The sun., 1900-12-29
WI DEFENDS THE CHINESE.
orrAus rHr ,,rsts ~ UtiR "frRrb
or rom IGNIHs
,.d,.er.,,on. NJ o'sr''s'on' Missionaries. Con
temp, On ,h. Part "f Foreigners Of Chinese
custom. and wsnref'. 'nju" srbrfc ~
,.,,,,,,, and A,,ltris of the Foreign Press

WI Tin.-fans, tho ca n"se Minister to
,,. ntfy. pore list nght In Mohtclair.
4 upon to .Cauacs oi th npopuariv
of,he Foreign r r. china" lie was ia guest
Of the Outlook "a an organization "hich
d.yot.s i,.olf to tp discussi OF questions
~ IN day
Tn. n. cot ~ the foreigner I'm china 20
oh.srve tho customs and traditions OF the
n.ople the Chimes Minister urged with
special str'.s, "a rasponsbie Tor much OF
,n. di,rc, ltirs which had arisen IN recent
v.ar, The indisrretion - oyerlcalous mis-
.ionsries. the urtip tni'- and distortions
= the foreign press. the seizure Of territory
without .ompensa'ion. IN lcyyins Of in
d.mnities and the cuntpmItuous treatment
~ the natives and IN disresgri OF tho local
authorities by the Americans and rropeans
who settled temporarily In China. wer" souH
OF the many ,auses which WI 1ng tung
dwelt upon "a giy!lg rise 10 the bitterness
exhibited by the Chimes" people TO foreigners.
In authorization that Wa Ting-iang would
attract a large gathering, the outlook Iuo
held its meeting In tho First congregational
Church Capacous as II Is, every seat was
occupied The Rev. Or. Ampry II. brldi"rd'
na,tor OF the church. presided and cordially
welcomed his Excellence 10 MontcIaiT Tho
Minister was greeted with great cordia.iiy
n light blue robe and red sleeveless jaoAet.
He wore mandarins hat. on the front ~
which wa, fastened large diamond but
ton In opening his address he took advantage
Of the opportunity to correct some wrongful
impressions which he said had been receiF ed
from the lecture he gave In Carnegie Han
two or three weeks ago upon ConiucIuS. lie
had been charged. he said, b. some ministers
with attacking Christlan.tr. Such a thing.
he insisted. was far from his thought
To make the doctrines OF CuniUClous clearly
understood, he had tai,en Christianity q 5 !
standard. because he believed l. was ths
highest form ot religion be could use ic! We
purpose OF comparison re audcu ut ~, IIat u, -,
the whole body OF religious workers lu Chinn,
hut only to somo who had sacrifice. Tlsd2!l
to excessive zeal, and TO some who DESPITE
the teachings OF their masters were ctamorIug
The Chino.e people ori Vinally-. ho said
were not oppose, to the coming Of foreigners
20 their country, but now IL II an uud -Nui.blc
fact, as evidenced hy the recent depIorab!e
feeling against foreigners The question -
how has this change come about IN orIer
century We found that foreigners from the
west. though most honorahle men dld not
esong to the sane ., rdSs AL % yrt Is ''''
The, came to China with their goods,
they wanted 70 trade with rn oHt theN ,iai ga
uyps .ines tRan In % tho lcft China for good tnder
S,s tas eG% pHd deTS9c iSefsa sS foud % arise from from &
under standings which unfortunately resulted
in warfare, II was 90 be eS 5ectsd that o9.na
would come out OF tte truGSie di-ad,antI
ageousl'. In the treaties that were In. i'ted
privieee. to foreigners in addition, TO the
heay, indemntie7 which we're levied 90
,S 9' t6ree See doubt hoS had S pyo
cation but supposing GU were In the position
Of the thine-e peqp!e woAd Gd a,eg , suba H6a
had thus treated YOU; That y one OF the
cause. that have made the foreigner 80
u"9uis 5sSas been sad that the missionaries are
the sole cause of the ant.-ioreign feeling in
China TINT they are Ts,p3RR,i,o;;f ,R,, ; i9g tee
sionaries, with few exceptl1ns are respeo Ia
great gre I'd deal 5.p Of good IN china by tranaatns
educational works they have eStduii, ned
MISSION aries have been rem9rka by spCce,,ful
In their philanthroLic work. On tie other
hand, we m, Il not be olhi u u!e ia.t M tnat
some lndtvi ais have been ind -cr.et IN the!r
conduct. In order 70 ges a. many converts
a. p,ssiols they hay" not bean suniIent
Who presented themeeive. for church MEM
bership. What moan i that thcy have
mot tSs been f1e.st M t the cSrch from
motives other than "A real desire to become
ChTis,ans 0;Sn tS ne'' So,as ak i, 80 b56e te
to secure foreign prot ctcn.
