Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-16

leges and hospitals. He has introduced
foreign arts and sciences into China. 1t Is
not because of his religion that the mis-
sionary Is attacked by mobs; it is because
OF his race It Is the foreigner and not the
Christian against whom mobs are gathered.
great portion OF the missionaries time is
devoted to teaching. to healing the sick. to
charity and to literary work. The woman
missionary bears her part in this great
work OF instruction She takes in her arms
the poor, neglected. despised girl. and
ed woman. II the missionaries had done
nothing else for China" said Colonel
DENLY, "the amelioration OF the conditions
Of the women would be glory enough"
The Civilization of China.
In speaking of what America has taught
China, Dr.. Brown mentions some historical
facts which ought to be remembered.
China has a civilization OF her own" he
said. more ancient than ours and quite
as well adapted to her needs. We remem-
Der with respect that the Chinese are
frugal. Industrious and respectful to par
ents. All the world Is indebted to a people
whose astronomers made accurate observa-
tons 200 years before Abraham left JJr;
who used firearms at the beginning of the
Christian era: who first grew tea, manu-
1actured gunpowder, made pottery, glue
and gelatfne; who used paper $50 years be-
fore Christ; who invented printing by
movable type 800 years before that art was
III EuIOpey WHO originated banks,
discovered the mariners compass dug the
hrst canal, built the first arch, made noun
tain roads, which, when new, probably
equaled in engineering and construction
anything of the kind ever built by the
Romans; and who wore silk and lived in
houses when our ancestors slept in caves
and wore the undressed skins of wild
beasts
Treatment of Chinese Travellers
Dr. Brown made an earnest plea for the
modification of the exclusion law and the
Just treatment of Chinese travellers in our
ports. He quotes President Cleve1and's
message to Congress in 1885, In which he
expressed the humiliation that every de-
cent American feels on this subject" and
Mr. Bayard, who. when Secretary of State
safd: we abe indignant at the shocking
wrongs inflicted upon your couuIrvmen and
gre mortified that such q blot should have
been cast upon the records of our govern
ment."
DR.. Brown said: 1T is true that the ma
jority of the American people do not deem
1t wise to open doors to Chinese labor
erS, but we know that the Chinese govern
| nent does not ask this The question at is
sue relates solely to Chinese of'the better
class. Labor leaders declare that their I'M
Willingness to have the exclusion laws 50
modified as to admit Chinese who are not
laborers Is that SO many coolies gain fraud
ulent entrance on pretense Of being mer-
chants or students. | submit Mr.. Chair
man. continued DIR. Brown, "that the num-
Der OF coolies who can successfully eyade a
vigorously enforced law Is insignificant.
honor our great labor leaders. but they do
not put the cause of labor In dignified
position when, for the sake of excluding a
comparative handful Of Chinese coolies,
they ask the American people to continue
q policy that bellies our historical attitude
| toward the nations of the earth, that Grip
| pies our trade, that destroyed our oppor-
| tunity 10 educate the young men of China
I n n I'm e 90,
| people, and that is glaringly inconsis ;eni
| square deal on which we are wont to pride
| ourselves.
| I'VE rejoice that the President of the
| United States has given the weight OF his
! great influence to the movement for the
| decent treatment of Chinese immigrants
| In his recent message to Congress he said
| In the effort to carry out the policy of ex-
| Guiding Chinese laborers grave injustice
! and wrong have been done by this nator
| 10 the people of China, and therefore uiti-
| mately to this nation Itself. Chinese stu
dents, business and professional men of al
| kinds-not only merchants. but bankers
| doctors, manufacturers, professors, travel.
| erS. and the Nke-salOuld be encouraged tC
| come here and be treated on precisely the
| same footing that we treat students, bust
| ness men, travellers and the like of Other
| nations. Our laws and treaties should be
| framed not so as to put these people in the
| excepted classes, but to state that we viii
| admit all Chinese except the coolie class
! Chinese skilled unskilIed laborers.'
| Congress should know that this is the
sentiment of the overwhelming majority OF
! fair-minded people"