The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-22

case. TO close ne view ~ the dingy and
miserable novels Of the Chinese hordes on
all Sides of these valuable mission houses.
grounds : 4 iodrF where the Chinese
estekeepcr lives With his famiiy- The
keeper is always ~ attendance 70 open
and close the gate ~ zen 1&-ess S4fy 70
admit the missionaries Of tselE callers
I travelled six DAYS from Shanghai TO
Toxic with G. T. gu foreign SECRETARY
20 the vieeroy Of Marking. and VAS with
sim gain for week from NagaSaki back
to f-hira va was in Toxic on dip
l9matie mission with the Japanese gov
eminent Hs 81 well educated and srrsxs
EngiGsh 9erfe.tly He has Travelled in
Europe ard America, and kno~e some
lhng abort Western ctvii'rattou. fN. for
years has had to DO with 81 sorts q
questions In which The missionaries are
interested I asked him 20 tell me AL
about the misaion&ry question a. ne IN
.sTo begin with saia W a.the mission.
airy - a great disturber in China nor s2at
<he missionary Intended 90 do any wronk
but IN che nature ~ the sifa4tton Il could
.srhe missionary should no, 60 into
court using the power 81 his government
for his convert against the Chlnsmsn Nnn
did not profess IN Ne 4 c1rtsttan-
Hundreds IL such cases had come under
hts observation "a an ofncial. and y vas
one OF the greatest troubles the ofnrsais
hsd 70 contend with f"r e no. ,re nSs
f8r the protection OF Christian converts
fr1fn among the natives contemplated no
ne ne ..is , =, sl,s " 5 ~ ro 1xss
He said many Chinese we're 10 ths n8nit
~ joining the missions FOR the protection
they would get from he foreign Eq .-
the authorities and In some instances
criminals would seek the shelter Of the
mission. iolnsng the one supposed Y nave
the strongest government BACK OF IL
The missionaries had worked solely
among the lower classes Of the Chineses
and they had antagonized he chinese
periaf government They did not mean 10
do this but they had driven The better
classes further away from them man ever-
They had pursued 4 destructive policy IN
stead Of . constructive policy, without
aiming 20 DO 40. Tho churches had sent
men and women out, many % whom we're
80 Jealous i Their work ~ .ney "A %nse
working on the principle Snht po1r
ceoiie ssuI was wprih as nsuch as any
hcdY's. And, -sid WI. they are right
enough in the light % the CHRIST AN
teaching hut Il wasn't good Judgment;
y mas been proved 20 be very had lads-
menf"
they have toki them that all the chinese
officials were heather. that they surely
would be lost, aud in that WAY nave an
taRonixei every tradition that the chi
nese people have stood upon for thor
sands OF years.
y do not mean TO say thar the mission.
might have accomplished utptt bAu
he endessored 10 work solely among the
lnauenfiaf classes Of the Chinese; bu,
hs could not have accomplished less IN
real progress than he has. The mission
dcrfully successfui-
There Is an impossible r'alf between
our higher classes ana the lower, VOL "
the influential ciasFrs could he tnducea
10 glve ear in any degree At al 90 the
message the missionary WAS called TO
China 20 deliver, tho work among the
masses would be easily established
More than any other people on earth.
probably, the Chinese foilaw more iena-
clously the way biased out Ter them by
their supertorr
aries have been very trying 10 our people
Think ~ how Il would appear To an in
tsiiisent Ehinaman TO see missionary
don the dress. the cap. the pipe and the
Qs,eue 81 the chinsman. vet walking
about the streets trying 20 teach civil
tied religion while dressing As a heather.
This :. done right along by Christian mis-
rssnaries
.In America or Europe you would caii
such q think hNrshuge
II have discovered many lpvahse people
among the missionaries. but some ~
them. in their xeai have geae beyond the
iirnlta where VIZ ieak for Snher. ievel-
headed men and women. We cannot cutie
understand In china why IL IL that the
bankers. merchants and ali classes Of the
Europeans and Americans who are really
infiINntial among ~ are 81 strongly anti
& missionary
" against the missionary They do not
go to hear the missionary or anyone else
preach an Sunday. and | say Il with the
kindiisss feeling, they seem 20 20 pretty
nearly nh ~ the things the missionary
says a Christian should not do. ! know
the Chinese are called q queer psapie but
this pasadoxical situation II amusing to
as.
n think said Ya. that sosne u the
missionaries have been unjust ia lie ever
hitant claims they have hled with their
government Tor decentralization for the
destruction 81 personal property Take
tne ease of The Rev Mr. ~---~-~-~S-, 81 tho
American BOARD ~ Missions. one ~ the
hexiewwd from peiang. who Was his' talk
iua 60 ven. Hts claim against sic Chi
nsSc government Is tt.sss gold for q sun.
nser cottage DESTROYED by the 4t0xsrS al
Pet Tsiho 10 the FIRST place. he houehs
the iof for ~ Eola. hailt the summer
house b using the labor Of the native
converts. ~ a. 10 s. month each. and
they boarded fhemseivee All told. he
did nas spend So geld. and now ~ wants
the chinese rpscFnment - pay him 81 assa
gssd. ard asks Bis govefhfnent 70 en-
force payment Thls = similar 20 hun-
arcIs 81 claims that are heinS HIei.
The missionaries % P~klas had two
sunauser resorts. places ~here iisav had
built comfortable cottages IN Mhifh 10
spemd she seiasner fsaenths tine - these
places Is Western Hills HfsNsm miles
from psktnm Missionaries - the Meth
a1t&f f.rsaeupal fafeshg tsf8au aud ton.
greGaslenai churches e AnseFsce ard thc
.s~esatiss ownisg. buying sna setting prop
artx q Western hi.is Each cottage here
he epss emily 81 psr month.
.F'vI Talha - aeaet5e rsHaft 10 miles
saatheasi from Picking Ii skirts 4 hiaT
dys nites aionN chs gO0 q Eeensl. Mr.
Henfy , bustwiek. ssisiaess sgeat faf 80
Auisf lcsn N'arf MISSIONARY Sasless
tHsht IRE isna st fss hfst insganee aaa
asid "a nf hos missionaries. A. frst iats
eala Tor nniY y t@cis $3.50. hat nepn