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jj0W; bowever," taya King Ta Wtn, preddwil
'of the Chinese Reform Association who ia makiin --
a tour of the world, in search of auesrestiona-al .
. enlightenment, "China is no longer in the darlt
' ages. Our country has already reached the pointi
where Japan was only twenty years ago, after yeajja
. ' and years of ndeayor.
- "We have now, for example, more than 20,000
-' Chinese students pursuing modern courses of study,
' . - ."As to common schools, some 6000 hare betaa
ir started in one province of Canton. There are xumt
- -4,000,000 Chinese who can apeak English,
r - "Our courts are- being remodeled after tS
7 English and American systems. We have approprf
,' a ted to our use more than 10,000 Americans ami
European text books, technTcal works atfd trea " '
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, - Three Influences have combined to arouse Chins) ,
to new life and activity the personal influence sfl .
the Empress Dowager, the-example of Japan, cou
pled with the results of the Russo-Japanese War
and the imperative demand-of commerce. Thn ?,
most potent of all, perhap9ia the work of thta
lrEm press, since 1t has given official sanction a
.movemanis-inai oinerwise- mign nave xesuiwa -
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Elizabeth of England and Catherine of Bus -sis
rolled into one would scarcely have furnished m
counterpart to this most marvelous woman of mod
ern times. Doubtless later generations only cam
determine accurately her services to the world tad
her country, r: . , . . . .:-..
Andlyet, only a short time ago, she formei '
the chief obstruction to the march of progress fa. .
China.; In 1898 the young Emperor, impressed lor
the need of reform and advancement in Chine
affairs, formulated steps that promised to ina
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l-Xm. TheEmpcrorti Kan. ; .
Merit was to be the one " requisite of cN
ficial appointment and promotion; sinecures iiit
curse of the empire were abolished ; schools ttf
Western learning were to be established everywhere,
often supplanting temples of the old religion; na '
- tional college of Agriculture commerce and inr.Xl
dustry were to be instituted; railroad and telax
graph lines established, and s reorganization, with
modern systems; of training, adopted for srnxu
and navy.
At thai time the old reactionary and tradl
tional influences proved too strong to be over - -come.
' The improvements savored too much of the ?
Occident, of hated foreign devils. So the youngs
" Emperor-war virtually dethroned and the-old Dovr
ager Empress assumed control of affairs.
Then followed the famous Boxer uprising sad
- the aggressive display made by , the enlightened -
.nations of the workL While China was yet think
ing over this demonstration the war between Japaik
and Russia began, with an almost uninterrupted
aeries of successes for the Japanese. ;
It began to filter into the Chinese brain thai
Japan was her superior in warfare as well as in
commerce and the industries, and that superiority; '
had been gained by the amputation of aged tradi-
tions and customs and s determined effort to keep
- abreast of modern civilization. , .
In other words, China awoke to the realixa
tion that ahe had been asleep while her neighbors
.were awake and doing. One of the first to appre-
ciate this was the aged Empress. "
Whereupon she changed front with the swiff .
ness that can only be attributed to a woman. As
earnestly aa ahe had opposed progress before she .
began laying the foundations of China'a future .
greatness.-
She welcomed an infusion of foreitm taleml
and outside ideas. , Now there is scarcely a de
partment of government without a staff of for
eign advisers, particularly departments whose of '
- ficials have not received foreign education.
Foreigners at a Premium
Foreigners are now at a premium as instrue r
tors in the colleges and universities Native Chris
tians who have received modern educations ia
the mission institutions are not sufficient in num- '
fu tft cimnlr 'tK AtrmarxA,'1 . -
: IKE -a giant Rip Van frinklf, China, fee to transport the native? commerce; rail- '. Under imperialedict great numbers of Bud-
irmamonat jieeper amonr nations, roaas are eeinr vuiu. nanus, piannea after . , F v-
m t, JTt J.:sm J F.1..U l. -,' schoolhouses. Compulsory education has been reo-
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thousands of years. tabtished to encourage the spirit of thrift, in-' unheard of before are .being opened in many af
.. jf this giant, "having only begun to vestment and business, enterprise. the largecities.
yavn, does not realize the strength and po- Education is reaching out to new Wi. : 8ome months ago it was asserted thai tha
the soportfic influence of centurtepofrmactwn enment-tn the untva:smajofJhejajdx the Occidental mission schooU
Atfi spun cobwebs -over his brain. Still,, the ing. properties are-being developedmme&xi$.iio?itls, andhaa bestpweirupoa several suds ,,-
awakening and the unexpected grasping of cial enterprises are taking on new life'.' The" institutions the patronage cipher fTor..
of pities promts army and navy are being revolutionized to 'ZZoX
satton of the twentieth century. - : meet modern conditions. n that C0Bntry jy general Chinese language is
, For instance,' he already appfeciates the For the firit time in its long, career -and primitive; it is nnsuited to a modern nation, and
importance of modern political methods, and it covers a greater expanse of years than that - inadequate. tolhajkrosnds of many of the arts,
'is arranging to grantSliberal constitution , . of. .any . other . country . of today China is TrTSnffib" " -T
the people. No longer-wilt slow-moving ca- sponding to the teachings of enlightenment, Chinese ia an "idiograph language, the wrij.
nat and. rtver boats' and 'camel'caraxanS suf- - civilization. ana progress;?, r . . : ten character landing for ideas; -rathrr than lt .-
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ERE ' China a comparatively insignifi
" tanf nation, fier destiiiydepending en
. tirely upon the good will of her neigh
bors, the international "problem that i-
ow developing .would not be of such vast im
portance. 'f
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China: that gold, copper, . silver,' platinum and
natural gas are important national assets. Laor
ten lansruaze..
I eoplo of one province cannot uiulrstani
en- natural gas .'T ' tW nth"- ..Between Foochow and Amoy,
h- is so chesp that development of these ndustnc .; f . dif4 of ahoot ehty-fire mil-s
t ,s may revolutionize the industnal markeU of the. . airP,ine, ther9 is a different Wuage lot
. " ' ' 1. J i"1 everr twenty-five miles of the diitanre
, . . iierewtort toe rea neea.nas. peen wr ior. . Jm nt M,i(,., r rf .
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.iiere, ww-fw, ii a iwmiry TOraprinK r- ... . fc ft diver ty of ilia lifts n t
,twen 800.00000 and 400,000,000 peopk w,itb nat- .J sources, t nder former conditions this was .next1 lr,-(1,t,rt AIr n: th r, , ,
urai weann ana auvancajres unueveiopeti, wim pon- uuiwmiuh-. wuuw l .ffntfil bv Wentern civ
; . It ia known that ' coal and iron abound in where it hatTtttrte or no protrtiion.
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