The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-09

. trisue, robbery, massacrea and internal
war, until the mind fairly reels with the
horrors which have made might right,
and to which the nations have crlnged
for merceaary purposes and commercial
greed, and have allowed their citizens
I 10 be butchered like sheep In tn, sham.
blcs.
Present Day Events.
"Tha present events transpiring IN
the Celestial empire are not new. They
are but a repetition Of that which took
place In 1892, after the English embassy
had been received against the wishes of
/ the an,i-foreisn party In China, and
which was made the ground by the
| mandarius for i formal Indictment OF
| Christianity which has stood Its ground
| ever since as THE text OF the argument
OF the anti-foreign school. 1t reads as
follows:
1--WE have examined into the Euro
pean religion Cor the doctrine) of the
Lord Of Heaven, and although 1t ought
not to be compared with other sects,
1 which are absolutely wicked, yet. and
that is what we lay to Its blame, ii has
had the audaclty to Introduce itself, to
promulgate itself and to establish itself
IN secret. No permission has ever been
given to the people of this country to
embrace 1t. Nay, the laws have abso-
lutely forbidden its adoption. And now
all these criminals have had the bold
ness TO come, all ofu sudden, into our
kingdom, to establish their bishops and
priests In order to seduce TIM people.
This is why it-is.necesS;fry to eXl1rsuish
this religion by degrees and to prevent
its multiplying its votaries.'
This was followed by massacre o;
the Chinese Christians which were at
that time mostly adherents of the Ro-
man Catholic church, yet the secret Of
that massacre antedates the diplomatic
| relations with i forelGn nation. II was
the result of the conduct of the Jesuit
Verbeist, who unwiSuly Incurred the
enmity of the Chinese astronomical off,
Gals in 1863, by exposing theii. ignor-
ance to the emperor in matter of cal
culation.
NO nation then lifted hand or voice
against The outrage on civilization, bu,
on the ctntrary in the spirit of vassals
they sought TO appeasc the hungry dea-
gon that they might fill their Golfers
over the dead and degraded lodies Of
their countrymen.
| Need I recall to mind the humilia-
ton TO which the English representa-
tive, Mr.. ]. Z. Davis. was subject from
1898 and the events which led up to
the first foreign war with China, and
which did little more than to increase
the arrogance and hatred OF the Chi
nese? .ft'E
1t is true that the result Of This war
brought concessions and treaties, no,
only with England, but also with
America and France. But hardly is the :
ink dry upon the agreements with the
nations than secret preparations are
made TO break them.
Chinn's Treachery.
we have been pridins ourselves on
the pleasant relations existing with
China, while China was calmly and de-
lioerately preparing to break the sol.
emn obligations entered into with tnjs
country en- July Bird. 1911 At that time.
in connection with the treaty, u uecreg
was issued by the emperor that CARTS
tianity should be tolerated throughout
the empire and no person protesting 1t
should be molested in the exercise Of his
religion. How have the treaty and the
decree been respected? On our part We
have lived up to the covenant, provid-
ing for their ENJOYS immunity from all
harm and indignlty; we have fulfilled
the sacred obligations that govern In
ternational intercourse: we have done
more, we have given them the result OF
the best talent In science, art and liter
allure, and In our coniiding simplicity
we have sent our Missionaries and
wealth to lift them up and rcl!eve their
distress; and in return they have mur-
dered oGr ENJOYS and perpetrated the
NEST hendisil barbaritlas on our fellow
citizens and declared Holy War
agal3st the world.
las We read the news from the far
east our hearts grow sick with fear for
these whom we love in the bonds Of
Christ, though never having seen them,
who went forth to bring peace on earth
and good Will toward men, and who are
prosecuted for righteousness sake.
We'll indeed, do we need 10 LIT up
our eyes unto the hills from whence
cpmeth our aid, aud pour out our petit
tons In behalf of the suffering and sor-
rowing missionaries and Christians
now at the mercy OF people, void OF
conscience and the first Instincts OF
humanity.
In our reading and thinking about
this people, i; might be wise 10 con.
siSer the fact that Christian civIllzatloI
has more TO dread from the awakening
OF China than from any clash that my
occur among the nations OF Europe. I,
IS I large country With a tremendous
population anu no foreigner Knows the
true power OF China. With an arsa OF
a,slS,iVl square miles ana y population
OF 492,6So,cOe. who can roresee the rasul,
should the flood gates of fanutcism bs
thrown open and the tide OF Chinese
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