The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-06
INTERESTING
LECTURE
ON CHINA
Delivered ut the Second Presbyterian
Church Last Night by DR..
John n. Ingns,
RETURNED MISSIONARY.
Chinese Uprising Was Foreign
Rather Than Religious-The
Siege Of Pekin.

Before an audience that taxed the ca
pacity Of the lecture room OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian church. Dr.. John d.
Inglls delivered an interesting and In
structivc lecture on China last
night. dealing with the causes
of the late uprising and portray
Ing wildly his experiences dur
ing the siege Of Pckln. The lecture was
given to the united congregations OF
the Presbyterian churches Of the city,
but the general public, irrespective OF
creed, was invited through the newspa-
pers and there were many members OF
churches OF other denominations pres
| ent.
DR.. Ingiis Is a young man and hts
words were those Of an intrepid and
courageous missionary. When he rela-
ted his experiences he did so with the
modesty which characterizes tho true
hero. His enunciation was clear and
distinct, the resonent tones Of his voice
being heard distinctly In every corner
| VI lilG nan. Tllo Ndo ftil0
his power Of description excellent. He
created profound impression upon his
hearers.
After singing three hymns. the read
Ing Of psalm by DR.. Austin and
prayer by DR.. Cunningham. the Rev.
Mr.. Howard introduced DR.. John NJ.
1ngiis, to whom he paid n high tribute,
saying he was q good and faithful SER
want Of the Lord who had faced
death that the heather OF the Orient
might be taught the true faith.
The Truth About the Chinese.
DR.. Ing!is began by saying he had
been frequently asked IL oil the mis-
slonaries had come home. They had
not all come home. only one-tenth Of
them doing so. He had talked to Rev.
Hart In China and bullets were falling
thick and fast about them. He was
saying the people were sadly misn-
formed as to the true nature Of the Cri-
nese. He said the history Of the Chi
nese had Just begun. It might be pos
sible that In three centuries the Gil
ncse might be the dominant race Of the
world. The Goths were now the domi-
nant power OF Europe. a-.f +is K
We have now reached crisis In the
worlds history that Is only second 10
that when the Goths stood Mt the gates
OF Rome. No manunderstands the latent
power OF Chinese possibilities. No man
Is greater friend Of China than
want to be, but will not tell only OF
the roses and flowers. hut I will also
tell Of the dark side OF the Chinese life.
l have never seen In our own country
students that have the power OF appli-
cation that the Chinese have. can
find no better words than those Of Bret
Hart: E..gts r..,,
For ways that are dark,
And tricks that are vain,
The heather Chinee is peculiar.
Which the same would rise to ex-
plain H 3
you hear of no Chinese army surren-
derIng. The Chinese fights on the plan
that ''he who fights and runs away,
will live to fight another day." He
fights, but he don't want TO be killed.
The opening up of China was done only
by force. The anti-reform movement
began two years ago. The young en-
peror belonged 10 the reform party and
for that he was dethroned by the en-
press. In no country have the women
more power than In China. The moth
er-in-law rules China. Her word Is SUI
premc In the household. No matter how
high man may become he never gets
beyond her control. uM
The head OF the army and Of almost
every important board was with the emf
press dowager. SO she simply dethroned
the emperor.
Origin Of the Uprising.
The present trouble has been blamed
on everything except the last American
election. One Of these is said to be due
to the political situation or to the atti-
tude Of the powers In China. The dlf-
ferent powers demanded different con-
cesslons. To-day China has felt that
unless she struck her whole territory
was TO be taken from her. In this,
however, she was mistaken. The pow
crs simply wanted to open up the
country to foreign commerce. matter
OF stern necessity. 1t has been consId-
cred right In all times that no nation
shall be allowed TO live to Itself
Another cause Is said to be the atti-
tudc of Germany two years ago de-
mandlng n port ut Chow Chow. An
other cause was said to be the religious
movement-that this was n great anti
religious movement. ! heard lady
say that we had no right TO force q re-
ligion upon n people who did not want