REVOLUTION PENDING IN CHINA.
A CORRESPONDENT in Honolulu writes to the Examiner of San Francisco that there is a Chinese society now numbering millions and rapidly growing, with over two million dollars capital at present, presided over by able, judicial, and educated men, having as its supporters many noted men of Europe, the object of which is to overthrow the present Manchu dynasty, and to establish a republic modeled after the United States. The headquarters in China are in the Canton province. This correspondent says:— " 'Down with the Manchu dynasty—up with a republic like the United States!' is the battle-cry of the Revolutionary Society, and the watchword that will sooner or later rend China from end to end, and change the course of her destiny for all time. It will open up the vast empire from the sea to the Thibetan hills; telegraph and railroad lines will pierce into every province, and all the obstructions to civilization and Christianity will be forever removed. The leaders of the future will doubtless be Canton men, who are broader and wiser and more patriotic. All China proper hates the present rulers, because they are men of the north and not of their own blood. "A prominent member of the local Revolutionary Society, who has just returned from a visit to China, said last night: 'We are almost ready to strike, and our success is certain. The government will be powerless in our hands. Two to five millions of men who mean business, who are soldiers, and will be led by soldiers, will rise in a day and sweep everything before them. Canton province will rise as one man. When the present authority is out of the way, a republic will be proclaimed. All the plans have been formed. There will be eighteen states, with separate governments, and a strong central authority. For the latter, the Constitution of the United States will be copied and followed almost to the letter.'" This need not be a surprise. In some way China will be opened for the closing work of God.