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TITT3 OMAHA DATTjY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBTIUAT1Y 21, 1901.
BOWLING INTEREST EBBS NOT
No Lull In Enthuilism Engendered bj tin
xhlUr.ting Sport.
BON TONS THE LATEST WOMEN BOVLERS
Serr OritanUiitlon I'lirmod lr Hie
.tlpinlinm nl Prominent Cnril
CI M It (lo.nlu of the llowlrrn
I'lcUrd C nt llitmliitn.
Uecausu of tho potponomcnt of several
games scheduled for last week thoro lms
been no ehanxe In tho standing of the teams
bplonglDK to tho city bowlltiK Ici'KU0'
Thero has been no lull in tho enthusiasm
dluplnyod by Individual howlers, however,
and tho weok has been productive of nn
exceptionally larKO number of good Bcorrs.
In tho lists appear tho names of some new
men who ure now beginning to be classed
with tho top-notchcrs as the result of dill
Kent practlco and frequent lndtilncnco In tho
Kamc,
Omnha women arc beginning to ovlnco a
moro pronounced Interest In tho gamo and
fclnco tho news has gone abroad that It Is
lulto tho thing for tho women to Indulge
In tho exhilarating sport the fad has been
taken up by a largo number of prominent
ladles. Ono of tho latest clubs to bo
organized Is known as tho lion Ton Howling
rlub, which numbcra as Its members tho
women who belong to a woll known card
club by tho same name. Tho women havo
already plaved soveral games at the Hoyden
alleys and several of them arc developing
Into really proficient bowlors.
Tho schedule of league games for tho
coming weok Is as follows: Monday night,
Clarksons against (Into Cltys; Tuesday
night, St. Chnrles against Omahas; Wednes
day night, Krug Parks against Nationals;
Thursday nlRht, Sterlings ognlnst I'ccrlcss
Cabinets. Hesldes theso leaguo games sev
eral Independent clubs havo arranged for
contests and tho week will bo woll filled
with Interesting bowling events.
Ono of tho younger teams which Is rapidly
forging to the front Is tho Omaha National.
Tho members nro showing a marked Im
provement In their work and tho team
promises to bo ublo to contest for honors
with somo of tho moro pretentious organiza
tions beforo tho season Is over. Thoso
scores woro inado by tho members of this
team during tho paBt weok: 13d Hurgess,
203; Harry Hdlson, I!15;'Edward Ncalo, 211,
200.
(iiy Fumy, a mombor of the St. Charles
team, marto n splendid average In a leaguo
contest ono night last week. His average
In threo games was 109, the separato scores
being 164, 212 and 221.
Mark Encell, a member of tho Gate City
team, has returned from a trip to Wyoming
and will play with tho Oato Cltys tho re
mainder of tho season. ,
Kor tho monthly prlzo of $5 at tho Gato
City alleys J. C. Read Is high with a scoro
of 255. His brother, A. C. nead, stood In
lino for tho prlzo with a scoro of 238, but
J. C. overtopped him last weok. Tho
lattor's flcoro is within four points of tho
high alley scoro at tho Oato City, which Is
held by K. n. IJcnson with 250. C. Conrad
Is In tho lead for tho two other prizes n
caso of beer and a box of cigars with a
scoro of 02 at soven-up and 74 at four-back.
Over at Clark's alleys Frank Conrad
scored 2C0 at tenpins a couple of days ago
and stands In tho lead now for tho monthly
prlzo. For the weekly prizes at these
alloys, W. J. Little, C. Conrad and X.
Clark aro tied with a scoro of 0 at nlno
plns ond Charllo French Is high at flvo
bnck with a scoro of 82.
High scores at tenpins for the week at
the various nllcys are as follows; Clark's:
Hon Lancaster, 205, 223, 235; Bert Christie.
