10 - . THE OMAHA DAILY - BEE - - - - - - - SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER . - . . . . 2 , .7 1801 , ,
THE BILL TWEED OF COREA
Character Sketch of an Oriental Heeler anil
lib Methods.
THE MILLIONS MADE BY WIN YUNG JUN
BtcnmlnR mill Jtoantliiff as n Means of llx-
tortlnc Moiii-y Th 1'rnplo Tcrrllilj-
Opproiwcil SomctliliiR About tlio
AmorliMiii Colony In Corcii.
( Cop > righted , 1834 , \ > r I'ranlc O. Carpenter. )
TIi man who has had more to do with
the oppression of the Corcan people , and who
was to a largo extent the causa of the re
bellion , Is Rolng about Seoul today with hun
dreds ot followers , lit rides In a chair ,
seated on a leopard skin , nnd ho lias n
house containing scores of rooms. He Is
said to-be a millionaire. A few years ago
he was worth practically nothing. He Jias
made his Immenss fortune by squeezing the
people , and by his relationship to the queen.
His name Is Mln Yung Jun. He Is now
about 40 years old , but lie Is one ot the
greatest political strikers of the world , and ,
he ll an adept In the selling of ofllccs and
In getting money out of the people. A part
ot his receipts have gone to the king , but
a largo amount lias stuck to hla own clothes.
Ho first showed Ills oniclency In this line
as governor of IMng Yang , a city of perhaps
150,000 Inhabitants , which lies within 100
miles of Seoul. Her : ho was nicknamed by
the people us "Stove Mln" because he burned
up everything ho touched , and he Is now
called Buddha Mln , probably for hla supreme
check of absorbing everything about him
Into Ills own nirvana , I have secured a pho
tograph of him , with a lot oC his dancing
girls behind'him , and his con at his tide.
Ills feet rest upon a leopard skin , aild ho
Is by no means a bad looking Corcan. He
has evidently great organizing powers , nnd ha
has brought ofllce brokerage down to a sys
tem.
A LAND OP SQUEEZERS.
Corc.i , like China , Is a land of squeezers.
Officials who are jmld something like $500
a year are expected to squeeze about 45,000
annually from the people. There Is no se
curity of property In Corea , and htnce no In
centive for the people to accumulate. If a
man Jays up money and the magistrates find
It out , they have one of their under-strappars
nccus ? him of sonic crime. False witnesses
nro plenty , and they can whip the man or
torture him until he pays something to bo
let go. Sometimes poor mm are arrested on
Buch charges. When tortured they say they
have nothing and can give nothing , The
I icply often Is , "You have a rich uncle , or a
rich cousin , and ho must pay this amount
for you. " As to the otEclals , they must get
their money out of the peopU , and If they
pay high prices for their offlccs they have got
to oppress their subjects. Until within the
last year or so the magistrates \vere al
lowed to have terms of from two to-three
years. The prices of the ofllcca were high.
I3y judiciously apportioning their oppressions
over this time they could squeeze enough to
make a profit and still let the people live.
the wants of the court and ot the ofllclals ,
however , have Increased within late years.
The debt to China hns eaten up a great part
of the revenue , and Mln Yung Jun has sup
plied the deficit by cutting down the terms
tor which the magistrates are appointed.
At the same time he has not decreased the
price of their otllces , and they have had to
Kiueeze all the mqney they could possibly
'get out of the people In order to come out
aren at the' end of nine months Instead of
lirco years. The result Is that In some parts
Df Corca starvation practically stares the
people In the face , and this waa the cause
of the rebellion.
Tha rebellion wns not against the king ,
but against -hlh olHclala , and had the king
not foolishly tent- his troops , against the
rabels' ho might Jhnve escaped his present
troubles and the .warwbeUYeeiL China and
Japan deferred.- ' ] > * " * *
1IQW TIfEY ( SQUEEZED "CARP. "
Thla squeczjrjg , which exists among the
HnafrtatrtUe's' , runs , In fact , through the whole
i'of Core.an , society. You remember the
doggerel'which runs something like this :
* -Tho biggest' fleas have smaller fleas
Upon their backs to bite 'cm ,
And those small fleas htno other fleas.
And so ad , Inflnltum.
"Well , the Corean official flea ! s of all fires ,
from this great prime minister , Mln Yung
Jun , down to the kesos , who trot along be-
Bldo your chair when you go through the
city of Seoul. I had four chair-bearers to
carry mo , and part of the tlni2 there was a
soldier on each sula of us. In addition ,
thrro was "General" Pak , and f doubt not
that every one'of them got hi * percentage
out of everything I bought I had to have
the money paid over In my presence to ha
sure that It would be p.ilil at ail , and when
Pak bought a cigar for mo I venture ho al
ways received n clgaretto ns Ms commission
r.n the purchase. The Clilnaiian who kept
ht'Uso for Mr. Power , the cleetncim to the
kin5. with whom I sapped , got hla per-
ctaUgo on the price of every mouthful of
lood wo ate and of ex-jrythhiR we bought.
