Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1900 — PULSE of the PRESS [ARTICLE]

PULSE of the PRESS

Guesses on Cliinev- Puzzle. China's teeming millions in the interior of the empire may have all the" passive powers of resistance claimed for them, but if ail their seaports fall into foreign hands the Chinese eau do little more than stew in their owu juice. —St. Louis Globe--1 lenioerat. If the Boxer troubles in China arose out of a desire to exclude foreigners, then the demonstration is bringing about the state of affairs which it intended to defeat, for it looks as if hereafter the foreigners would be dominant in the empire. Pittsburg Times. It may well lie that our military presence there in the midst of this profound disturbance may not only prevent the partition of China but may secure for ns the lasting friendship of that empire, which will lie profitably reflected in our commerce. -San Francisco Cull. it is now apparent that the powers have to deal not with a Chinese mob. hat the Chinese nation, Government nnd army. Chinn, after all. is not a nation, hut an ancient tnqsaic. They have not only to restore order, but to maintain it in the future. They must give the Celestial Km - pire stable government. This they -eau do by harmonious eo-operation, upon which they have already so happily entered. and by such plan as may lie mutually agreed upon. The result will lie to secure in every district that order and civilized government which nre essential to the protection of life nnd property. This will clear the way to progress and prosperity. Jt will thus secure China from the dead past and give it to civilization.- New York Herald.