New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-07-28
THE ENTERPRISE
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IBERIA PARISH
AND TOWN OF NEW IBERIA.
THE WHITE MANS MEDDLESOMENESS
AND RAPAClTY IN CHINA.

F>D MI hSll SIIlNH
From a very interesting interview with
Rabbi Leutch of New Orleans on the
Chinese upheaval, we make the following
extracts
again, it is known that some of the
missionaries have not hesitated to inter
meddle with the local affairs of the Chi
nese on occasion, and to attempt to gain
over the common people. The mission
aries have forgotten that they are not an
instrument of secular government To
achieve the objects of the church they
have, Lord Salisbury has declared, used
forces other than those of their religion
In this way they have stirred up animosity
throughout China. The rabble of China,
described by the press dispatches as filling
the ranks of the Boxers, are none other
than those who have been stirred by the
efforts in secular fields of the missionaries
Like our own revoutionists in 1776, the
intellectuals of China have taken upon
themselves to unfurl the flag of patriotism.
They have declared a holy war against all
foreigners and intruders, and are deter
mined not to rest until the country and
their religious worship is saved from foreign
interference.
''Of course, | recognize that Asiatic
methods of warfare cannot be tolerated
by the civilized nations. The wild and
untutored spirit of the Chinese must be
at least brought within bounds in the
present crisis. The covenants and treaties
made with civilized Europeans must be
respected, and those who went into the
land under the protection of their own
government must be upheld. The MUIR
der of the foreigners, naturally, will be
avenged by more slaughter, but l firmly
believe this terrible calamity will teach
the whole world a lesson. The So called
civilized nations will learn that it is not
safe to interfere with the religious convic-
tions of others and that the commandment
Thou shalt not steal cannot be disobeyed
with impunity.
at is surprising to me how few people
are able to take even moderate view of
the Chinese situation. We have had in
our own country many experiences that
show how little patience is demonstrated
by the masses when anybody interferes
or attempts to interfere with their politi-
cal liberties or religious principles. A
little of the put yourself in his place
doctrine would enable those watching the
present tragedy in China to get wider
grasp of it's significance.
awe stand aghast and Mortified at the
terrible news coming from this far-oft |
country, where murder snd fxpfhs lxns.I
riot and where thousands of innocent mon |
and women have probably fallen in the
service of an idea for which millions have
fought and found death. But we must halt |
and consider whether or no we. by our own
conduct and our entire neglect of what is
due to others, have not in some degree
been the cause of that great calamity.
~ am not by nature pessimist, but l
believe it is no longer battle between
one nation or two nations and China, but
is the uprising, predicted by Admiral
Mahan, of the Mongolian against the
Caucasian races. The Caucasian, of course,
will in the end prevail. Progress and
civilization do not march backward. But
the civilized world has yet to learn, and
will, hope, learn before the yellow
danger is over, that forced progress is no
progress, and that enforced religion will
bring no happiness to him unto whom it is
offered or to him who offers it,"
CHINESE VIEW WITH SUSPICION CIVILIZATION
WHICH ROBs.
"The Chinese have another grievance-a
grievance with which they naturally con-
meet the missionaries as the prime cause
Without the smallest possible regard for
the commandment, Thou shalt not steal,'
the European nations have since the nrst
treaty ports were opened in China in
lS42 appropriated to themselves large por-
tions of the territory of the Chinese en-
pirc for the sole purpose of aggrandize-
ment. There is long score of outrages
in this line which the Chinese holland
rightly hold-against the foreigners.
England was the first offender. China
got its first taste of English civilization
and English justice in the early 4Os. Ra-
pacious English merchants introduced into
China the opium trade, and when China
attempted to place an embargo on its
sale and to force the English business
shares out of its domain England respond
ed with cannon ball. China was clearly
The aggrieved party in that war and yet
as result England compelled China to
,ede to it the island of Hong Kong to end
lostilities. Since 1898, when Port Ar
,hur was evacuated by the Japanese and
'orcibly leased by Russia, the whole of I
Europe has been engaged in unconscion-
able pillage of Chinese territory. The !,
Chinese have stood by and seen Man
,huria ceded in usufruct to Russia; have I
the grabbing of that great
'tretch of territory known as Kiao Chou
~ the Germans on the pretense that it
vas done in retaliation for the murder ,
# German missionary have been COM ,
,elled to lease to England for an indef- {
lite period Wei Hal Wei, on which the /
English have erected huge Notifications :
lave been asked to stand by and consent i
0 the French taking full possession of I
he Leichan peninsula, with the open pur q
'ose Of securing the trade Of Southern =
'hina to the French-the Chinese, say, :
nay not be blamed if after the piling up @
t these outrages they take the bit in their /
mouth and kick over the traces. IL
A person bearing the same name as {
nan who was charged with drunkenness at
police court in Ireland deemed it neces-
aryto insert in the local papers an an