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commend this cautions approach, whereby “Revolutionary Review" which unties the | Increased kindliness and cordiality in the reconstruction is to be ready instantly to string. follow destruction. The
Japan is afraid for her Sea Power! | social relations between the races in China ; Revolutionary Nor we can Review says the aim of the Chinese rebels thinks Japan is able enough to take the (6) The opening up of immense new ever be an optimist who | (5) The development of a national arıny; is " quite similar to that of the Russian reformed China for its foe, even in struggling | markets to foreign trade. Revolutionists with respect to the reforms for the possession of Marine Potency over political and may he said to be more the Asiatic sens.
The first and second characteristics must substantial and practicably as
No calculation is neces- be taken togeth-r. to the sary to prove that what the whole country
S far as we can see, reforms socialistic."
in Again it is of interest of Japan could devote to the maintenance the sam› thing. There has been a good modern China they are ono and to look at the subject from the Japanese of her Navy instrumentalities is scarcely | deal of talk of this newly awakened patrio- point of view. Some time ago we quoted | equivalent to what some to Provinces of tism, since the boșeath of Americaa goods. Japanese comments hostile to the Chinese China can casily aff....nl." And finally, | We have maintained that there has been no revolutionaries, and bidding them beware "that which makes the Chinese Revolu of throwing China "out of the fryingpan tionists fear is the lukewarmness of diplo- that was not betrayed, before. Chauvinism manifestation of a spirit that did not exist, into the fire." This Revolutionary Re-matic policy of their neighbouring country, view deals with these same
is not patriotism. A contemporary says, the actual aggression by the and in entire Sympathy with Dr. Western Powers,-their fear is an aggres kind of patriotic fervour there can be no "Of the growth of a national pride and a SUN YAT-SEN and his followers, sion from Japan." Thus after all it seems question." proves the commentators, in a page of
It is, however, questioned. we were not so very wrong in doubting the English as vigorous as it is pictu- importance of the revolution,
There are obs rvers, author-ties if you like, resque. Those who mock at the Chinese Japon is unsympathetic and retains its|th unabated dislike of the alien. That So long as who maintain that it is less national pri·le revolution are flatly exposed as suffering marine potonev, “ myopia. The revolution is in deadly earnest, Chin-ser velutionari s is like to amount
the potency of te ol·l prejudice is not "a hopeful sign of the a matter of life and death, and not to be
times.' We have to consider if the later to nothing. The time of the Mauchu, of symptoms described smiled at. This "true friend to the Chinese Manduzir d--m, is no yet.
patriotic are Revolutionists," published in Japan, makes
not as readily explaicel by the never dor- us feel a little ashamed. There are," it.
man haired of foreigners. The proper gres on, in this world, thanks to the
pride" is no new thing; it has not recently immensity of the universe, a certain kind of
awoke. The arrogance and self-satisfaction bigots left existing who look at an egg, and DR. C. E. TESNEY, recently the Principal at
(Daily Press, 26th February.) of the Chinese has been proverbial since we at once persist upon to say it is a hen's egg Peking University, on removing to America, to lab aur this point, but contemplation may knew anything of then. There is no need and nothing else, whereas they take no time is naturally there regarded as au undoubted | be direct ›d to the suggestion that without to think that a tortois can lay eggs, or even authority on things Chinese. So far as a snake does same." So, with regard to the opportunities go, he may
railways, telegraphis, and am unfettered Chinese revolution in embryo, the mockers, admitted to be entitled to some claims.
rasonthly he
press to bring its parts together, China is ourselves included, are chided for "persist- we have had to point out on previous conditions can anyone
foɔ hiz ta le truly patrio ie. Under present ing upon to repent same erroneous premise occasions, however, authorities on things people of the Kwang and the people of Sze. even imagine the of a syllogism. The Chinese Revolutionists, Chinese are made, not born, and they chwan with their formidable object in prospect, continue
or the Peking littoral fighting to be made in bewildering shoulder to shoulder for a common ideal? after ten years' painstaking in hart- quantities. Just what makes a man corroding preparations, [so Sir ROBERT authority is not so easy to say. An expert There is a point of similarity-not of unity au They have not even got a common language. HART is in some way implicated] are now in some special branch of knowledge is coming up to the stage to perform their comparatively easily
-in that they each and all mistrust the defined. Special foreigner. vital act." And once on the stage, what is opportunities for study, and special attention third feature, Chincse ambitious to regain So we come to Dr. TENNEY'S expected of chem? The "
Revolutionary and devotion to those opportunities, couut control of Customs and railways. Review" says :-
for much.
