The New York herald., 1870-10-30

Christianity n China and Japan.
There Is . marked contrast presented jsst
now between the effect which Christian oIvlll-
cation has produced In China and In Japan.
While we behold the spectacle of the Chinese
people engaged In what has evidently on the
face Of the movement the appearance Of con-
spiracy to murder all the Christian foreigners
in the kingdom, the Japanese government is
sending delegations Of Its young men 10
Europe and America to study the operations
and results Of Christian civilization in the diff
ferent capitals and colleges. There are four
teen of these young japanese now In this city.
They are to be located at the expense Of their
government at different points on the two con-
tinents. Some will remain here. Others
20 to Berlin, st. Petersburg, London, Paris.
Vienna and Rome. The object, Of course, ID
to employ these students - propagandists Of
Christian civilization on their return home
to engraft, a. far as their acquired expert
ence will permit, the systems Of various Chris
ian nations upon the darkened civilization Of
their own country. Ever since the Americas
expedition Of Commodore Perry the governing
minds Of the Japanese empire have been
awakened to an enlarged view Of the out
side world, and the thoughts Of ito
statesmen have been fixed upon this
country as the first example presented
to them Of a great foreign Power exercising
its influence in friendship and peace In strange
contrast to the violent domination Of other
nations. We have seen the results In the
expanded views Of the Japanese; In tho dis
tinguished Embassy which visited these shores
few years ago, and the influence Of the
United States remains to-day as firm az ever
in Japan. The movements of that empire are
progressive.
In China, on the contrary, we see the ancient
barbarism Of the people still paramount, and
unhappily displaying itself in violence, cruelty
and bloodshed. Notwithstanding the Bur.
lingame treaty, and all the advances which
American and European civilization has made
the Chinese, it is evident, from recent events.
that these people remain as barbarous a.
ever. Their pagan savageness appears ia
be impregnable to the mild influences Of
Christian civilization. 1t has come to this,
that the whole Christian world will have to
make common cause against the Chinese in
order to protect their citizens resident In
China, their missionaries of every faith from
the brutality of the Chinese people, And this
must be done by force Of arms. Since they
regard no treaty nor fulfil any obligation 10
good faith, there is nothing left but to protect
all Christian citizens, whether American.
French or English, by the strong arm Of COM
bined action if necessary
The hostility of the Chinese may not be di.
rected against Christians, as such, SO much az
against foreigners in general, upon whom they
look with the jealous eye Of ignorance,
and whom they always feared as in.
terlopers, meddling with their commerce,
and introducing ideas dangerous to theii
heathen system of religion and govern
ment. But as the majority of the
foreign residents in China are Christians the
persecution to which they are now submitted
Of which the shocking massacre at Tientsiu
was but the begnning-fals of course upon
the Christian missions and converts. The
alarming intelligence received from Bombay,
that the Chinese have fixed upon certain day
for general massacre of foreigners. and that
they are marching and distributing their troops
for that purpose, is shocking to think Of, for
against general movement of this kind the
foreign residents are almost without protec-
ton. Looking at the condition Of China in the
light Of these events we cannot perceive that
our Christian civilization has exercised very
potent influence in that heathen country.