200; C. C. Allen, 235; C. M. Zarp, 213, 212,
221, 237, 204; F. Conru'd, 2C0; T. P. Reynolds,
203; "Plumber" Read, 230, 200, 206; Guy
Furay, 202; Gilchrist, 201; G. F. Totter, 208;
King Denman, 220; Storeckor, 225; F. J.
llongelo, 204; James Smead, 220, 255, 205,
231; C. Conrad, 204; Walter Ungafelt, 200;
W. C. Ilmnko, 221, 213; GrJnt Clovoland,
202, 201; 13. V. Keagle, 211; F. Flanagan,
204. 102; S. J. Potter, 200; Sheldon, 205; II. D.
Reed, 231, 207; William Ambrustor, 210, 201;
Kd Iwler, 211; R. A. Kolls, 224, 221, 210,
203, 201; R. A. Magney, 204; Charles French,
223, 205; II. G. Gaussen, 218, 201, 221, 244;
T. R. Hamblot, 201; R. C. Craig. 213;
Plckard, 210; O. II. Smith, 202. Gato City
alleys: Bon Roth, 201; Potter, 201, 223;
Henry Frltchor, 202, 209; Charles Seaman;
202, 206, 208, 222, 232; C. B. Brldenbockcr,
238, 232; Harry Reed, 204; Fred Krug, 229;
J. Hanson, 201; P. Nollson, 214; Guy Furay,
212, 221; Georgo Savldge, 225; Roy Ayors,
202; J. C. Read, 255. Lentz & Williams'
nlloyBS J. G. KaUer, 20, 200; C. Conrad,
203; P. Nielsen, 205; Ayor, 206; Ilcalln, 201;
F. Conrad, 212; B. Lancaster, 218; Al John-
Kon, 203.
WEEK WITH CHESS PLAYERS
Unnslii of tho Sevcrnl IiiterMnte
Mittchra Now In I'mtrm llclncen
NebriiaUiiim mill (iii'
Now that tho Mlsslsslpplans have a clear
win of 11 to 3 In tho Interstate match, the
remaining seven games ponding Bhould be
wound up as Bpeedlly as possible Mr,
Drunor complains that his Mississippi ad
versary has nil along been using more than
his time limit, but that he has borne It
silently until tho Mlsslsslpplans began
"kicking." Will Messrs. Tyson, Hartzell,
llruncr, Clark, Powell, Sedgwick and
Wyckoff and Swim. Orlfflth and Swim kindly
send the secretary a diagram showing lat
est position in their respectlvo games
Perhaps somo draws may bo agreed upon.
Mr. B. W. Griffith and B. O. Do Lap should
send In scores of their rcspoctlvo games.
Boards Nos. 23 and 24 have been added to
the Ohio-Nebraska, match: C. O. Rotten-
mayer of Arcadia against Albert White of
Now London und John L. Clark of Lincoln
against W. H. Davis of Mechanlcsburg.
In tho Iowa-Nebraska match Mr. Klnnl-
burgh has been substituted for Mr. Ham
mond at board No. 4, against Leo Kdwards.
Mr. ltnmmond's duties prevent his playing
correspondence chess extensively, a fact to
be regretted by tho Nebraska association.
Prof. 12. L. HInman has decided to 'With
draw from tho Nebraska association, his
duties at the Stato university requiring
alt his time. Having paid only a half year's
dues, ho ceased to bo a member on January
1, 1P0!, and tho games assigned to him last
week will bo canceled. This of course
does not affect Mr. Rico's title to tho
championship.
Do you understand chess shorthand 7 No7
Well, notice tho hieroglyphics over the
problem In this Issue. They tell tho whole
story fully ns well as the diagram and take
up only a tithe of tho space. Tho system
used there Is condensed Forsyth notation,
a system used only to note positions not
moves made. Tho extended system would
bo written thus: 8. 3 p 3 p. 3 P p 2 K.
4 II 2 B. 3 S 1 P 2. 1 P 1 k 4. 2 S 3 R 1. 8.
Beginning at Black's OR square (atways at
tho northwest corner) you read across the
first lino: thero flre eight vacant squares
Beginning nt tho loft hand of second line
(Black's QR 2) thero aro threo vacant
squares, n black pawn, threo vacant squares
nnd a black pawn, noted "3 p 3 p." no
ginning nt tho left hand of third line
(Black's OR 3) thero aro threo vacant
squares, a whlto pawn, n black pawn, two
vacant squares, nnd whlto king: 3 P p 2 K.
