New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-18
MISSIONS AND MURDERS.
QUESTIONS OF YACHTS. ARAB HohsES'
PAINTERS AMP THE NEW EDITION
OF PEPYSS DIARY.


subiects-the shocking mrrder OF English ladies
and children in China and the possible results
:, England both OF that outbreak ana or MT
,ladstone's sudden activity in relation 10 o'her
murders those which. beyond all DOUBT nave
lately taken place In Armenia. only re'er !"
the nrst by way Of noting the curious diner'"'e
IN tone In the articles ir nearly all the "'"s-
papers from what IT wouli have been twenty ~
even ten years ago There IT, OF course "''
versal cry Of horror and pity and universal "
solve to bring the Chinese authorities 10 re"'o"
hut at the same time there Is ample eNu'"''
a growing dstrust and dislike OF MISSIONS a"'
of a growing feeling that women snou'u oe We
cour,god from iolning them. and that the men
should be warned that the Government VIZ
ho,a ,,se,, rssponsible for their safety. People
have lately been looking far more closely IMAM
., old into the question OF missions among com
narst,velv civilized races. such as the h'hu"S
49,, ,ho chinese and have come 10 ask tnem-
sn,,os whether the return is In any way equai 10
,,o oxnenditure-I do not mean of money only
hu, - life and energy They have come to ASK
moreover whether the results do anything 10
sunnort the claim OF moral right whlch his
sionaries put forward. and whether the so-caieu
converts in India and China. who In nine cases
ont Of ten are rather bad heathens than goou
Christians are in any sense Improvement
upon their unconverted brethren.
commend on this subject book published
month or two ago under the title OF An AUS
tralian in China" by a DR.. Morrison. pam
and very modest narrative of quite eNtrao'-
binary feat Of travel. Or. Morrison having pro-
ceeded with but one native servant more imam
a thousand miles up the Yang-Tse, ana 'hence
on foot through 1900 miles OF country utterly
unknown 10 white men, as far as the borders OF
-
hook Of travel and discovery is considerable and
still more interesting are DR.. Morr'sons reasons
and cautious remarks msny practical ques-
tiors of the moment. and especially on the ques
t,or If missions He is deliberately OF opinion
that they do more harm than good and that the
misunderstanding they giTe rise 10 In the mihds
Of ignorant and prejudiced natives are such as
would never arise II the intercourse between
West and East were merely the intercourse oi
trade and II we allowed our Ideas TO inter uo"h
among the Cinnamon without attempting 10 I'M
pose upon them by supernatural authority WIFI
gunboats in the background or course. ne ana
those who hold similar opinions have no eN-
pectation Of persuading the missionaries Out as
soon as the public at large comes to realize 'he
facts and to understand the common-sense view
Of the matter II is extremely doubtful whether
governments will any longer De ape 10 Pio'eO'
missionaries by force.
AS TO Mr. Gladstone and his pew crusade
everybody is naturally admiring the superhuman
energy Of this old man of eghty-fve. who comes
ont from his retirement TO demand that force
should be used to Turkey to compel justice 10
the Armenians. The speech l am told' was
almost on level with those delivered eighteen
or nineteen years ago before and af'er the
Russo-Turksh war; and there was the Ola IN
cenuity the old eloQuence. the old ire But ho"'
as then, common sense asks who is to bell the
cat, Who is to coerce Turkey? Is the concert
~ Furone or the concert of the three Powers a
sufficiently real thing to make 1t likely That they
whose interests and prejndices are In many re-
spects so opposed, will join In bringing to bear
upon the Sultan compulson that he dare not
resist? Mr. Gladstone believes 1t is. but very
many people doubt II. OF one thing am sure
there is no such excited condition Of public opin-
Ion in this country with regaru TO the Armenian
massacres as would Justify Lord Salisbury in
acting independently. In plain words. no large
boiy Of English people are prepared to go to war
with Turkey on the Armenian question; this be-
ing so, the only hope Of such solution as Is
desired by Mr. Gladstone lies in Russia and
England continuing TO act together. France. or
course. will do what Russia wishes her to do In
this matter, short of using any considerable force
LAND AND WATER KACERS
The Kaiser has come TO Cowes, but the
weather has been so bad that thus far the yacht
ing has been by means success. There was
no race at all for the Queens Cup. though five
yachts were entered: but the German Emperor.
Lord Lonsdale Admiral Montagu and Mr. Graf
ton all withdrew. owing. says THE Times. TO
the ugly weather outlook. and possibly TO not
too keen appreciation Of the handcapping," so
t1oI fha all n
day things look much brighter. and doubtless
long before this letter reaches you you will have
received cable advices OF several successful days
am not aware whether the name OF Mr.. Will
frid Blunt is known in America. but here II Is
familiar as that Of a singuarly versatile per-
sonality-as that Of q man who made a reputa-
ton as a poet extended II by vehement advo-
cacy of the Nationalist cause first in Egypt and
then In ireland, and finally carried II far In
another direction as breeder OF ARAB horses
Every second year Mr.. Wilfrid Blunt holds a
sale of his Arabs at his beautiful park at Crab
beth in Sussex and the last OF his sales. which
was very well attended took place few days
ago. Mr.. Blunts contention Is that though no
horse in the world combines strength and speed
so perfectly as does the English thoroughbred.
he Is not so sound might be wished, and that
his stock requires to be rejuvenated from time
to time by an admixture OF pure Arab blood,
Just as 1t was go improved and strengthened by
the Godolphn Arabian $50 years ago. II he has
rot yet made a large number of converts. he
has at least persuaded good many people to
buy his beautiful Arabs at fair prices. his sales
up till now having realized the very tolerable
average OF 12O guineas apiece. On the present
occasion the average fell little below this. but
chiefly because the two best horses OF all. which
hStrh 6eirr cd IN
sold. The best judges think there is something
in Mr.. BIunts contention. for English race
horses even when they reach the astonishing
perfection OF Ormonde. show sad tendency to
become 'roarers" fault absolutely unknown In
Arabia Mr.. Blunts stud is admirable OF its
kind. and have heard nothing but praise from
,,nui4aru md other fudQes who were there OF the