Ie is hardly likely that China will again make an attempt to drive out all foreigners, but she has not given up her warlike ambition and her antipathy to foreigners.
a ChinaJapan alliance should develope, China will more ly begin war where she can have the real ce-operation—nay—_eai= ership—of Japan. The natural direction of such an alliance will be against future encroachments of Russia in Manchuria and Corea. At heart Japan would join with China against the high-handedness of the Catholic Missions and native converts, but it would be hard for the sit-nation to become so bad as to force Japan to enter into a crusade against France or Christians, China Courting Japan, The Chinese now look for more advantage from an alliance with Japan than Japan can possibly guarantee. Nevertheless it is more and more apparent that China is now leaning to Japan more than to any other country. Japanese are pressing into Peking and becoming friendly with the Chinese as those from other cuuntries stand no chance of becoming, We have already referred to the large Japan-se School where all the instructors, some ten of them, receive no pay from the Chinese' but are supported by the Japanese Government or a Japanese society. They might be termed Japanese Missionaries, as they depend for salary, not on China, but on their own people. The Police training school in Peking is likewise in Japanese hands. Prince Ching is as much in favour of using the Japanese as are Viceroys Liu K'un-yi and Chang Chih-tung. "The matter of small pay is a great consideration. The political advantage is the other,
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