1 II 11 ZON i iff 11 01 i N 1 ni 11 I 1 i 1 3 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V k 1 11 11 LI hung chang and his staff t ranal nence in china lie ile has tin ilia ice cc lost lis ills lackie jackal and peacocks ten ther lull bait lies lias on each occasion lot loit them tor for no fault and regained them lih close case much in the manner inin nr oc at the aged aeu when lie confounds lil ilia ii perlor revala in lallona 4 play ilia 1 face there li Is no coic who rould could nil or w native tive at least irist and f the lie celestial pride find and complacence would luevera alic in higher unit rank of a capable ca pall forc such as an hart the had bead of oc the cub ionis bervice tit til slon if 0 Clia which gen grant received la is familier famili ir to american Ame iii readers the groat china 1 mail has iuler by patience like that ot of with mahoni hf be Is 13 most often I 1 com compareta the physical of if the two nin men Is 1 remarkable toko take any rood good aronie par krait of 0 ll LI it chane chanc and place upon it two to cards so n as to cover flip goateed rosteed chin the pis pig tall and the shaven crown and there alln re remains a perfect likeness of 1318 clia features chang lias has never tiled the impossible lie he has compromised and delayed but nver never in appearance ra opposed ed flat will of the chinecie aristocracy ile he has haa for many years yeara seen the nees necessity sity of a modern arin armament ament for china and has dona data enuch to sec secure ture it yet tie lie did nii that i lay in life hie power short of ing his position to prevent th the 0 war A lilt japan tor lor walh li lie he knew better than any one in fit imode his hia 11 nation alcin WAS waa not ready after tile the result to willell chil chilleme lese admirals admiral kir u lit in 1 kllc holdi of their rols pis anti ch Ohl iny in y lulled by leant used for swill lowis ly by contributed buil ivl a it wait one n or of lifes illes little that thai ajl U who he awl alet t alona I 1 tha th war and who waa tile one nn nan lit in alons arong enough to nall etc te for ale bc latt st atice under if thoun llev bomi t into I MA bill such s flit justice Ju allie of r Ollon ts it ill 18 a q fill 1 hi ai a all 11 new england 1 but the chinese faith in n the nn omnipotence i it leote lice or of tile the alen tzee or son soil ot of heaven remained unshaken nor liis has it beert weaken d by the con coil linual of tin tile j huffman livar bar at hi fill slurp AMP then llian it II IS 14 ittoli that the number r ot of the iho chinese people has been exasperated exaggerate they ire arc efti fuated at lul but no via unc knows linw how many they orally cally arp are eel not mt the Chi chinecie nevie ali have no census while see sec as a i rule only aly the most thickly fettled poi lions c life swit irvis tho the canals unit and hw alpy ot nf the tha yellow river or chilia cainas Ch inas konoir and other oilier ftfe I 1 the so ao called census census of 1812 upon tiron which liter computations ate alp genc Lally based gave a total nt this anus aa doubtless too loo idle jig i albl alpl d there Is every reason to believe that because of starvation hoods floods petti pestilence lence rebellion il infanticide fant icide executions avid aul oth other r bless liias os of wo ira in china glicr ica people are arc not Inc increasing teasing in number in spite of 0 the alio congestion ot of population along tile the chaat is I 1 there ts Is no very large city peking afi about lout a the of 0 yew now york before the consolidation nith ft ith brooklyn canton la Is about as aa largo large as a brooklyn n a pait ot of Is the on only ly dalily town in china morely merely because it Is ruled anti and policed by the ilia foreign consuls consula Is ie about 1110 size 0 of buffalo still SIDI even if f china lils iris not people it is ij undoubtedly a very popit pop irien fr it II ore nrc still nearly equilie of land dellill of tile tho fault elilu tile xi klobe be china proper la Is less thun one thim ot of the empire lint but Is 1 seven toniea a as ai bic as ft fiance ance the country II 11 naturally A rillo but has 1315 bece exhausted by cropping and tile the rivers havo have ha ve rlyn ln I 1 heti between their screen en dep until they runaway run away awny alove tile the of their volleys ys said and every un tin I 1 Aily blizil floril in marked by ti filsht fill disaster there la Is much mineral wealth absolutely there 1 Is A canal system whose locks me ate more mere I 1 inclined noll id planes up find doen which theM no nalI if nal flat ed boat are arc ding dragged ged intention in 1 practically nn ail impiety and hie file rall roal Is an indu to there are arc or cry few ldah places q 0 libido ade or 0 illner ikpe where alir am hated ted rev Planer la Is really afe without ut natho nathe protect protection In it anti nil lit in their treatment ot of ench each other the hline show amazing belts ap and indifference to human and Is ig still in ilse tile dittli ly by cutai anding at UK iho head of the list hat ot at liar rols of punishment and illIno anil and the treatment of disease are little betto belto r than by or japan has conits BS As good bid as franceli Ir Pr anceli aiice 1 n I equal to lo th bt best in ili germany ninny many towns with health departments depart monta native engineers architects and scientists china has hag hiir for confucian maxims and lier her pride effort lies ims accomplished much in japan practically nothing in china clilan the tac ping rebellion which hegan practically a As it ft christian or at least revolt against idolatry was mercilessly put down by LI idunk chang ackin and five til christian Clai neive coi coddon ion doubtless thre there th re was no nn other cot course lilse possible then to oll even a bad government against anarchy the rule of the iho tae ping or prince ot of the universal peace soon developed a crankiness peculiarly chinese nut but it if could be in ili china a revolution lution or of it ft bo be her ort such ivell a thing however Is salle any cf eirin in fit china must begin ao it lit ild in ili japan nt at the top with tile im hm geror crop isparis In pins paris wonderful im grovis his has leen been mado entirely with the reign of life hi great nt ma even yet oil an om alit binau rn iii tie ho lias has had irael the advantage of rulina a people passionately attached to lo 0 high ideal of duty brave martial hy by habit quick and generous japan hennri the lie sold ler china des io plaes him lit in the dI difference fforence lies va a world of meaning hut but the gretter advantage of japan lies after all in the hie high ideal of personal honor or responsibility which her people cherish they are magn material tor for nation mation build finx in tho chinese proper are a brave race arid and bigger and stronger than the japs but like the koreans korean they have love been taught by bl centuries of oppression still and robbery to entertain it a low meal ideal of honor and to meet rather by I 1 low ow cunning than by sturdy resistance still they arff to their emperor in it a blind find and way land and it if dipna aen a were to reign lit in china lie too ton might work wonders wanders tit in one reign if such an emperor were to lo reign now lip ho would probably find LI ilung chang in the role of a co conservative protesting against the too rapid change of at policies the great viceroy believes in reforms because bec auie he has an intellect but lit tie be Is at heart and by instinct A thorough conservative and ancl as fully cAn convinced vinced despite his hia reading anti ami travel of the superiority or of chinese for Cli china tiva as the th most humble of ills his emperors sub jecen nor Is there the prospect of 0 another coming to lo rule rula in china at present AN ORIENTAL STUDENT |
