University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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52 'l'HP1il.INGUlS'1' 'fsQUEEzE. Today I bought a ton of coal. Thai is, I meant to buy a ton ol coal. I think l bought an interest in a store. a bowl ol rice, a chicken, a new coat, a gilt for the family god, a pipciul of tobacco, and a half ton of coal. My coolie told me that my coal was gone. l told the cook to buy me a ton of coal. He sent the table boy to tell the coal man to bring me a ton of coal. The coal man sent his coolie with a wheelbarrow full of coal. 1 thought it was a half of a ton. My cook said it was a ton. My cook said a ton of coal cost twenty dollars, My cook has been in this house twenty-one years. His word is sacred truth. His wo1'd is law. I gave him twenty dollars. The coolie got twenty centsg he told me my coal was gone. The table boy got forty centsg he told the man to bring' the coal. The gateman got ten centsg he allowed the boy to go out ofthe gate to tell the coal man to bring me a ton of coal. The gateman got a dollarg he allowed the coalman's dirty coolie and dirty coal to come in thru his nice clean gate house. The policeman on the corner got a dollar 5 the squeeking wheelbarrow disturbed his nerves. The coolie who pushed the wheelbarrow got twenty centsg that is the way he earns his living. My cook got three dollarsg he ordered my coal. The coalman got the restg he furnished the coal. IN CHINA, WE CALL THAT SQUEEZE. Thcreby is the currency of the land kept in circulation. Thereby do our servants lay up for themselves treasures on earth. IN CHINA, WE CALL THAT SQUEEZE. R. L. M. ,.. T i x It ,W Market Scene

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JOTTINGS FROM CHINESE HISTORY 51 anti-foreign agitation. Anti-missionary riots led to the massacre of two German missionaries in Shantung. Germany retaliated by helping herself to Kiaochow, forcing China to lease it to her for 99 years, with the right to build fortifications, and docks, to land and station soldiers, to control railways and mines in the whole of Shantung. The game of land grabbing was then' the order of the day. Russia got Port Arthur, Talienwan, and a strip of adjoining landg Great Britain compelled China to lease 400 square miles of land and water including a part of the mainland opposite Hongkong g France got lease of Kuangchourwan for 99 years. In 1896 it was agreed that Russia receive all railway concessions north of the great wall while Great Britain should have those in the Yangtze Valley including the provinces of Chekiang and Honan. Great Britain also secured a promise from China that she would not surrender any part of the Yangtze Valley to any other foreign power. In this way each power had China ear-marked for exploitation. The parts so marked were called in diplomatic language spheres of influence. In 1899 both Russia and Germany threw open theirleased territory to foreign commerce. Availing himself of the opportunity John Hay, Secretary of State of the U.S.A. addressed a circular letter to Euro- pean powers and to japan. proposing the Open Door Policy, which had for its object the maintenance of China's integrity and the assur- ance of equal rights to all. This policy put a stop to further spheres of influence. Foreigners in China are not amenable to Chinese courts, but to consular courts of their own nationality. This privilege is called Extraterritoriality. In view of the desire of the Chinese govern- ment to bring the judicial system into accord with that of western nations, both Great Britain and the U. S. have agreed to relinquish their extraterritorial rights when they are justified in such a step. The boycott of 1905, whereby China refused to buy American goods because of the anti-Chinese agitation in the States,-threatened China's friendly relations with the U. S. but its effect was only tem- porary. The return of Boxer indemnity funds by the U. S. is an evi- dence of the improved relations between the two countries. Mrs. l-l. C. R. Graves

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SAYINGS FROM THE ANLEGTS. 53 CHINESE PROVERBS A fraction of time, an ounce of gold. lt is hard to buy a fraction of time with an ounce of gold. If you lose an ounce of gold you can still get along but there is no place to seek for a lost fraction of time. If you wish to know the road ahead you must question those who have travelled that way before. Truth does not come from the false, nor false from the true. Time flies like an arrowg days and months like a shuttle. He who is unwilling to Sl1'l'l:Cl' trouble will never attain to being a man above other men. . A twitching of the left eye denotes wealth. that of the right eye signifies calamity. lf as a usual thing you do not burn incenseg in a crisis you will embrace the feet of Buddha. - He that takes medicine and neglects to diet himself, wastes the skill of the physician. The mouth of the wicked is sweet but the heart bitter. Those who can talk are not equal to those who can perform. Talking about virtue is not as good as practicing it. Men die for gaing birds perish to get food. A stupid man has no eyes in'his heart. Gpen your eyes wide so as to take in a broad range of visiong stand on your heels and be a man. The summer insect cannot speak of iceg the frog in the bottom of the well should not talk of the heavens. Good and evil are rewarded at lastg though travelling far and flying high there is still no escape. A boundless bitter seag turn your head and there is the shore. Irrigation Pump. I