Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-09

promoted II works 10 the advantage OF
,hc Wh0le community. In the various
clans we're people who had no property.
They mu TO be cared for. and II was
Cor thef support that the extra one
third Wps assessed. This is one OF the
principles OF Chinese society that Is
10 be eonmended I'm this connection
a.. me Jay that II IL the policy Of the
missionaries 10 conserve everything In
Chinese society that IL conducive %
GOOD MORALS
This explanation Is considered hardly
any more satisfactory than one preyi-
ously ayen, when the reverend gentle
man wrote to the New York Sun
I'm most cases sum equal to about
ue.ihid OF the above mentioned In
lamniN was demanded for the church
Which Am Vas used more OF less en-
uraiy 70 provide for the present need
of dIsIr ssed people"
Putting the two together. It appears
'hlt ihe missionaries collected. first
enough o cover the actual losses they
and their converts had sustained, and
utn on additional sum FOR the
church or for people who had no
properly ana, consequently had moth.
inc TO use. Who. II 70 asked, received
this extra Indemnity? Even friends Of
lha Missionaries admit that this feature
OF the use Is not altogether plain"
Tba dihculty Of passing a Just judy
mrnt IN the matter, at a distance and
without rull knowledge Of al the cir
rumsmaces and details, win be readily
admitted In times Of excitement such
AS must have prevailed at The out
break o. hostilitlqs and Tor some time
Afterwards many things are done that
calm goa sment must disappr0ye. The
missions les. II may be presumed, had
q number Of destitute converts looking
TO them Tor support. and they naturally
were anxious 10 do something for these
and they could, Of course, not postpone
action. until the diplomatic negotia-
tions about the indemnity were brought
10 close. II remains for them to eX-
plain to the satisfaction Of their sup
porters AZ home, that they did not
transress the rules of equity and JUS
tice
A question Of more importance than
the Collection OF Indemnity Is that OF
the general attitude OF missionaries In
foreign ands. DO they go there as
peace.makers. or Is II true that they
by their contempt for existing institu'
tlons SOW the seeds Of strife In the
midst Of the people, and then, when dif-
nculties arise, pour oil on the shoulder
ing embes and fan the flames? A full
account Of the doings of the mission
aries. in China. previous to the riots
and during that time. as well as sub
seuuentlE would be of great Interest
In Africa II looks as II the missionary
had been the herald Of marching
armies, coming to take possession OF
land for earthly government, rather than
win souls for the Master. Greater sue
cess has. at least, been achieved In the
former direction than In the latter
Africa has been parcelled out between
the European governments, whether
souls have been saved or not What
has been done in China? Have the
done all in their power TO
dlspel the fear that they are merely
political advance agents, and to prove
that they are In every sense OF the word
the friends and benefactors Of the peo-
pie? If not. their labor Is not In har-
nony with their profession. They are
not worthy Of the support of the devout
people who are filling the contribution
boxes. II Is to be feared that the mis-
iionary spirit is no longer what It was
when the messengers first went TO In
liza and to the Islands of the sea. The
general public has. right TO learn
about the spirit in which
modern missionary enterprises are car
'ied out