Show THE ROBBERS AND CHINA the terms proposed by germany as a settlement for her claims against clant cli ni tw for the murder ot of two missionaries the destruction of a little property and for or the trouble of going coins to ask for reparation mean simply thio thiet germany has determined to take lake by conquest a portion ot of tile the chinese Ch lne empire china cannot look to hussla rus sla england or fro france ice for or help for or all three of 0 those powers werf i iro ter sit at work searching for or an excuse to imitate the example set by germany there Is no love between the four great powers but who nho ever heard of a burglar ringing nn alarm to insure the arrest of another burglar burg far the oil only ay hope for china seems to be in the possibility sib lity lifty of the four great robbers falling out when they come to divide the plunder and tile the other possibility that in their home jealousies and in their struggle to get the best of 0 each other in africa they may kindle a lire which wilt will keep them all busy in trying to ex cx it it seems boemi to tie u that this la Is the time when the united states could if the government and people nere iero only on oa the alert take ft FL commanding place in china could be the power which under the coming comine advancement of that land might do the higher work and build up 0 a trade such as was never before dreamed of with nith that country cidna will soon eoon conclude that there Is no other great power of tile world that she can deal with that thai milt mil not have the ultimate intention of stealing if a part of her territory except the united slat states and that ought to supply an advantage to us which no other country can gain |