, 1879-03-24
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
A Lively but Not Interesting Do.
bate on the Subject,
Participated In by Wong Ching
Foo and w. Il. Lewis.
Chan Pax Kwai Gives His Views On His
Brethren,

Brethren.
WONG CHING roo.
HtR DEBATE WITH WILLIAM Z. LEWIS.
There WIS a catch-tenny performance a. the
Wcst-EiId Opcra-liousa Inst eyentne,-what nur.
ported to hu tc'atu OF tic Ehincte question
between Wong Ching Foo aud William Z. Lewis,
Of thls cty,-.lnd abuut 15o people paid IS cents
apiece to listen to a lot Of rambling, ncolerent
statements, which uddcd nothing to tl,eir In
formation, though 1t must he said, In Justice to
tie speakers, ll,at thclr auditors wcre greatly
a,nused ut them. anil laughed heartily wien
they could not control their feelings. Wong
Ching Foo claims to DO nn aristocratc Chinn
man, but WAS Obliged TO Leave his Country. since
lle led an insurrectton against the Tastars
mud price was nut upon hs head,
Ills abatement about bis career In Chtna NAV or
tnar not he correct. or It nothing /. known
hut bis h!story since ho arrived in this country
is somewhat n,nrc tangible. The Ilr4t tl,at wus
Ilcart1 nj him was along tn t! fall OF 1871. when
ha turned up ut ltochestrr, y. T., delivering leu
tures ~ PRESBYTERIAN and otrr puipItt. Tie fell
into houau OF !,lfan,r. Ills twn statement
was TINT hc wna lurc.l Into It ~ friend; HAT
gentleman whun, hs knew invited Iul to 70
aipl call on sumo frsfnds. oi lis. and he had
mntic bin apuearance In New York mi clsc. Nv
whurs as Buddhist missionary, preaching tic
truo religion 10 us unorth.n'ox hcat!eu. In MAY
IN fllc vicinity OF this city. Last rear l1u turned
IN again III New Drlhans AZ il ycfjow.fcycr
curor, md now has found Ills way back here for
.llc purnosc Of giving his views on tic Chinese
q stcatnst1tp which railrd along the China coast:
Ct present 10 Is an 9! engineer in btlIs!!n. On
educated in English, though llc has son,cti,ncs
lard work to llnd worda to express lis 3ncan.
ng Lewis, on the Other hlui has no jcari,it,r.
but an abundance Of check aid tjis rarrie,|
him through III his mni.icn effort, he never hay
Ing spoken before In public. .May le ncvcr do
so again!
Wong Ching Foo begin tic talx by soviur
that there was to DO a tjrht. hut TN 1,lnclshci
ue had gfeat love for tt,c tcoptc of wfln,t hn
was once one, and, taking a deep intcrrst II,
thelr welfare, when anything unidst wus sati ii
ngatust them lie ielt u,lyunfortntle: a 'Ai, +,
Wow al wlat hn t,enn stntrd nfcr @ =.
tic Chinese, he fclt u,at i,e ought 10 ID so,nc. s
thing toward cxp1afnin- nway soI1l, OF tic i trr
rlbje Observation-Disclosures, IIu referred IN thr
arttc!s on tic subject Whleh he Ind wrlttcr. nni IN,
which 1lnl been nrirtei IL THE T..Int1sr anrtm1 %
TINT Wr. Icwla flad ut1sstloucd nyrrr stntc1ncnf
nale, ausl calling hin, q liar. Being a hcatlcn,
s tseGa an not @ Wnnp TO US s such a
starred }nto tic 7sdcbate' II With tit STATE.
mcnt tbat tho ambition Of the Ch,ncsc
rclie!on was to aunlifv men 10 i've.
not TO teach them how 10 die.
object Of both was to show men bow n
ltyu hnppfly md cco,iun,fcatiy AMI lin Ch,nN.
,,au t.tl tliat. They wure Mt pcocc with oi,o M
uthcr. Unless they were erouulniral. Inv romil
100, QUO, ,01O live fl Tic E,ppiErl II tIis pn,uln
ton of America tncrcased M ranfiflv M II I'm,
in lin ]ast 1U9 yeurs In century m two If .h,.
present ox,rayngnucc wns Kent I'M. hny wn,,ii
;he Y,coble bo mpiutatncd3 tIu then nlrcrts,l
-
Ut Cunf1,c[us contrasting them with thnan nf
CLristIattty, to Tic delrttncnt nf ihn 1nitcr' NJ
liz nut them; aud, after ci1aracterlzns tbe Clli.
.lcss as Inc Ilncst raco under the sun, hc spoKo
thcIr public dcu1onsirntions Of iov,..
nml subsc1ucnt annlicnt,n,,a for sa,,,rattrr
from tier husbands. In Chlua, loyo WIS krnt
secret, bcruuse It was Il. licrcd tint hv M fl1t.
American laborsayI.g lnacliucry hud bcrn in
furious to China, niui,' tn .ienm1lst mia tin
stiactn sutl that weaving cOtton Cloth used tn
support 1DO, ,OOO, ,OM Of peSplc: but since fnrefen
6cttrr, thousands lad bccn thrown mt NJ nn. mn.
uoymcut, It wns II 1nlstaken i1lra int Chimn
vas ,louscly uopuiatcd. un tat, travc1eI tbrnm"i,
iuurtucn st tic eighteen nroyinccs md iur
lied tat there was % Jai,gcr 81. Of voI i' of Hh,,1.
men to AMERICA, Why ti,un't thuv rnt,.
wllon millions wero staryingt Thcv woriIi
not leave illeir country III any numbers. liz
C[llllEd tint thDs0 htrn hn1 mt rt,urI fl,.
pTjco Of labor. Wuvcs Enro hfrnrr in snn
ErnnrIsrn 1i,nn aov othar r;t~ ;,,, ia,r.I. o@' ~
ary DaII To Chiuannu wns St5 n montn' IT,
knew III instances wherN thpv MT tsirc cs
1nltrh a. white men wiu,Id con,monl A. ~ ~
traycIinr In China fnrc1,,,,nra ro,,II1 IN so VIII
n urrnft: ,,nt ,yttt,out hrra,,sc iu 1l,o ~ ont,,,
war sn innnv 0utrnres wrr, cn,nmtte eI ia, ,I,,,
monnlo ,snrn nfrnl nns Tho nissnnnrina cr ccniI
20 wherever tiry Hated witi,nnt 1mnicatotInn
'fi1e nsonln wcrn in wnrse IN tIr "nrais th"n
thnsc nj INV o,hrr ,I,Iun n" ,ert snto ..'' ~
ti,n trnnsTrysstni,s f ih. ,nsric."a ~ prHi,,o ~
md tlu.r moi jiyjur m tn thr nur,,,1sn,mrt ,,,,t
whit vas sti!tci fur Ci,inamct, wns 1,ot snitM;; ;
fnr Hmrri.ons Wnnt hnnet,t"', ~ 'ia nn.,v" ~.
woulin;t benrtlt th ti,crMth" na+,ro. u,o nm' v.s
wni,is al th,. twf, ncontrs w"re ,lifT.rnmt "''''