The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-12-08
|DR. CRAWFORD TALKS
or THINGS IN CHINA
Was One Of the Ablest and
Most Valuable Mission
aries Near Pekin.
|POREIGNEGS MUST HAVE POWER
Considerable Small Pox Re-
ported From Over the
State Other News.


f0rd, missionary Of the Baptist
snhurch, who has spent tho past fifty
kmss ~ his iisas;. the intari nr sssf
SninA hear Pekin, was visitor in
vnckson Sunday, and delivered d very
Interesting lecture on Chinese meth
cds and customs at the morning SER
vice In the Baptist church.
Or. Crawford IL recognized as one
~ the ablest and most prominent mis-
tcnaries Of the Baptist church en-
ployed in the Oriental field, and DUR
ing his half century of residence in
Nc Flowery Kingdom the venerable
ld gentleman has been close stu
snt and observer Of passing events.
The mission over which he has
large is one Of the largest and most
tnaportant in the Chinese Empire,
md the very CLOSE study he has made
AZ the people of China and their So
Aiai, industrial and political condi-
zons renders his views on the exist
<n8 troubles of China with the other
|nations Of tho world Of especial inter
nzt. In discussing the pending peace
xegotiations and their bearing on the
f4fure Of China he said:
It Is absolutely impossible at the
resent stage of the diplomatic game
" tell what the future may bring
forth. Ibelieve that the powers mean
we'll toward China, and l feel conf
0ent that they are not seeking to tear
We empire to pieces and divide it
4mong themselves. It Is possible
that an agreement will be reached
&1at will prevent future friction, but
\ nm very much afraid that the result
viii be an unhappy one. China Is her
QFn worst enemy, and il the powers
60 not hit the nail ON the head, so to
peak, the empire will be thrown into
4 reign Of anarchy such as the world
- never seen before. The Chinese
4fe . peculiar people.to deal with and
Hl44t difficult to understand, and 1t
y matter Of history that they have
xaeisted all our efforts at civilization,
rrsfczring TO bottle themselves up
md live without intercourse with the
onfside world. Unless the peace ne
Eoeiations are conducted with extreme
peution / fear that the ultimate result
wiil be an unhappy one. The Chinese
oQmmissioners may agree Ito all that
n &aslked by the foreign powers, but the
4kaculty will present itself in en-
exuing this agreement among the peo-
IlA who are now, and will ever con-
lnpe to be, suspicious of foreigners.
Eyen though partition of the Chi-
nese empire should be made, it
MQnld be impossible for the nations
n the earth to govern the subdivisions
pror which they assumed control.
Under existing conditions, the
xofeigners have great deal of power.
kQr instance, converts of the Catholic
chnrch, and they are being made each
year by the thousands, are not subject
a the local government, but are con-
rolled, and their crimes and abuses
cdxxected almost entirely by the
pxIesthood and church government.
he same conditions exist, but in a
lesser degree, among the converts of
Viii Protestant churches. All this
h6e tended to infiame the people
against what they consider wrong
fQl invasion, and / greatly fear that
|eaeh succeeding generation will see
A repetition of the Boxer uprisings
ssa& q display of other forms of an
arQhy. Villages will plunder each
other, people will be murdered by the
faousands, and all commerce and
<fazflo will be suspended unless the
Y,ending peace treaty is formulated
1Iong Hines that will be satisfactory
NJ the Chinese people. Putting the
6z1ire question as briefly as possible,
NV have been too harsh in our deal
lzl}e with the Chinese people. Our
6[x {Iization has been like three huge
1ixoular saws, one political, one COM
xe1fcial and the other religious. that
hsxe been eating their way through
empire, and the saving operation
INV eot been q scientific one. We can
x|>t deal with the Chinaman as we deal
'zh an American, for he Is jealous
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