The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-02
nm nEAL rnINAMAN.


Sundays New York Herald contains a
long and on interesting letter written by
Mrs. Sarah Pike conger. wife Of United
States Minister Conger al pekin. 20 Miss
Maurno Campbell. Of Dies Moines Iowa
In the course OF the letter Mrs Congcr
says:
The Chinese are "a strange people 20
foreigners. ana cannot a. yet bc under
stood. The more ! see 81 them ana the
more / study them. the more ] see thar
they have methods iu their dolngs. Their
methods are unknown 10 the foreigners
a. yet and % seems 20 me they always
VIII he unknown 20 them. because mortal
mind holds very different phase or
SADIE 10 these peop.e. The whole line 81
thinking seems 20 bc locked from the for
eigncrs Tho Chinese character D. q scat
ed book with many secret fasteuinRs
Strange! strsngci but no Jess strange o.
the foreigner and his ways 10 the Chi
ncset
our ways are TO us the best. Their
ways are TO them the best. Aiy dear siH-
ter between you and mo I think them
an abused people. / cannot see that they
ere any better on Tor having this foreign
element coming boz upon them. II b. an
outward attachment. which docs not seem
u has taken ycarr 10 have an appear
anco 81 growth into. n seems 20 me az
the FIRST provocation that the appearance
is shaken on and that the real Chinam1n
Be- SIN there.
~ viii De- agreed. probably hy the great
majority Of thoec who have given careful
attention 20 what has been Published about
China aud tho Chinese people. since the
Boxcr uoub.c began. tina, the Chinese
are q much abused people. II is dncuit
10 come TO any other conclusion than that
60 which Mrs Conger has come. and ehc
has had ample opportunity to study tho
Chinese situation from many points Of
view. Evidently sho Is an observer a.
well a. thinker aud b. would not be
surprising u the opinions she holds re-
speeding the Chinese are Himllar to those
held hy the most Of The foreign popula-
ton In Pekin.
Al that the Chinese ask h 90 be let
alone. They will mo-, disturb anybody n
nobody disturns them They ore willing
% trade with other nations. and 20 treat
foreigners who come 70 their country. tenn
porsrily. either for business OF pleasure
with all che courtesy 60 which they are
entitled. but they do not want foreigners
a. permanent residents and, they object
10 missionaries. We cannot blame them
We have shut them out OF our country
nd we would not tolerate their religious
teachings. Chinese missionaries would
not be tolerated in this country. They
would be- mobhed. in an probability. Just
as Mormon missionaries arc.
The Christian nations not only insist
that the Chinese shall have the Christian
religion. hut also that Chlnese law shall
be 80 framed thas an Irritating sort OF
protection shall b. given to native Chris
tan converts. The inference from whas
Mrs. Conger says Is that Chinese con-
rerts never become thoroughly converted
AZ soon a. the influence which made them
converts Is withdrawn they forget their
Christianity.
And the Christian Powers have acted to-
wards them Ike. barharlans. on the
slightest pretext they nave murdered
thousands Of their inonenslvo citizens. ana
robbed them OF valuable sesports and ter
ritory. In some important particulars the
Christian nations have much TO learn
from the Chinese