The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-03-14
Vol. XIV.-No. "a.
ten for The Prison Mirror.
A HEAVY REACTION.
Written for The Prison Mirror.

There appeared an article in the
columns of The MIRROR, entitled
Nude Souls" and signed Julius and
knowing from mature judgment that
the greater part of it was only superb
piece of rhetorical bombast and might
work considerable harm to a gullible
class of people who believe everything
they see in print, feel constrained to
point out some of the egregious errors
voiced in that article. To begin with
the very title is a misnomer as mans
soul is his blood and it would be a
scientific impOssibility for that to be
nude" and would require an enormous
stretch of the imagination to picture
it in such state. Next he hastens to
call the Chinese 'patriots" the surring
epithet Of fanatics" with a sang froid
that would stagger much more learn
ed person than himself, as fanatic" is
a peculiar word and should be used
with caution.
About two hundred years ago through
the instrumentality of European agen-
cies secret society was inducted into
the Chinese empire which soon became
strong power in the "Flowery King
DOM" This organization which for
convenience we call the Boxer society
was very patriotic gathering in its
infancy, but gradually degenerated in
course of time into strongly en-
trenched gang that controls the ma
chinery of the Chinese government and
runs it to serve their own selfish ends
to the exclusion of all who are not
affiliated with them. The Chinese en-
pire today is honeycombed with secret
societies as ancient Greece was, and it
is not st1ange that one should gain the
predominance over the other; but as
they through their strife, with one
another caused the downfall of Greece,
SO the Chinese societies have been
causing dissention and discord among
the Chinese people and brought them
into their present predicament. For
instead of rising as one against what
we would consider the common foe,
they have been divided; one society
hoping to gain by an invasion through
the destruction of their more powerful
rival societies and so on.
The United States, our beloved
country, is also honeycombed with
open and secret societies, with the
latter in the lead and secret society
the identical counterpart, just as
heather and most probably introduced
from the same source as the Chinese
Boxer society predominates the govern
mental affairs of the United States, but
owing to the strong character of our
people and to other organizations al
most as strong as itself, it is not such
a power for evil, but in fact has un-
doubtedly been great benefit to our
country in many more ways than one;
and it is very patriotic society, but
no one would think of designating it's
members as fanatics" Further, in
speaking of the Christians part in the
present Oriental trouble, Julius" an
nounces ''that the Christians cry of
revenge has been religeously carried out
according to precedent and religious
tenets." Jingo, that's new one on the
Christians! AS the Christians God and
Christ specifically says in their Bible,
revenge is mine, will repay" and for
bids them to take such a dangerous
weapon into their own hands, it is
only a pseudo class of professed be-
levers in Christ who ever think of
taking revenge.
We will now skip over a lot of
Julius" talk until he comes to what
he calls "Dowieism," which is some
thing that he nor anyone else never
heard of, except from the fantastic
exaggeration of the newspaper world.
take it for granted that Julius" is
referring to the preaching and teaching
expounded by the Reverend John