| Show AN I HUMOR I A rumor hits lias been belt circulated to time the effect that the time of at China Chinn In Intends Intends tends visiting Europe next year In all till probability that runor has hll leon been started as a it suggestion as os to what the emperor ought to do when the Chinese c tangle has hns been Leen straightened out That such Buch a trip has actually been decided on may bo Le regarded e as doubtful A trip round the world worl by the nomi nominal nal nat sovereign of oC the Chinese people would be bo made malle time the occasion of tho the grandest demonstrations and pageants the world ever saw sat nt at the various courts nail and capitals capital There Thero would be bo military naval maneuvers fetes and 1101 processions Each government would endeavor to outshine time the other In display For lor l or the Asiatic mind Is 13 best iest Impressed by show The Ehe emperor would Judge of a n nations power and Influence by the tho splendor of the tho re cc reception received And AntI the tho favorable Impression would mean macan at nt the Pekin court to such ex ox extent extent tent as aa this could be bo secured by b tho the young oung ruler The Tho United States with her democratic ways wars would stand lit little little lIttie tle tie to Impress Its greatness and power Jower In comparison with a country with monarchical Institutions Whether tho ho emperor would return home Impressed with the tho magnificence of o western civilization as nil compared to that of ot his hum own country countr Is la doubt doubtful ful fui The Tho experiment of ot civilizing pagans ans one by means of It placing them In Irm the midst of at civilized life lICe has been tried before and failed tailed The emperor would In all probability return with the con conviction conviction conviction strengthened that our institutions institutions may be good sool enough for tor us but that they In the time main are unsuitable ble for Cor Chinese conditions He Ito would return satisfied that the western world worl has much to learn from toni the time orient That at least seems scenic to tl be the thu Im Impression impression of oC many man thoughtful Mon Men Mongolians Mongolians who wh have hove lived hived In civilized countries for a number of o years But nut there Is no probability l that the emperor Is coming Time Tho views of oC his lila august mother are arc so pronounced against foreign Influences that the she he cannot bo be supposed to give her con consent consent sent to such a 0 radical violation of oC Chi Chinese Chinese nese nose traditions And the exploits of the foreign soldiers In China have not been such luch as to invite a 1 nearer acquaintance with the nations those soldiers sol lers represent represent sent lent |
