The times., 1900-12-20
OPIUM CHINA'S CURSE.
Views OF n Physician From the 500
chow Hospital.

DR.. W. H. Park. Of the Soochow Hos
pital, Soochow, China, was at the White
House yesterday and introduced to the
! President B. G. Using and B. s. Tsang.
two wealthy young Cinnamon who are
travelling in this country for health AMI
pleasure. Both Cinnamon belong to the
progressive class in the Flowery King
dom, neither wearing a queue and both
being attred in the latest American
fashion. DR.. Park has been eighteen
years in China and has gained the conf
dence of the people in the province in
In discussing the Chinese trouble, DIR.
Park said:
The cause for the recent outbreak
can be attributed to no one thing, the
causes are manifold They date back to
the time when England first forced trade
upon the Chinese ard introduced opium.
The opium habit is the curse of China,
and sooner or later unless some deter
mined means are aijpted 10 abate it, it
viii externinate The race. The Chinese
realize the evil and they blame the for
eigners for it. The sale of opium is un-
restricted, and once a man touches it,
he becomes its victim. The English i'm
port it from India and it is q source of
profit, not only to the Indian Government,
but to the Chinese as we'll, and there
fore, they do not prohibit it. At the out
break of the present troubles, a promi-
nent Chinaman said to me. Now is our
opportunity; we will exterminate the for
eigners and with them the opium habit
Another cause is found in the fact
that the Chinese Government has always
deceived its people in regard to foreign
ers. They havs been led to believe that
tbA n,,1r
Government in the world and that all
other nations pay trirute to it. When
first went to China eighteen years ago,
Korea, Siam, Tanking, Formosa. and
Kiao-Chou al paid Il su:t 81 u ibafe to
the Chinese Emperor, and even Japan
sent presents to him which the people
regarded as tribute Now by the concern
of the Powers Korea is free, Siam no
longer pays her tribute, Tanking has been
taken by France. =, rDiosi by Japan. E-ao-
Chou by Germany, and last year, Wei
Hai-Wci by England. so that the Chinese
have become apprehensive that the Pow
ers are scheming to partition their en-
pire. Even the aacre lied representatives
of European countries and the United
States have only been received in the
Emperors palace in the room where the
representatives of tributary countries
like Korea paid their tribute and re-
spect. and thus the feopIe were led to
believe that even European countries ac-
knowledged the sovereignty of China.
Thus they have been deceived, and ma
turally they regarded it as a sort of rev
olution against Chinese authority when
they saw the movement to partition The
empire.
The missionaries have also had some
thing to do with the troubles, but they
are only secondary. The better class of
Chinese are not in sympathy with the
conduct of their Government, and are
for progress along modern lines and for
reform. Now they are robbed by the
Government.
AT the height of the outbreak the
orders came from Pekin to kill all the
foreigners in our province, but the gov
ernor. who was not in sympathy with the
movement, declined to carry out the edict
and thus %e we're saved. have found the
Chinese to be a remarkable race. found
it necessary only to gain their confidence.
They are sagaeious and good business
men. Mr.. Tsang who is with me is
young man, but he has made fortune in
dealing in salt
DR.. Park and his companions were the
guests of Minister WI at dinner last
night.