The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-02
IN[NI'S
| TROUBLE
Explanation is
by
| The Sun.
|YoRK PAPERS
KEEN ANALYSIS.
/. Ansnt and His Confisca-
|Bolrd Exposed Them
lis TO Serious Rsbuke.
From the SUM-

gar Board:
g,i,or of the sun-Sir: 1 have
|. \. yrsatest interest the article
=. If last Sunday, March a,
= page. entitled Missionaries
j - ! which by your courtesy our
|, psy Dr.. Ament, has had the
= !, explain himself in full be-
!. .,5,rs I beg to assure you
=, satisfaction with which I
,..,,iatss in these Rooms note
X On your part. Nothing could
I, ,lsar or complete answer to
'-roUs criticisms which have
"a tr many weeks than this
IN comprehensive and salts
|r,.rsnt BIZ DR.. Ament. In CIV
T. raiders and the public at
ss,sment you have won de-
ii, to your paper, and have
|rm service to the cause of
h. interview shows DR.. Ament
(-r what I have known him
1 use twenty years and more,
|s.si. sound-hearted, coura-
E,as man and missionary. I
-gly yours,
"JUDSON SMITH,
g,ari Of Commissioners for
Missions. Boston, March q"
the Rev. DR.. Judson Smiths
! 1. tie Suns desire to be fair
lni to serve the cause Of
s what We are here for. In
lie long interview with DR..
i.silg which We published last
@sSsei great interest to all
.:Hng the persons and the
sadng in contemperaneous
~ IN that part of the world.
zs-slt in question was an alb
Agte, unrestrainsd, .unedited
& IL spirit and attitude-we
WGihe missionaries in China
3 aze American missionary
zca bng and prominently IN
n..s been recently the sub
iiz rdgism, to a specific ex-
Egare presently going to
zsE Instance in which criti-
sntstly wronged the Rev.
E.atas to the size of his ex-
he people Of the Chinese
Esin native Christians had
Boxer Outrages. Previously
Us arrest at Tung Chow by
p on the charge of leading
Christians in Matchmaking
ae mad been engaged in
oIecting damages claimed
as under his care. A dis
II the Sun Of December "a
IN as demanding and re-
le local authorities, in adj
Etlal damages alleged, a
70 thirteen times the in
( lact is that the additional
" Dr.. Ament was scaled
! excess Of the indemnity,
"a lines the amount. The
n transmission over the
apa lines by an operators
y with 10. This mistake
"a our Picking dispatches
ID oeen ascertained and
u the American Board
Aaents statement of the
'.iag his acts, and his gen
VISIONARY duty under such
AYE existed since the re-
: frank and comprehen-
.asilned to agree with the
- smith thus far. Wheth-
.1fiaer and, like him, ac-
W statement as "a clear
-, IsVer to those numerous
- have been abroad for
Question to be deter
g Slal analysis rather than
!. criticisms which have
:. !. many weeks" resolve
these four charges
s :. and perhaps other
-. !. not necessarily against
en-, y missionaries in China,
9'lty Of them.
e1action or extortson
=. !. authorities Of lndemni-
~, VI NE or property SUI
4. Ss.on converts during the
An l.ese indemnitles being
g. sted SYSTEMATICALLY bv
49, themselves, that is to
I authorized by Chinese
treaty arrangements
I Villages in a sum avow-
"a amount Of direct dam
'l's is the additional fine
Nc 1cess, transformed bv
T. ~under in the first dis,
mo thirteen times in
ac,5 s,l au5 or at least an
H.. and un-Christian ge-
AT OF sn,,,z
.e,i, aeiF erring Boxer
esly aas' the unconverted
&c., Is to say, the appro-
!, t csis. belonging TO absent
h. S. and the sale a.
>s,..o benefit of the missions IssS y.
"a ofs3 4. in any reputable
,si, u Dr.. Ament or otbe sT
"a y y q does not fan v g5lier
to = =. ' !. heads, we bsve
Bats s,,. we shall now ex-
atss' = Statement At to see how o1,
+, four clear clear and comp ,ies
'aarges catalogued
h, e nissionar,o- oseo on
rs 5isa,,.tth that which h't tSsir
aTs i Il ,t and without lnT 1 cSsas-
r. iaso,an1hl This extra ju5 IDEAS
gailtV0 c emf on account qti'i al
enpts y Dr. Ament not = o, Gr
siag ante a'4e hope Of n stg..
y Of S.;y'Aing through $50 ave
'ssrs ' tbIs,!O officials. r nor s 6ie
'ids i inae5,tth5e they were re- ca Gla