1 could not 111 re a horse that the man who
ran behind It and acted as my groom did not
set hw percentage of the hlr.\ Such things
are perfectly legitimate In Seoul. Ttip man
who keeps the gate of your honsc Is given
I 10 per cant of the .amount of all purchase
made. This , of course , comes out of the
landlord , who Is rha.vod an additional price ,
If the percentage Is not jxild the ssller will
get no more business and he will be boycotted -
cotted by oil the gatemen of thetown. .
SAMPLE INSTANCES.
The Illegitimate squeezing Is awful. You
have to watch all the time for fear someone
ono else Is being cheated or oppressed
through you. The servants of foreigners
are not subject it > the ordinary Corean laws
and our legation to > Corea found not Ions
ago that the kesas connected with the cstab'
lUIimcnt had been scaling certificates tc
men about Seoul , stating that they were
employed by the legation , and they had re >
cetvcd from 1.000 to 20,000 cash apiece foi
these. Each of the foreign legations has i
number of these lie no soldiers , which-art
detailed to U from the service of the king
and my soldiers are of this character. Ar
outrageous Instance of squeezing occurret
not long ago In connection , with the Husslai
legation , and It was carried on a long tlmi
lietoro the Russian minister found It out
These kcsos went out Into the country am
found men who were In debt to people Ii
Seoul. They told them that ttia Uusslai
minister had bought the claims ngalns
tham , nnd that they must bo paid with hlgl
Interest. They put them In chains am
brought them right to the. legation 'and kep
them In the outhouses , which are reserve' '
for the keBOs , and which surround ever
largo Corinn establishment. Hero the'
whipped "them from time to time will
paddles.
They would strip them half naked , BUS
proid them by their elbows and torture then
by touching their bare legs with red-ho
pokers. Now nnd then they would lot then
out In the yurd , nnd If the minister cam
In Bight would warn them that they hai
better bo quiet , for he was a dangerous man
and was already Inclined to cut their hsacl
off for their nonpayment of the mono )
Think of such a , thing actually going on fo
weeks without the minister knowing- . an
I am told thnt a somewhat similar state o
affairs provalKU for a short tlmo In connec
tlon with tho. quarters of ono of the mission
arlcs.
In another case , a teacher cf one of th
government schools found that hla popular
Hy was waning. The people did not seei
to like him. and lie could not tell what wa
the * matter Vintll he found that his servant
, had been borrowing nunty ot the people c
the. neighborhood , and that under compul
slon , in his name , He believes that ono c
- the chief o nicer a ot the school had ah an
* In tbe scheme , and U was only stepped upo
hit threatening that the Imposition woul
1)6 ) reported to the king unless a chang
wai immediately made and the money n
turned. I did not buy anything In. the Sen
shops unless I saw the money handed eve
for my purchases , Otherwise , my soldlei
might say that I had just taken It. and It
* much as I waa a foreigner , am' ' of pn
sumably high rank , they would , to a certsl
extent , have to grin and bear It. Tt
greatest squeezers In Corea nrc the Chine *
and the Chinese minister , Yuan , Is suppose
| o make a great deal of money In this va ;
The Chinese consul n.1 Chemulpo mad& some
thing like $5,000 out ot a squeeze , which he
manipulated in some way , on the shipments
of rice from Cqrea , Just before the present
trouble , ami the whole of the social and gov
ernmental structure of this country and of
China seems to mo to bo honeycombed with
corruption and bribery.
MONEY On DI.OOD.
There Js nowhere In thu world that the
almighty dollar Is worth more to a man than
It Is In Corca. He can often save his skin
by plating the palm of his enemy with , silver
and persona sentenced to flrgging can ransom
their punUhment with money. They have.
In fact , a fixed rate for this In Corca , Ten
blown of the bamboa will b . omitted on the
payment of nbout $5 ; twenty blows Icr $10 ,
and BO on upward. There aretew men who
would not clvo all they have rather than
have their thighs reduced to a jelly , and
the bamboo Is a great persuader. At the
same time , officials are sometimes punished
for their cruelty , and these who cause the
death of persons by torture , receive 100
blows nnd arc dismissal from the public
service. I am told that the present dynasty
has much less terrible punishments than
were common In the past , and that within
the last 250 years knee-crushing and brandIng -
Ing have been abolished , and there Is no cut
ting oft of the noses and feet cf men , as
was done In the middle agcsr
STEAMED TO DEATH.
Stilt , the punishments nra bad enough.
