The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

Of the people in whose midst they are 10 be
| established.
| This will be slow work and it cannot ID
| undertaken on general scale all at once.
| Each territory. each province must be sep
| arately prepared for the change.
I It's nonsense 10 say ar suppose that. as
! a whole, the Chinese people are open to
| economic reforms. vet certain portions "
| the Chinese public are willing to be taught.
/ and are willing to uphold and advocate a
| novelty after its usefulness has once been
demonstrated 20 their entire satisfaction.
That the Governments. societies ana
| cornpapies now doing business in China
1 have heretofore failed to interest the ma
tives financially in the enterprises estah-
| lished among them was grave mistake.
but. strange TO say, not one of the under
! takers could see e IN that light They all
insisted upon treating John Chinaman as
quantite negligeable, with the result or
making him their enemy. They forgot the
story about the vinegar and molasses.
One cause of the trouble Is. the newspa-
pers know very little about China. and
most people going to China or writing about
China draw theic inspiration from the H.
informed press. The newspapers like to
make a great fuss about momentary sue
cesses achieved by foreigners In China
they ignore the tenacious resistance by
which the Chinese kept Off all attempts at
foreign invasion for centuries and tens or
centuries
Just now they make much OF the Boxers
revolt. Yet what is a revolt of. say. 2opS
in an Empire numbering GO peopi9I
Numerically considered, it Is of no moro
Importance than occasional riots are IN the
United States in Italy and other countries
You say The Boxers make war on the
foreigners"
Wen. the Szechs hammer the Germans
In Bohemia. French ard Italians frequently
come to blows. so do Hunsarians and Irish.
when they meet on foreign soil How often
do we hear Of race wars In America The
Cabinets of Washington and Rome II I am
not mistaken, are just now engaged IN ad-
justing claims arising out of the killing OF
Italians by an American Sheriff's posse.
Take the case OF Germany. The Kaiser
and Queen Victoria are very near relatives,
thousands and again thousands Of Germans
make good livings in England and Eng
lish colonies. vet German hatred OF
everything English breaks out every little
while. We have had shameless exampias
of It quite recently.
The friend. of humanity thought tho
Jewish question dead and buried fifty
years ago. when our Hebrew feilow-citizens
were admitted to citizens rights the
continent of Europe. Yet In France, as
well as in Germany and Austria, there ara
aEtisemitic Parties, political bodies of con-
strength, that do not hesitate TO
accuse the Jews in general Of the most
abominable crimes In the calendar. simply
because they are not OF the same creed as
themselves.
Really, We ought not to be too severe on
poor China At the same time II is not too
late TO make Of China what we want her
to be. namely, a market for our industry. !.
a field for our surplus population of r,er
chants. engineers, teachers. trained me-
chsrics. etc.
The Way to Act.
But there is only one way TO realize the
hopes set on the Middle Kingdom. We must
not attempt to enter the country as con-
querors. We must be content to go to China
as teachers. Like wise teachers We must
reason with the Chinese and try to con-
vince them of the superiority OF our enter
prises. Of the necessity OF installing such
Above ALL We must not force our goods
upon the yellow brother. we must create
& desire fer them We must likewise create
q desire for railways, for mining opera tons
We must do nothing against the will o.
the Chinese people. We can 90 almost any
thing II We have the Chinese people bach
u us. j..
The progress OF the human race does no
depend upon the unlimited growth of Epf
pires. but on the peaceful conquest
achieved by commerce. industry and trutV
culture.
Let US win China's good will.
NJ. Won BRANDT. e
Late German Minister in Pekiu.
Weimar. End OF June
Copyright 1903. by Henry ". Fischer.