Whlto pieces aro shown by capital letters
nnd black- by lowercase. Now, you under
stand It 7 Tho condensed system simplifies
matters by counting all vacant squares from
ouo pleco (o tho next, regardless of tho end
of tho lino.
Suppose you try your hand on these prob
lems: GBQ1. 8. 8. 2 SC. 3 k 3 p. S p 5 K,
8. 8. Whlto mates In three moves.
Another: 1 IC C. 8. 4 p 3. 4 k p 2. B3S
R nl. 8. 2 P 5. 6 Q 1. Whlto mates In
threo moves.
One of Wurzburg's neat three-movers:
8. 6 Q 1. 6 s 1. 6 r 1. 8. 4 S 1 k 1. 6 B 1
C K 1.
A good Illustration of tho bad effects of
a weak movo early In tho gamo Is given In
tho following gamo recently finished In
tho NcbraBku Correspondence tournament.
Judge H. Sedgwick of York played White
against n. ti. urcga oi uaunwny. ino
opening Is a K Kt gambit, which might
havo developed Into n Kleserltzky or an
Allgalcr had Black replied 4...P-IU 5,
White. Black
S. II. Sedgwick. n. K. llrega.
1 I'-K 1. 1 I'-K 4.
2 P-IC B 4. 2 i' x P.
3- Kt-IC B 3. 3 IMC Kt 4.
4- P-K n 1. 4-IMC IJ 3 7
G-Kt X Kt P. 5-P-K U 4.
G K ICt-H 3. fi-P-Q t.
7- P X 1 7 Q x 1".
8- Q Kt-H 3. 8 Q-K H 2.
9- P-Q 4. 9 It-K II 3.
10 H-Q Kt 5. 10 P-Q n 3.
11 U-H 4. 11 K Kt-K 2.
12 Castles. 12 Q-lyt 2.
13 l'-CJ 5. 13 H-K Kt 5.
lt-Q-C! 3. 14-Castle8.
lt U-Kt 3. 15-K-H m.
10 Kt-K 11 3. lt?-Kt-Kt 3.
17- Kt x II, 17 Kt X R P.
18- Q.R It. 1S-Q x Kt.
19- X Q. 19 V x Q.
30-H x K B P. 20 H-Kt 2.
il P-Q 0. 21 ICt-Q 2.
J2 K-B 2. 22 IMJ 4.
23 It-It 1. 23 B-Q ft ch.
21 K-K 2. 24-B-K H 3.
S-JMCKt3. 25-K-Kt2.
26-P X Kt. 2rtIl-K II 1.
27 l'-U ft. 27 Q K-Q cn.
SX-K-Q ?. 8 li-IC 4.
29- U x U. 29 Kt x B.
30- O lt-K B. 30-Kt-K B 6 ch.
31 K-B 1. 31 It-Q 1. .
32 K-Q 1. 32 H-K It 3.
3.1-P-Q 7. 33-Kt-K 4.
34 It. It-It 1. .11 Kt X Q 1.
35 K-K 7 ch. 35 K-B 3.
StV-Q II x Kt. SC It X II.
3711 X It. 37 It X H P.
LS Kt-K 2. 3K lt-lt 8 ch.
39- K-Q 2. 39-It-H 7.
40 K-Q 3. 40 IMCt 6.
U K-H 7 cn. 11 lv-ltt 3.
42-H-K 0. 42-U-K n 7.
43-K-K 3. 43-IMCt 3.
Il-P-Kt 4. 44-P-lt 4.
45-P X P. 451' x P.
4G-IMJ 3. 4G-K-H 8.
47-Kt X P. 47-U-Kt 8.
4 S Kt-K 2. Ileslgns.
A beautiful nroblcm by A. II. rtohhlnn nt
St. Louis nnd Inscribed "with highest ro
gnrdo tn my old friend, Dr. W. It. I. Dal
ton." White to play nnd mate In threo
moves:
11 p 3 p 3 r p 2 K 4 H 3 H 3 H 1 P 3 P 1 k
S 3 II 9.