I will derate my next letter to describing
them. They are far worse than anything
that Is known otitslilo ot China , and the
wives and families of rebels and criminals ,
oven to the third and fourth generation , arj
Included In the sentences ot their husbands
and fathers. Hero Is n curious method ,
which , I am told , prevails In Seoul of execut
ing the fathers ot rebels. It Is almost nee s-
ssry to understand the structure of a Corean
house to appreciate It. The rooms are
heated , you know , by flres which are built
under the house , nnd the flames ol whlcU
run through flucsr covering every part of the
floors of the rooms. These floors ore of
brick or mortar , and thsy ore covered with
a thick , white paper , well oiled. With o
good fire they turn the rooms Into ovens , and
a small room soon becomes a furnace If a
big nro is built under It. Among the lowest
classes In Corca ara the butchers , and It Is
In a butchers' house , outsldo the west gate
of the city , that the fathers of rebels are
sometimes poisoned. The poison Is mixed
with rlco water , which has been left over
night In order that Its tnsto may' ' bo bitter.
The officer of the law takes , the inan'to this
house , Ho wears wooden clogs , .and thus
keeps his feet from the red-hot floor , upon
which he puts the man , and where he forces
him to drink the poisoned water. In the
back of this room there la n great jar of
Corean pottery , which holds almost as much
as n hogshead. This Is filled with water.
After the ofllclal has given the poison ho
breaks this Jar and the water flows out upon
the floor. It the man docs not die of the
poison the steam nnd heat soon finish him ,
and the body is parboiled before II Is taken
out , It la carried through one of the dis
honorable gales and cost out of the city.
It must be left there for n certain time nnd
then If Its relatives do not take It away the
birds grow fat over Its cooked meat.
WHAT FOREIGNERS MAY EXPECT.
These punishments will give you some Idea
f the horrors which are bound to attend any
retracted war In this part of the- world ,
'ho Japanese will carry on their struggle
'll ' western methods , but the Coreans and the
Chinese will do as they have done In the
last , and Woe' bo to the prisoners who fall
nto their hands. During the war between
he Chinese- and English about a generation
go the foreign prisoners were carried about
in Iron cages , and I met an English consul
t Canton a few years since who had his
whiskers pulled out one at a time while he
ras being shown as a curiosity to the people
n an Iron pen , the roof of which was so low
hat he could neither sit nor stand within It.
his man said at the tlmo that China should
give up a life for every hair lie lost from his
3card , and his position , 1 am told , , was such
hat he was able to carry out his threat. The
'athcr of the present king , who Is now at the
head of the government , .murdered the
French missionaries and the Corean Chris
tiana In the most barbarous of ways. The
heads of some of them were cut off , and their
: opnots being ; tied together , they were hung
tilgli on poles , like so many 'onions. The
lodles of the dead were brought to Seoul In
itraw bags , and were cast on the ground
lUtsldo the southeast gate. Such things ara
lardly possible today. The Coreans are
ifrald of the foreigners , and the officials have
00 much sense to allow the people to mass-
aero them. Still , this vras only a few years
go , and when war cornea In at the door ,
ommon sense files out at the window.
THE AMERICAN COLONY IN COREA.
And this brings me to the American col
ony In Corea. Some of the- best men that
ho United States has ever produced are now
laboring1 there. Dr. H. N. Allen , the secre-
ary of the American legation , will go down
nto history as ono of the greatest of our
diplomats. He has done more for Corea than
any man ever connected with the United
States legation , and If our diplomatic service
was organized on any other than a. political
basis lie would today bo the American min
ster to Corea. Ho has his wife and his
children , two bright boys , with him , and his
house Is Inside the legation compound. He
comes from Ohio , and ho Is a thoroughly able
man In every respect. He practically saved
the llfo of one of the princes of the royal
'amlly. and his value to America and Europe
.s Inestimable. The American minister , Mr.
Sill , has been In Corca only a short time. I
will write- more concerning him In a future
letter. He has been a professor and an ed
ucator all his life , and he la a cultured gen
tleman , He comes front Michigan and was
appointed. largely through the Influence olDen
Don Dickinson , He Is. a man ol no experi
ence In diplomatic llfo. but he Is well liked
and he Is making a very good minister.
There Is only one American firm In Corea ,
and this Is that ot Morse & Townsend. which
has Its chief house at the port of Chemulpo ,
James K. Morse , the senior partner , lives In
New York. Ho has spent some years In
Corca and Japan and ho Is a very able man ,
" \V. D. Towrisend , the other member ot the
firm , Is a well educated Dostonlan , who doee
a big business In shipping all sorts of thing !
out of the country and In importing supplies
for the- king , the court and the people.
THE MISSIONARIES.
