The age-herald., 1900-10-28

and the talents of her teeming millions into practical channels Qf such policy should still be deemed a wise one). I first drew your attention to the Dutch Jesuits, Anglo SaXons, and men of other nations, who can be grouped among the great foreign pro- motors of China and benefactors to the world in general. The greatest triumphs ever achieved by foreigners in China were undoubtedly those of the Jesuit fathers dur ing the reign of the Emperor Kanghi Q692- 1723).
 To lay down the standard of how to suc- cee3 in China, nobody can do better than make close study of their wonderful and interesting history. The early JesuNs, as before stated were sent out by the far seeirg great kings of France, especially by Louis KY, to pave the way for future trade by weaving invisible ties between Versailles and the sacred city of Pekin, and if possible even to attempt to convert the mighty and proud emperors themselves, Their work undoubtedly can be ranked among the most extraordinary and difficult ever intrusted to a diplomatic envoy In the history of the world, The great fathers, at the end of the seventeenth century, came very near, and most likely would have con- verted the Son of Heaven, if they had not wrecked their chances just at the moment they were preparing to set the crown on their ardent, long and patient labors. A dispute arose regarding certain religious rites, which was followed by the prompt removal of all priests, not only from the court, but from the whole country. Elm peror Kanghi's reason for this harsh action was that if the holy fathers could not agree themselves on questions touching their own religion, it surely could not have the value which they proclaimed 1t had. This meant the death-knell of Christianity in China. Later Emperors tolerated the missionaries, but their influence did not rise much above the cum of the country
 If we enter into the details of the sys- tenn of working of the Jesuits, which still remains the standard of the Catholics in China, we find that it is based on the fol- lowing rules and regulations:
 The novice from home must first acquire a thorough knowledge of the Chinese lan- guage and of the most complicated ett- quette as regards all social and official in- tercourse. He must abandon the cassock in favor of the native dress, must grow a queue, must closely copy the daily life and even many habits of the Ch1nese-in short, be must strive to become as near as possi- ble Chinaman himself. After at least two years of ardent study under experi- enced old fathers at the headquarters of the mission he is detailed to some independ- ent mission, where reliable old hand care fully breaks him in.
 How to Deal With the Chinese
 These remarks are to give an idea as to the line in which every foreigner in China ought to work if he wants to gather re- suits, be he an official, priest or mendicant. Above all he must respect the sacred tra- ditions, revived by Confucius, on which the vast empire has pivoted for more than 5000 years, and which have kept 1t together while India, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Egypt Greece and Rome crumbled to pieces. Study the philosophy of Confucius and follow it closely in all your dealings with the Chinese, quite the same if you may be negotiating treaty, buying a po- ny or bartering over a precious vase. Try to be patient and patient again and again, carefully increasing your kind, gentle but firm grip. Before all never display any emotion, and always look happy. If you once lose your temper and put your foot down, you are doomed and you had bet ter pack your trunk and go home. because you will have lost caste as a gentleman Everybody who knows the Chinese will tell you what this means. If you are barterins over pony or a curio, 1t is your own bus
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