The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-13
CAUSED BY MISSIONARIES.
Present Troubles in China Started
By the Christians.
Origin OF Disturbance CHARGED 20 Inter
ference With ReIiEi0n Of the M
tFes-lIIssi0naries only In
csnss the People.


csnse the People.
Chicago, IL, July "a special to
the Times Herald from San Francisco,
Cal, says:
In regard to the present situation In
China, Ho Vow, the Chinese consul
general in San Francisco, a diplomat
only second in Importance to the Chi
nese minister in Washington, whose
predecessor was, in fact, Ho Vows
brOther-in-law, says:
'The origin Of the whole trouble is
interference with our religion in China.
I do not question the worthy inten-
tons Of the missionaries who have
gone there, but they have made the
mistake Of trying to convert a people
who are not educated as a race even to
the point Of religious liberation.
'GOOd missionaries merely waste
their energies and incense the people.
Studying the history Of the world we
find that almost every great war has
been brought on by differences in re-
hgiOn. There is another cause for the
present uprising aside from the purely
religious work of the missionaries in
proseIyting China to their faith.
sit has so happened in China that
whenever a missionary has been in
jured or killed in the country, the ma
ton which he represented has made
the tragedy the occasion for asking
grants Of lands from the Chinese gov
eminent. I do not mean to say that
they were not right in demanding in
demnity for such misdeeds, but this
course, in the eyes Of many of our PEG
pie, who are extremely suspicious, has
been miscOnstrueda and misrepresented.
ST am positive from the dispatches I
have received that it was the original
intention Of both the government and
the Boxers to respect the Pekin Iega-
tions. Otherwise it would have been
easy to attack them before June 80.
I am sure the government was ready
to put forth every effort to help and
protect them.
To-day I cannot speak so confident
forts has changed the whole aspect of
the situation. As soon as the tidings
Of that act Of hostility reached Pekin
1 fear the forces which up to that mo
ment has been held in control by the
government would become frenzied
and beyond its control, for they would
reason that they were to be punished
anyway and all reason for restraint
would then have gone.
"FrOm a political point of view it
seems to be a fatal mistake on the part
Of those powers to have taken that az
gressive step before they had landed
sufficient forces to be able to support
it or to follow it up. They stirred up
a beehive when not In a position to ac-
cOmplish anything. Instead Of reliev-
ing the legations in Pekin, they aggra-
waited the situation, stirring up an ig-
norant and maddened populace to
frenzy.
In my opinion, the powers would
need an army Of about 10000 men to
subdue this one northern province by
force. Should there be a general up
rising throughout China before they
could do any sort Of policing for that
great territory, with its 4OOOOO,OOO PEG
pie, OF bring them under subsection,
they would require not less than !, OOO,-
600 soldiers and many millions Of dol
lars would be wasted and millions Of
lives be lost before the entire country
could be brought under subjugation.
These zealots are not open to reason,
as they are possessed by strange su-
perstitiOns.
'Shan Tung province is notable for
its men Of fine physique and stature.
The province could probably place In
the field nearly 100000 men closely
approaching six feet in height. What
ever China may have been in the past
she is no Insignificant enemy to cope
with to-day. Her strength is formid-
able, and If it Is expended upon in
vaders the result viii be terrible
slaughter
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