Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-17

A San Francisco Chronicle CORE.
5pondent writing from Picking, says:
1t appears from the columns of the
from letters received by foreigners in
North China, and even through official
queries coming to the Legations, that
erroneous. and often wildly exaggerat.
ed, ideas Of the current disturbances
in China are entertained abroad. Par.
ticular and needless alarm seems to
have been inspired by predictions OF
general and speedy attempt to exter-
inmate all foreigners. These, appar-
cLtly, emanate from men who have
lived in China, but who are now out
OF the country, and whose judgment
of present conditions is hardly as wor-
thy of weight as that of others, with
better sources of information, VINO
are now in China. These recent
alarms have caused unnecessary ten
sion among people abroad who have
relatives or other interests in China
and work great injury to the foreign
communities here. Missionaries de.
clare that they have an important In.
| tuence toward diminishing the volume
OF contributions to mission work, and
that some missions are finding great
difficulty in keeping their revenues up
! &c the normal and necessary amount.
Missionaries are also receiving letters
| from friends, imploring them to re.
lieve the suspense Of their families by
coming home and escaping the i'm.
pending massacres.
The reverse of this picture exists in
Picking. Never, since the legations
were established here. have foreigners
gone about the capital and its vicln'
ity so free from molestation and insult
and never have so many privileges and
sucn freedom of access to palaces and
temples been permitted them. The re
lations between diplomats and the
court, too, have never been on such O
seemingly cordial footing. Foreigners
do not entertain the delusion that any
great number of Chinese approve Of
their presence, more than they did be
fore the Dowager Empress and hel
lieutenants promoted the Boxer move
ment for their removal. The tolera
, ton Is inspired mainly by dearly
bought knowledge of the foreigner
= power to hold his ground, and desir'
, t. learn the methods Of that power.
t Moreover, important influences ar,
present to increase Chinese hatred o
, Europeans. One is the inevitable fric
3 ton between the natives and soldier!
= OF foreign garrisons, living at clos'
quarters with them, and the numerous
petty expressions soldiers infiict upol
, people whom they deem interiors, ant
who are helpless to resist. Another Il
the presence Of a large body OF cam
followers. representing the loves
! class of Europeans, whose conduct II
/. the city Is generally contemptuous o
Chinese law and customs, and In tn
provinces sometimes reaches the eS
IRENE of Misunderstanding villages
stealing horses and kidnapping girls
Another, perhaps the most important
certainly the most widespread, Is tn
growing animosity against the Chimes
Christians by their compatrlots, VIII
are compelled to pay indemnities 70
the losses suffered by the Christian
during the Boxer regime and who Sc
in their Christian neighbors a favore
class, claiming the rights of Chimes
> and the protection of foreigners.
The status quo in Picking, with tn
| Ii,tfp snn nf Eni
, eign port" as Chinese officials ofte
remark bitterly, leaves much to be do