Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-08
stitutcd looking to the settlement of all
the Ullpstipns AT iSSua

stitutcd looking to the settlement of all
the questions at issue.
But while China is no doubt RESPONSE
bic for muel of the trouble that has oc-
CURED. it seems to me that a dispassion-
ate consideration of all the facts will
show that the dame is not entirely hers;
that others as we'll must bear a share Of
the censure the civilized world is lowell
ing a. my country. The cause of the
trouble is lSed by Mrs. CongAr. wife Of
your Tnris.er. in TIE lettor which appear
cd in the Herald on last Sunday. She
stated that the Chinese are a strange
pf@pfe to fcr 5igne~s and annot as yet
he underss Cd. Eut no less ran is the
foreigner u his way to the Chinese.
Cur ways are to Us the bast. Their ways
arc - them HE best.
"NrE. Co~ger has struck the key note
Cs he tro@N.a. misunderstanding is at
sHo bit ON O. what has occurred. For
Al nsra 40 iii China ana they treat the
Gh 49, y-tth too little COAST leration.
my an. 'iou must do his we de-
ard ara they insist that their wishes
,,n arriel ont. They have taken Chin
. territory: they have criticized the re-
@g25 Waica. !aborn in the Chiaaman,
: e lut he can Understand. What
NJ a.l'd tbaT EaE if followers Of Confucius
XII" Rr5Ha2 should Core here and sheer
at their ra.igion. The foreigner does not
KIM la~StG.a TIC ChinaE,an, roy does the
Chtro-rn~ understand the foreigner. 1t
IS not dttfca't to appgcciate how It is
misunderstanding EXISTS. Your mer,
chant g e4 20 talks a few words
II 'EIt;S:f. far ish' with q Chinese mer-
taut, T!.a business is transaerc,7 sat
tara mn, IA IN noth. mrGy cften say that
tr,a, vyo#H- Il i 7Chtnatnan ia 4 business
ff@a-sa =t.nn Il as caoo1 3s Hts. bon!.
ITO ~ a1iHd this Goes not seem sur
-Tr.-ir@ = HstN cf me fact that tae INIT
Fta.es aal Great B"isaia nave engage
G n freane2t controversies ana this. not
v. rstar<iinG the fact that 1totn aations
8 ak t,a ana LANGUAGE and generally
ave s. rGGeh in common. low rnuch
more iiTf nit. therefore, is it for China,
r1vinE A different LANGUAGE ana employ
'rr cftttels methods entire v an:agor-
site to t1oFa used hy foreigners % pre-
rnnt raisana "staclings ana preserve
tr,7r'1ly relations with all nations.
What further adds to the difficulty
f." maintaining accord between china and
be rest of the NO ID is the ignorance of
,7creiGa ways by the officials Of the en-
Tire. Until their recent departure from
i'ekin, all of the princes had been prac-
t.E2hy all their lives in the capital and
EUt q few officials had ever ,ett the city.
e,Eea for the purpose of visiting extreme
L2rts of the empire. With the execution
7tf the Tsuns Ii Yanen, none of these
officials has ever come into close contact
with the foreigners and the relations Of
The TSuag Lii Yamen with the foreign en-
,rreys are o. a most superficial character.
IT is not therefore remarkable that the
chinese officials should adopt measures
which appear to them 10 he justified but
wrong. One looks at the circumstances
from ones own point of view. So it
seems to me the first thing tnas must be
done is to remove as much as possible
the misunderstanding hat exists and I
am glad the United States and other ma
lions have realized that there are two
sides to tine question and have signifed
to their Willingness to listen to our views
by entering into negotiations. Those he.
Sotiations will enable China to make de-
Tense, to show wherein the responsibility
lies and l am sure that the World when
1t understands her mot YES and ner Do
sition, will be more lenient tnan it is to-
dau."