Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-18

OF CDInese skill and industry, aud Inc
same -mouthed demand for fat
indempities.
"a few months ago one of the in
evitable crises arrived, and, as chance
ruled 1t, the outworking was maguitied
may times over by report Your
Legations were sacked and every
occupant OF them butchered. Officially,
through our Ministers, we assured you
that this was untrue. You called us
liars, and pursued vengeance and the
inevitable Indemnity. Your allied
troops reached our sacred capital, and
found that one white man had been
murdered! Ons white man; and your
comEatriots ask you TO believe that all
China had tbirsted for the gore OF the
remainder, but had been unable to
spill it'll"
Is THIS CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION?
"Abashed aud ashamed. the Allies
withdrew from our capital with apollo
gies one might assume. Nothing Of
the sort. That we're the honorable
course 1t is true. but then how profit
less, not to mention the loss Of face.
So your troops proceeded to loot the
treasure houses Of our capital; some
aorambling and fighting among them
selves for their share of plunder;
others, by official British instructions,
conducting the lootine in an orderly
manner aud pooling the plumber for the
common benefit, thereby proving that
there is after all honor among thieves.
"But that is not all, or IA 1.-THE of
the whole. Hear this extract from
your daily papers of last Friday:
The German column was Joined
ut Liu-kon-cha by a squadron OF
Bengal Lancers, and attacked the city
of Lang hsian at O'Clock yesterday
morning. After the German artillery
had shelled the town, the gates we're
blown up with dynamite, and the
troops rushed in. No quarter was given,
and 500 Chinese were killed. The
column returned to Peking after
having burned the town. Only one
casualty is reported on the European
side.
THAT is not a report of a massacre
by Boxers. but of large official MUIR
der, by British and Germans. here
was no pause for inquiry rs to whether
those slain In the streets were even
converts to Christianity or no. 1t is
| certain that there were good men and
true among them. But the people were
cause both we're Chinese, and China
had offended Europe, by PROTESTING
against her insistent intrusion in the
East
but never suppose that a mere
butchery Of 500 served to slake humani-
tartan Europe's thirst for vengeance
or the IN urder OF one white man
| among the many who have for years
| courtsd death and stirred up riot, by
their presence in China. That is only
one kind OF iepriEal. Hear another, Of
the really Christian kind, and then
imagine what the Chinese people must
think of the disinterested mission
labors. Again ] quote your own lead
ing daily papers:
1T is authoritatively announced
that Italy will limit its cain on
China for indemnity to million and
a half sterling. Magnanimous Italy
But the Vatican is to demand TWO
millions four hundred thousand ster-
| ling for loss of lie and property in
connection with its China missions.
This M doubt is the Vatican's notion
| of protfering the other cheek to the
smiter. Or, stay! | had forgotten for
the moment. During the height oil
the trouble in my afflicted country,
when eSasperated rebels were laying
waste, and European journals were in.
sisting that all their Ministers in
Picking had been butchered with hor.
rible fortunes, the Pope in Italy
blessed party of 80 new missionaries
then departing for China, as the
authorities said, to fill vacant posts.
1.-THE inevitable trouble came, az
China knew it must come if Europe
would not listen tu her entreaties that
the missionaries might be Withdrawn.
The Vatican prepares its claim Of two
million and half, and dispatches &c
more to prepare the way for the next
trouble and subsequent indemnity"
GERMAN JUSTICE AND RUSSIAN HUMANITY
"Then the ruler Of one of your great
Western States sends a note to his
royal colleagues Of Europe, saying in
effect: We must punish, punish,
punish; we must take exemplary
vengeance upon these PEOPLE who have
tried to thrust US out of their OWE
country; these heather who do mol
wish to listen 10 our good missionaries
These savages who desire to retain theil
own land for themselves, instead o.
submitting it to re absorbed by us
and we don't want our punishment t.
be expensive to oursel, Is. Therefore
we had better not punish tho pei sor
whom we really deem guilty, because
she has the power of governing tb,
great country, and we can make he
govern it in our interests. Therefore
let us, like children, play at supposing
Let US say the guilty person was no
really guilty and then let us execut,
all her servants with much ceremon,
and imprt ssiveness. So shall we in
spire true regard for Christianity
and the civilization of Christendom
in the minds OF these immemoria
ssvages.
"That is Christian Justice; made il
Germany! 1t is painfully immoral. |
is worse. 1t is pitifully illogical. Art
afterwards, tongue in cheek, Europ,
will draw its indemnities; it will
blackmail the ancient dragon of tn
| East to the tune Of many million
, sterling.
''But never suppose that all thes
, cut, throat, ut.purse, and monstrousl!
hypocritical proceedings, are SUPPOSE
to have covered the ground in tn
! matter of avenging the mob's murde
, of German la Picking. No; tn
people OF the Oldest branch of tn
Christian Church took more energeti
steps. ! quote your STANDARD, st
| james, Gazette, and other among you
, leading journals:
| In Blagovescensk, 5000 men
women, and children have bee
butohered in one morning OF tn
, banks Of the Amur by the Russians
> This massacre was undoubtedly per
formed under direct orders from til