The missionary force In Corea Is large ,
and It has done a great deal of good work ,
1 don't believe there are more honest , active
and Intelligent missionaries anywhere than
you will find In this country. They have n
strong hold upon the people , and they ore
thoroughly respected by the king. The head
quarters of the missions are In Seoul. The
work Is chiefly done by the Presbyterians
and Methodists as far as the Americans arc
concerned. The French Catholics have t
large force at work among the people , ami
there is also a mission of the Church ol
England , which is , I think , managed from
London. The American Prosbytorlan mhv
slcn consists of something- like twenty pee
pie , and the' most of the missionaries have
wives and families. The Methodist mtsslor
Is equally as large , and both have hospitals
and schools. The Corean college ; under th <
Methodist Episcopal mission , Is In charge ci
Her , II. Q. Appenzeller , who Is also treas
urer ot the mission , and a most eulclenl
man. I spent some time with htm at hli
homo In Seoul , and I can certify that he If
thoroughly well posted upcn the country
and that his organization Is doing a grcai
deal of good. The missionaries In Seoul llvi
inside of walled compounds or yards. Theli
gates are usually guarded by keepers , am
In case of trouble llko the present thesi
walls would be a slight protection from i
mob.
CONNECTED WITH THE KINO.
In addition to these , there are a numbe :
ot foreigners connected with the court am
the king. General William MclO. Dye was
for years , in the employ of the late khedlvi
of Egypt. Ho Is a graduate ot West Point
and he Is one of the instructors and officer
of the Corean army. He has been ot grca
value to the king during the present rebel
lion , and In case there Is a protracted wa
between Japan and China upon Ctrean soil
his brains will have much to do with Ib
direction of the struggle. I visited him no
long ago. His red beard and hair hav
turned vrhtto since he left America , but hi
form Is as straight as when he commandei
his soldiers during the war of the rebilllon
and till eye U as bright aa It was duriu
hla wonderful career In Egypt. General Clarence
enco Oreathouse , the foreign adviser to th
king. Is a Kentucklan by birth , and a Call
fornlan by adoption. He cama from Call
fcrnla to be consul general at Yokohanu
snd from there was called to Seoul as
foreign Adviser to the king at a salary o
$12,000 A yrar. He- has a f no establishment
here , and his mother , who is ono ot tlio
sweetest old I ml I en out of Kentucky. Is with
him. TliCM there la General Le Qcnclrc , who
is also ono of the vlca presidents of this home
office , and who is connected with General
Oteathouso as foreign adviser , and Colonel
K. J. II. Nelnstead , who Is In charge of the
government school. Last , but not least
among the Americans , thcro Is a. bright
young Wachlngton man named Power , who
came to Corea to put the electric light plant
In the palace , and who has the position ol
electrician to the king. Ho U only 26 years
of og3 , but ho hna put up one of the finest
electric light plants that yon will find on the
other Bldo of the globe , and when the
country Is again settled tin will probably
build an electric railroad which is projected
fiom Seoul to Chemulpo.
COUEA'S FORMEIl MINISTER.
It Is very unfortunate that this rebellion
occurred Just at this time , and It the Chinese
are allowed to control affairs they will'put
the country In n worse state than over. The
king himself Is more progressive than any ot
his nobles , and ho Is anxloti * to-fee his coun
try Improved and his people bettered. H was
only a few months ago that h undertook to
establish n postal service , and to do this ho
called fron ) Washington Mr. "Yo Cha , Yun ,
Who , for years , was the secretary of the
Corean legation , nnd wlio acted for a tlmo as
Oorcan minister. Y went to. Corca very
enthusiastic as to his work , nnd he was doing
all ho could to push modern progress there
when the present rebellion broke out , lie U
one of the brightest ot the younger Corean
statesmen , nnd If his prominence does not
result in his loalhg his head through th :
jealousy of those above him , he will make
hlmselt felt Ii : the administration ot the gov
ernment , I called upon him one day at his
residence In Seoul. Ho lives within a stone's
throw of the palace , and the parlor in which
he received mo was furnished half In Ameri
can and half In Corean style. He wore a
ROW n of white silk , and on his head was a
many cornered black hat of horse hair net.
The desk before him was full ot papers- and
he was working- hard ns he did at Wash
ington , Ho 1ms , 1 dm told , n good , fat posl-
lon In the provinces where the rebellion tins
ccurrod , nnd It is probably & lucky thing
or his head Unit ha-Is using H inSeoul ,
atlier than In southern Corea.
XVlltftXtl < H > I > I'BA.V/ES.
trlglit Hoys Who ni Ko Tlu-lr. Jlonry' In
Tunny i-mliloMf. - ,
"Have you the bullet that killed Gen-
ral Reynolds ? " ' 8kfcd an old veteran ot a
youngster who kept a relic stand on. the
lattlefield of Gettysburg.
