Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-18
"THs CHINESE PROBLEM" "
Interesting Lecture h, the Rev, Dr. Tal
,nner


Interesting Lecture by the Rev. pr Tai
roner.
Rev. pr. Falcunrr delivered h- lecture
on the above subject last night in III" First
English Lutheran church for the bentiIi "t
the W. {. I. /. 10 very aprrecialiNe au-
dience Several who heard il tor the So
ond ur third time said they would Ike t"
hear it again aud wished every body c"uid
hear it, The lecture occupied one hour III
delivery and j. 81 full OF facts and llluNtra-
tons that no brief abstract can do 1t Justice.
The following outline presents the man
questions discussed
|. The progrrSs toward International
comfy and race uniiication since the decline
of the Roman Empire.
= The probabilities that the Angl"-SaN"h
rac, will not be the final and dominant race.
B. The hope Of the English-speaking pe"-
Pile was not realized in the result oi thf
forcible breaking down of the Chinese
Wall" the wonder Of our school days. In
stead of Christian people and Christian civ
ilization entering and influencing emma
through that breach in the wall the
stream is the other way and III different
character The Chinese are pour
ing out through the breach IN
ccaseie>S and ever increasing
stream To all parts Of the earth, carrying
with them their peculiar customs. lhrS
take hUld ut the industries al whatever
country they settle ill., and exhibit industry.
economy and commercial ability. They are
now in every country on the globe and sur
pass the Jews in the art Of making money.
I In II years they have taken from British
merchants the trade with China worth 5000
600. 900 year, and have driven out of China
all foreign ''middlemen.' They are rapid
ly gaining the trade with RrisSia. They al
ready have three e-fnurth> Of our own Pacinc
cost shipping, and a very large part Of the
domestic manufacturing.
T. The social and moral conditions Of til"
Chinese in California, Wyoming. Oregon.
and Washington Territory, are such that
missionary work among them is much more
difficult and less effective than il is III China.
The hope of their conversion {" christianity
and to American viIiZatiuu. aud their return
To China a> ay missionaries grows less with
experience. of this fact the lecturer gave
many startling illustrations. y" better
missionaries live than those working with
the Chinese in California, hut their te>ii-
m ny j. ~ above.
y. Christian aud moral classes on our
COAST have no sympathy with the rough
treatment the Chinese receive from the
''hondlum" clement but the trouble has
gone beyond their control. The question
i one of bread and butter Nn white
man can compete with these witeie>>
pagam>. except on pagan conditions. He
must abandon all comforts al civilization.
give up church and school and adopt A>lafic
modes of life. OF abandon the field. tive .
four Coolies" ten acres of ground on one
side. and white family ten acres on
the other side, and the former will save
- out Of 80. while the latter can save
but -. The Chinese are producers but not
consumers.
e. The Restriction Act i IA confessed
failure. through the great difficulties "t EN-
II.
tration> of this
:. The real power behind the ''Coolie" is
the rich Mongolian. VIII" j. an educated
man and ''hnrn merchant He SURPRISES
the Yankee and Englishmam both. in the
ART of cooperative labor and banking. and
i proving more than match for even the
railroad monopoIies of the Pacific coast.
:. The questions really amounts Ia this
Shall our Pacific Coast be- abandoned by
white laboreT> and he left r. A>iatic>? If
~. how long will it take for these pe"-
pie. 400. O01. 900 strong. Ia occupy eastward
Ia the Atlantic Coast >
o Cur definitions and interpretations of
the Declaration of Independence have been
too much on the Fourth of July" order.
That instrument never intended to welcome
II this country perilnus and hostile ele-
mrnts.
10. Pagani>In is doomed and Christianity
will Succeed and the old covenant with
Abraham that in him all nations Of the
earth shall h. blessed. will he fulfilled. but
in what ethnie setting the fulhllment will
come no man can safely predict
Heathenism may Yet he permitted tenn
porary Victories in order 10 teach Christian
nations New Testament lessons which they
have been slow To learn.
The lecture closed with an earnest plea
for the careful study OF the facts in the case.
Traditional sentiment will not meet the
new conditions.