Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-05

.y about the trouble that threatens
.., the world ablaze. There IS In
-55, "a Chinese gentleman, a mem-
.ofe prominent mercantile firm. The
,tsp express credits him with an in
,,...e an the Boxer question
ri. b.en with he remarked that
t.n civilization, Of which we boast
much ls 90 the chinese but a "mush-
r.~" It is of yesterday while the
csI,ss civilization IS 1000 years In adj
Voc There was, according TO this
orl..Hal" time when China had,
mi we now have. a mad race for
"a srh ambition and power and con-
!, ,,snt haste and hurry and worry.
30. t15" Doe continued, had some
ol.,sr inyauuons-guupowder printing.
an the rest-Lut we have lived long
q, ,rh TO find out how essentially un-
n.s,sssry an these things are. We have
m, had our periods OF doubt fanau-
o.r and dlaansion IN matters Of re-.
lion We have had our martyrs. our
p, r-mauons. our non-conformists, our
Intolerance. and finally our liberation.
" thousands Of years ago."
rtIra has outgr0wn an this, the Lon
A., merchant saId It's people have
ia,r1ed wisdom from the past. Their
a dine now is but for happiness In this
Mold "You may think, he added, 1--WE
lts lives of ignorance, but I assure you
n e not go. We are as we'll of as we
vsr, TO De- and no man can improve
Of that
Having made this statement as to
r. circumstances in which the Chinese
liz he makes this accusation against
obr civilization.
aY51 OF the western world come TO
ut VIM what you call your new IDEAS
" bring us your religion, an infant
n nineteen hundred years. You invite
Nd 10 build railways so that we may
6t nom place 10 place az a speed
vfth fJr us has neither necessity nor
cham You want 20 build mills and
fdr6r.es $50 as 10 debase our beautiful
M and crafts, and produce tawdry
Ans DO place OF the beautiful textures
aid bues which we have evolved after
ata OF experiment
AGAINST all this We protest. We
want 90 be- Def alone We want 20 be
III ID enjoy our beautiful country and
a. fruits OF our centuries Of dxperl-
et.s When we ask you 70 go away
yta refuse. and YOU even threaten us
h ae Do not give you our harb0rs, our
lad our towns
And now. having carefully consld-
ef eco matter We of the sO-called
B1sp society have decided that the
o1y way TO get rid OF you is 20 XIII
yo1 We are not naturally bloodthirsty.
W. certainly are not thieves. But when
ptruaslon and argument and appeals
Id YOUR sense OF justice are Of no avail,
W, dnd ourselves face TO face with the
fact that the only resource Is 70 put
ytl out Of existence
'rhs missionaries come IN for their
shsr Of the censure. The London
Celestial says they come with a re-
nes upon the main principles Of which
thy are divided and threaten the Chi.
ne people with eternal punishment
lf.hy DO not accept IT, They Brighten
our children and the most weak minded
Of ON older people, ana create all kinds
Of Discussions between families and in
dtlms 40 wonder that we viii
No tolerate them
insn he reverts to other features OF
H. western civilization in this way:
HIVE wanted your railways and ma
cb-H we could, OF course, buy them,
ID Ve DO not. We have no use for
tnm Yet you say you will force us 10
boz them whether we will or no. IA
M iust2 ] say it is an impertinence--
40 outrage A good deal is made Of the
"a that we are not soldiers Well, we
hau ceased 90 be soldiers because we
haW become civilized War is n bar
BASIN The effects OF our having ar
70 az our present stage Of civiliza-
tlf' s that we have increased and null
tltfl beyond every other race on the
"a % the earth. In spite OF our great
nrHality (which seems TO be very
~ king TO you, although we recognize
M { only a wise provision OF nature),
10 Chinese race is increasing at a
gruT rate than any other people In
M world We could n we chose over
WI n The rest ot mankind. That we do
no % so is due 90 the perfection Of our
ols ntlon, our philosophy and our
nanI&'
J Is impossible 20 estimate the nature
of De trouble In China without knowing
% ihIng Of the other side OF 1t. This
is' bout os intelligent statement Of the
"B1u' side Of the trouble as we have
So It Is certainly entitled to a
hg ing even though the crimes COM
ma Red cannot be too strongly con-
dana.