New-York tribune., 1904-10-25

IN consequence OF the many thousands os years
that China has been enjoying g great interna!
commerce, well as considerable foreign com
merce, she has built up & vast system OF honest
merchants officials and people. 50 that to-day if
VIII keep IL You may depend upon it with as
Now IN Japan it is only in the last forty or
NIFTY years that there have been tradesmen and
IN vogue there until very recently. and for that
reason the 1aercha1ts Of Japan weie on a par with
the Jews in most countries, The Jew has been
developed into q money lender who makes his
and scrupIes not at little discrepancies n the
been against him snc be has been ooAged TO hsht
The mercy Of the lords who c01id swoop down upon
them and put them out OF existence in very
chants and servants lived many years in Japan
those whom I had in my employ japan IS now
becoming more OF commercial nation Men Of
merciai pursuits and within a few years the mer-
chants Of Japan VIII be as honest as those any
where else the world
n her lectures DR., Kin is always, striving, 70
PPT @ og s4 sa has5 to tde 5e West but she
The races are so different" she said that do
not suppose il viii ever be possible for the Amer
70 understand the Amaricans YOU know how hard
leans. or vice versa; then how much more difticu!t
would il be for Caucasians 70 understand Orient
as2 Il IS impossible. at least in the present condl
Chinese civilization IS iniruea surably old. We
have actual written records known 10 all Chinese
TheTefore our civilization is at least five thousand
years o.d-perhaps twice as Old as that; -.
ane t5aT ever iefore in its Whole history Since
Chinese civilization began other great nations have
come into being ard been wiped out Of existence.
The civilization Of Babylon. Of Egypt Of Greece
and Rome began reached their height and died
since oUr recorded civilization has been IN exist
WHY. the Chinese abolished the feudaI system
oyer {hoasa2d y yF tbe Wold ana Outside Of Asia the
feudal system has been abolished only compare
I'm eon5paTing Confuc!anlsn with Christianity.
wk.ch do you think the greater religion. asked
''Ah. there IS mistake made by q great many
peoT le." the answer 'ConIucianlsTn IS not re-
J. IS the basis OF our everyday life. but Il has
religion in Il In fact. Confucius distinctly staLeS,
man have the religion which suits him best; Thus
ve have great many religions among the Chl-
.sThere are many Mahometans in China. many
1berc onee we're many Jews But strange as Il
may seem. the Jews have been assimiated; ana
are now practically Part Of the Chinese people
which has assimilated the Jew.
distinct race. No matter IN what country they
live they are people by themselves. 5 5ui ~ MLga
they came into China nearly two @ thouSSna yea5a 5
ago, they were not prosecuted The Chinese eco 90
allowed have their own religion and Iolo~ tteIs
own customs. They had their syEagogues and
,hey Observed all the Jewish customs strictly but
aster a time II came about that none OF the Jews
could read the Hebrew Scriptures. which were [he
eaisEn v2llistea ana - -1eg1p,,e L was
Chinese race. think tHe las@ s5lasos~e was
a haudOped nearly fifty years ago
.sNa hon1etauisrn was brought into our country by
maternal uncle Of me sIeat nn PT9peI is NAV nav
be called ancestor worship, although il Is not thls
tior - of our religion is a belief IN great power
which we car Heaven The Emperor has his temple
most Of the princes and members OF the Chinese
nobility. Il would be hard 70 say that any foreign
religion is & leading in the empire, because
they all have large folloEInBs