New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
CAUSES OF THE UPRISING.
THE TROUBLE IN CHINA AS VIEWED By
THE REV. DR.. A. ]. BROWN

The Rev DR. Arthur J. Brown in The Great
Round World" tells Of the uprising in China in
an article OF which the following is a part:
Caution is desirable IN writing about the Chinese
In the latest book on China, Eliza Scidmore says
Chinese the most incomprehensible. unfathomable,
nscrUtable, contradictory. logical. Illogical people
difrerent from ours that it is easy not only to fail
ever strange and evea Tepulsiye some OF tnem neil
ideas and customs may be 20 US, we may wen
the changes which have overwhelmed every other
ancient empire, which civilized when our an
med by ali 9or to 6e rng patient and
Of marvellous physical endurance Their Govern
well characterize the citizens OF American State
which is alternately bossed by Dick Croker ana
As for the causes Of the present commotion. a
the chaos Of conflicting rumOrs and opinions.
Ffrst-The conservatism Of the Chinese
no Word or written Character for patriotism bu;
one hundred and fifty ways Of writing the char
Chinese may have little love for country, they have
m most fdrt devotion to thor OWN customs 6a
risen, houTished and passed away. they have lived
own ideals. plodding along their welworn paths,
ignorant Of or indifferent TO the progress Of the
orize dead classics. despising foreigners infe-
rfors and standing still amid the tremendous on
But, " course. 1t was Impossible for any people;
ana especially one representing fourth part OF
habItable globe to permanently segregate itself
stayed # IT o aS%ed O % Re @ on
will gather force behind the obstacle until it is
simply the breaking up Of this fossiSed conserva-
fsm Is such tumGltu0ns SpheayaI as the ne
Three forces have been at work upon the
tianity
leading seaports Of China have many great busi-
ness ness houses controlled by Europeans and d AmeTij
commerce with the Chinese. That the effort is sue
Sos d ex6T 6 % china @ aG fss t9 o 10ta
$50 taes in 1858 to 86 2s ss taels in 1897 while is
probable that the last two years have witnessed an
even ZEN, more rapid growth .o,. =. ,o. 3,
large part neutraiized by the evils which disgrace
civilization. Liquor and opium have been carried
ions, and when China protested against the opium
d Eng!Snd compelled her 20 take it In war Ct
Traders were S as rule Prate sgmuggers and ad
witbout ercV or restraint Tolax some of the
thGgeg1 hG business men @ in China hin are men OF the
Of observant travellers that too often the foreign
ers are ntemPerate profane with little real knowl-
living apart from them, despsing and hating them,
The second force is politics. The history Of the
dealings Of the Christian Powers with China Is not
that the provocatlon has sometimes been great bpt
the retaliation has been heavy. These political
the present trouble The Impress Dowager said
IN r ner m nov fam0gs edet; The various Powers cast
other in their endeavors to be the first to seize
China, having neither money nor troops. would
never venture TO go to war with them. They fail
things which this Empire can never consent to- and
mat II hardly pressed we have no alternative but
edge Of which in our breasts strengthens
against our asgressors that Would pr0baby be
called patriotic if it had emanated from the ruler
The now famous Boxers are one. Of the many
is Urr1 hy nh a
which is yariously translated League of United
Righteous Harmony Fists Association and kim
dred names, Originally. like most Of the other
tar dynasty. When Germany made the murder OF
pushing her 1oltica abftoTs % @ PTeteHt 69r
urally arrayed themselves against them. The EN-
them and thus Un o8e f tbs bnoGo MOST 70 ene
foes. OF the throne against the common enemy, the
The third force is Christianity II is ninety-three
trance to China seven wears of toll 5ase9 ba
fore one convert was baptized. But slowly. stead
cants number about 10000, while the the adherents
places are occnpied % Ststons 20 n 'VVg @ 2Sio
669 foreign missionaries and Chinese helpers super
ees are teaching the S s9oS SpG npntD f0
presses issued last year 1O7 14S7SS pages % aga-
der mission auspices 12i hospitals and dR99 dispe8sare de
sreateq ias5 year i.oo492 patients and 81 orphan
the Children 2 Of he eG deeeve Sssi GIs
missions in China is upon a large scale 1t would
be difficult to oyerestimate the silent and yet per
work, steadily continued through a long series Of
men and women and annual expenditure OF
many hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
these True many Of the Chinese d6 not ye eG
HH0T s0 that pa there was such war for news travels
postofice facilities. and whose average nhabitant
has never been ten miles from the village in which
he born. But some VINO did know realized that
Japan mad Won by the aid of Western methods.
Missionaries were besieged by Chinese who wished
TO learn Ens4Sn & Modern books were given wide
OF his influential advisers became students OF Oc-
the bof saea aRe f Pf9 on In In FIVE E
Diffusion Of Christian and General Knowledge
while every mission press was run to its utmost
a reform party grew up not large but active and
Influential II urged the young Emperor TO use the
imperial power for the advancement of his people
He yielded TO the pressure and issued the now
fam9gs reform edicts which il carried into effect
on p the high high road to national l greatness.
Empress Dowager took fresh aarm nsaaSS aSd By the
its strength by virtually deposing the Emperor
edicts and finally Identifying itself with the Boxers
in an anti-foreign crusade.
know know how long the disturbance win continue
as the time may be to the ndividuas Who S s4e E
vowed, the issue Is not for one moment in doubt
violence the fact remains that the forces opera ting
on China to-day include the vital regenerative eie9
ment for the world, and after the tuTpult OF this
present I time shall have passed it VIII be found
that China VIII be opened as never before
hueuces of Christian civza ton China as a
political organism may be divided and pass under
the control of other Powers. but the Chinese people
will remain-the most virile, industrious untIrine
people of Asia, and perhaps. after due tutelace a
coming Power OF the world.
VALUE OF MISSION PROPERTY IN CHINA.
The value of the mission property in North
China owned by the American Board OF FOREIGN
Missions Of the Congregational Church is placed
at $l7l.2S1 81. An inventory of the holdings OF the
rd in will