This, "Their first achievement must be destruction. | discoverel to have a special aptitude for be expressed as an ambition to oust, to dis- If the expert or authority be wit what has just been said, may as fittingly They take therefore an advantage of the general | certain studies, his claims are disaffection of people toward the Mauchn regime
possess, the foreigner. It is not a hopeful and Government. This is perfectly natural and
strengthen d. But in the case of our so.
As to the increased cordiality of sig wise enough. To do with a devilish host of
called authorities on China," the claims | social relations between the races in China, autocracy, and to replace thereof the Govern- made by or for them are often of the that is the whole thing. Dr. TENNEY SAYS ment of the people by the people for widest; and sometimes they appear inost
it is so; the people, [decidedly Japan is now civilized unreasonable.
if it is, most of our argument fails A mau may be stoped in [ to the ground. there is no otherwise than to win the heart of ideographic lore, and yet know nothing of bees mud- evölent ?
But is it s? How has it people at the very bottom. Putting aside all
It sounds like a gene- racial prejudices, and all malices and animositi.s
podities. A shrewd individual with noralisation, and aw' horities should not gene- of the vanquished against the conqueror, that special training other thin close enfact ralize. Another authority has recently some Philippinoes or Poles may well feel or sympathize with, but we Japanese cannot from want of actual experience, "e come to a safe conclusion that the vengeance is an initial force to the whole dynamic movements, and not the ultimate end of the Chinese Revolutionists Is it not publicly proclaimed tha ths revolu tionists have no idee to fake any measure of an eye for an eye, or a tooth for a tooth, against the Manchus, sare overthrowing the Tsing dynasty, and making them surrender or ex. pelling them out of China Proper?”
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with and of servation of his neighbours may ¦ painted things otherwise. Th· Chin-se peo- know more of human mature and sple are no worrying about a Constitution, tendencies than another individual deeply versed in a people's literature and folklore, people did not seek very much after liberty. for as long as the rice bowl was full the The story of the barted professor who cut, Liberty for liberty's sake was not often two holes in Lis study door, a big one to ! admit the eat, and a lesser
sough. The Chinese people were too much ose to admit her, governed by the idea of fate to seek a Par- kills, may be untrue; it is certainly not
fiament, and they said that if Heaven gave prable, Ordinary intuition or “com- them a Parliament well and good, but if it mon-sense," with a moderate capacity for, did not, it would not c me. desiuction, may 01) occasion enable and nese people, as a whole, changed their idens In view of this intention, to kick out the warrant the man in the stre-t to detre: ¦ and develope I nobler ideals they would not Mancbus as IZAAK WALTON impaled the fallacy in the obiter deti of the most be able to obtain a Parliament and Con- worms, tenderly, as though he loved them.emment authority, Reflections such as it does seem reasonable to call the mocking these embolden us to refer to some obser-
stitution." Quite so, and until then it is Japanese press "blamoble", especially as
moonshine to talk of patriotism. Of the vations that Dr. TENNEY is reported to, development of a national army, we have it caused " some foreign papers to vibrate have made at the annud dinner in New previously written. in unison". The "Revolutionary Review" York of the American Asiatic Association. optimistic than other authorities.
Dr. TENNEY is more holds that the Chinese revolution is not
Dr. TENNEY Considered that the Chinese' that is not nex; it is not à sig i of awake.- But even hopelers, that its success is not improbable, empire is se in the hands of i's literati; ing. Chida was awake to such needs listy The Foreign Powers have abandoned the Chinese scholars were the men who would idea of the partition of Chiua, and it would undoubtedly inaugurate and establish re.
years ago, when an offical of Changlu wis thus instructed: "On arriving at Tient-in, pay them, our red contemporary suggests, form. He believed that this inauguration take car to parchas foreign canon, and to support the revolution. Japan too should nas already in progress. The literati were encourage it. The whole world is disgusted already awake to their responsibilities an with the policies of the Manchu government. opportunities. At the present time, the Sooner or later the revolutionaries will Chinese were characterised hy (11 The accomplish their aim and lay an everlast-weakening of a spirit of patriotism; (2) ing foundation of a Republic in China". The growth of a proper pride and jealousy Then why does not Japan support them? for the national honour; (3) Ambitions to The cat is out of the bag; it is the regain control of Customs and railways; (4)
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official in 1857 report d to the Throne the purchase of over thirty foreign guns, all very long rong, and true to the mark." *exe dingly firm aal string, having a Th'se foreign guas, like the modern army, day, anl this intention was not diminished were meant to get rid of the foreigner some