Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-27
As THE CHINESE SEE Us.

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The so-called Boxer movement IN
China becomes Ineligible when viewed
ln connection with the anti-Chrlstian
literature circulated among the ignor-
ant masses by Chinese authorities. The
Literary Digest quotes from a tract en-
Titled "A Death-Blow 20 the Corrupt
Doctrine"
According to this the Chinese are
tod that the christians" come togeth-
or every seventh day in the week In
the church. and there they give them
selves up Ito all kinds Of excuses"
Among other evil practices Is this that
he convert receives a pill and "as soon
as he takes this, he becomes perfectly
confused in his mind. and goes out and
destroys the monuments OF his ances-
tors ana adores nothing but the image
Of a naked child, which points to heaven
with one finger and with the other TO
the earth. They say that this Is Prince
Jesus
The tract further goes on 10 say that
Il is impossible TO describe an the cere-
monies and customs Of this Sect but
The motive IN the religion Is to stulu-
~ the people and 70 destroy them,
Their object Is TO gain control Of the
empire. The christians" It is alleged,
are constantly numbering people, When
a great man among them dies. thou
sands Of men and women are sacrificed,
and for this purpose they need foreign.
ems and poor people. A very peculiar
charge Os this: 1.-THE adherents Of Jesus
consider II very honorable 10 have a
ua3. many wives, and some Of their
highest officials have as many as 5000
women They eat no meat and drink
no wine. and in general are a miserable
l5puyod. and lnhuman race OF beings
An this Is very absurd Of course. II
is trua that many OF our western cus-
toms based on our ideas Of the equal
.ty of me sexes must appear 10 an
Oriental ag "oxccsses" Not long ago
,ha Chinese minister On Washington
quietly withdrew from q party because
a young man committed the excess
OF putting his arm round the waist Of
BIS best e'rl. This was ln his ostlma-
Ton an lndccency, ana it can be believed
that where such standards Of morality
prevail western Christians are guilty
OF many cxcesses,
It is also true. that Westcu.rs are
committing many outra7cs against the
Chinese. 10 cannot Doe denied that some
OF them ere hunting coolies and killing
tham Iko wild beasts. for The purpose
OF robbery ana ~ Is therefore natural
la, ihay should be suspected Of sacri-
'eH- human lives In honor Of Jesus,
hu '0r 1ll that the stories are absurd.
H.t ro, more so than some Of the
ftu1 th1t has been circulated for In
f1raa about the "Mormons," On this
advanced cI intry ana this age Of en-
i-Hnuart Missionaries In the states
.' ..sl have some peculiar expert
a-. r ths very reason. In some
. ,tcy have Co meet the charge
.H- .N.rmous" are not citizens OF the
Ur..l states and that among their
rs'ms is the murder o. infants. In
one place a gentleman approached
Mormon" Elder and lifted the hat Of
'ha latter to ascertain whether It Is
Jua that "Morm0ns' have horns And
such Infamous stories have an effect
here similar 90 that produced IN China
ty the ues circulated there. Only re-
| Gently q Mormon was wnylald and
sho, 90 death by an alleged preacher Of
iho gospel Human nature is human
nature everywhere. u ls easily stirred
up Co acts Of atrocities by falsehoods.
AS fog China, any settlement OF The
trouble there should include some refer
enc. 90 such literature. The powers
might wen include iu The peace condI-
tons a demand that any wilful mis-
representation OF the beliefs and prac-
tcss OF the foreigners be made pun
ishab'a ofeuse, and that the foreigners
Boz glven freedom 90 circulate their own
literature Without some such pro-
vision, how can cordial relations ever be