The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-13
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED 81 Ma
7iVE5 OF TIA MIDDLE KINGDOM.
OMcisis ana Literary Glasses Know Too
Nuca Aboat Them TO Love Them The
Ignorant rIssscs ard Thcis CreduIity
Some incidents Of Travel.

Especial f1rnep o1ieacel
EAE Francisco. Jam. Z. - ~ th
United sia',s ITO isolated Cclcsu,
ias % harl road t. travel. fle j. H.
ui,cl and .'arcl at Is the people gen
lallr. Smell toys torment him. am
1oiioo and Police judges srrcet and I'm
nm on tI. lriiDt protest.. These fact
.r" familiar io all But when / f0un
afsc'i ia IIc homo of the Chinese. am
awakened g. the fsct ihat was locke
lpon as an aien. and that tie ices @
'ho rabblo and The gaze of the curi0u
were directed toward no. ! appreciate,
Inc feelings Of poor John in ms owl
. land
The servant and mechanic classes in
the open treaty ports are disposed {,
welcome Europeans. lecausc they hav,
/ money and spend 10 freely. The 81
/ called literary glasses and officials lool
+ with dist7Ft and strong aversion upon
F their unweic0me guests This is not al
/ due 20 the fact that they do not have
+ ready access 20 the pure Of foreigners
/ but rather 10 the fact that they are bet
/ ter informed. and can better interpret
I the trend Of such intruders These
classes are Informed Of the history of
European contact with China. They
know how much gold. blood and humili-
alton their presence has cost the Chinese
people. They understand the fate of
India. They appreciate how sharply
the British appetite is whetted for the
nch agricultural and mineral resources
OF China. They have learned from sad
a. If.r a n.
seize upon the slightest pretext TO extort
money and demand territorial COncos-
sions. The entire history of the opium
traffic IN China. and the wars and in
IDENTITIES growing ont Of the earnest
efforts Of the imperial government TO
suppress that traffic. stand as o monu-
mental disgrace to Great Britain.
The real secret of the Interference Of
the ''allied armies" Of the French and
british in the Iai-Ping rebellion was
not that they saw any bad results 10 tie
Chinese people under TM-Ping suprem-
acy. bat that Great Britain learned the
rebels were intending 10 put an end to
the opium traffic
Ii is not generally known that every
open port IN China is an outCrowth If
these opium wars. Every such door was
opened AZ the mouth of British cannon.
and every chest Of opium entering China
comes IN under cOverof British bayoncts
and against 'he Chinese wish. Hence it
ls, that IN proportion as the people are
informed Of the political significance 81
the presence Of foreigners. in the same
ratio DO they disapprogo Of their Icing
admitted. The viCcr0v Of ii IUng
Chang IS the best informed and most
intelligent citizen OF the Middle King
dom today. He is pronounced bv many
as liberal and friendly 70 European ideas
and innovations. i is evident 10 INV
mind that Ii does not love foreigner
more, bat fears them more intelliecutlv
than others, and that alone Is the secret
OF his attitude toward railroads and tcle-
graphs. ia his memorials - the
throne on these subjects hc has always
based his arguments upon military ok
pedlency. lie recognizes the deleus .lcss
condition Of his country against the de-
signs Of foreigners. and he foresocs with 7
a clear vision that the only hope for the
Chinese Empire 10 retain national exist .
once for any length of time lies ia her
ability to defend her interest with arms. .
The control Of China on one pretext q +
another j. the inevitable end whittier Tu- .
rOpean encrO3chments are tending, lust .
rs Ia India and Australia. and the Amer
can continent, too, for that matter The .
white race aspires 20 rule the earth. aud. f
Iucglng from the present outlook, it j.
)niy question Of time when that will
DC the case. IL Is not q wonder. there
ore, that the better informed Mong0-
ians, who have given the matterthourht.
should feel hostile toward all FOREIGNERS.
Travellers in China have but little. If
my, contact with the better classes Of
he natives, and for the above reasons.
Hence. ~ what | shall say Of the crude
IDEAS and foolish beliefs of the people
egarding foreigners, il must be rcmcm-
erred that | refer only 10 the common
nd ignorant masses. The higher classes
Utterly ignore our presence and DO not
lesitate 90 show their contempt for US
he interior cities and farming districts
now less about us, and hence look upon
Is more with curiosity than with fear or
Iatred -.
lhere are some queer traditions and
'eliefs regarding the ways Of the white
aces. which has led TO quite serious com
icatiOns and results
One of these is the oft asserted state
lent that foreigners use the contents Of
he human eye in compromising their
Medicines. Women have held this over
heir children as menace 20 enforce
lsclpline IL is q common thing tOhear
arents tell their children that unless
hey keep quiet and do as hidden, they
Ill be given 10 the foreign devils"
he result Is that the average youngster
IN constant fear Of his life when for
gner5 are around. They fully expect
, be pounced upon and have their ewes
tucked out for medicinal use. ! knew
one instance where bov had
andered from his home and lost
Is way The rumOr spread and soon q
reat mob gathered, believing that the 8
~ bad been kidnapped by couple Of
Missionaries, who had chapel in the
W The chapel was attacked BY
lousand men. bent on rescuing that
", ana the building was RACED, not
ne stone being left upon another.
Inc lniuriated people were dispersed =
ny when the native magistrate, being
'pealed to by the missionaries for mo
ction, sent a regiment OF soldiers TO re-
ore order. The local merchants were
mpeled TO rebuild the chapel. which
ey did. But the incident shows one A
URGE Of danger TO tourists in that
untry. One has no means Of Judging
hen some absurd rumor will set a mob
angry men upon him. As We pass
rough the country, we are greeted on
cry hand by WOMEN and boys shout NJ
: at us. Yang Kivei tse" and Hung y,
o kivei tse'. These greetings. being d
mean foreign devil and IN
ed haired devil" -
The people generals are great COW a,
Is. They will not attack foreigner q,
on an equal footing. Two Of NV ~
ends visited a city some thirty miles -
and from the Nang-tse river News -
their presence spread rapidly. and ~
t before nightfall a mob of no less -
N 1000 men attacked the two I'M b.
ned Americans. They sought refuge r.,
magistrates Office. The people 81
70 demohsh the yamenfoficN 80
the foreign devils" were sheltered 81
magistrate promised my friends 10 ~
i them 10 their boat under escort. "a
5 was only an excuse 10 get nd OF "a,
r presence. e.,
' hen the men got into the street they az
nd themselves surrounded bv q howl -,
mob % T.. 81