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prestige IL ri stake. tnr fuudaueu'I -t1',l".
of The countrv have fallen in'p pr'.,r disorder
lndcr these circumstance. fhr -urirl di-irr-
as vciI ~ moral corruption hlv" DOW i"0chuI
: n ri'oh too serious 80 ho dr.'Tir"d iu d'' III,
I Vow i. y pus.lhl" COR rs N.n ht," pledge
| ourselves 10 under axe the wp'I ~ .Ilv.iur
60 remain 'ilcrt vith folded hHud..
The question lu,tigc- i'-'F "loH We con.
sidor hat the present complications. IN ,llrn
are likely To- infect 20 u serious cNfcll 'he
interest, of the whole world Sr.'l more
forcibly do"a o. assert ,'."l' ,'cl W. cur-
sder that 10" Disturbances ~ ,ltun are -.I.-
passed to hav. hqd their or gin iu a." vur 'rE'
of religion Although IN regard TO .,h":uo-
Tor 'hc Hmelor1tion of the condition "l iho
Middle Kingdom q: future We have to hook
10 the NUT tIal urguti ItlurS Gr;wseu the proper
| authorities of china and of the Powers, yet
| VIZ are fully coisuced that tine work ol rrtd-
| icI'tne the roots of IL" evil aud cuu-ol,dlt-
| ing the permanent welfare and prlC" ~ China
| must necessarily b" placed ia tn" hands Ut
| the propagandi>ts u' religion. with thcss
| Views on the situdtlon We, the followers of
| Biddha. out of friendly feeling toward China
| ~ nsVhbor. In d~charg: ut a duty ublirJ- :
| tory upon MS as preachers OF religion ana
| more particularly from the sense Of re-
| sponsiblllty do"ulvi'C upOu u in conneC' ION
| With religion in 'hlna, have thought II r\-
| pedien' To- submit our sentiments to no con-
| sideratlpu Of cCcle-iqstICS throughout ths
| world lhaSmuch - Wa are, perfectly couh-
| dent that the benevolent and g.UeTOu, c'"l,-
| s!astic~ OF the world, pgrtruiuE our rud"'i.y
| and removing III" barriers now eNi-ting IA
| respect OF differences III religion. viii do"'df
| 80 and symphthiIe win our tropo-el- Tor ihc
| sake Of the "nl'arn 81 the Chire-" people and
| OF tl,e tranquility ot he world a. large.
IT, is indGed aG ] r"Jain that f@ ior1s , %f re-
| equally certain thar in spite of IN" d--li'ilHf-
| ity OF teliRlons IN their t"nets a. vol - m
| rites IN short, int heir external orgaul'Iiiun-
| tie iundamental principles embodied ~ what
We regard rs the higher classes Of religion.
| 70 say nothing of those y hirh s'ill remain IN
| Developed, are IN all Cls"S essentially, II no'
| entirely, analogous More particularly j.
| this tho case with all the advanced foruus of
| religion which arc based upon the principle
Of love for mankind, and in which the light of
this principle Is utilized TO DESTROY the dark
ness Of life and 70 deliver nvriads from Sin
curing for The world higher state of hap
pness and prosperity, which can be attained
by the development Of humanity to the ut-
The grna, teachers Of rcllSion in the oldrn
time have pettlnacioVsly adhered 60 tie doc
trine Of universal love and kept their thoughts
shows that reverend ecCesiastiCs from al
nations, especially lr missionaries from th"
variouS Christian churches, hav" sailed 10
China IN spite oI its great distance and haN"
settled there one after another for more than
ono thousand years since : u" Gals of the l6us
Dynasty. and that Notwithstanding the great
difficulties they had 10 contend, thoy have,
with but one heart eNertcd their energies l"g
the propagation OF their doctrine. and az the
same time FOR the dryclorIuent of Chinese
civilization. This they have done simply 10
the end that the 7eal thus displayed Tor the
might have the effect Of securing salvation
for the Chinese people 10y virtue of that prin-
ciple which, command, general love for
mankind ~, this respect We. tho follow
ers of Buddh1, can rot sutnCiently oN-
p-ess our sincer" admiration for them
Tho Chinese were sirnnli2ed from the old"n
tinlp Is laprlla ron urlabp Tor tolerance
which absolutely deferred them IRON rising
IN arms IN rengioH% ,,,r G2,hs1n t,9ttfiI|nt 't,ca
In srite of theS, plausible qualities the" are
now found 30 he A. a nation iubued with a
NOT only have thov failed TO take cogniyanco
OF the merits achieved hy H." eAtraordinnry
lov" and sincerity "i the missionaries from
that the source of their eycr-.nCreasing In /
tolerance against r"igion lies in the works
In investigating the cause ~ the anti /
religious ,prt Of the Chinese. We find that /
anprehension ana terror Gntertancd toward |
origin Of their implacahlc hostility. They |
have rerceived that these missionaries have !
