The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-14

tians a year, whom they induce to giv
UP wine and opium.
The Christians have shown them
selves ready to endure prosecution al
well and when the history of the church
in China is written, as it will be some
day, it will pile up a list of those wht
were ready to do, dare and die FOR TIT
faith they professed second to none IL
the world. And when we speak thus Of
the Christians we man not the Chris
tians of one denomination only, MOI
even the Protestant Christians alone
but the Roman Catholics as well. We
are among those who look upon it as
unchristian to say that the Roman
church offers to defend criminals If only
they will Join the church. Some Of the
| members Of the church of which l was
pastor for five years became disaffected
and went to join the Catholic church
| in Pekin, but it was not long until they
returned, saying that they were not
able to follow the requirements of that
church. Such misrepresentation of the
Roman church is unworthy those who
claim to be just much less those who
claim to be Christians and kind. The
workings of the Roman church in civil
as well as military matters are very
different from those of the Protestant
church, but there Is no reason why Pro-
testant Christians should be constantly
criticising them
We grant that the present uprising
has not been unprovoked. And by this
we do not mean that it has been pro-
voked by the missionaries. The mis-
cradle gossip, scandal and sensational
sheets In Tien-Tsin Shanghai have been
talking for two years about the parti-
ton Of China, and 1t is this more than
any other one thing that has provoked
the general uprising against all for
eigners, and it is because of this that
the empress dowages has lent it her
sanction.
The empress dowages is one of the
strongest, If not the strongest, woman
on any throne in the world to-day. The
report that she Is drunkard and OPT
UNI sot Is without foundation. Her
treatment of the wives of the ministers
was the essence Of politeness, though it
may have been all surface shine. She
understands how to play one man or
one party off against another better
perhaps than any one who occupied the
throne for years. She has held the
throne longer than any woman has ever
held the throne Of China, and at time
when usurpation is more difficult and
dangerous than ever it has been before.
She is looked upon by all who know her
as very remarkable woman.
What the outcome of the present cri-
sis will be it is impossible at this time
to say. One thing is certain-it will be
expensive to China. To talk about the
division Of China is but the vision Of
fools. There IS not a European nation
that wants it at the present time. Rus
sla, Britain, United States, Japan, Ger
many, are none of them in favor Of it.
That the conservative party may be
ousted and the liberal party put in
power is not an unlikely thing, and
would be for the greatest good of China
and the world. The old conservative
moss backs, as they are called by the
great viceroy Chang ChinTung, would
make good bone-dust or ashes for their
ancestral cemeteries, but they make
very poor advisers to the throne, and
not until they are put out and the
young liberals regain power will China
but just as soon as this con-
dition Is brought about China will take
The position she deserves to take among
The governments and before the world
Leslie's Weekly.