Show THE FUTURE OF CHINA tho empire of the middle the flowery kingdom to rusia the largest continuous complex of land that is languishing under one contro cop tro and one crown over its width of 30 of latitude and its length of ca longitude tharo 19 but one sovereign and he the son of heaven one fourth of all man kind are thu einhiple consideration ought to temper alie august contempt in which wo are so apt to hold ho celestials Celesti als but there tro some morar facts arci too easily overlooked momentous ns they are tho organization of the national intellect of china is alio vital principle which lias enabled alio social and political structure of the chinese empire to confront successfully nil the human varieties of its greatly differentiated inhabitants and to outlive all aggressions from without mid the revolutions in ho interior A broad foundation is laid in uni virsal education it is intended that every chinese shall know liow to read and write the special plan adopted for tig faung of the public officer isthan is that t competitive exam inactions the way to public advancement van cement is open to all merit real or supposed is alio only passport to office its degree determines axi elusively clu social rank alio government is organized on mental qualifications ficat ions intellect wields the dominating control if now when coming into contact and often into conflict with the vigorous spirit of european and american civilization china appears to bo in a deplorable otate of debility and impotence wo must only remember that it is in its old age that it lias long passed the prima of life and is on the downgrade down grado of existence while we modern anro yet enjoying the exuberant vigor of manhood nations like india ideals yea like the starry worlds their periodical life from birth through infancy youth old age and death centuries before hero was lit up ft faint glimmer of civilization among the skin clad cave dwelling aborigines and athons thons of western europe china possessed the arts ration astronomy printing true the Indo Aryan race and its beloved benjamin the anglo saxon race chave rapidly overtaken the primitive conservative mongolian but yet china is our teacher in many manual and technical pel firmance for mance enjoying the experience of thousands of years to our centuries however the flowery kingdom has eventually to fall behind in the race and can only keep up an artificial life by the infusion of occidental energy and aspiration all processes of re juven abing an old person into a blooming youth have proved failures lures nature will have its lawful course and alius china her old ago noi lung bo fore her than tho inevitable common end of all beings the race and the population will bo tenaciously long dying cut yes for all we know may survive our faster living and hence faster dying race but the political organization audits social superstructure aro destined to crumble ere long cither by their own decay or yielding to an outward pressure such an external intercession is being discussed in these days of political theorizing with zest and avidity the telegraph wires being the first alama notes nd the heavy artillery of tho political magazine furnishes alie solid shot of all the great powers there appear to bo none more directly ins crested than england and It tho bear of tho volga and tho lion of the the american eagle can hardly enter into any discussion of the forcible destruction of a national jy jetem tem both great britain and are through their asiatic dominions direct neighbor neigh boM of china both maintain intimate commercial connections with her on alie gordian knot of alie kara korum mountains these three largest of dominions join together difficulties of n more or less serious future have frequently arisen between china on the one side and the other two on ho other mars lias dioro than once been appealed to as aud the chinese hare more limn powder and felt sabre being a mainly and industrial nation aliey cau hiu adly bo expected to oppose to either of their warlike neighbor permanent and ful in case of a serious attack whether when aud from whom such attack on tho celestial al em pire will be inaugurated beyond our of divination to know tho probabilities are for It this power having a four times longer boundary liuo with china than hin and more for picking a quarrel and booro avenues to fight it out on cover it would bo nothing moro than an old of despotism public attlen kioa of the to an ou ouid td conflict has aried liia liand at iab ais vice until he atlant mot his nemesis politicians baem jul now to betray no especial craving for pig tail boup aboy nuy however tind aa appetite if they bee the beaded go in for a meal tt may not bo at g impossible thai tetuo aay england and bauta tha old arch bands and make common CAUM for abo purpose of making a beconi of china and go IB oil hirs wy Is h x suit vo much i fuin abt when thero isi a knocking brevod of china t will not bo 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