' BLACK.
CAN CHINA PAY THE BILL?
Indemnity Demanded bj tho Fonon the
Heaviest in Historj.
ONE TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY IT
Hiiomtoiin Itctt-ntip from l.iitiil 'I'm,
hut I'rvtHoti Little of It Mcnelir
the Inii-rlnl I'uiTern Prob
lem for tho Atllei,
ft
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99
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Ticket over the N. Y. Central und
Dr. Humphreys' Specifics.
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agent of tho N. Y. C. R. R., nt a publlo
llnner at tho Waldorf said: "For years I
iavo taken no midlctna but Humphreys'
Specifics, My parents fed tho whols family
on theso little pills; never had any other
remedy In the houso, and I am the smallest
of eleven children. So much for Hum
pbroy's Specifics, I should advise all thoso
vho are raising children to got packages of
t and carry It around with them. It la
,he most reliable thing you can get excopt
I ticket over the New York Central."
"77" breaks up Colds that hang on.
tt3T Dr. Humphreys' Book mnljed free.
IlumphroyH' Homuupathlo Mt'dlcluo Co.,
uor. William mm Joim at,, New York.
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WHITD.
Scoro of frame ct.mnletpd In Twnntlxth
Century (P. N. C. C. A.) tournament:
ST13IN1T55 GAMBIT.
Whtte-
C. Q, DeFrunce.
Lincoln, Nob.
1 IMC 4.
2 Kt-Q B 3.
3 P-B 4.
4 P-Q 4.
ft-K-K 2.
CKt-B 3. y
7 Kt-Q ft.
8 Kt X P ch.
9 Kt X It (d.)
10- K-Q 3.
11- P-K Kt 3.
12- Q-K.
13- Kt X V (e.)
14- 11 x P.
16 IMCt 2.
lft-K n-K B.
17- K-Q 2.
15- P-Q II 3,
19 Q-U 2,
20 Q U-IC.
21 Q-Kt.
22 P-Q 5.
23 P x Kt ch. c
24 P-K ft d, c.
25 Q x P.
Bluck-
Dr. N. Hayes,
Seneca, Kan.
1- P-K 4.
2- Kt-Q IJ 3.
3- 1' x P.
4-Q-It ft ch.
ft P-Q 3 (a.)
5-Q-U 3 (b.)
7 IMC Kt 4 fe.
S K-Q.
9-U-Kt 2.
KV-Kt-B 3.
11- Q-Kt 3.
12- Il-K.
13- Q x Kt.
U-Q-Kt 3.
15-Kt-Q 4.
1-K Kt-ICt 5 ch. (f.)
17- Kt-Q 4.
18- B-U 3.
19- Kt-B 3 (c.)
20- Kt-K Kt 5 (h.)
21- n-K 3.
22- K-Q 2 (I.)
23- K x P.
24- K-Q 2 (k.)
.Resigns.
..(a)..T,e Stelnltz gambit Is n variation of
the Vienna (or Q Kt) opening, where AVhlte
plays 2-Kt-Q li 3. Hoffer snys: "Tho
movo 1ms many advantages, Tho Q Kt
docs not net Immediately, but rather seems
to relinquish tho ndvantngo at llrst move,
but this Is only apparently so, For fn nil
openings the Q ICt plays nn Important role,
md, having this piece In nlav. Whit
resumes tho attack, nnd with Increased
vigor In curtain variations." Ho ikIvIhph
Black to play.., 2 Kt-K II 3. ns 2... Kt-Q B 3
may lead to tho Htetnltz giimblt, "a ll ttleu 1 1
gamo ior 0011 nines." jjiacics B I'-Q 3 Is
lucuiiiiiifiiutMi uy iiuiier.
(b) II-ICt 5 Is better.
(c) To nrovont Kt or B x P.
(d) As a general rulo It does not nav
to make two moves with Kt to win tho
exchnnso.
(e) To relievo the pressure nnd get bishops
and rooks Into play,
f) 1C...II-U I looks Inviting, although
White would reply P-B 3. Tho text nc-
compusnes noining.
