The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
N JOIN CHNANAN' 5EYES
LET OCCIDENTAL CIVILIZATION
LOOK ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF 1T
TYPES INVERTED LONG AGO
Chinese Comparison of the Chinese
and the western Development
of the Use of the
Printers Art.

1t was his long finger nail that stuck in
me st-hgurativeIy speaking, [ mean,
says the London Chronicle 1t curved
inward across the palm of mis- hand AMI
was showing an inclination to go around
the wrist iii time.
He was a most wonderfully well-in-
formed and cultured Chinaman. Years
of business on a large scale with Eu-
rope had made him as thoroughly ac-
quainted with Weste civilization as he
was with the English and French lam
guages.
Delicately polite and courteous it was
difficult to draw him into saying any
thing which might appear dtsparaging
to things European, and therefore doubly
interesting when he was lured into hold
ing forth on the subject Of a comparison
between the two civilizations
He could say extremely severe things
which came out with no vestige Of eX-
preston from his smooth, well~shaved
face, and spoke quietly in low tones
with a superior conviction as if each
sentence We're as luminously seif-eVident
as an axiom in Euclid.
WHO SAID FOREIGN DEVIL?"
I got him to rise properly for the first
time in reply to some remarks OF mine
as to the Chinese idea of foreign dew
llS' IL IL say tilS VI N~Oill uCIClSp
said he, looking at me and adjusting
his gold-rimmed spectaeles, what you
would not desire done unto yourself
do not to others"
Now, it was you Western people
who have passed laws against us for
eign devils. Many more Cinnamon have
been killed in Australia aud California
than Europeans in China
'In America and English colonies you
I lax Ion
devils, even landing there, although We
allow you to force yourselves upon us.
Is there any record in the history OF
China OF our ever asking you to come
and give us any Of the products of your
newly discovered civilization?
NO! We had all we wanted; among
which things was China for the Chinese
Your people seem to imagine that your
upstart civilization is the only one on
earth. which is only Understandable by
reason of your having no knowledge Of
China.
For many centuries we used most Of
these things you now pride yourselves
on, and have retained in use that guam
tity of them which in moderation is
useful to a great nation.
EUROPE OvERDEVELOPED.
You are running riot with ali your
discoveries, your civilization is becoming
debauched with their excessive develop
ment. For instance, take the example
of printing, which we had in use cen
turtles before you discovered it, and
which we have used for the cheap re-
production and spread Of the works of
our great thinkers, who have labored to
make life better and happier and more
beautiful.
You have used it likewise also, but
now flood the world daily with mass Of
spurious stuff, hurriedly written by hrr
ried men, which crowds out the great
works of your old writer's so that your
people no longer have time Tor reading
anything during the day except your
rightly-naJned daily literature.
''The time will soon come when you
will think that it would have beer. better
TO have drawn line and stopped your
authors writing to give your readers time
to read what Was written.
THE Thirr of your wheels. the putting
of your engines. the rattle of your tele-
phone bells, your street voices, are ban
ishing all repose from your lives. Re-
pose is one OF the blessings of life
This came from the lips or that immo-
bile, expression!ess, smooth-shaved face,