The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-22
CHINESE md MISSIONARIES.
IMMENSE EMPIRE WHICH LATTER
HAVE WORKED IN.
inside View OF Missionary Life.
with Opinions OF Natives On La
ber Undertakes hy Christina
Teachers i'm rIowcry Kingdom.


sgSselal Correspondence Posf-fn,elile.aeer
SHANGHAI China. Oct N.-The Chr
nsse empire has ten times the poRula-
tian and iwcnty-six times the area II
Jaran. II has hre times as many people ard
one sixth more IN square miles than the
United States OF America. the Chine e
empire az the extreme south IL about FIVE
degrees nearer the equator than the
soulhegnmosi point OF the Untid STATS.
white ~ the exrrme north the former
extends 70 about y degrees n5rth la's-
tude. Tire northern boundary q TIE lat
ter II a. A.
While Hangkonr and Cautsn. whira are
IN about the same latitude as Bgwana rr
Honolulu, have no cold weather. Shang-
hal has considerable winter weather. PEE
king and TTentxsn experience winters Of
long duration and she sevsfes kind.
There are hundreds Of languages and
diafecf~ Spnkrn w eshlrs proper as well
AZ IN thu dependencies that 60 20 make
~ the empire. It's people ~ sne PROV
iBce may not be abe 10 converse with
the people 10 the next.
I've Chinese business men. servants md
others IN the principal ports have come
into contact with foreigners from almost
every natton q the world Cinnamon
whose TOT Il Is to Re placed with the
French people are taught '.pfdgin
Americans sud English speak pidgia'
English. and 20 on. Including Inc Ger
mars Russians Italians and others.
Naw conn the French catholic mis-
scenarios, IN, German Lutheran mission
aFirs the English and American nie-
sfonAriss, tie Rnssian church missions.
Swedish Missionary Society. Norwsg an
lutheran missions, iIangss Synod mis-
sfnns. Chino Inland missions Brethren
missions. spanish Auwustinian rnissi ne.
Ssvrrth-aav Adventist missions. Society
for the Dinue,nn ~ Christian and General
knowledge Among the Chinese. the Chris
tan nliianee missions Aigemsiner mist
sionsovers.sn. the Chinese Young Mems
Christian Association Missions the We
mans Foreign Missionary Society. etc.
ste. etc. with the several different kinds
each Of the Meth ,dist. Prtshyf rim. y p
tisi AMI other denominations
This array ~ not presented in any sprs
Of criticism % she missionary or the
principle ne represents
The methods may be Justly critic sed
Many old missionaries In both CHINA and
japan have repeatedly told me that the
confusion the unwI;olesome RIVALRY and
the teainusies caused by the great fnui.l-
pIieRtlen ~ the Christ an m ssscns was
serious hsndrnnee 10 their work In
few instances. uFe that Of the Metho-
dist Eptscoaal church and The Methodist
Episcopal church south. territory has
bern agreed upon for each CHURCH in diff
ferent sections. so there VIII be the least
duplication ~ work ana less conflict and
confusion.
Under the treaties with the United
States the Chimes government guarsn-
te~d the Chinese convert Of an American
mission wouid have the profession Of the
United states government In their rrif-
HieuS rtxh,s The same Ia tree Of The
treaties win England and the other g3v-
ernments
THE French Jssui,s ara Laxa sstes have
the advantage " the Proteetsnts IN that
the bsshop Of the orders named have se-
cairea through ihp influence 81 their gov
efnment the same s2ndiux before the
isunG II ysman az the ambassador OF the
powers NJ psking had
Sometimes II wausd haYpen that a t n
vert - enc 81 the orders named above
would get INTO 4 business or other ron-
trever~y with a Protestant convert The
case would SO before the Chinese OH
rtata. The missionary from the chapel
WHERE earh belonged would of course. be
esii@i into the case 10 protect their re-
sneetive converts This would tend to
stir up The two sets ~ native nverta
NJ the i've conflicting missions against
each ether. - well as the missionary in
each The Issnits or fagsrAsteS M ght
hsss ne .aveniaEv ever ne Protestant
FecpEHitian AZ rsk'ne THIS NAV exfsia9n
II psvt also why the rafbnlics have III an
t'hsna Dnas converts white the Pm
s"HAttAtANt NfNA@3Aflt Nlf decentralization
have tt@wA ~ the more than 90 NO sa
paogie THE rathalic4 however aetgns
zach commandment while tba Professionals
count afiN aet ua wrinhsrp
have come "a rnutAct NTH the Amer.
can. EngitSh ans German residents ~ thn
two sfspa I have made 70 sb.na very
freely The views al the fsgF.lEn msTs
fhaat class are different from fhe
views - lae missionaries tsA{ ! sSas4s a
week visiting the mt-aieHs tn Tienisla ia
order 20 ieArp senethtng more Of the
wnfk 80 hesF ~ much abast AZ halsse
aaa sfsstesse 80 haFshlY By our eva people
her.
had tae pleasure Of helms sh1mu
shfesxh ths Weli-kvN ornamental grounds
40 tne Methodist Epi@rnpaf prats~rfv Ne
American 1@ard. tap Inland asaslan the