Show china a collection of nations china la Is not a nation in the sensa in which we ordinarily use the word it wo we picture to ourselves the countries of europe with their different languages and different customs custo mn drawn together into a loose confederation under the government of a conquering race we shall have ajom some e small conception of what this chinese nation really la ig the peoples of these different european countries are all caucasians the different peoples ot of china are all mongolians Mongo lians these chinese peoples speak 18 or 20 distinct languages each divided into almost innumerable dialects and sub dialects they are governed by manchu or tartar conquerors who spring from a different stock wear different costumes and speak among themselves a language wholly different from any of the 18 or 20 native tongues success magazine |