eral, outside of what they are commissioned to take care of. Neither ought actions of this kind to be sanctioned, though the cause of it might be of quite eloquent nature. For to encourage a thing like that would mean the further repetition of such disorderly conduct.
Now I believe people of average intelligence can plainly see that the so-called "Chinese revolution" is but a consecutive series of mutinies. Frankly, I do not believe that our Chinese, as a race, have yet been educated to the standard ideals of what the world calls revolution. So long as they can live in peace, people in this country care little about the form or constitution of the government. We all know that the revolution of 1911 was started by a body of discontented army officers, who later, invariably became tremen-dorisly wealthy. What do we people get out of all these revolutions, save all that we have painfully sacrificed It is remarkable, though, how, quickly the law of retribution works. I have heard of an insignificant corporal, who had rebelled against the Manchurian government and became a military governor, but only a year ago, one of his subordinate officers copied his example and got rid of him in the same. way. Such a coincidence plainly proves to us that, if we encourage something that is wrong, the case will repeat itself with a far more disastrous consequence.
Let us set aside the hideous question as to whether the Manchu réyime was any better than the one we are having now. it docs not matter—so long as the naked truth shines. {t is always wrong for the government officers to rebel against their government. If the government is corrupt, the; themselves are much to be blamed. What right have they to wage wars at the expense of the people?
I suppose if the governor of British East India starts a mutiny against His Majesty at home, the sympathy of the world will be with the government ai Great Britain. If the admiral of the Pacific Squadron disobeys the order from Washington, b.c., we_all know that he is wrong. And if a military commissioned officer starts a mutiny in China, what then? I hope we may soon witness the last day of judgment.
T an, ete., Epwin Zonn.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.