The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-10
ALLIES NOT A UNIT
NOT AGREED on THE QUESTION OF
rR0TECTIoN TO MIssIoNAR1Es.
Japan n not q Christinn Country
and Russia HAS No missionaries
In China-These Facts Must he
Considered In Securing Guar4n-
tees AEainst outrage. From Chi
na-Countries Not Represented
Nay Ende.yor to Put the Mis-
.ionary Question Aside :. Unina-
portant.

A l. 49, ~ - - 1AA0 lldx
Nov. THE discussion by the, foreign
ministers on the question OF securing
guarantees from China the outrages SIM
liar to the recent ones Will not be repeat
ed is likely to develop the fact-that the
allies are not unanimous in the opinion
that special protection should be afforded
to the missionaries. This will be UNDER
stood when 1t is recalled that at least one
of the allied powers. Japan, is not a
Christian country while another, Russia,
has no missionaries, although Christianity
is The national religion. The United
Staten, England n other countries from
which missionaries are sent here are In
terested In movements for the spread Of
Christianity and will probably make
strenuous contention for guarantees
strongAr than those in the present treaties
which failed to afford the necessary pro-
tecti6n during the Boxer troubles. Addi-
tional guarantees, 1t is claimed, will be
necessary IL the missionaries are to con-
tinue their work In the interior.
The countries not represented by mis-
s~ionaries are not likely to express OPPOSE
ton to the representatives Of Christian
religion. but they may endeavor to put
the question aside as unimportant. OF
course, this country will demand guaran-
tees strong enough
To Protect It's Business
interests, and it may be argued that adj
ditional guarantees for the missionaries
are needed to protect foreigners who are
in business in the interior. But foreign
ers, the representatives OF these powers
say, a no business to go beyond treaty
ports, and therefore special guarantees
for them would be a useless exactton
from China. Furthermore, the ministers
of non-missionary countries argue that
as they are not interested, the whole mot
ter should be left to future negotiations
by the individual nations concerned; that
the Chinese always excuse outrages by
saying they are due to the efforts CT the
local officials to perform their duties.
When outrages occurred heretofore the
ministers demanded that the officials who
tailed to protect foreigners should be pun
ished by the Chinese government. Some
times these officials were removed from
office, but were later on appointed to bet
ter places. One instance Of this wa the
case of ,Yu Hsien, the notorious anti-for-
eigner, who was reported to have COM
mitted suicide recently. He, had been
governor OF Shangtung. but was removed
because OF complaints made against him
by the ministers for failing to protect for
eigners in that province. Later on he
was appointed governor of Shapsi.
Pronounced Exaggerated.
The reports sent out by the Germans as
to the turbulent conditions prevailing
~hereabouts are unQuestionably exag-
gerated. They. are continually making
complaints that their boats are fred upon
oh the river between Yangtse and Tung-
chow. The German guards reply by shoot
ing q number of natives, and since the
advance Of the allied troops to the relief
Of Pekin five hundred Cinnamon ave
been shot along the Pei Ho. It is charged
that most of this shooting was unjustih-
able and that the victims were coolies
who were at work In the fields. This IL
known to be the truth in many cases.
The same conditions prevail in Pekin.
The only shooting that has been reported
has peen in the German section.
Advices from an Official Chinese source
say there is no possibility Of the return d
the court to Pekin before spring.