China and the future of reform and partition
The author argues against China being partitioned by foreign powers, noting historical lessons from 1900 and the Boxer era. He emphasizes reform, a strengthened central government, and collaboration with foreign powers, while acknowledging rising nationalism and regional influences in China and Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Europe
America
Japan
China
Chinawa
Robert Wart
John Hay
Heling
Chang Chih Tang
Kun Yi
Shanghai
Neenle
Africa
Great Britain
Yangtse Valley
Alon
Great
Germany
France
Hankow
England
Burmah
Yunnan
Chi-Li
Tientsin
Kia
Russia
United States
Philippines
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Porrane
Mexico
Cuba
Revolutionary Party
Socueec Aula
Reform Party
Kang Yiu Wei
Liang Chi-Chiao
Por
Yuan Shih Kai
Abla
Manchuria
Aatah
Shantung
England's Egypt Misrule Questioned by Butler
R A J Butler in The Nineteenth Century argues Britain misgoverns Egypt. He notes past stability under Samail and warmer praise for Roosevelt but warns insecurity grows. Officials fear sudden riots or massacres and may evacuate families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
R. A. J. Butler
Egypt
Roosevelt
Samail
Opium Prohibition Across Global Powers Cited
A 1906 article notes rising global pressure against opium use beyond medicine. British India curtails manufacture. Hong Kong closes divans. Germany, Siam, Macao, Indo China push regulation. Straits Settlements move to state monopoly. China enforces anti opium decree with large revenue shifts, while Formosa and the Philippines tighten bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Journal of Sociology
J. F. Scheltema
Edinburgh
Scotland
Aima
British India
Hong Kong
Shantung
King of Siam
Macao
Indo-China
Straits Settlements
Federated Malay States
Ceylon
Persia
Emuleis
China
Scheltema
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
The Thinking Horse and the Pfungst Experiments
A German psychologist Otto Pfungst studied Clever Hans the horse of von Osten to test claims of animal thinking and telepathy. He showed that horse responses depended on subtle cueing from questioners and the observer’s expectations, not on occult powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Pfungst
Brumpt
S’sychiological Institute
Berlin University
Uhis
Edgar Rubin
Filskeveren
Copenhagen
Prungst
Herr von Osten
Hans
Mobius
Behillings
Schweinfurt
Schaff
Zoological Garden
Hanover
Zobel
von Osten
Proessor Stumpf
Schillings
Clever Hans
Pfingst
Rubin
Pfungst
Hana
Will
Opium Policy Shifts Highlighted in Far Eastern Discuss
The text notes 1907 and 1909 moves in Dutch policy toward opium in the East Indies and Shanghai discussions in 1900. It cites a Dutch delegate at the Opium Commission proposing total eradication as an unattainable ideal. The piece argues battle on opium is winnable if finances align, hoping the issue will fade with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch East Indies
Opium Commission
Shanghai
Analysis of Human Thought and Animal Response in 19th Century Study
The text discusses Pfungat and Clever Hana examining how thoughts trigger bodily and sensory cues that guide animal movement. It notes the need for “expe ctive tension” and skin and neck muscle responses, plus inner discomfort, to make signals observable. It draws parallels to table turning and spiritist phenomena and suggests thought itself can produce motion, reducing animal success to sensation and perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Peron
Qlover Hans
Hana
American legal system under glare of English reform study
A commission of eminent American lawyers in England critiques U S criminal court practice. They urge abolishing reversals for indict ment defects and limiting juror examinations. They call for greater judge control, noting delays, appeals, and corruption risks in U S trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
England
United States
Taft
London
Coal Stored Under Water Preserves Calorific Power
British Admiralty experiments show coal kept under water, especially sea water, resists deterioration that occurs in open air. In Hong Kong, coal exposed to air lost 40 to 35 percent of heat value, while coal buried under thirty feet of sea water stayed intact for five years, with 39 hours of sun and air enough to render it usable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Admiralty
Hong Kong
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Gilbert Reid
Prince Kung
Nicholas O’connor
St. Petersburg
Li Hung Chang
Kang Yi
Boxer Organisation
Ming
Imperial
Tamail
Ismail
Lord Cromer
Boutros Pasha
Cairo
India
Britain
Edward Gray
Eldon Gorst
Criminal Court
Inland Revenue
New York
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