Richmond planet., 1901-03-30
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chinese MINISTER VIZ
Critici7es Racial Prejudice and Re-
ligious Intolerance.
ARE MONSTERS OF BARBARIsE. =

He Cannot Recall warBetween Chrna
and Any OF Her Neigbbors waseG
For the Propagation of Any ReIt=-
ion or the eEnsIsvement of q People
New York, March PA public meet
Ing under the auspices of the Baror1
and Baroness de Hirsch association
was held last night in Calvary Baptist
church, this city. The attendance was
very large. Gen. Thomas L. James
presided.
The object of the association is. tea
erect monument to the Hirsches snoE
eliminate racial prejudice and religious
intolerance. Many Hebrews as we'll as
Chinese were present.
The pastor of the church, the Rev
DR.. r. S. Macarthur, appeared on the.
platform accompanied by WI Ting:
Fang, the Chinese minister, and the
other speakers.
After the singing and the reading OF
scripture lesson by DR.. Macarthur
and prayer by Rabbi Silverman, Gen.
James made an address.
Letters of regret we're read from
President Mckinley and Vice President
Roosevelt
WI Ting Fang then spoke. He said
II was needless for him to say that he
was heartily in sympathy with a move
ment to eradicate racial prejudice.
But when the secretary OF this, as
sociation went on to tell me- he said.
that the meeting was to be held i'm
this house, the temple OF God, ana
that eminent divines were also ton
speak, | felt little nervous, and I re-
membered that | had a previous en-
gagement which would prevent my
coming. So | was Obliged to decline
But the secretary wrote me that the
meeting. which was originally set for
last month, had been postponed. He,
said II had been postponed until Z
would come, and tnat | must come"
The minister then produced a man
uscript and read his address. He ssica
in substance:
Racial prejudice and religious in
tolerance are two monsters of bar
barism. In former days they seemed
to stalk abroad hand in hand. setting
nation against nation, people against
people. The world was in constant
turmoil, although the west suffered the,
most. What did the crusades accom-
pllsh but to inf1ict untold sufferinES
NpOh Nhi iSlidns anu MOnammedanS
alike? Among the most destructive
instances OF such persecution was that
or the Huguenots in France and the.
expulsion of the Moors from Spain.
Such things. am happy to say, are,
no longer tolerated, although in marvT
countries the laws still discriminate
against the Jews or other classes on ac-
count OF race or religion. 1t is re-
markable, however, how little there.
has been Of these two evils among thu.
eastern peoples. l cannot recall WAY
between China and any OF her neigh
bors waged for the propagation of aly-
religion or the enslavemento of a people.
The way to remove these evils. iss
to remove the cause. Most men fear
and hate what they do not know
Some men don't like snakes, but whrra
naturalist studies them closely he
finds that most of them are harmless.
and that even those that are venom
Gus are comparatively harmless IL
handled right"
The minister said that the prpKr 4s,s
or civilization continually broadens, the.
minds OF men, and the most highlVy
civilized men sympathize with the as
pirations of all races. AS examples he.
named Lincoln, Wilberforce, Glad
stone, Alexander II of Russia urG
Baron and Baroness de Hirsch.
Other speakers were Rev. Hehe,
Newton, Rev. Joseph Silverman. Rev
Charles T. Walker (colored). Rev. DR.
McArthus, Rev. G. H. Eaton and Rev
samuel Schulman. Edwin Markham
read an original poem.