Again the Il s,iouaTies sonnet times interfere
with Justice in Chinese courts They Use
their influence to obsSin 2 bic decision
for their converts. Tho Magistrates naturally
rsd such interfeTsnGSa a. an n,otsd1 atsSd
do not refer in any way t" tho merits oi tHese
cases. but rerhaps the fact TINT tho mission
rclson for complaint and for discpRiont on
the part Of the 'hinaman on tne Gther ne -I,,
Hence another course tor the uhroIu!ar"y
. 20 -at o
Foreigners venturins into tho unfre-
quentad interior OF CHINA naturally rHcit"
the curiosity of the uat.ves. am Clai that
most Of the missionaries haye ADOPT the
Chinese dress. because in my humble opinlon
,oa,V mn rnis-ionari~- retain their own style
of dress, and arousinS curiosity a. tAey 90.
thew should exercise discretion N what they
say When missionaries Of tni. charact'r
preach a iorasn go-pe!. = .bAcIy, conde,nn
the enc,ent !ta,hinss OF ths hinTd de cn yen
nracti' 80. and embr ace the only true reIi glJu
nr else the will be CONSIGNED to an eyerlast-
PIT Yourself in the position Of th1 Chinese
standing their actions Under such circum-
etanEes' l. II not natural tnat there should
h' ,reatad al uniaN Norao1e regard lor lor-
EThe general attitude Of the Foreigners
toward the Cnine-e has Ia lot 20 DO with
tn. attitude OF thc Chinese toward tAe Tor
Be n win not forget an inlur,, nor will
iier io'r't q favor. Inc are ,apIin!e oI
7
81 - great iniury whiio tho WDg not rettlats,
.Ic!r feeAu. l. no .cp, strong. Human na-
t,irn , tie same all tho worlG over. tnri is
doctrine of loving ones eucWic' and ci doing
cool T. them that hat" ~. j. noble, aud /. 40
gGaad that no uorta, in th. trgil g"nerhtiOn
Ia aosn able q live up T. u. think IL l. a
dad tier. | cannot recall single person
or ornstion thatha, followed that prcrept
An forciEueTs enjoy special rights and
r-!y .age- given 20 them b. treaty. They
10 not come to China by suaer nee They
come by riCht and bring with thom tho laws
a. their own country. The local authorizes
have no coltro over th"'. They are only
eabirct IS the officials of their own country.
The natural consoQu"UC" = tuut the foreigners
,rr,n "A sort of privileged class with peculiar
rights and advantages which are denied To
Tho natives. and by reason o! their freedom
from local control they consider them selves
as superior beugS-as lords OF tue country
rather than a. strangers in n strange land.
Thee not only d.-r"g1Td the national law 5
iIt do not roy" ia lrum expressing tdcIT
ur,,rion. in nm Offensive EaE
Tho lonc cherished tra iitionS OF ~" crur-
tTs are frequent treated by them with
Contnruut This excite tho hatred o' tie
native. cir conduct toward the natives
T. b no means eN"mpiHr' no Chine"
iadcrs do not aiwaNS meet with tie "o'lrt"-
s.H. and CrIli!". a 10 to men 81 Their cdu-
cation Tho genera! mas of T." Icopc
receive ~yuut 'u#.t"~" at the hands oi INC
foreigner At 'sr treat. Iort, 'on N!ll