The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-05

that works with the deadly weapons OF
poisonous SANDER and mob violence"
This is confirmed by the Shanghai cor
respondent of a leading London daily,
| who reports that Viceroy Chang, noto-
rious for his hatred of foreigners and
for encouraging natives in the barba-
rous treatment of Europeans is report
ed to have addressed a petition to the
throne openly advocating the extermi-
nation of foreigners in China, and es-
pecially English, in order to prevent the
eventual partition of China among Eu-
ropean powers.
The literati Of China include all those
who have taken degrees at the literary
examinations held at stated periods,
either at the district city or at the great
/ triennial examinations at Picking, at
| which thousands of aspirants from all
parts of the empire compete. The
! prizes are few. The successful competi-
| tors may receive official appointments,
or may have to rest content with being
placed on the 'expectant," or eligible,
list. The majority remain there, and
| the number of literati belonging to the
! great tribe of office seekers is naturally
/ large. AS might be inferred, they are
not a very scrupuous body Of men.
They are fanatics in everything relating
to China and the Chinese, and their ha-
| tired of foreigners-"the outer barbara
| ans'-is only exceeded by their Grass
| ignorance of everything relating to
| them.
This is well eXemplifed in the pages
of small book of the most scurrilous
! and indecent character published" as
| appears from the title page, "by the
Gentry and People" 1t is entitled "A
| Death Blow to Corrupt Doctrines" 1t
has had an enormous circulation
throughout the Chinese empire, one
Jealous person alone having subscribed
for eight hundred thousand copies, to
be distributed gratuitously. 1t is a sig
nficant fact that the headquarters of
the fanatics responsible for the dissem-
nation of this outrageous publication in
each of the eighteen provinces has been
found to be the yamen of the chief mag
iStrate.
The attention Of certain Christian
missionaries resident at Tung-Ch in
the province of Tung. having been
directed to this scandalous treatise, it
was decided to translate it, and so
make its contents known to the outside
world. The translators regard it "as
of too much public Importance to be
withheld from the foreign truthful rep
resentation of the animus of the ruling
and literary classes of China toward
foreigners, We believe, also, that 1t has
been largely Instrumental in giving rise
to the vile and slanderous stories con
corning foreign residents and native
Christians which have recently spread
throughout China; and that it sheds i'm
portant light on the means by which the
massacre at Tien-Tsn was brought
about. No mere descriptions however
fun, could possibly convey any ade-
quate idea of it's vileness and deadly an
mostly" .t I.
Practically, and in the intent of the
author, the book is an attack on Chris
tianfty, and on Christian nations at
large. All Europeans are classed to-
gether, and their religion is regarded as
one. 1T is not" says the translators,
IAN ordinarily obscene book; nor are its
obscenities their own end They have a
subtle aim, 1t is 10 connect with the
very idea of a foreigner associations of
the lowest and most repulsive"
1t might seem to some that 1t is
book so full of exaggerations. misrepre-
sensations and wholesale falsehoods. it's
excuses would be its own refutation
But, says the translators, "the author
doubtless understood his readers better
than we do. He knew their extreme ig-
norance of everything relating to for
eisners, and with what ready credulity
they drink in such stories as those here
presented. There can be no doubt in
the minds of those who know the Chi
nese that nearly all who read the book
will believe it,"
So much for the translators; now for
the Chinaman himself, The first to
speak is an anonymous scholar who de-
scribes himself as "A man of Joa-ChoW, |
above all others distressed in heart" |
THE religion of Tien-Chu Oit., Sect of |
the Lord of Heavenly originated with |
Jesus. Its adherents falsely assert that !
Jesus was endowed with divine gifts.
\ Priests are for the most part
educated to their professions from their
They are emasculated.
s. Those who enter this religion prac-
ticc wickedness with the priests with
out restraint Every seventh day all
ceremonies are over all give themselves
up to debauchery This they call THE
Great Communion or Love Gathering
They make use Of occult and devilish |
arts and bewitch the ignorant by magi-
cal arts and incantations, SO they joy
fully enter the sect. When
person enters this religion the teacher
gives him four ounces of silver and
pill When he has taken this pill his
whole mind Is confused and darkened, |
so that he destroys his ancestral tab
let's and only worships an image of
naked child which points one finger to-
ward heaven and another toward the
earth They say this Is the Prince Je-
sus Families having daughters, on
their religion, restrain one of |
them from marriage. These are the
guardians of the locks and keys of the |
chest containing magical spells and in
They are called the old
who open the chest In |
case of funerals, the religious teachers
eject all the relatives and friends from |
the house, and the corpse is put into the
coffin with closed DOORS Both eyes are
taken out, and the orifice sealed
up with plaster The reason for eX-
tracing the eyes Is this: From one
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