"No sir , " was the- reply , "weBold - the
ast one yesterday , but we can have you one
ly tomorrow.1' ' The scarred andibjgrimined
Id "Huck Ta.l . , " however , knew all about the-
General Reynolds bullet , so he didn't order
ny , but bought a dilapidated cantean from
he scene of Plckett's chnrg-,13. Being some-
vhat of a connolRspur In such matters , he
xamlned the canteen closely und satisfied
ilniself that It Wflst"not < bgua. ,
Many a bsy living .near one of the great
jattleflelds obtslnB'a ; living by hunting relics ,
laving sharp eyes,110 .13 generally fortunate
nough. to pick up some of thn cmalns of
he "grt.U flght- which he tlther sells tea
a dealer or directly to visitors. 'One boy ,
lot long ago , at 'Gettysburg , found a Jvr ot
iono with a.baypnct plunged through It ,
vhlch he sold for" } 2B > AnstrTer , * on the
leld of Waterloo , found .two bullets em
bedded In each other , the on'e "French , the
other English. They.ihsd evidently met In
nld-alr , and were valued very highly. So
nany tourists visit thc- ' American battle
fields that it is beoemlng very difficult to
find relics. Yet , bo lt > sald to the disgrace
of the Yankee , In some way or other the
supply Is kept up to the demand.
Travelers who have spent , any tlma aroong
the natives of Austrtlia vow that the boys
of that country earn money In the -most
curious way ever heard of. In same parts
of the country fishing Is qulto aa Industry.
Among other things caught are or.ibs and
crayfish , But Instead of catching them In
lets as we do boys are employed , and tills
s the method ; A boy wides cut where
: ho craba are thlclr. ' 'Thrust ng his'foot
'
out he gives' prominence to his big t'oii ,
vhlch , wagging- about In an enticing mariner ,
10 uses as a bait. In a short time he geta
i bite and quickly drawing up his leg , he
> rcaks eft the crab's feelers and throws it
nto a basket which Is slung over his
shoulder. Oftentimes rowa of boys can be
seen Htrctched along the shore , while a cu-
imial pantomime is kept up by In turn catch-
ng the crab , releasing it and thrusting out
the wily too for another bite. Every now
and then a deep sea visitor strays into the
crab settlement , and seeing the tempting
jilt , lays hold of It. Then there Issues
forth from 'he. owner of that bait an un
earthly yell , and all the boys coma running
out to stare , entirely regardless of the. crabs
hanging to the several parts of their anat
omy , and leaving the pcor boy with a. "bite"
.0 battle with the unwelcome catch as best
tie can.
Chinese urchins'In some parts of the em
pire , pick up odd cons | In a still morer otirl-
} us and yet somewhat similar manner. On
rainy day when a lady chances to- come tea
a muddy place and does not wish to soil
her Blioes , shebeckans to an" urchin , Who
will. If he Is In the business , drcp down In
front of her , making' temporary sUpplng
stone , on which the lady reaches dry land
again. The remuneration received for this
Is so small that it would hardly tempt a
New York "dock rat. "
During the winter months when the West
Indies are much visited by tourists and In
valids the native' boys make a living by
diving for coins. Strangers are never tired
witnessing these expert exhibitions of div
ing. A coin Is thrown from the pier , an'd
simultaneously hulf a dozen dark bodies
shoot Into the water after It , Sometimes
the money sticks In the mud and the- divers
reman under water'so long that the specta
tors grow quite anxious. But soon they
emerge from all directions , the lucky findei
carrying the piece In his teeth. Oftentimes
they catch a coin before It gets to the bet
tom.
tom."Every one of us , " said a woman who Jus
spent some time at Atlantic City , "know :
what an uncomfortable feeling It is to liavo'i
shoo lacer come untied. Equally v.-el
does she know what an exertion It Is U
stoop and tto It. One day while strolling
on tlio board walk and jostled by the crowc
I suddenly felt my shoestring become untied
Looking round for a convenient place to si
down I noticed a bright youngster and beck
oned for him to come and tie It. Beltif
unable to flnd anything less than a 10-oenl
piece , I gave- him that for his trouble. In
stead of showing the least surprise or grati
tude , however , ho. In a very buslnessllki
manner , took out a G-cent piece and gave I
to mo as change , remarking , meanwhile
that he made Jfl or so that way every dor. '
ll'//Jj.V DICKY JIAV T11E3IEASI.US.
Anna SI. Williams In New York Sun.
We found we had to hide lls ) shoes ,
Ills stockings , trousers , waistcoat , coat
And then he vowed he'd put on Sue's
Pink gingham , and he'd find his boat
And have a lark. He wouldn't stay
In bed and swallow nasty Blurt
And thus he'd fret and toss all day.
