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Show Antl-Fcrcia Movcasat ia China. The indications are that another anti-foreign uprising up-rising similar to the Boxer horror of 1900 is to be expected ex-pected in China soon. The first reports that a society so-ciety had been organized to kill off the "foreign devils" havebeen'coiifirmedi although the dispatches bear;the appearance of having been censored m or-' or-' der to make it appear that the Chinese Government is doing ali)n its poVer to prevent an uprising. But the Dowager Empress is tricky. She has no nse for the foreigners and she knows how to encourage the 7" Bbxer element secretly while appearing to frown ',' upon it ,.The heir apparent .to the Chinese throne, " ' 'Prince Pu Lun, visited the United States this year and was lavishly entertained in a number of cities, but while he may have, become favorably disposed -toward foreigners, it is do.ubtful if he has much in-. in-. fluence with the ferocious dd woman who is'. the x real ruler' of the Celestial empire, .: ' The Boxer uprising was heralded by just such reports as- those now appearing, but the warning waa jiot taken until too late. ' The warning will not be heeded this time. . It is a splendid chance for the Chinese. The war between Russia and J apan would make foreign invasion slow and by. the time the troops of the powers came China would be .ready with excuses and apologies. ; ' ' ' jjut the Chinese are not wholly to blame: rThe missionaries learned nothing by the Boxer put-. put-. breaki ,They are still trying to usurp the place ol commerce and be the vanguard of civilization. The Chinese are not prepared for missionaries yet. When they have more railroads and telegraphs and more oen doors" it will be .safe for the missionaries to take up their work, if they see fit But as surely as they attempt it under present conditions so surely will thpre be uprisings and massacres. |