Show 0 r r rONCE ONCE A WARRIOR BOLD jj s NOW A PARASITE j S n d u H H H to I r U U u though a n part tart of ot M China U le considered distinct from the tho empire proper In much tho the same came way WilY that Americano regard Alaska though thorn them themis Is no I similarity In their IhM respective po pa with regard to administration Three or four t ur centuries ago AIlO th the south orn urn part lInn of ot what Is now known n as 9 Manchuria was waH occupied hy by Koreans and was u n I onion of ot their territory It Is imi not known how hots far north their rule ruby extended but there thero are aro traces of ot Korean architecture as nn fur tur aa as Man Yang which Is 10 unties miles from tho the j present re ent Korean boundaries At t this carl early period tho time ManchU element clement con stated elated of ot a n few tew powerful tribes who though of or the tho same general Mongolian stock many ethnological points sufficient to distinguish them tram front the groat Chinese race which oc occupied copied China proper limper The roving life lite In a n wild country where young braves brakes I thought It no extraordinary achieve achievement ment to kill with bow hew and arrow sin cin the northern tiger lillo do tho time Into a n hardy fear fearless fearless less leu warrior with a n love lovo for Cor courageous deeds The Tho history of at tho the IB is ono one of ot continued and ami rapid growth From l rom a small tribe their Influence spread over ever tho thin great plains of ot western Manchuria until unlit they became a II force torce which even lIen great China Chinn doomed d eel It advisable to 10 con conciliate conciliate conciliate ciliate Their ambitions 3 knew no limit and early In tho the sixteenth century they begun began nn at Invasion of ot China A century later by methods which at times gave gae 0 evidence of or Iho he most crafty and skillful diplomacy and anti again were here II ero those thoM of ot a II mot moll cruel ruel tyrant 11 I the greatest t empire that the tho world has hOM known wits Willi acquired ed by h n race of or nomads As R till the home homo of ot the Manchu dynasty dna t Manchuria In time the eyes of ot the tho emperor deserved ele treatment and this Ih followers of ot the Iho standard there was wall scarcely n a Manchu who had not lIot seen service were specially eared cared for or It was declared by h special decree that lust all fur fir time lime unending should belong to tn one of ot the eight banner corps and amid receive recelle r n a email monthly Ml II stipend 1110 nd The Tho great artA t home country oun tr should remain the exclusive property of ot all and Chinese were wore forbidden to tn hold land 1111 1 In It The Koreans had now been heen driven to the tho south and Manchuria ex ox extended ext tended t virtually to ra the banks of ot this the Pain on tho the south and anil to la tho sea sen on tho time cast enst The Manchu policy poUr which In Its conception con conception provided for Cor the continuance and of ot a n great rent vitro race or of porn purn who would woul 1 always be he beat heal h hat at al the tho beck ulek and call of ot the Manchu dy and anti would be n a safeguard against the tho of ot Chinese rule brought on results quite the of or those desired dell red The Manchu found his small wage sufficient at nt first to provide food and there them was tens no nn longer time the ne ue necessity to live the tho arduous life lito of or a 11 hunter or herdsman In a n generation or two the Iho race had degenerated Into a 11 alazy Inzy lazy bund band 1 of nt parasites who In the tho ab nb absence absence sence of ot a 11 strenuous life I Co had lost host oil mill the cunning cumming anti and the warlike skill which had brought to them n great treat empire They maintained a n reputation for Cor 8 however howe r and at lit the tho time of or ortho the tho late war tsar with Japan It was predict predicted ed ell that hint the Japanese would find a n ItIn match In the cavalry Tho The first Seat engagement between the tho two turn dispelled forever this Illusion James W Si David Davidson son fan In July Century |