The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-13


barrassment. From the first day a
missionary lands upon the shores of
the Flowery Kingdom until the day
he goes to his grave he is sighted,
stunned, lied to; oftentimes beaten
and sometimes murdered. In their
gross ignorance and stupid supersti-
tion the Chinese masses look upon the
missionary as an emissary Of the
neither world, out Of whom nothing
but evil can come.
A missionary arrives in village
and shortly thereafter child, male
child, Of the village is taken with q
sudden illness dies. The report is
started that the death was caused by
the foreign devil" looking at the
child as he passed along the street.
The populace believes the report
without question and lucky is the in
nocent missionary il he escapes with
out mobbing. A shopkeeper makes
an unfortunate bargain in bill Of
goods and loses money. He ct once
casts about for the cause Of his i'll
luck and suddenly finds that about
the time he made the bargain the
"foreign devil" had been in his store.
This, he knows, is the secret Of his
misfortune. In many Of the villages
of the interior foreign missionary is
fortunate, indeed, if he succeeds in
buying anything in the native shops.
They do not even wish the foreign
dog 8" money, SO deep is their hatred
for him.
Many parts of China are visited,
more or less regularly, with severe
drought and famine. During these
periods many thousands Of people per-
ish Of starvation and disease, and the
Chinese, in their ignorance and super
stition, attribute the lack Of rain to
the presence Of the foreigners. In
such times the missionaries have fre-
quently been accused of holding up
the rains, and have been mobbed and
in some cases murdered in punish
ment. One Of the most potent cases
cf :he late BoEec uprising |ss :he
famine that prevailed the year previ-
GUS over vast region. Of the north
ern and central part of the Empire,
the famine being brought upon the
country because Of the presence Of
the foreigners.
Another ridiculous fear Of the Chi
nese is based on the belief that mis-
sionaries, especially mission doctors,
kidnap all the Chinese children they
can and make them into medicine.
Especially, they say, do Foreign doc
tors like to get the ears and noses Of
children for that purpose. And so
general is the belief among the wo-
men and children that upon the first
glimpse of foreigner they will drop
everything and lodging inside the
gate will slam the door. One day,
after several years association with
the missionaries, convert came to
the head Of the mission and asked in
the most serious manner: Brother,
IS It tTua that your physicians take
the bodies of children for making their
medicines?"
The best expression Of the Chinese
attitude toward the foreigner is to be
found in the way he is treated by the
mules, dogs and women Of China.
When a mule OF spirit meets for
eigner face to face in the street or
upon the highway he suddenly begins
60 show his superior social breeding,
and not only does lie refuse to speak
in friendly and cordial manner, but
turns his tail, if his master be not
very careful, aad makes away as fast
as his mule legs and the big cart to
which he is attached will permit. In
the gentle art Of snobbery he is, past
master, being able to give pointers in.
the art even TO secretaries Of legation
~ u I : :.
and embassies.
Upon sight Of foreigner the dogs
all begin general chorus in minor
key Of low growls, raise their bristles.
tuck their tails between their legs for
ssfe-keeping and eide off into some.
dark alley, ont Of sight. That they
deeply resent the intrusion Of the de-
apised foreigner nnon the sacred dung
hills Of their native lair is made known
Sc plainly DC il is possible for dog in,
atinct 10 act and speak. SIS
Chinese women when tho CRY is,
rassed along the street, as il invari-
ably is. when 8 foreigner appears, all
glide noiasleasly into their respective
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