New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-29
TIE QUESTION or CHINA.

Mr.. Robert Hart, an Irish gentleman, who,
on the recommendation Of tho American an( English
Minister'S was appointed Inspector-General ofMaritime
Customs In China and In consequence OF his oieia po
siton is brought great deal into contact with TIE ipe'
rial Government has written long letter. dated Pekn,
lime 30 on the subject OF tho Burngame misaon and
It's significance. We subon some Of the more Important
parts Of 1t:
The object with which the Yamen dispatched he Mis-
soD understood II at the time was 10 cuitl,ae ana
conserve friendly relations by explaining TO oacI OF tho
Treaty Powers the many difficulties that Chlni cannot
t 10 rnericnce I'm attempting 20 change existing
dtjons or 10 introduce novelties; to bespeak
and prevent, In No far as possible any resort hostile
pressure 10 wiring from China concessions Tor weh Tue
pare the way generally for the day when emma shoua
merely hear the words OF foreign ~
It's own capital through o resident Chinese medium
has been msnerpreted and the public have retarded
il promising, OH the part OF china the per
Msaion 70 explan 20 the West are difficult OF pGorm
ance tho impression created by the sending OF nch
Mission has besides that generous butlgnor
ant and nnreasOnlng public has itself done much a pun
INTO still further dimensions. Nothing but complete
ignorance of China could have permitted the public to
assume that the vast changes now locke. for
are regarded as necessary anu cor,d vel bo
more than to suppose that such chaiges
even felt by China TO be called iorooa De rb
forward given effect to 1t III the short time III sneh
the West seems 10 expect them Inc press III Its feo
iations as 70 the object OF the MISSION mas comsteH
oyeTshot the mark Ii has forgotten that not one ehia
man In ten thousand knows anything aDoH tne
foreigner 1t has forgotten that not one Cninat
hundred thousand knows anything about loIesn nVen
lions and discoveries II has forgotten that nor one III
million acknowledges any suPerorg IN etneF IN, ron
dillon or the appliances Of the West ana ~ nae e1I
that of the ten or twenty In China VINO really MIX
western appliances valuable, NOT one tbs ~ Lost
boldly AID vocate their free introduction dne SiUo
sght OF the Ignorance Of the West that pIeVaiis III Ina
aud has failed TO notice the real ana
~ lie improvements 1t has altogether Ignores
nese message-which Isl Remember ot !. W. nr ra3v
and has replaced 1t by words when mehn' d and ~
Tor ANYTHING or everything; only say the worn anu
done % Thus hoping all things pus inence ~ mat
Uthoritv the press not given prominence 70 ni0
Cbino really had to say, and has inferred from tno "a
Val of the Mission much that howeSS d na Intend 10 b
mass in the future, China certainly dd noI H ~ Ills
s6 as feasible now. In this connection, anu az anm
point would call attention 10 at e, nTopTess has ON
ores this note In which argue tDht PIosp1oo S as
pmanced and will flourish IN China reasoning hu'- 10
follows: g.. China with her present Uus-
,ions and part isolation China must rasnE 1tahep
niIowed TO move ut her own pace; anu INTO adam
own fashion; or, second she must DC Inv cher
& oT third She must be forced into pfoRross W NJ
"a individual management B ooere,o n1ed upannosiy
one ioregn NV ali Treaty Powers. But Treaty Poters
have not identical interests anu VII Powers attempt
Enhancement China: A Single 10 into oro.
even II disnterested, 10 cocIS Sp object de-
sress, is certain TO see It's WITH Own which china
ie tas advantage of the dlsrust ana Jealous
some other Power ~ oppose a er' IndvidGal nam
on,sni personal influence apart Simply r"wn nTSy
@y and IS to collapse AdgiSe ~ and eranit
ana nng Imposition. Thus, the result OF an
V,'o, M the conditions which now cAst % h,tone
Inc problem Of progress for China Leaves c left toSer.
.s itcruatiye and that -, 10 see ~ WY" adj.
oiei 49, ~ "A probability OF real ana heaitn, %,
Left 70 herself WI there sS eEe The condition
That s'drtI 't "a want shall be felt i Is When
want S i et that the mind seeks to sup them hey
eate other wants there Is fountain NM aud rrsi on
oce tapped viii make or n ,:I I s%c
wards ~ n ,,,,, of material strength ana, III hp
1et va fee tha want is bottom Of al, v,
parent Of all progress sue is wt 10 which she has
Mhd Gr"IIy nlvo, other wants gre Iiahuh ts ms
1J ind Inc humber Of wants WIN ino' - nm ciiu'
7 she succeeds VI LGLseLA u ~"iI'"''a -