New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
Q. P. HUNTINGTON ON CHINA
WOULD DEMAND PREPARATION IN LIVES
FOR THE BARBARITIES OF
THE BOXERS.
10Th Street.

FOR THE BARBARITIEs OF
THE BOXERS.
views on the Chinese situation, c. P. Huntington
recently wrote a letter in part follows:
In answer TO your inquiry. have this 10 say
hrst: That I think the peoples OF the whole world
regret the lamentable occurrences in China during
so soTv fT fo INC notS @ ana o [aE no one & O. men ms IS
dnds herself IN the frtghtfuI Situation OF people
the the civilized world have turned their hands in
righteous Indignation China has not dealt with
the other nations in good faith. and she has in
CURED thereby penalty which fear will be fixed
so ngh that Sne cannot meet II and hoId ner place
among the nations.
ton whatever for murder and massacre, the Chi
6ese are not n IN my 2pinon oy any means ne ne Gn!y
tory OF nations rUns-presents her TO Us the VIC
docged and 5rowbesten ' b1 ambitious and scheiHg
diplomats in the interest OF other kingdoms and
her lands gra6uay seized and absoTbed by aliens
because she could not successfully defy The threats
The question has often occurred 10 my mind:
if China had sent into their territory her mission
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had sufced them for centuries?" IN our own
We have thogghE Of it and how Ions would We
WAGES that We give so generously TO our working
| 9 C-1se I-aEe - IeT coLl1Ns 20 ms CClhIry oad
7 cCLlU1I1ey ana conIsrnPL nave peen
Of them at Rock Springs Seattle and other places
because they wanted 70 onpete fairly with US IN
the labor market. To-day We are looking on from
makes the whole country shudder; yet. after all it
Is 35era put mol tHat Is doing H. and mob not 50
PAGES Of our Pacific Coast history
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those who are participating in the present aCrOci-
ties. But unfortunately the Chinese have not
years and they are reaping the seeds Of rapacity
and dishonesty and neglect which their officials
have sown- So, If the nations which have been
murders oI Jnelr hgh Qt1cals and missionaries
shan exact money penalty II viii not reach those
If China should pay in land for the wrongs she
has committed II would harm her comparatively
kind for what they have taken from us-viz, in
those who have committed these dark deeds; and
II she refuses believe ii is then time 10 take ten
their heads We must have the guilty ones. or else
We must punish those Who shelter them Such a
fered and remembered by those who were left Then
LeT the nations demand or China that she snali
select one OF her own people 10 De az the head OF
training. by education. and. above all by charac-
ter for such high position, her choice being sub
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satisfactory 10 the Powers thar are 10 assist them
in reorganizing and rehabiIitatng their Govern
# these. measures can be brought about am
satisfied that greet and HOMOGENEOUS empire can
be built up in China which shall be on far higher
ts 5 JaT -.TI Pp'e nave 1 knGwn z Io me i7i ias
China ot the past is dead and can never be resusci
foreigner she has made il impossible 10 ever close
them. and they must remain wide open forever.
bass Of roWarnrne5t hone 70 see China kept
partition
among the nations would be the most costly and
The last five hundred years. for there would
suit from II in my judgment disa agreernents over
divisions the very thought OF which raises the
dark shadow Of danger in every mans mind
two thousand years single instance in which
the territory Of any nation has been seized and
- rasrrad from an equal expendit11re OF energy
and thought in the direction OF building up the
-oo5 paon1a of china Who deserve better Of the
Z,-o-d +bar n he crushed for the crimes OF ire
sponsibIe 1nobs. hope we shall uphold their hands
m 5 h 70 tbem our best articles Of commerce our
finest products of mechanical art and receive from
Tba neonIe of ali the world are to-day full Of
S9Trow Lor me So2G MN in r ,u cSse OF Teiirion and
who have died nobly for that ca1se but hope We
will not Try aala art % reFa 5 is39 bevo1d tie river
than they do until quite sure that we do
know ft Until then the Chinese can get along
quite weH under the teachings OF their own great
WISE moderate and kindly precepts Of Confucus or
OF Puddha they become the very best people
on the face of the earth. just the the peo-
pie of the United States and Of European countries
can If they Will but follow the wise teachings OF
their own great lawgiver. VINO spoke only words
OF love and wisdom
We have enough work ri home for I'll the mis-
sionares who can be spared, and what IS more,
we know f. II would but admit IL The same
can be said Of Europe. and with equal truth II
does seem that from time immernorlal the
poor missionary has been the innocent and unwit-
ting advance agent Of imperial politicians He has
willingly planted himself on allen soil 20 grow up
into tree buTeted BY the winds OF an inhospitaoe
climate and he has not realized that IN many
cases ne is only the small wedge by means OF
which his masters hope TO obtain foothold IN
the territory they covet; only possible bone over
which The dogs OF war shall have an excuse 70
fight. as they hghting to-day. think nFing
on Tieu-Tsin by the allied forces great mis-
take but It is palliated by their anxiety 20 save
their people in Peklng. As for the attitude OF
the United States In all this matter. IL is recog-
nfZed that the crisis is grave one, demand
ing for its solution the wts@st and most Sonser-
vative minds l think the whole Nation . glad to-
day that Major Mckinley IS its President and
think We all, in heart Of hearts. hope that he
NAV continue 10 be while these great international
problems remain unsolved-
SFC,p FTARY long ON THE SITUATION