The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

WI 1NS-tanS. the chinese Minister
whose recent address before the Society
for Ethical Culture, in New York, created
something OF Il sensation, says that ne
was nisrepresented. He denies that he
made any attack OF the Christian religion
The New York Sun quotes him as fol-
lows:
ut was not my intention TO condemn the
teachings of Christ. Taking His phloso-
ply as a standard should DC considered as
a compliment. 1 desired to explain how
Confucianism was like and how different
from Christianity. / did not condemn the
teaching of Christ. l said they were very
noble and very difficult for men to attain
to-some OF them. When l blamed Chris
tians. l certainly did not condemn their
religion. l have read part of the Bible
and appreciate and respect it. and l never
III my life have made an attack on Chris
tianity. / praise the creed, but l repeat
that some of its doctrines are too high,
too grand for the mere mortal to follow
Speaking on the subject of the evening,
Mr.. WI said authentic history of China
dated back about 100 years. This long
continued existence he said. was due to
the practice Of the five cardinal relations
of mankind. the relation between soVer-
eign and subject; parents and children;
elder and younger brother; husband and
wife friend and friend. all duties are
reciprocal. Between sovereign and subject
there must be righteousness: between par
ents and children. affection; older and
younger brother, order and respect; the
wife must obey, the husband must pro-
tcct and provide; between friend and friend
there must be fidelity. On these relations
Chinese morality and manners were built,
and with them as d basis the nation has
grown and prospered.
with u.s. he said s'the child must be
respectful If the parent comes into the
room the son rises and gives him the best
seat. Here the son sits on the high seat
| with his legs crossed, and if his father
| enters he keeps the seat and leaves the
| parent to stand or find one for himself.
| In China the IDEA is that the child Is I'M
| der obligations to the parent for its eN-
| istencc. Here the child seems to think the
| parent owes him a living for bringing him
; into the world.
THE relations between husband and
| wife are different. Here the wife is on
| an equality openly with the husband. The
| husband in various ways refers TO her.
! shows his respect tells OF and applauds
| his wife's virtues In China one man asks
| another. How is you honorable wife?' He
replies using some rather sighting term
! in speaking OF his wife, as for instance:
| My mean wife. or my lazy wife. is well.
| We love our wives possibly as well as you
| do. and probably refer as much TO them,
| but we do not make a sham Of it.
There is agitation in New Hampshire, as
well as in Maine. over the prohibition
question and a demand that the law be en-
| forced At the head of the movement,
! says Concord correspondent, is eX-Gov-
| ernor David II. Goodell, VINO has formally
presented charges against the Police Com
| missioners of Manchester The charges
made by Mr.. Goodell are that the Com
nissioners have neglected to perform their
| duty in the matter of the enforcement of
| The liquor laws. and that the prosecutions
, Of iuuor-seEers sanctioned by them are
intended and calculated 10 continue tne
Z, traffic. their action in the matter Virtually
! establishing an illegal license system.
| IF Mr. GoodeI proves his case, the cor
| respondent goes on, "he will establish also
F! rhe futility of attempting to accomplish,
through a State-controlled police, what q
| home-rule police failed to do. few years
| ago the Legislature placed the appoint
| ,nent of the Police Commissioners OF Man
| chester and Nashua in the hands OF the
| Governor 1t was provided that the Com
| missioners should be non-partlsan, or pl-
l
| tn act without local fear or favor inns
! legislation was recognition OF the TACT
| -ba+ sentiment in the cities is opposed to
! pr6ribition but the attempt to create d
| force TO operate in defiance of that senti-
! meut is a conceded failure.
| A correspondent of the Charleston News
/ and Courier says that the people Of Marion
| county are more prosperous this year than
Fever before, and that their prosperity is
due to the tobacco industry. Congressman
| Norton is quoted as having stated that the
tobacco crop of the State now amounts to
between 2o,Ooo,00O and q, 100000 pounds, but,
while it is sold in the markets OF the
country and Of the world it is not cred
tied to this State. Tobacco bought for eA-
iSport in Marion county, for instance, Is
shipped to Danyille or Richmond, and
exported from there as Carolina" tobac-
co. but it is not known a all as South
Carolina tobacco, all tobacco from TINS
State we believe, being loosely credited
to North Carolina where the crop has
been long established. The South Carolina
urodrct ..has no standing as such in the
markets of London, Hong Kong or oko-
hama. and presumably in other genera
| markets in the United States and foreign
| countries.
The News and Courier thinks that TINS
is unjust to the State, and the South caro-
lima growers want the matter corrected
for ali reasons. but Mr.. Norton tears tha'
1t cannot be helped until South carolina
.has its own Danville.' or some local mar
ket where Its product will De SOLD 10.
what it is-South Carolina topacco' anc
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.aETERNIATH.
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