Show IS CHINA A Speaking of ot what h In now known as III tho the yellow elow peril a n writer In the Nineteenth Century mind and After Attar conIes como comoto to the tho conclusion loll that If It there be such uch sucha cuchIL a IL 1 peril It will commie come not from China or Japan but the countries that lira are arenov now nov un or title rule Those who talk of ot a 11 yellow peril ho Ito nays caye B have In mind II the tho Inundations of by b Mongolian hordes under un Khan and an Tamerlane but hut these thc e did not Ilot come train from China but train from those territories north of or Chum China which now are Time Tho Chinese multi and Japanese themselves have broIl been expound to that th t yellow peril The he Mongolians conquered ChIna ChInn limit but ot of tho thio host ho l which I landed handed 1 In Japan only three returned alive F Fear ir has hn been expressed ns an to what I Japan If It victorious will do In tn time till way of at consolIdatIng th Asiatic forces In imi Ina imia western a 1 gigantic against aggression nut Hut tho the writer quoted d takes no stock In tn such predictions Ills belief Is III that hint China cannot be bo consoli consolidated dated and Rud ho Ito gives somo Interesting data relating to the present condition of that enormous country countr There Ih ro lu lc luwe we are arc told no HO Chinese Chine Ie nation and no Chinese stale China Chinn Is In politically a huge hUlo which is In held together by the th teachings of Confucius Its basin haBIH la Is tho ho family In III theory the tho ho emperor exercises supreme authority over the tho whole country hut hutIn hutIn hutIn I In reality China consists of ot a n number of Qt completely Independent states which nIO held tOgether only emily by b Con by a common literature I Owing to the complete absence of ot na no national reeling fooling China does doell not possess n a national force for national defense hut but provincial armIes and regional Moots fleets mind each provInce e Is apt to 10 become he come perturbed If IC I forces forcee belonging to 10 another province draw near oven even If it It be bo for tor cooperation agaInst foreign aggression for or the tho Inhabitants of different provinces tire us 5 foreigner to one OM another When In III 1891 ItOl riots threatening tho tue peace of at tho the empire took place lIlacs on onlie the lie the tho Chinese government allowed foreign warships war to go up tho the river rather than titan offend attend tho time province by sending a n fleet of their own During tho lie war of only ho tite northern squad squadron ron 1011 went vent Into action against Japan Chinas weakness hii hI goes noes on au to toM say fay M Imn Itus proved her strength Tho rho teeming millions of her population have boon hike shifting to tn the tho heavy foot of o the conqueror China hims proved 11 10 unconquerable because sho she shein Is in ungovernable having never nover been ac tic accustomed to any nil form torm of government properly so flO called Tho The very hack laok of ot ofa a n 1 native governmental organization bus hils deprIved conquering nations of ot a 1 moans of gaining a n hold haIti on omi tho the nation and acid nth of ot the tho possibility of at Imposing their will on tho the people the deeply rooted hatred of foreigners tiie of ot governmental restrictions tho lie existence of ot tho the family made n a hostile kingdom of every household hou to tho the stranger who trios to 10 lend leRil or to coerce China Chinn upon a n now path A conqueror may amy and possibly will win over oer tho the hut but ho ha will find It Impossible to tn conquer tho the people l or this reason Japan would not bo ho uble to 0 obtain a n holt hold nn un China Chinn oven even It II nh nhe had hul n a mind to 10 do no so o for tor Japan might possess sl but hut sho could not rule rulo the thi country countr This is III ft it 1 picture of China Citina totally different from that which Is Iii generally I presented to public view low It Is probably ably correct too And In that ease case It Ills Is fife to say that the tho Chinese at present must ho bo considered but to become a u peril need not consolidate Into ono one state with ono one central government commanding n a avast vast standing army orm a navy ton Mon Mongolian golian gollan hordes under skilful military enlisted t for plunder would bet bo betas beas as much of ot a n monace as an n If It they the soldiers of a n regular Kular army arm armIt If It not much more so 10 |