St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-26
PEACE MAKERS I'm CHINA.
Brea X ing Up a fisht at the HI a ir.
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The interference, the peace making, is SO
regular, so universal, in every Chinese dis
pute, as to become thorough and con-
stituent part of it, and no description of
Chinese character would be complete in
which that were omitted, says writer in
| the Youths Companion At a certain
stage in the proceedings, generally after the
hair-pulling has begun, two of the byStand-
erS, quite frequently strangers to each other
and to the parties Quarreling, will interfere,
telling them to let 20 of each other and be-
come friends.
This eXhOrtation not being needed it
never is-each peacemaker craps one of the
parties about the waist and gradually but
firmly pulls them apart. Each fighter
struggles and screams, CALLS out LET me
getat him! let me get at himl'' but he never
| uses violence toward his 'peacemaker,"
and never pulls quite away from him.
1t is remarkable fact in Chinese quar-
| rel that it is always perfectly safe. no mat
ter how bitter the struggle may be, for any
of the bystanders to interfere and pull
| those quarreling apart by violence if need
be. There is not the least danger of either
party so far forgetting himself as to turn
upon the persons so Interfering. nor of the
thanks of the parties separated as well as
the esteem of all other witnesses.
The writer has often thought that in no
country in the world does that beatitade
found in the sermon on the mount
blessed are the peacemakers''-r
such practical adoption and fulfllment as
in China. There is but one exception to
the universal rule Of interference as prac-
ticed there. For reasons that need not be
given. no man will ever interfere in quar-
rel between two women, nor will a person
of either sex interfere in a quarrel between
man and woman, While a time may
come when the rule of peacenlakng as de-
scribed above may safely be adopted in the
United States. it would probably not be
wise to venture trial of it at present
One day the writer saw crowd of per-
haps hundred persons gathered by the
side of the street in Pekin. near to the resi-
dence of some Americans. Pushing his
way into it, he saw the usual Chinese quar-
rel going on, two men being engaged in
pulling each others cues. while their upper
garments lay in two little piles near at hand
Not thinking it wise to allow such a dis
turbance to go on. he spoke to the fighters
and told them to stop.
They paid no attention. Then, putting
his hand upon the shoulder of one of them,
he spoke somewhat louder, telling them to
stop their quarrelng. The one touched
merely twisted his head sufficiently to enable
him 10 see who the speaker was, but no
other notice was taken of his words.
Then the writer grasped each man by his
cue as close to the head as he could, one
cue in each hand, and by a sudden, vigor-
Gus pull dragged them apart.
Pointing 10 their clothes, he said:
''Pck up your garments and come along
with me-"
Without word, and apparently without
a thought of refusal. they gathered tLeir
coats and girdles from the ground, put them
on. and walked with him down the street,
the whole crowd following.
Having gone about third of mile, and
reaching cross street. the writer said to
one of them. pointing to thssouth:
You go that way" and to the other,
pointing to the north, go that way
Away each went as directed without
moments hesitation, and, for aught the
writer knows to the contrary. they are still
travelling, one north and the other south.