Oh , there was Interest quite enough
When Dicky had the measles.
On Monday he was eloquent :
"I say , mother , since I'm elck ,
I must liveIlk / a nobby gent ;
What If Old Spectacles does kick ?
Sechere's ttie lunch list : live cream taxts
Three red bananas and some dates ,
A coffee cake and walnut hearts ! "
Wo sadly thought of pearly gates
When Dicky had the measles.
On Wednesday 'twas he called for Dess :
"Halloo ! Come In nnd read a story.
That's It ; the. page Is turned , I guess.
Now Rive us lights and men all gory ,
Lie still. Don Carlo sh-h you'd best !
Was that a , Cossack rode the horse T
All rteht , tra on ; oh , skip the rest.
That's only love. " This was , of course.
When. Dicky hod the measles !
On Sunday In a steamer chair
We left him , and we went to church.
Tlie service over , In the glare
Of Hunllght , on a .v.u.len perch.
Sat freckled Dicky with 111 * , chums ;
His tongue was running like a streak.
We're1 thankful now , whatever cornea ,
It oan't surpass that awful week
When Dlclcy had the measles !
Henry lletlrei.
Kate Field's Washington : "Your majesty ,
reported the chief imp , "Henry VIII. kick
on giving up his room on the first floor an
going Into the attic. "
"You Just tell him. " rejoined Pluto , "tha
ha doein't hold the divorce record a.oy longc
and that we've sot to have his apartment
for a gentleman from Sioux Falls. "
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Complete assortment Wil
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Brussels and Ingrains.
: A tfull .line pthe , . .newest
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things in Rags to be seen now.
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OMAHA , Aug' ' . > 29Mra , the Editor of The
Dee : I 'have ' rerfu" ' < wlth a good deal of - interest
terest t'tv ; rfport ? otJSlipreme"Chancellor | Wt
W. JUackwelt of tWT&ilBhls-.of Pythias , es
pecially 'that part of It referring to the so-
called "German question. " The proposition
advanced by Mr. Dlackwell Is that ono who
Is classed as a "forslgnsr , " that Is , an Amer
ican citizen of foreign birth , cannot be a loyal
and patriotic American unless ho discards
the language of his ancestors and banishes
from his mind every vMlge of a thought
of those from wlioso blood he sprang. It
semB that he would withhold the right of
citizenship from anybody who Is. unable to
acquire the knowledge fit the English lan
guage , almost accuse ? of disloyalty these
who wefe unable to do so. and urges strongly
and repeatedly members of the order of
German origin to adopt the English lan
guage.
Now , It scema to , me that Mr. Illackwell
has not viewed this question from all the
standpoints. If he would have examined
into It carefully ho. would have found that
the so-called "foreigner" has no need of his
urging to learn the language adopted In this
land , but that they.all learn It to their best
ability , knowing well that any education or
knowledge they mayIa ) possessed of Is use ?
less to them without the knowledge of the
language. I3ut liis lsriiot such an easy task
as Mr. Blaekwell Imagines. The average
Immigrant comes here at a mature age , with
his family , for whlcji he must provide , and
cannot afford to spend the first two or , three
years of his- existence jitre learning the lan
guage and not earning anything , On the
contrary , tlio most of ihcm , after they have
spent what cash , uai left off their property
for establishing : themselves , and furnishing
their homes , have but'Very little means left
and have to BO to Work to earn their living
at onco. Now , sir. It , seems beyond the com
prehension of Mr. Blackwell how difficult It
la for a man , who spends his days In hard
labor and often In sorrow , and care for his
family , to flnd time for studying the Eng
lish language. To those \rho have been ,
brought up here and hardly over heard any
other than the English language , it
might seem a very simple matter and- -
a very easy task. , But my ob
servation teaches me that the English lan
guage Is one of the , jtnost difficult language !
to learn. Did you ever notlco the * fact that
out of 100 "foreigners' " who came here In
some later period of their age and did not
enjoy the- benefit of .our public schools , In
iilntty-nino cases , you can tell , no matter
how long they lived " Ijpre , that they are
"foreigners" before. they have spoken a
dozen words. If that proves anything , It
does this , that the "Pngtlsh language Is on ?
ot the most difficult to learn.
Now. what , do tjiasa , German members of
the Knights of Pythias demand ? It Is sim
ply this : They wajji'W , farry ! 'on the busi
ness of their lodKfclivUie language that they
know , so that they , c < mld participate In the
work IntelllpentlK. And for that they are
accused of dlsloyill ) ' . , Aye , even treason.
Now , sir. It pecini vojno that Mr. Blackwell
works under a ; inlsWi > relicnslon , when he
thinks that the tWtMgo of Itself and alone
can bo thecause.jfi Jpyalty and patriotism.
