The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-29
mr.. HU'S JERSEY SPRBCH
The Minister Explains the Unpopu-
Iarity of Foreigners in China
Feeling Of feasibility Attributed to
contsm-ss for Celestial Customs
and an Alleged Abuse OF PrivI-
Ieges-THe Recent Atrocities Pc
GREETED by Eetter Class OF Natives.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-wp TIng-tange
the Chinese Minister. spoke last night in
MonteIair, n j. upon The Causes Of
the UnpepnIaffty OF The Foreigner in
China" He was the CREST Of the Out
! look Club. an organization which devoses
itself to the discussion Of questions Of
the 5aS.
The neglect of the foreigner IN China
to observe the customs and traditions of
The people. the Chinese Minister urged
With special stress. was responsible fer
many Of the sHaleuifies which had arisen
in recent years. The indiscretioH CT over
Jealous missionaries. the antiDathies and
distortions Of the foreign press, the
/ seizure OF territory without cempensa-
ton the fe1s-tng Of iademnitses. and the
contezuptiseas treatment q Tia natives
and the disregard Of he iacal authorities
By the Americans and Europeans Nn9 SET
tied temporarily IN China. were some OF
the Taany causes which Mr.. wa GEelt
upon as giving rise to the bitterness ex-
hIbited py the Chinese people toward IoT-
eigners The minister WAS dressed in a
light Blue robe and red sleeveless jacket.
He wore nlandarin's hat on the front
vas fastened large diamond button
In the course Of his remarks ne said
1T has been said that the missionaries
are ths sole cause Of the snti=fereign
! feeling IN China; that they are resPoRst-
/ bic fer the present troubles. believe
| that this charge aga Inst sbeTn as a body
/ is unfair The missionaries, with Z feE
sxeeptfoss are respectable and honorable
| men They have done great deal OF
good IN China by transiatins educational
works: they have established schools IN
! - - H.. .-7rT
aries have been remarkably successful IN
| their philaathropie work
On The. other hand re must net be
blind 10 the fact that some individuals
/ have been fndisereet IN their conduct. In
order to get as many converts as posi-
| bic, 4hey have rot been sufficiently par
| ticstiar IN the examination Of candidates
who presented themselves for church
| membership What I mean is that they
| have rot been careful in ascertaining
whether or not the natives sought 10 jon
/ the church from motives other than 9
! real desire 70 become Christians
/ The general attitade OF the foreigners
] toward the Chinese has had a lot 20 do
| with the attitude of The Chinese toward
| the foreigners The Chinese are sUs-
| ceptibIe PEOPLE They will not forget an
| injury. nor will they forget q favor They
are capable OF great gratitude OF great
resentment. IN ease Of great injury,
while they may not retaliate, their feel
ing is no less strong.
"AiI foreigners enjoy special rights and
privileges given 20 them by treaty They
do not come to China by suffera1ce- They
come BY right and bring With them the
I laws CT their own country The local
| authorities have no control over them.
| They are only subject TO the officials Of
| their Own country. The natural coaSe-
queaes Is that fhe foreigners form sort
| of privileged class. with peculiar rights
and advantages which are denied to the
natives. and by reason OF their freedom
from local control, they consider them
/ selves as superior beings-as lords Of the
| country rather than as strangers II q
| strange land. They not only disregard
| the national laws bat do not refrain from
expressing their opinions in an offensive
| way.
The io1g cherished traditions of ths
country are frequently treated by them
with contempt This exeites the hatred
| of The natives. Their conduct toward tht
! natives is by no means exemplary. Thf
| Chinese traders do not always meet with
| the eour4e estes and ciEilisIss due 20 nzer
OF their education The general mass d
| the people receive scant courtesy at ths
! hands of the foreigners At the treaty
peFts yoe will often see the coolies cared
and kicked without proyocatien- Tht
| beating of servants is also a frequent &c
currence. This efabitters the natives. I
is fair to mention that there are foreign
ers IN Cfalna who treat the natives viii
/ fairness and justice, and who entirely
disapprove Of the high-handed actions o
| the thoughtiess and inconsiderate.
The recent uprising in China was {
| godsend TO the writer's for the foreign
| press Il gave them an opportunity K
bfacken the Chinese Government and tht
1 Chinese character without stint. ThS
| better class of Chinese deEounee d:
| strorgiy as any foreigner the frightfu
atrocities recently perpetrated- But thS
| violence of the mobs was not directed
against the foreigners alone. but also
against their own countTyrnen- The nun
/ Der Of Cantonese killed was far greater
/ than that OF the foreign victims, but since
| that Iamentab1s outbreak the whole chi
Rese people have been treated with obi
guilty and have been held I'd 10 the exc
| Grafton of the whole world,
= Disastrous Tsoiaer Explosion.