(g) Why not Kt x B7
(h) Again Black accomplishes nothing.
Ills K Kt has none the roundx.
(I) Black has suggested another ending
rrom Here, ueginmng 2-',..i"-ivt J, to which
Whlto" replies Kt x P.
(k If B-Q4, B x 11 ch. K x II, Q-O 4 ch,
K-B 3. Q-B 4 ch, K-Q 2, Q-B 7 ch, ICIC 3,
Q x P ch. K-B 4. H x 11 dls ch, ICt in.
u x ivi cn. iv-ui a, ii-ii 4 cn. K-u li,
lt-tt 4 ch. K-ICt 7. Q-Q 5 ch. Q in. Q x O ch.
K-B 7. K U or B matrs, Or. bottej-. in
stead of Q x P ch. piny P x P dls ch, K-B 3,
B x B dls ch. Q in. It x Q ch, IC x It,
Q x P ch, Kt in, It x H ami Black Is
neipiess,
Tho problem by 11. W. Barry of Boston
In Tho Beo of February 3 Is solved by
Kt-ICt 2, etc. aeorgo B. Spencer's sul-mato
laht Sunday yields to R-IC It 3, of Kt-B 4
ch: It x Kt double ch, K x It must; Q-Kt
5 ell, P x Q mate.
In Tho Beo of Junuary 20 wo gave Dr.
Dalton's last composition In tho uliietocnth
ceniury: 1:1 r 1 r 11 11 2 p 1 11 3 Q s 1 11 1
It 4 k p 2 IC 9 P 8 b I. Whlto mutes In
threo niovcH by B-Kt 7. a knv.movo sonic.
what too threatening to suit somo hyper-
ppiiHiuvo vkuih. 1 no proiiieni uus a numuor
of short mutes und duals, hut tho muln
phiv Is beautiful. Mr. A. II. Bobbins of
St. Louis, to whom tho problem was dedi
cated, feels highly complimented by tho
uoaior unii nays; -u is u very nno concep
tion. Tho 'expiring' hour of tho nine
teenth century erems to havo been more
or an 'inspiring nour 10 ino gooa uoetor."
China Is today facing one of tho heaviest
Indemnities over Imposed upon any nation.
Tho bill of costs drawn against it by tho
various nations on account of the recent
uprising ngatnst tho missionaries, with Its
consequences, will, when nil tho Items aro
entered, foot up to moro than $000,000,000.
How can Chlnn pay It? Thero seems to bo
a gcnernl Impression on this side of tho
world that tho enforcement of this claim
will plungo tho oldest emplro Into hopo
lcss bankruptcy. This Idea Is based on an
underestimate of China's enormous, re
sources. China Is ublo to puy, and that
without Imposing upon Its people an ap
preciably heavier burden thnn thoy now
bear.
Many charitable and ktnd-henrtcd people
bollevo that tho claims upon China should
bo limited to tho actual damage to foreign
residents nnd foreign property. But this
would represent no penalty nt all for tho
misdeeds of tho Chinese; the claims would
bo so smalt as to causa no embarrassment
to China whatsoever, even though thoy
were Increased for tho purpose of Indemni
fying tho nntlvo Christians. During tho
whple uprising only about 100 foreign mis
sionaries havo lost their lives, and it to
theso nro added thoso who were killed In
tho defense, of the legations at Pcklu or
injured to such nn extent thnt their death
can be directly trnced to the same cause,
tho whole number of death claims against
China would still be represented by less
than 200 lives lost. It hn.i been fairly estab
lished by a long line of precedents that
$25,000 is a reasonable Indemnity for loss
of a life. Thus tho aggregate claims
against China on account of deaths of for
eigners will not nraount to moro than
$5,000,000. It Is cxtremoty doubtful whether
tho claims for the destruction of mission
property will exceed $2,000,000, nnd -certainly
$5,000,000 moro will cover nil clnlms
on account of tho destruction of foreign
property nt Pokin and Tien Tsln. If, ns
suggested, this sum bo swelled to Include,
nn Indemnity for tho native Christians, tho
wholo claim against China, Independent of
tho cost of tho military expeditions, should
not ho moro than $20,000,000.
lliinln nf tin- (Milium.
