Evening journal., 1901-03-27
MINISTER WI ON
RACIAL PREJUDICE
Says That and Religious In
tolerance Are BarbarOuS
Cannot Recall a Mar Between China
aGd ANY Of her NeighbOrS on
That account

New YoissM ich 27--A public meet
ing urGer the auspices of tho Baron
and Baroness De liirsch association
WAS he'd las, airht I'm calvary Baptist
church, this city. The attendance waa
very large Ccl 1hcm.5 l.. james
presided
The object Of the association Is 70
erect a monument TO the Hirsches and
eliminate racial prejudice and religious
intolerance. Many Hebrews as well as
Chinese We're present.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
Dr. II. S. Macarthur, appeared on the
platform accompanied by Wu Ting
Fang. the Chinese minister, and the
other speakers.
After the singing and the reading Of
a scripture lesson by Or. Macarthur
and prayer by Rabbi Ssiyerman, Gen.
James made an address.
Letters OF regret were read from
President Mckinley and Vice President
Roosevelt.
Wu Ting Fang then spoke. lie said
it was needless for him to say that he
was heartily in sympathy with a move
ment TO eradicate racial prejudice.
"l3ut when the secretary OF this as
Bociation went on TO tell me-" he said
that the meeting was TO be held ir
this house, the temple OF God. and
that eminent divines were also tC
speak, / felt a little nervous, and I re-
membered that / had q previous en-
gagement which would prevent my
coming So I was obliged TO decline
But the secretary wrote me that thC
meeting, which was originally set fol
last month. had been postponed. HC
said It had been postponed until
would come. and that l must come
The minister then produced a man
uscript and read his address. He sciC
I'm 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 agains
people The world was in constan
turmoil. although the west suffered tl
most What did the crusados accom-
plish but 10 inaict untold suffering
upon Christians and Mohammedan
alike? Among the most DESTRUCTIVE
instances of such persecution was tha
of the Huguenots in France and t.
expulsion of the Moors from Spain.
"Such things. | am happy to say, ar
no longer tolerated. although in man
countries the laws still diacrlmnGt
against the Jews or other classes on nc
count of race or religion. IL Is nc
markahle. however. how little ther
has been of these two evils among tn
eastern peoples. l cannot recall wa
between China and any of Eer noigh
hors waged for the propagation OF an
religion or the enslavemento a people
"The way to remove these evils
to remove the cause. Most men fea
and hate what they do not know
Some men don't like snakes, but whe
a naturalist studies them closely h
finds that most of them are harmless
and that even those that are venom
GUS are comparatively harmless
handled right"
The minister said that the progre'
OF civilization continually broadens th
minds of men. and the most highl
civilized men sympathize with the "a
pirations of all races. AS examples
named Lincoln, Wilberforce, Gla,
stone. Alexander III OF Russia an
Baron and Baroness de Hirsch.
Other speakers were Rev. Heh'
Newton, Rev. Joseph Silverman, Re
Charles T. walker (colored), Rev. j
McArthus. Rev. c. II. Eaten ald re
Samuel schulman. Edwin Markhal
, read en- Origi1ci poem.