Why , If ho was'-tlgljt , we would have to
find In that part'of'1 this continent which
lies north ot the JfilQ dividing the United
States more Ajncrlc , > n patriotism and
loyalty la our 6wn jstate , because It Is
more English , you Snow , And yet I venture
to say , wlthotft f ear'bf1 ' successful contradic
tion , that every ' "foreigner" In the United
States Is a better' VmeHcan citizen than any
Engtlsh-speaklng'OanaUlan.
If Mr. UlackwH $2 a , shrewd observer
ho could bavo foVnd fn the English history
the best exampletftat the language dos
not create loyalt ? or'"patrlotlsiii. England
has robbed the Irtfllimen of their mother
language and replaced. It by Its own , and
yet dare anybody siy that the Irish are
English patriots on that account ? "The
dlvll a bit , " the Irish are Irish still.
I hold that language and loyalty to a
ccmmon government ore. distinct matters ,
which Is not nlono shown In the above
Irish example , but wo see 1C also In the
oldest modern republic. Switzerland. It Is
a well known fact that the citizens of
Switzerland are somewhat divided as to tha
use of tha languages , come using the German ,
some the French and others the It&llan ,
and have done to for centuries , and yet they
are all patriotic , loyal and enthusiastic ad
herents ot thler common country. Wa also
Bee that Swede- and Norwegian , although
divided by a difference In language , get
alone very well under one eovernment , with
out trying to rob each other ol the language
ot their lathers.
I believe that Mr. BUckwell Is In error
when he thinks that ' "foreigners" could not
bo as loyal and patriotic citizens o ! th ! :
cduntry If they ore unable to acquire the
knowledge of the English language as native-
born Americans are. Now , sir , let me assure
you that among the so-called foreigners , even
If , they couldjiot speak tlje English language ,
there Is as-much Jove for the" Institutions of
this country and as much readiness to de
fend them. If not more , than there Is among
native-born. Let mo remind you that the
greatest Impetus Riven to Immigration to
this country was given by the oppression of
the European despots after the dawn of lib
erty , which seemed to be so near In 1848 , was
; darkened again by the hand of tyranny. Let
| me remind you that a foreigner who has
suffered the Iron heel of despotism and sought
and Is enjoying the blessings of liberty can
and tlocs appreciate- , much more so than
one who never suffered from tyranny. Let
me remind you that among those who fought
for the liberty ol this country was a Pulaskl ,
and a Kosclusko , and a Lafayette , and Steu-
ban and scores of others who did not know
the English language , but they knew how to
love and appreciate freedom and liberty.
And If the "Father of Our Country" had re
quired of them that they should first learn
the English language , so that they might
learn , to love freedom and liberty and fight
for them , too. It Is not known to this day.
Let me remind you that In our late unpleas
antness It was- not asked of the regiments
anil companies of Irish , Germans and Bo
hemians and others If they had learned the
English language , but they were welcome In
the defense of this , our common country.
No , sir , It la not true that a man can bo a
loyal American only through the language of
Johnny Hull , no tnoro so than that he
could obtain salvation through that
language only ; neither la It true that
because a man loves the. language which ho
first lisped nnd In which his "mother sang
to him the sweet lullabies which ho knows
well and thoroughly , better than any other
onn which ho may have learned In his later
days , should also cultivate a secret love
for his fatherland and Its Institutions. He
made tills his new homo nnd fatherland
of his own free will and choice for sufficient
ciuse , and as far as citizenship Is concerned ,
has cut loose fcr all tlmo to come from the
potentate to whom he was subject , nnd If
he cherishes sweet recollections of his .child
hood and still loves the language of his
mother that dees not make him less of a
patriotic American. He Is true to his
adopted country , true to the Institutions because -
cause It Is the country of freedom and lib
erty , yet It could not claim to be such If It
required from him that he should forget and
throw to the wind his sweetest recollections ,
and branded hint as disloyal because ot his
Inability to learn tlio language , which Is not
ot itself exclusively American.
Now. I believe that human nature Is the
same under any .clime and In every nation.