It has, however, been ngrecd that In
demnity shall bo paid to stntcs as well ns
to corporations and individuals, nnd on
this agreement nro based tho heavy claims
against China. If the powers had been
willing to limit their claims against China
to tho actual cost of their expeditions for
the relief of Pokin, $100,000,000 would easily
havo covered nil claims. Tho Russian gov
ernment, whoso part In tho relief expedi
tion was second only to Japan's In size, and,
considering tho distance from which tho
troops wero brought and tho dlfllculties
under which they woro sent, far moro ex
pensive, haB stated that its total ex
penditures on this account were less than
$10,000,000. Certainly $10,000,000 would
covor tho actual expenses of Japan, and
$6,000,000 or $8,000,000 will cover tho cost
of our detachment In tho relief expedition.
Tho .claim of no other power except Great
Britain could possibly bo anywhere near us
largo as ours, but tho greed and arroganco
of Bomo of tho powers precludes all pos
sibility of China escaping with any Buch
payment. Gormony, which took no part In
tho relief of Pektn, haB slnco poured In a
largo force that has ravaged tho province
of Po Chi LI, slaughtering thousands
of Inhabitants and destroying mil
lions of dollars worth of property,
and for this it proposes to mako claim
of ovor eighty millions of dollars. Such a
claim can not bo Justified on tho scoro of
actual damagos or expenses, even when
swelled by tho enormous salaries which
Germany has allowed to Its olllcera and sol
diers for this purpose. It can bo based only
on tho theory that punltivo damages must
be enforced for the Intuit to national repre
sentatives and for tho breach of Interna
tional treaties. With Germany making n
claim of such proportions It Is, of courso,
necessary for tho other powers to Increaso
their claims by Including tho sumo punltivo
damages, in order to secure their fair pro
portion of tho ultimate award; and so It Is
that China Is today facing a bill of costs
exceeded only by that enormous claim made
by Oormnny at tho end of tho Franco-
Prussian war, for tho purpose, Rs stated
by Prlnco Bismarck, of "bleeding Franco
rale."
l'rohleni of Collection.
In tho methods of collecting this great In
demnity tho powers nro In danger of-raaklng
n blundor. It iae beon stated In the dls
patches that thoy would call upon China
to assign tho "llkin," or transit taxes, as
security for tho Indemnity, but such a prop
osltlon would miss tho desired effect. In
tho llrst placo, tho llktu tuxes aro ono at
tho most Insignificant sources of revenue
to tho Chinese government. Tho total re
ceipts from thera amount to less than
$10,000,000 per year. Moreover, theso taxos
ore alrcndy assigned ns security for tho last
Chtneso loan, amounting to ovor $76,000,000,
nnd tho charges on this account against tho
Ukln taxes amount to $6,000,000 por year,
leaving less than $4,000,000 per annum
available as security for this great In
demnity. In addition to this, the llkin, or
transit taxes, aro tho greatest existing
hindrance to, tho growth of foreign trade In
China. They aro so burdensome now that
It is rarely that foreign goods penetrate
more than thirty or forty miles Inland, and
Instead of accepting them, as security for
nny part of tho Indemnity, they should bo
entirely abolished. Any attempt to In
creaso tho tax would result In ahsolutoly
prohibiting tho Import of foreign goods
beyond tho limit of tho treaty ports.
But China has other means whereby to
pay. Tho prosent national debt of tho
empire Is only nbout $250,000,000, being al
most entirely created for tho purposo of
paying the Indemnity- Imposed at tho ond
of tho Japanoso war. Tho llrst $176,000,000
of this debt Is secured by tho customs and
rovenues of tho empire, which aro now ad
minlstored by a foreign forco under tho
direction of Sir Robert Hart. Tho customs
duties collocted by China amount to 23.000,
000 tnels ($16,600,000) per annum nnd tho
cost of administration Is about 10 per cent
When the Chlncso customs aorvlco was In
tho hands of tho nattvo olllclnls It did not
yield to the government much moro than
ono-tcnth tho-revenuo that It yields now.
