THE COURIER.
LITERARY NOTES.
An American, long resident in Peking,
who bad opportunities for acquainting
himself with the true sentiment of the
ruling class in China at the present
time asserts, cays Harper's Weekly,
that the Chinese do not love Russia, but
regard America as their natural ally,
and prefer England to their sullen
neighbor on the north, from which quar-
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ter the kingdom's enemies have come
from time immemorial. Li flung Chan
and Prince Rung, the prime minister
and substitute for Li in the latter's ab
sence, have coquetted with Russia in
order to bring England to the print
that is, a substantial guaranty of the in.
tegrity of China against Russian sg
greesion, and no arrangement that has
been entered into would be allowed to
stand in the way of a favorable conven
tion with the United States.
by the crews of these little craft during
tbia period will never be known, nor
could be appreciated by any persons
but those who ere in the service.
Some idea of them can be gleaned from
the articb on "Torpedo-boat Service''
that Lieut. J. C. Fremont, U. S. N.,
commanding the Porter, contributes to
Harper's Magazine for November.
In adJit:on to tbo other sufferings of
the men, the heat below dei k was such
that no one went there except on duty.
The life was on deck; those on duty at
their posts were on their feat; the re
mainder, if not struggling with their
very simple meals, were trying to get
some sleep, stretched out and wedged
in between torpedo-tubes and riilp, or in
Borne place that prevented their sliding
around. Such was the life on board
when the lack of preparedness at the
opening of the war necessitated the use
of torpedo boats for an) thing and every
thing except legitimate torpedo-boat
service. And when proper vessels to
perform the duties to which the torpedo
Heat bad been diverted were provided it
was too late. But although the boats
were worn out by the arduous service
they had been through, both the boats
and their crews bad established records
for endurance which excited the ad
miration of foreign experts in such matters.
When the United States torpedo boat
Porter started across to Havana on
April 22, it was rough rough even for
the gulf stream and that day and
night showed that the life on board was
going to be a struggle with nature a
test of physical endurance. The Por
ter's motion in such a sharp sea as runs
nearly all the time off the coast of Cuba
was, to say the least, uncomfortable.
The roll was from thirty to forty-five
No longer can the United States be
said merely to face Europe across the
Atlantic. From the Pacific slope she is
now also in close communication with
the Asiatic world, and when a trans
isthmian cpnal is made, the bonds that
unite her with Asia will bo drawn infi
nitely closer.
China and the Far East, facing sb
they do the Pacific coa3t, lie practically
at the back door of the United States,
and it is obvious that wh tever promotes
enterprise in China, or enhances the
wealth and prosperity of the people,
must react most forcibly on its sea borne
trade, of which, by means of the new
vantage-ground she is about to enjoy,
the United States stands to reap the
first fruit. Now that the war with Spain
is over, there will be time to devote at
tsntion to tbe important question of
eastward expansion of tbe United States
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obtain special and exclusive advantages
for herself. Some of tbe minor powers
(Belgium, for instance) alieady show
signs of joining this combination. China
i',io fact, undergoing "lingebili" (slicing
to death) at the bands of a Lagueof cer
tain European protectionist nations.
The problem by which the United
States is confronted, therefore, is wheth
er she will merge her forcee with those of
Russia, and thus put an end to Anglo
Saxon leadership for the secular strug
gle has resulted in pitting the Tetonic
group, of which the most important is
the English-speaking section, against
tbe Slavs, which mean? simply Russia
or co-operate with Britaio in strength
ening that ascendency, so making it
practically unassailable.
It requires no elaborate argument to
demonstrate that injury to England
would be disastrous to the United States
for tbe power of tbe United States to ex
tend her trade in Asia, and, in a large
measure, to expand as a nation, depends
mush upon the Anglo-Saxon supremacy
and as tbe common aims and aspirations
of the United States and Britain, the
bond of race, of religion, and of govern
ment, indicate for tbem a common desti
ny, shall we not join Mr. Colquhoun in
wishing that "may leaders arise who will
guide both nations in tbe path of duty,
of honor, and of prosperity, and bring
tbem to submit without murmur to the
sacrifices which will enable the race to
maintain the ascendency it has so long
held?"
my social rights was too much. I at Mrst
wanted to challenge him, and had al
ready thought about my seconds. I
have still a very firm hand, and would
degrees each way, and twenty-five timee
a minute, with occasionally an extra one
thrown in. which went way beyond the
registering limit of tbe indicators and
mads one wonder why the boat took the
trouble to comeback.it seemed 83 much
easier just to go on all the way round.
To rest and s!eep in such conditions
was very difficult, and only possible
when physical exhaustion overcame
every other feeling, and then the sleep
was bo broken that it ill-fitted one to
to renev the exacting duties of handling
the delicate mechanisms of the boats, or
exercise the cool judgment and instant
decision demanded by the service.
The discomforts and the trials borne
and the place which the United States
may be expected to occupy among tbe
nations of tbe world. On the subject of
eastward expansion Mr. Archibald R.
Colquhoun, whose book, "China in
Transformation," is of the utmost inter
est and value geographically, politically,
and commercially, has an article in Har
per's Magazine for October, in which be
points out that recent events have made
it clear that two great continental pow
ers Russia and France are actively
engaged in China on apolitical campaign
which is intended to shut the door
against the commerce of the Anglo
Saxon powers; while Germany is tacitly
supporting that dual alliance in order to
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soon have got into shooting again. But
I considered the matter and asked my
self what would happen? 1 am an offic
Continued on page 9.
An event of importance is the an
nouncement of the impending publica
tion of the genuine memoirs of Bismarck
written and revised by the late Prince
hinueir. Tbe work, edited by the well
known Bismarckian historiographer,
Herr Horst Kohl, is to appear shortly
under the title of "Gedanken und Erin,
nerungen." The book appears from tbe
house of Harper k J3rothers in New
York, under the title, in English, nf
"Bismarck's Autobiography."
It is very interesting to learn from the
Beriin correspondence in the London
Daily News that Prirce Bismarck, as a
man of 78, was about to eend his succes
sor, Count von Caprivi, a challenge to
duel with pistols.
As is known, the German government
under Count von Caprivi issued, on tie
occasion of Prince Bismarck's visit to
Vienna to attend bis son Herbert's wed
ding, a circular note to all the German
ambassadors abroad saying tnat Prince
Bismarck was a private gentleman, and
was to be treated accordingly, and that
his views were no longer of any weight.
With regard to this decree. Prince Bis
marck once said:
"That Caprivi should assert that I
understood nothing of politics, and that
be should have officially communicated
the statement to foreign countries, was
nothing to me. It could only disgrace
him. But that he should interfere with
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