New-York tribune., 1872-01-30
FRANCE AND CHINA.
HOW THE CASE LOOKS TO A JAPANESE
DIPLOMAT

years ago, could not word c English. Prior to his
school, ana in III. Eheteenth Year rsi sent To- rrnpd niS
TO e educated after which be returned home visit
| and then to this country study law. Ey those
bho know him Intimately he Il considered young
Of rare abitiee and certainly me following essay
! aim to be novel specimen OF the Oriont.-EdJ
The dwarf of yesterday is the giant of to-
lay. Ho who appears dwarf before giant, appears
giant before dwarf. He who behaves politely, even
| timdly, before greater than himself, behaves
haughtly and confidently before weaker one than
self cat Is To mouse, az dog TO cat. M. Theirs
| to the Chinese Emlas sador bismarck to Theirs.
In tho recent interview between Tchong Ioan. Embas
sador of the Great Empire of Tsug, and NJ Theirs the
| ilustrous President Of the great French Nation,
the hoathen Embassador taught by the Christian
President how in Christendom the weaker Ia 10 DO
kicked by the stronger. II the speech by tho Embas
sador sounds very funny with 70 many pOmpOus
adjectiyes and 50 much serylity, the reply of the
President sounds so naughty and commanding that
there 10 no doubt he has already thoroughly learned the
BsmarcEan style Of addressing weaker one from the
frequent practices exercised upon himself But Bismarck
makes consistent speech while Theirs makes an mcon-
| sistent one.
| Let me seehow he goes on Tie says: "Ihc French
nation is too humane to take pleasure in the shedding Of
blood" But II there has been any nation since the crea
On which has taken pleasure in the shedding OF boOdt
is this very French nation. Again. he says Ii demands
only that severity which IL necessary 10 restrain the
wicked" Well IL So the relations Of the victims of
the recent barbarOus executions IN France in cold blood
would have been fortunate, and grand funeral
procession would never have taken place In NewfOrk on
Sunday the 18th OF December. 1871 Again. he say -;
"Your Government IL too enlightened not to appreciate
The merits Of those issiOnarcsnen Of great worth
who cxpatGilte themselves in order To spread abroad
throughout the world principles Of civilization, against
whom cvidsposcd persons have not feared recently 10
| excite the popular hatred"
What Is meant by these meritsi Are they seryiccnhc
! for France tho POpei And what IA their worthf
| These missionaries might perhaps he worth good
tlrashng CXpatratin themselves III order 10 spread
abroad throughout world superstition ana scctaran
fanaticsn instead Of the principles OF cNiLaoh Wch
are directly against their interest and to NEEDLE with
politics, disturb the authorities, and cheat the people
under cover Of tho sacred namo OF religion n great
many coed authorities witnesses TO how much mis-
chief has brought upon the world. instead oig0od
through the work of those French and Spanish mission
aries II would be pity if the Chinese Government Is
too enlightened appreciate the merits Of these mis-
siOnacs. Suppose that they are the reaI MINISTERS Oi
the Gospel In that they had better stay al hOne
because their hard labor would be more necessary hcre
than anywhere else If Paris does not require as many
| missionaries as the whole number among the heather
| Chinese, SodOm must have been u pretty h0ly
| place Wcll, this ia really conceiicd Worid
Again. Thicrs says: "The people will respect the for
| eicuers when they shall sec their magistrates
treating them with respect If this j. true NJ lhcfs Is
accusing himself How can he excuse himself IRON so
many hard complaints Of outragcs committed upon the
Prssians by the French because S l. not done ny the
French people but by the French magistrates II SHch
| is the case, compassion w"uld be ict toward iho
magistrates for the troubles arising fron t' direction
but they ought TO bc cicctualy punished. Theirs might
say that the French have n great deal Of prejudice
against the Prissians, the ChnaIncn have
many prcludces against the foreigners, { peeially
| against those nominal Christians who might DO
| called the shylocklan PecksnGs IL does not
| always follow that the magistrates DO not respect
forci gners when the people do respect them Is
there any Government which treat, foreigners as re-
spectfully that OF The United Satcsi Yet look IT "a"
oft repeated committed upon the Cinnamon hy
tho people the United States. Does NJ Thiors think
that this is because for Foreigners
by magistrates of the United stacsl If even the
people of tho cosmopolitan United states whose
motto universal intercourse nations, have such
prcjudices AGAINST some foreigners, now much more
could IL not be expected from the ignorant people 0
conservative heathcn Chnal The hatred Of foreigners
in two when the people have mere pr'Ju
dice aganst them, and when they have real cause OF
hatred on of their naughty or impudent con
duct their dsrespec to the natives their disregard u
the laws Of the land and most Of ALL their violation and
ridcue OF their sacred customs which drive some
| times oven the more civilized people into madness.
But In these two causes joined; this ia
least the with the hatred OF foreigners IN the
eastern countries. How fOrcg expect to bo re-
spected by the natives when they do not respect the
tycsI They not to expect from the heather China
they should let them smitc their other cheek
when they have sntten their right check This is indeed
too much for the heather. Here is the merit OF which
Theirs spoke: When they have converted the nations TO
perfect Christians according to their mold, and insinu
aCd their passive doctrines into their innocent minds
completely. then is The time when foreigners may snito
both cheek, Of the natives, dsuter the dead bodies,
| kidnap their children without mourning any
! hatred. nay, Ic SIN beloved by them all the
| more. Such is the invaluable merit OF those
Roman Catholic lnls ionarlcs Then there would he
1.1 .. cfurf fIa
will of the natives eummary. The conduct OF foreign
cra excepting OF the better class OF the missionaries
and few aymen Is very shame to the Of Chris,
anity and civilization, and rcards the progress OF both
They pay the prices Of things they buy, aud even
the boat fares required OF them but do they
observe shadow OF discomfort in the face OF the person
who demands II than the heavy Is his head.
AT home such behavior would be properly ohassed by
indictment assault and battery, hut in the Eastern
countries the European tyrant under the protection
OF guns and powder moreover Of that sacred Cross Of
st. George or the Tco0r SO that, whenever they treat
native ouira%cousy, if he do not lose his senses he
would keep his anger to himself bccauso II he resent 1t
the fate darling country wonld be endangered even
| 10y the loss OF q single hair Of theirs
There is no Inystery in the fact that Christianity has
| not made any considerable progress beyond Europe,
when we know that those Christians who cut TO for
eign countries behave themselves worse than the
heathen, or at least better than they. First Of ali
they ar The slaves Of Mammon, keep women, 20 to
houses OF l-rcpuie swear without almost any cause In
suit the natives kick and beat them. and behave
haughtily Julius Caesar. Moreover these things take
place on Sunday than any other day of the week.
because on other days they have things Of material
interest 10 attend to.
It's IN vain that some really good Christians try per-
suade natives that Christianity is the true religion OF
God whilo they are beset all sides by these splendid
enecneug Of nominal ChrstianS, and when they