Now let us take a glance at our own Ameri
can citizens who live In foreign lands. Is
If not a tact that they are as "clannish , " as
U la called here , when abroad as any emi
grant or foreigner In this country ? Is It
not a fact that they form a "colony" as
well in Paris as In Berlin or Vienna ? U
It not n fact that whether they remain In
France , Germany , Italj' , Mexico , Japan or
China , whether temporarily or with the In
tention ot spending their lives , they do not
even assimilate with these people , and re
main Americans there ? Is It not a fact
that when any of them forget the land of
the.lr birth and despise the language of
their fathers they do not flnd any praise by
their countrymen ? It Is only a day or
two ago that I read the following stricture
In the Chicago Inter Ocean In Its special
correspondence from Rome :
"Most cf oflr country women settled here
have married Into I he nobility , and their
Influence la greater morally than It U nu
merically , because of the high positions they
occupy. H eecms strange , and rather sad
to me , that there nhould net exist a single
association among these ladles for work ,
study or social Intercourse. Their Influ
ence , of course , makes. Itself felt hero and
there , but In union Is strength , and much
more could be accomplished by them as a
class it there was less social jealousy and
snobbery among them , One young countess
\\hom I have seen grow up In Yankee land ,
and who never saw Europe until she was
past 20 , has no time to give her own people
ple , talks English with constraint , and
speaks at Itslr always as "my poor coun
try , ' and of the queen ai "my beloved
queen. ' She never saw either country or
sovereign until two years ago. "
Let me. In concluilon , again oesura you
that there ls ng danger to our liberties and
Institutions from the language of those of
our Immigrated cltliens who cannot dis
card all at once all ct their sweetest recol
lections and become haters of all that waa
once sweet and pleasant to them , neither are
they on that score lest patriotic than the
who never learned anything elie- but the
English langujga. JOHN HOSICKY.
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Wnsltlngtan Star.
In earlier years , when sentiment ,
Expanded in Ills soul.
Oft to the forest shade he went
AVhi-re murmiulng brooklets roll.
I5tit nowadays lie doesn't care
For streams In sylvan lands ;
Ho liauntH , indoors , the corner where
The water cooler stands.
In earlier years he loved to lie
llenenth the quivering trees.
And let Ills locks about him Hy ,
Responsive to each breeze.
'TIs lonjr since Joys like these ho quaffed ;
The youth Is now a man
Who liares his bald head to the draft
Of. the electric far ) ,
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The Red Cloud ( Neb. ) Chief relates that a
few months ago that town had a preacher
who often soaied Into high fields ol thought
and hla descriptions of the heavenly city at
those times were- word pictures that some
times fell from the sublime down to the
commonplace. This good brother had twlco
tested the Ineffable bliss of matrimonial life ,
and No. 2vas always on hand to remind
him by her presence that heaven .did not
contain all his treasures. In one of his
sermons ho portrayed the New Jerusalem ,
Its pearly gates , lt& jasper walls and its
golden streets. His descriptive powers
carried him to sublime heights , and many
a hearty amcu came from the pews In re
sponse to some heart touching thought. The
minister's wife was a fervent woman , and
often when her E < " " 1 husband was preach
ing she shot In a "hallelujah , " and "amen , "
or same other earnest ejaculation. "In
that beautiful city , " said tlio eloquent
preacher , "we all have friends. I have a
beloved wife there. " "Thank God , " cried
out wife No , 2. The response was so un
expected that it ncnplunsed the preacher ,
and the audience saw the point and a broad
smllo spread over every face , and for the
moment the heavenly city was forgotten.
Since then whenever that gooii brother refers
In a sermon to his saintly wife In heaven
he looks carefully over the cpngregatlon
to. see If No , 2 Is present.
A citizen ot Montreal lately on a visit
to Ottawa , while passing down the hotel
corridor to his room at a late hour , hap-
pcned to hear violent groans and sobs Is
suing from one of the rooms. As the dcor
was open he entered , and recrgnlzcd n fellow - *
low Montrealcr , prominent in political and
business circles , and famous for his re
ligious and alcoholic tendencies. Ho was
kneeling at his bedside , clinging to the side
of the bed , and sobbing as though his heart
would break ,
"What's ' the matter , old man ? " Inquired
our friend , touching the sufferer on the
shoulder.
"I'm so drunk I can't say rny prayers , "
was the tearful response.
Not long ago the son of a well known
ex-congressman from Massachusetts began
to attend Sunday school , In accordance with
the wish of the family that he be early In
structed In the way ho should go. At the
dinner table , after the exercises of the
morning were over , he suddenly observed :
"Papa , have you the love of Jesus In your
heart ? "
"I hope BO , my eon. Have you7"
"Yes , papa. "
"And how does It feel ? "
"Like a lump of lead. "
The new minister had arrived at Deacon
Clover's house and was to remain a few
days. When the evening was far spent
the dominie was escorted to hla bed room
by the deacon , who said , as he opened the
door to the rather small apartment :
"This , Ur. Fourth ! } ' , la the prophet's
chamber. "
"Ah , " replied the clergyman , as he sur
veyed its circumscribed dimensions , "It
must have been one of the minor prophets. "
St. Peter You were a salesman In a dry
goods store on earth , weren't you ?
Spirit ( timidly ) Yes , sir.
St. Peter Then sit down at once. You
needn't be afraid. Your employer won't
disturb you tere.
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