The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-14
INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN.
Tales Of Two Travellers Con-
corning the Three Lands.
ORIENTAL LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
Missionaries Charged with specuIasion
and Luxury Between
China and japan.

Two a. pleasant AMI rssnei gentlemen
as one nfshs meet Ep days journey.
Capt McExntnry and Mr.. J. Windsor.
were at fhs RainIer-Grand last night.
having t1st cosns down from Vancouver.
where they arrived yesterday On the Ein-
press o. japan Capt MeEslhiz1y belongs
% the Rogai Engineers. Lscknow, aaa =
uow or 4 leave OF absence. expecting 10
join his regiment next October. Ar. Wind
scr IS a nssnaer OF rae indian civil ser
vice. an organization whose M1strsous
history 1sTsrentsafes Il sornevh aE from lis
American kiEsruan Of similar title His
home Is IN Lever Bengal
These two gentlemen set ozlt from fnztta
some months sinre on . voyage round the
world. though they DO net impress one as
typical globe frotte-s." They have joGr-
neyed IL . issssrev fa<hion through
China and Japan. and their interesting
conversation concerning those two eo1n-
tries shows that they have Travelled TO
some purpose. They have evidently given
closer add dsep<r stfenssyn 70 the naeits
/ and modes OF nfe OF the Or1enraIs than
the averass tourlss ptsioNs. and tAsy
have brought to America the same wide
awake thoashif9lness. although reither
OF them proposes 10 write a book on the
United States.
From this city their itinerary divides
for time. Mr. Windsor going flrst 10 San
Francisco and thence East BIZ the South
err route. while Capt McE.lhinny. altar q
short visit 10 Portland. VIII return TO
Vancouver and tske the Canadian Pa -lfic.
visiting Winnipes. Chicago. Niagara aud
thence on 30 New York where he will be
rejosned by his friend. The two viii sail
from New York TO England, and win
spend the rest Of their vaea tlon In England
and Scotland. gang back TO india next
fall.
Never In Tndia7 You should 20 there
by al meansi said Capt ,McE9hinny,
brushing she ashes from his cigar .sIt Is
one % the most Interesting lands in ths
world. r. affords perhaps a wider range
and variety OF races and tyres than any
ether one country There Is It's ansient
civilization, whose architecture and litera-
tHre have been the marvel and the ad-
rnirasion OF modern scholarship. Then.
aside from the Europeans. who are COM
rarattveiy few. there are all kinds OF dis
tinct tribes
Yes" observed Mr.. Windsor. .ani
England nay Justly pride herself on hav-
Ing made one country out Of so heterogen-
Gus mixture. Even now IL we should
Withdraw from india. the various tribes
and various religious seets would at once
go 10 war with one another
In this casual and supplementary way
the two friends talked also OF China and
Japan, one OF them making remark
which would cam forth a responsive remit
niscence from the osher ali making up
one OF those charming, conversations that
are not meant 20 be reported. and could
not be reported IL they were intended TO
be
They drew sharp contrast between
China and japan depicting the former as
sluggish and backward. its people debased
by centuries Of Ignorance ard separation
from the rest OF the world. the latter as
alert and progressive. possessing already
a high type OF civilization. and constantly
playing the true eclectic By grating upor
its native institutions or substituting for
them the best shat Europe and America
had to give.
The difference between the two coun-
tries" said Capt McE1hinng. - well II
Illustrated By the treatment accorded in
each OF them to a foreign visitor In
China II Is with difficulty that the strarg-
er makes his way even In the larger cities,
and In the smaller towns and the interior
he Is met by positive opposition and hos
Elt;ys In Japan. on the contrary he Is
welcomed even In the smallest village.
and - very fact that he Is a European or
an American seems 10 be a sufficient pass
port"
We were fsvorahiy impressed by one
thing We noticed IN China" said Mr.
Windsor. and for that we must give due
credit. We saw no evidences anywhere
of absolute TaupsriSrn. II Canton. for
instance. though the level Of life among
The poorer classes Is horribly low. yet
there are no paupers- The poorest man
seems 20 have his own means OF nveii-
| hood"
point Of special interest In she con-
| versstton OF both gentlemen. ard one on
which they were thoroughly agreed. was
| their severe srraiznment OF the foreign
missionaries OF ire Various churches IN
/ England ard America, ehom they accuse
| almost without exception Of engaging IN
! speculation and personal business invest
| rertS 20 such ar extent as 70 paralyze
their uaefalne~s among the natives
in china and Japan. and particularly
| n INDIA. al the churches are guilty af
| This. with The POSSIBLE exception of the
| Roman Catholics. 7 Fave no particular
| affinity FOR the latter. but for this one
| thing their priests are 20 be commended
| they DO vet rcssrxs a SOFA IN thetr own
| right fsus the cierEv1en Of the Church
| e. T,ugiand. the Methoa.sts the Presley
| gsrixns--in fact. al the others--engsge 'ac-
lively IA business operations for them
| selves. anE TO such an extent as 20 leave
fheFn little time for their miss ionary
| work These facts. I suppose. are kept
| carefully concealed from the heTne boards
| aas they are facts more the less I know
1 ahsrenf I speak. for ! happen 20 own
| Stock n a number ~ corpara tons Ia In
| aa. ana kneN ,~hel shs ether sock
| hel5sArs sre I has os<Awcr rsgft recent .
| ~ 10 f-she sn luyesx Grsrfsafa acassain
| stocks TIE nan | bought frcsn eas n
/ Me- hcdlsf preac ne. from Anssrican by the
/ uaFae % Parker TIRE uAn next highest
| - him ~ the concern vas also clergy
1 mar.
"-These men I've ssISt as other Euro
| reans 50 50 Iasia They tive IN elegant
| houses ard they drive their owr car
| riagss. The American public aoes not
| krow ghs real state 81 the case. lust as
| tae Engssa public does not. The oniy
communication have seen whseh prop
| sriy presents the sifsEstton Is letter TO
/ some American pager from Robert p
/ Porter formerly superintendent Of Ger
/ sus FER he United States. who brings ous
1 she facts Substantially as / have given
/ tHern 70 YOU
/ Bath gentlemen spcks warmly in praise
| % Ss,attle. ard grew positively erthgssas-
| TIC 90 the climate here. whteh they pro-
/ forrce,I TIE nzest thew bad met.
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