Show This country bas a right to be filled with apprehension on account of the developments in China The fighting during the past few days has not been by Boxers There has been too much system and then the Do ers do not 1 rithe forts or fire regular vdlleyn The little detachments from Russia Great Britain France Germany and tho United States have been fighting Chinese imperial troops Of course they can bo defeated easy enough but i auppose 50000 of them should be killed what difference would It make They would simply close up their ranks and It would be I as though the 50000 had never lived Then when tired off slaughter what will havo been gained When that shall be repeated a few times what win have been changed I except that under the fierce friction the 1 Chinese will have become moro practiced prac-ticed In arms nnd will have learned that white men are killed Just as easily as Chinese If they are only shot In the right place And with their faculty for Imitation they will learn to shoot after a while and they will get over their dread of firearms and r learn not to get excited under the 1 clamor of a battle field We hope that trouble will be settled without a general gen-eral war |