The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-08-04
Tn CHINESE rLlcuI.

In 'ne course Of an interesting and
Instructive letter to the editor OF the
InEs nom Consul General Hunt. he
expresses an emphatic and cou6dsn,
assurance Of the non-liabIllty of whit.
people to the plague which Is now re.
esiving such alarming notices from
press correspondents. This win re.
lieve the fears of bis many home
friends.
The British colonial government
10 having great and extraordinary
dimcultics In dealing with their Chi
ne's subjects of Hong Kong; in hav.
ing them comply with sanitary rules.
The peculiar nature OF the troubles Of
the authorities, the suspicious and ,u.
psr'titisn' Of the heatheu,, are referred
10 In forcible editorial In the Hong
nong fres; for q copy OF which we
are indebted to Capt. Hunt. He thinks
that the editor TO . degree mis-sppre-
hends his subject and that ajudicious
concessions can be made the natives
without injury, and that the Chinese
under their extremely pacific demean.
or are BY no means tlmid." The kick
against going on the plague ships
when seized with the disease, which
caused the trouble with the authori.
ties, Capt. II. did not think 80 strange.
A II was generally understood tha,
the ship was the certain entrance TO
the "happy valley Of their ancestors" !"
He writes thus Of the plague:
'The disease Is confined to the Chi.
nese In very filthy locslities-due to
poverty during Q drought. Chinese
who live under ordinary healthy con.
ditions, Europeans and Americans,
have never taken the disease. don't
think II possible even for the disease
to be transferred from Asia to Amer.
lea; even among the Chinese
The concluding paragraph Of the
"Prsss' editorial referred to, ought to
prove instructive and impressive to the
English usgropholist audiences OF Mis-.
sionary Ida Wells:
"For more than ffly years the Chin.
ese have been In daily intercourse. nth
Europeans In Hongkong, have had full
experience Of the principles by which
British rule is regulated, and have had
every opportunity Of becoming 20
quainted with our moral and sociaI
systems; yet We find the working
class Of the colony almost ~ ready a
the notorious Huanese to credit
any foul SANDER on the foreigner, al
shown by the absurd and disgusting
reports which have found credence
respecting the treatment Of plague
patients. We may fstter ourselves
when oil 10 going smoothly, that by
our business and social intercourse
with the Chinese and the influence Of
ovr educational institutions We are
making . great Impression on the ns'
tive mind and bringing II more Into
conformity with European methods ol
thought, but II only wants an emer'
gency like the present to undeceive III
on this point and show how superficis
the impression. However dishearten
ing this may be the fact must be 70
cognized and the policy Of the Govern
ment be shaped accordingly.
The Colony Is now passing through
q grave crisis. II IL hopeless to expect
TO influence the Chinese by mere argu;
ment; they will only recognize force
and Il Is by force they must be ruled
isntler methods may be reverted Il
when the crisis is past, but ct pressn
the Government, having satisfied II
self % to what measures are necessary
must enforce those measures uncom
promisingly.'