Tho customs revenues of China are, derived
from a tax or o por cent levied upon all
exports and Imports of tho empire. This
porcentngo Is Inslgnlllcant compared to tho
customs duties of other nations nnd can
easily bo raised to 15 per cent without seri
ously affecting tho volume of China's trado,
Such on Increaso would ralso tho revenue
from this sourco to nbout $55,000,000 per
year. Tho other revenues of tho Chlucso
government nro derived from tho salt taxes,
yielding 14,000,000 tnels per annum; tho
opium nnd miscellaneous taxes, yielding
nbout 8,000,000 tools por annum, and tho
land tnx
I. mid 'I'll -w Ki-wmif,
The land tax of China is tho greatest
sourco of Imperial revenue, yielding moro
than ono-thlrd tho totnl revenues of tho
thrcno, which nggregato only nbout 90,000,
000 taels a year, This land tax Is n dlroct
tax of from 5 cents to $1 per aero, accord
ing to tho duullty, levied on all tho nrablt
Innd In tho empire, yet Inst year It yielded
tho central government only a little ovor
33,000,000 tnels. Tho collection of this tnx
Is still In tho hands of tho Chinese olllclnls,
and, with the known corruption of such
control, It will not be surprising to learn
that tho amount nsscssed and collected
from tho people aggregates moro than flvo
times tho amount which reaches tho Im
perial government. From the area of Kind
taxed nnd tho known rate of taxation, It Is
estimated that the amount collected from
tho people on account of this lnnd tax ag
gregates about 160,000,000 taels ($117,500,000)
por annum. Tho difference botwecn this
sum nnd tho $25,000,000 received by tho
Pektn government represents tho "squoeza"
of tho army of olllclals through whose
hands tho money must pass beforo reaching
tho Imperial treasury. It this great land
tax of China wero honestly nnd efficiently
administered by n foreign commissioner, ns
is tho customs service, It uloiio would offer
nn ntuplo security for tho great Indemnity
now dumnnded. After paying for its admin
istration nnd paying to tho Chinese govern
ment n sum equal to that now received
by it from tho tnx, It would still leave a
balance of over 100,000,000 tnels per annum.
Such a sum would pay 5 per cent Interest
per milium on a debt of 1,000,000,000 taels
($730,000,000) and .leave a sum sufllclontly
largo to ropoy tho ontlro principal of tho
debt In nbout fifteen yenrs. When It Is
understood that such results can ho se
cured from tho taxes already levied with
out Increasing tho burden upon tho people,
ono gets somo idea of China's resources.
It Is, of course, truo that China Is un
nblo to pny In cush nny such sum ns that
demanded by the powers, but It can raBlly
pay n sum of $100,000,000, which will bo
nmplo to cover all actual damago or loss
sustained by tho powers nnd their nationals
In Chlnn. However, tho very purposo of
exacting punltivo damages would bo lost If
China wero ablo to pay them nt oncu In
cash. The purposo of exacting such an
onormous Indemnity from Chlnn Is to placo
It under bonds to sccuro its future good
behavior. It can be done only by Imposing
a dobt of such proportions upon It thnt It
will exhaust Its surplus revenue for years
to como nnd so provent tho onormous pur
chase nnd manufacture of war materials
and supplies which has been going on slnco
tho disastrous collapso of tho imperial urina
In tho war with Japan.
Tho powers should, therefore, ncccpt from
China tho payment In cash of such n sum
ns wilt cover tho actual pecuniary loss In
curred by tho uprising, and Insist upon tho
assignment of tho Innd tax and Its ad
ministration by n foreign commissioner as
tho security for tho great burden of
punltivo damages that shall bo laid upon
It, each of tho powers recotvlng Its propor
tion of tho total damages In bonds of a
uniform Issuo so secured. Such nu Issue of
bonds would also bo n guaranty of tho
territorial Integrity of China, for It would
create a Joint and several lntorost among
tho powers for preserving tho cmplro's
Integrity. .If tho powers attempted to divide
tho empire they would destroy tho security
for tbetr debt.
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