The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-26
DENLY ON CHINA'S FUTURE.
VIEWS OF Duh FORMER MINISTER ON
TEE EMPIRES PROSPECTS,

- - aASHNAAAA ~
The Missionaries Are Doing Good-we
Muat Keep the Philippines Islands In
Order to Get n share of China's Trade.
"Chas. DENLY, Indiana" is the way his name
appears on the hotel register. II has been
"Chas. DENLY. China" for thirteen years. for
MIR. DENLY has been the representative OF the
United States at Pekin for that period, with
only one leave OF absence-four years ago. Mr..
DENLY is a mar OF big frame. but not stout;
tall and with a smooth-shaven thin face. He
talks smoothly and easily on the matters which
interest him. He was asked recently to tell
something OF the social. moral and CONNER
DIAL condition of the Chinese and OF their rela-
tions. present and prospective. with the people
OF the United States something OF the work Of
the missionaries and something OF the person.
ality OF the Emperor.
II could talk about the missionaries all the
morning without exhausting the subject" said
Mr.. DENLY. My reports have shown that 1
sympathized with the work OF the missiona-
ries. There has been no reason since they
were published for me to change my opinion.
i believe the missionaries are doing q good
work in China, l believe they are sincere men,
aotuated by the highest motives. devoted to
their duties. OF course. missionaries are not
perfect. There are fanatics among them. They
make mistakes at times. But most of the criti-
eisms passed on them by travellers are founded
on ignorance. l knew as little Of the work Of
the missionaries when l went to China in the
ntnhst thon ~, y" ~ unu
800 -" '.1 II
IN a. t.aosSsS 49, '"J " -
.ntha knor,con rastSo,.n 80 Ill 90 ~
nan1nn oonam,n.o $3.50 49, ~ az ~
nnIHN" go . .NpIa,n
e"e. - .omaa ~ .ep-
to see what they were doing.
wa.ao tn e. CO. .'o "'n
ehoWeu me IN roo SnoW an orpnahage wnich
was a home for 200 children. while o more.
who were under the care Of the ORDNANCE; were
living with families with whom they had been
placed. The mlssion0ries had hospitals, schools,
SnnIIan nat,,n Chtna.o - = 80 W.
sending native chinese out as doctors among
Sunday schools. You must remember that the
1norioon noisstona ~ o u : neaI, "ar ,', Ia th II
mission work. Tho French have fifty Bishops
in China. Altogether there are probably a mil
lion converts"
Are they sincere 2"
Mr.. DENLY replied almost impatiently:
discover %, eqI If = m snGy Is sr no.. sinso m'I sSS tnrm I S,m
out. There is in pekin to-day a mission con
Quoted by an Albany woman OF wealth. Miss
old women Their families viii not nsrm Il
oU "0n,eh hei iauiiiies "in hot perhliU
s sheI pays U,I fo Tt ths services Vi se to thew @iS wo UHw ren de,es ss
home asked her 70 abe ala not believe morv
Of them came for the few cash a day which she
paid them for their work. She said that there
and let them go. Isn't that an odd condition
paying women to attend a mission that they
"a dist,uar,s,od rnc,is,uon ballad m,.,
~"
and rouaatad the LA ."t ~ .me Mss onari e
i Ims az tha Il Uio sIaIfIh zen T ABOUT the use
11howw ,hayy 'hhndaE anOu1 ~ uhtLi ne nau seen
Met6odist Church In P eEii "t nn 70 30 DO tne
Gf9nSnT 6 n DUH mare 70 ra hold 2, 10 ReopieLand see the
streets and distribsnsed in little sI gronp aso Iea fne
ing q SUNDAY school lesson from converts and
for tRe Chinese iT peopIe rs b %f ftbb e miss " Hnins
otaSS: I men En Rhs Rrats did ! not bdd 20. obio know an,
S6usinG the mmisssionaries Who had a nor vis Haiha 9
eHlthhG ~ MISSION IN ohina; dhat Is not fair.
amer s1nrit travellers nave done the same thing. A
bmmmnss 40 tne nhiSsl24Harles GO lQoOo miles from
Work at the Five Gny a? p T 1bney m de mls sion
& tboeIroo Cih rj because US me ther nnd IS work to he done
doing that work, and do;ines il weiiea i"'' @''
Then you think China will be civilized ?"
t dhtSs have have Se gone eivi HI 3Es5 6 6hs 9orn MShs g ;o"s
LIZ ~ 10y are teacnlnR the people Of Chlna TO
toea anu Ttite; tney are teaehlng the women
sspreadi amu All m fba 70 tfm saw Raneir innuenee Is
WWeEenant cannot go 70 the interior OF China.
a1 can trs esIap nng himself IN one OF the thirty
tive treaty ports ana buy property. but his
business in the INTERIOR must be done. through
nstiHe merchants. Our knowledge, of China is
SSoonmHsG iarGeIy 70 the coast though we know
SomeLnlng OF the interior from travellers.
ouL the missionary goes everywhere"
- the popular prejudice against the for
elRner aDatlng Z,
There is no feeling against the foreigner.
Ihere IS aGreat deal Of CURIOSITY. III a foreigner
k9Ss INTO the interior OF China he will gather
S.OOO people In five minutes. They want to see
now ne looks. how he dresses. how he acts.
but they have no feeling against him. There
10 At times an outbreak, against the mission
aries caused usually, By the priests. The
people are melted against the missionaries by
stories that they are using the Chinese chill
tI aiaa EYES 70 make medicine, and other silly
not unnatural. The people of my own State.
Indiana are az aw-ahiHtpU annnoaa no fhn