The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-27
HOME FROM THE ORIENT.
Bishop and Mrs. Wilson Discuss
Their visit to China.

BALTIMORE. May Z7.-Bishop and Mrs.
AIpheus Wilson, of the Southern Metho-
dist Church. have returned to their home
here after an absence of nearly q year
which they have spent IN Japan, Korea
and China. travelling in those countries
and attending to matters connected with
the missions of the Southern Methodist
Church They left Baltimore early last
summer, spent August in Japan, where
they met a great many refugees from the
mission stations in Northern China: spent
September in Korea, and in October went
to China where they remained until late
in March Their headquarters in China
were IN Shanghai, and from there they
made journeys TO the mission stations in
the province.
We did not go farther north" Mrs.
Wilson said, speaking of the experiences
Of the visit because our work is in
that section Of the country-not IN the
neighborhood Of Pekin. We met refugees
both in Japan and China, a great many
of whom had fed with nothing but what
they had on.
The general feeling at Shanghai is one
Of great friendliness to foreigners and no
change was apparent in the treatment we
received from what we had experienced
before One would most naturally suppose
that the Chinese would have resented the
presence Of foreign troops, but there
seemed to be no iU-feeIIng toward them at
Shanghai French, German, and English
troops were quartered near there during
the winter, but there was no disturbance
OF any kind made by the Chinese The
strongest feeling they seemed to have tow
ard the foreigners was one OF curiosity
They paid frequent visits to the camps Of
he o-7T Il
rade Of the foreign soldiers the Chinese
rushed out to see them go by.
But it was not only in Shanghai that
we noticed this strong friendIiness toward
foreigners The same feeling was conspfc-
uous IN the treatment that we received.
and that, given to our missionaries and
10 missionaries of other denominations in
the outlying districts OF the province
When the war broke out our missionaries
and those Of the other stations-Raptist
and PTeSbyteriaE-wer ordered by Consul
GoodnOw to leave Suchow, a city Of
wealth and prominence about seventy
miles from Shanghai. It was considered
unsafe for them to remain there Thev
fed to Shanghai, leaving their property
utterly uuguarded- They had to remain
in Shanghai fer several months and when
they went back TO Suchow at the end Of
1 mat lAtLAC -LACS LCHA4l every lillslS just
they left it-nothing had been injured -
Since his return Bishop Wilson has
expressed the belief that good viii event
uaily result from the war. At the same
time he disapproves of some of the meth
DDS that have been used in dealing with
the Chinese On the one hand he said,
the Cinnamon have shown their ignorance
Of foreign power and resources and have
accordingly treated the Europeans as for
centuries they nave been treating the IN
ferior tribes about them. but. on the 9TH
er hand the Europeans have forgotten
that the Chinese have rights
Of the policy Of the United States the
bishop said he thought that this country
had not done as much as it might have
done
Mrs Wilson shares this feeling with her
husband -AI1 OF the foreigners in Shang-
nal she said felt that the United
states should assume her responsibilities
N settling the affairs in China I have
frequently expressed what is nv deepest
cOnFlcJIOn-that the nations Of the civil
lied world should look upon China for
years to come as their ward The United
states seems TO feel that she has no re-
SponSl bI4Ity IN settling the question, but
she has All Of the nations have
he visit from which he has Just re-
turned Is the fifth that Bishop Wilson
has paid and the second that Mrs Wilson
one of the changes that has taken place
since her hrst vlsit-twelve years ago-is
the increased confidence OF the women of
the country IN the missionaries