The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-06-22

depleted he was in q position to ask
amy unsatisfied customer to call in
again, as his converts We're bringing
in fresh supplies of loot almost every
day.
Indeed, not satisfied with the pro-
ceeds of his loot sale, this worthy man
was enterprising enough to levy COM
pensation on the Chinese and, in addi-
ton to recovering the full value of the
damage sustained by his converts. in
hictcd fines that exceeded that Amount
according to his own admission-by
third.
''There are others who took posses
sion of Chinese houses wholesale, and
found source Of income in letting or
leasing them. The fact of their having
Il number of converts to support was
given by them as justification of their
actions. Unquestionably they had
large number more or less dependent
upon them, but some other means
might surely have been found. They
were very busy in those days. And
perhaps that accounts for their taking
no notice of the actions of various Dor
tions of the allied soldiery. Wholesale
robbery, cruelty, and the raping of
women We're going on I'LL around; a
regular orgy Of rapine surged through
the captured city. Yet not one solita-
ry voice of protest was heard.
at would be gratifying to think that
amid all these opponents of the doctrin
OF the Sermon on the Mount, there was
one who called for mercy OH the con-
Quered. or asked that even common hui
malrity should be shown them, or even
reminded the generals of their own
rules of war and fair fighting, or who
raised his voice for Justice. even if he
did not in compassion. What an op-
portunity lost, which would not have
been thrown away on the Chinese, of
showing in practice, what they had
been preaching-'Bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate you,
pray for them that despitefully use
YOU If instead of selling images of
Buddha they had used their influence
to preserve his temples from desecra-
ton and dctilement, or offered sanctua-
ry to his priests, it is certain that they
would have more materially furtllered
the cause they have in hand.
1T would be wrong to say that not
one solitary voice was raised. 'Tis true
it was not raised by any missionary.
But there is a rough-loOking soldier
with Il strong face that looks as if it
had been hewn out of Il block of red
sandstone with blunt hatchet-Gen.
Clafce. of the United States Army.
lie would have been called in England
Il 'rnnkcr.' He, not content, as Sir
Alfred Gnsrlee was, with keeping his
own men from disgracing their coun-
try'S flag. wrote Il letter Of remons
trance to Count Wadcrsce, and re-
reivrd Il snub in return for an action
which nevertheless rebounds immense
ly tn his credit
"Christianity in China has received Il
staggering blow from which it will not
recover during the lives of the present
generation. Its progress. SO far rs any
one can sec, in the immediate future is
ut M end. 1t is even questionable
whether it will NOT be wiped out alto
gctllrr in northern China. The terrible
assaults by Boxers will largely de-
crease the number of converts. The
temporal advantages that formerly ell
sued from its profession are now more
than collntcrbalanced by the hatred
and persecution THAT Christianity ell
tails. The worst blow it has received
has been through the conduct of the
allied soldicry during the late invasion.
These men have crucitied it in China as
truly as the soldiers of PLATE did its
founder And even the Christian mis-
sunaries raised no protest against the
cruciiXion."