The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-06
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. 1901.
THE TESTIMONY CONTINUES.

THE TESTIMONY CONTINUES.
There seems to be no cessation
of the testimony that comes in con
corning the barbarous practices OF
the allied forces in China, and of
the many good reasons which the
Chinese have for hating the foreign
ers. The latest comes from an Eng
lish woman who has spent great
deal of her time in Pekin. She was
there during the recen. troubles and
stopped in New York On her way
home to the old country. She makes
some interesting disclosures, none
of which rebound to the credit of the
foreign residents of the Flower Kirg
dom who, accoding to this lady, are
hated by the Chinese, and with rea-
son."
The papers at home have printed
lots about China lately" she said
with fine directness, land good
deal of it is stuff and nonsense. None
show. I was in Tientsin and would
willingly have killed every China
man within 100 miles, SO that
might get out and run for home;
but all the same l don't wonder they
hated us.
1--WE been out walking with an
English officer many a time, and
have seen seen him strike an inof
fensive old Chinaman across his face
with his walking stick just by way
of suggesting that he must get into
the gutter and give us the right of
way. And I've been sitting at din
ner with Englishmen of high station
when a Chinese pedler was admitted
The foreigners picked out the things
they wanted, offered him what they
chose to pay, and, if he wouldn't
agree to the bargain kicked him into
the street. threw the, money after
him. and kept the articles"
That is an honest confession of
English arrogance and brutality, and
a good excuse for at least the mild
er excuses of the Boxers, when they
finally broke out. However, the
conduct of the foreign military rep.
resentatives in China may be read
lily explained upon the ground of
their home environment and training.
They are trained to disregard the
principles of justice, courtesy and fair
dealing. Otherwise they would not
make good soldiers. Might is the
only arbiter the military man defers
to, and it is not remarkable that the
effects of such a system crop out
in examples of petty and inexcusable
brutality, such as are described
above, even in times of peace.
But what shall be saiu of the os
tensible emissaries of the gentle
Nazerene, who have made such Il
mockery of the Christian religion in
China. The English woman refer
red to above had some confessions
to make about the missionaries, too
She said
LAS for looting-oh, that footing
was simply abominable, and yet
gave in to the craze too. The things
had been torn from the Chinese an.
way, and it seemed that if they were
to fall into the foreign devils hands
they might as we'll be in mine as il
any ones else. So I've got trunk
full of loot. beautiful stuff. bronzes
and worries, embroidered kimonas
heather gods, swords. furs, silks
porcelain. paid almost nothing fol
it, and much of it was given to me
by officers, but l give you my word
blush whenever l look at that trunl
ana l feel like thief.
1.-The missionaries We're as loo
mad as any one. They commission
ed the soldiers to bring them in thu
things, and I've seen missiOnarie!
stand and bride soldiers to hunt III
certain curios and valuables that the!
specially wanted"
After the abundance OF such test
mony which has been submitted.
ought to be very hard for any sell
respecting clergyman to urge hi
congregation to contribute to tn
support of foreign missions. If eS
ample is more effective than precept
anyone imbued with the true spiri
of Christianity would shudder t
think that he or she had had an,
part in making possible the recen
travesty on the life and teachings o
Christ enacted by the so-callet Chris
tian missionaries in China.