Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-20
THE MISSIONARY NOT TO BLAME.
China's Uprising Against Foreigners
Due to Other Causes.


China's Uprisinx Against Foreigner.
Due to Other Causes.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
One often hears 1t said in these days of
excitement that the missionary has no
business to be In China stirring up rebel
lion and melting the people to war" 1t is
gravely asserted that but for the mission
airy there would have been no trouble for
our consuls other citizens that I'VE
have no business to force the Christian re-
ligion upon the Chinese when they do not
want it, and similar utterances. the bur
den of which is that all the hostility and
murder now prevalent in the orient is due
to the effort to teach Christianity and
cure converts to it among the Chinese.
Such opinions quite at fault. They
do not explain the situation, and they are
inconsistent with the recent facts in Chi
nese history.
Let all such critics remember in the first
place that a state of war. rebellion and
bioodshed is not the legitimate result OF
the teachings of Jesus. the Prince of Peace.
No Protestant missionary goes to a for
eign land to teach the people TO become
rebels to their own government. or to
weaken and tear down existing civil gov
ernments. 1t is true that the Tae-ping re-
bellion, which prevailed from 1880 10 IsGJ.
was led by a fanatic who. having read
Christian tracts teaching the sinfulness Of
iduiatry. renowned idol worship and formed
a society Of God worshipers. who be-
nant as WILL ,s o,1,,,,sars F ;,,iI -,
and who had To he s,IrIrassal ar n $500
cost of bIno5 .pd ,rst.,t, \, III -
IS, VI piouu ana rSasufe IL VIII be no.
cane fanatics cIai,nint- 80 -, M e.; a.
reyelarion and a 1I,.Inte c.oy,,,tssi,,, y, -,
root idolatry by the sword. The leader,
ike Mohammed, assumed the title OF ''di-
TO make himself The nv er5,a-''r - S.i,5,,,
No sane man can Law The sin ~ his go
ical sect at the missionar-y's dor
In the second rlaoa rbera 10 r,+bypr e.,
intensely conservatives or bigoted in ~
three prevalent forms Of state relision 10
prevent the Chinaman from toIerarine the
advent of Christianity and its teachers sx-
cept where a political design ts announced
or is susnected The faarfpI ,,,ssocras -
Roman Catholic CHRISTIANS nv, The TbfnaSa
in the sixteenth century u,.ra ,iistinctiy ana
IN tba erforts % tl,a ,,,jssi,,,,., - -, 1877
the goyernina ofIiriais In tb,. i,tercsfs ~
tho Snanisb .nd por,ng,,ae, ,,,,rsjr,,s
E,vary prn,astant 200 ser,b ,,,i,b r. a.
tinct instrucfion ~ bis hoard ,"pda- M -
cumstancas RI ,,a55ia Min ,,alttIast as,airs
l., ~. ir,,-reC, g - -, a - -. -.
ind,Ica e,a,larno,s 70 - ,,,,,,,.as.:t' 80
70 n,,risb cr1ms Put he T. 81 ~, 80 =,
f,o,i,o,,rot "a ,.nS-o,. - IA a. =, IiiSI
60 1i.;l,'i,t'.s - -, =. % ~,
foiio,-ars of 49, r., ,,,tt,aal r.f;,,s
OF C,,i,a, ,bara I. - I,,i,. a to-o1 ,itsa-a
of -ersac,1+fnn apd hi,tar faIS,,t, b,,+ q 80,
,reat indjN.raDca ac to u.bicb % ,b.,n q
- va halono II o,-isss -, ,-I,t,il,,s
anafbv InSead If - ~, InustIai ,birS for
oil tnraa relisyions oCnrfuci.rispo P,,dd-
HEM ana ran3s,,1 "a he nr1fsssad nv Tha
Same nersor
such being the characteristics az the Chi
nese people il is impossible 10 believe that
the annearance of a nur4 faith like Chris
tianiiy among them when taught by men
and women who have. given Themselves
nm to lives of serf-efracement for Christ's
sake could awaken hostile and rnurderous
assaults against Themselves and the ma
W. sbal1 hava 10 ionk in snntbar ,5frec-
zion for the rauses which have nr,duc..d
tho nresent fearful o,,tbnrst of crirn.a rrha
haril 81 a. oil Nc y, M ,atyorsl faalfpsy ~
draad Of cnntaronr for and bnStilit, 10 ali
fnreign pationaiitias u.bIse ,,sarie ihav
everywhere denominate foreign devils II
il aeainst forsipnars a. sI,rb mar thay hava
from tipa iromannoriaI cherished both con
tamn+ and bate China bas Tor csnt,Ir,as
haar q barroit natfon ,igoro,,sG,, sSci1Ii5,ty
Foreigners OF every name hating foreign
tdaas foraign conmarce faraiep sc5anea
forsien sterilization and absolutely nrobih.
itinp foraign Y,,tyra.io, Of bar oy., r,aoT,e
ona bun5ra5 I'D 6fty vaorr 400 apd M, 10
a ID ISI2 Canton was the only chinese
city Witch a foraio,ar Gould Iawf,,lI,, x,fstr
Tor ,,rnosas 81 trada
EneIapS y,aS tban m. fa,,ora5 nation and
the cbiaf Ariel. nr frade which Enf,Isnd
nrosd ,,non china u,as tbe ori,,,, ,aiss5 a.,
- upoit INA ~ IP-u .a-TeN iti
l ~ ie' IN 70;
.e N SS " t,iis Pc ~ vs.
emu government were Placing RESTRICTIONS,
Iheiahu uscidieu wal win EMMA anu
eNeituan. ioicee tnal SoNethlheht as re
IN M uii9 anon tor Ls ii'ins her 20 ceoe 10 Her
the island or hons Kong, aho 10 open 10
Loreish ,raue iouF duultloliat ci.ies; nancy
annoy, foocnow, Nihgpo ana ohaAgnaL
ms ueats u tNdllh h III lStS, which l"tVl,
t ny oPei M $50 " mia, S'Illelts9
ser 10 accept brlasn opium ana Mresteu
tt t hef d pon eoh oi neL sacred terrLtory;
;.yft, Is, ~, 80 - ~ tl.e "a OK
of ~, -, 1T, 81, - Va me
ti.,s eli farsS, 1870 =, :, ~ Nv VI, ie
Gersta,d M n vs. ,1o, ~ Gbrs+ta ~ ~.
sionary who Was bacE Of tb,s ,nra',,, ~ -
errasSie, - ,,ras - I1,t,,o -, "a ,
fba dnc+rinas 90 IT, S,h-i,, :, :, IPi -
fnsnired tbe oy,osiT,n rIStas. So t.At
luteIv nothing whareyer 70 do in cansin,,
tbes. bnrriJ Tort,Iras 80 H. 90, - 20 -,
dav. hut so1iIlasS esa5,. s-1.,,,I "a -
mercislIsrn tho interasts ~ 80 H. -
unSerlv;np evil wbosa sha r,..I.rss 5e,aa,.ii,
have exasnerated the ma secs az CHINA n, an