lated 10 snhvelt their established customs !
aud manners. they hayo also recognized In !
their attitude a tendency % ignore n" stat
r~h th" most selfish ends by IA" oppression |
"f the Chinese GoNprnrront and people. They /
hnve moreover supposed that the foreign |
ryanrcli-t- in China have nrrogatcd ~ tlen-
selves the rnwrr nf protecting ~. follower,
Of their creed in utter disregard ,of IL" at
tar'- crimiuHlitv under the laws = the state,
whereas unu-bolcyrrs. thnuGh legally iuno-
cent were frequently ,ntraurCd into a crime.
10 the conclusion that m" foreign mi-sioua-
ries in china hav" Ic.n cV"rtiuc their "ucr-
gios for the ac"omri'~h'."nt ~ a certain
obnoxious ambition hv sl'rriug w tla nm
urincrlrd rabbi" 4 the country. aud with
this ohirCt In view mad" their ,huro.s and
rpthed-pl- n sort Of asylum for tr.miuals !
'ap - Fsv % b.. t,9.,t I
that the uisSionnrirs wcro Intimately con-
noct"d with the foreign poljc' - their own
countries, and Tint having made Themselves
Instrumental In carving out th" intriru"~
of their own governments, i"cy must hUv"
lahored for sor" sinister design. ~-rh -
'lo extension Of territory. Hluug with 'lr
devoopm"nt of commerce. They saw with !
gross aiurehensinn tha' ~ rosroct e. foreign
vaccinations ~" luls~nuari"s We're N.
Ar-t 70 CONE. followed hy C"u,uls. with Gc,.-
erals at their hack and th"v hnve rcd
nhni behind mon T," hgd cone win q
10 III, j. - brajr"ihu'pd tho causo or Sis
uf the CAir~r In thus j. Z, be- found an oir-
inrut of revocation i"r Nh" 'rrrIJt insult
rrIInn H. tyn4. u 'h1i :" ne 80" tren
u follows tInt tl" ui-,ipu. r."~ ur" tp t." held
'drg'lv. li ipt "n'i'"'l, l'~uHh-ll'" Tor rI.
PRESENT dl-urhgno"- iu ia" Middle kiuVdom
\, 4 matter of fact. ti' lrruagatur- of re- /
Igiun ought tp -rcN tor I"dr" and iu.iirr ,
men win tn" principles 81 humanity but |
thus hrnuyht upon fJe religious world a
great disgrac" aud chagrln.
such being th" case, Va, tho BUddhists
Of ,Inppn. cannot bNt 'Nprcs~ our sire thpt
all VIA" norl,..i, ~tc- in thc world would I'm !
conjunction with ~. ir'ocnl/' tine above | ]
fact 4 tact which clearly shows that tho
missionaries IN ,lltH have proceeded !pr
brvuud the fundamental principles uf rc- |
ligiou- and devote their "n'rgio", To forfuu- !
lating u plan bv which the ~lIerioion a. VOL ! .
as th. apprehension harhurpd by the Chinese ]
against the foreign ini~~iouaric~ may :, eafiilv
hr removed Unless such a cutii>,. l, tuknn
how is II uoS,Ibla for them to uphold thn ! !
spell of humanity and love to ilhnuiur ]
tho darkucs- with IA" hight of peace and | /
wofarey Unless such n scheme hc ndol tod
the four hundred n illouS ut souls are ,,r-
tain to dcg"nerat" into n state of CVcrNhcnr-
ing distress and afhotiou ana the East I.iau
4 ornament il permanently To lr darkcnaI
with clouds of disaster md insure, tinu |
We A. di- -.ipl's o' Ruddh1. can hnrdly rn
strain our ioar and laInenta'on at such "A
prospect when We think of tha great tu,th
shining above and of -four hundred million
soul, < g-opiug below.
Buddh~t- are prepared 10 submit Two
pruposalS To tho UroIHga'ors uf T,livi,'r
In the world Tor thoir sincere accpli,rr.
mad approval The first l.. that the ru'in-
iasfical authorities In III" would sLuuls -,
rrc~c their influence in restraining tho p,i--
-iularir~ IN CHINA iiun pIOr,od'uE which
nro likely - t'o1'c sU-E -EICiOu on ~. r1It .r
the thiur~" - 10 tho pNl.tpu'r of m, . -,,r.t
0OnLeCi Jon with tho ioro,gu 'Dlicy of r,rir