The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-14

! that treat country are beginning to recognize that they, as well as the gov ernment. have some rights as individ- uals and as a fundamental movement in that direction an Embassy was sent out to, what is termed by them, the three greatest countries of the civilized world. Japan, England and America. This Embassy was to study conditions | in those three countries and report lhow such conditions can be made ap- plicable to their own country for the betterment of the country and her peo- |ple.
 The Exclusion Act.
 pr. Allen thinks, and so expresses himself, that China, by the Exclusion Act, has not received just treatment at the hands of this country. When an American goes to China he is not under the laws of that country but is protec- lpf his own country. And now the peo- pie of China are, making demands for justice and faircr treatment from the foreign nations.
 pr. Allen spoke of the boycott" of
 American goods by China and of its told of how. when the boycott went into effect. there was talk of its exten- sion to American missionaries, but the people said mo, the missionaries are our friends"
 Tn connection with the boycott, nr. Allen said that it Dehooves the people of the South to set the matter right Of the exclusion act. he said that it was not the law, but the abuse of the law that had worked the harm. That not only were "coolies" excluded from this country, but men of wealth. power and influence classed as "coolies" had
 fallen under the law. That men of
 these classes have been insulted and
 maltreated in such a way that after
 the exposition at St. Louis things
 reached a crisis.
 pr. Allen said that on coming to this
 country he was intrusted with nes-
 sage to the President of the United
 States, message which he delivered.
 That the time has come when he, the
 Prsident, ia not dealing with the Tar
 tars, but with the prosperous and edu-
 cated young men of China, who demand
 justice and nothing more. If the coo-
 lies are barred, then bar all. he said.
 The President replied to him that the
 question could not be managed In the
 United States. but would have to be
 submitted to arbitration.
 ''They are great people" he said.
 "A great country and a capable cour-
 try. equal to anything. They demand
 to be recognized in the world as having rights"
 China regards America as her friend, and to the Americans Is left the solu- tion of the great Chinese problem. Su- prostitution is the great wall that con- fronts the missionaries In their work Customs of China. Dr.AlIen said that in the old marriage customs, the young people of the coun- try are beginning to protest; that the educated men and women want to se- feet their husbands and their wives. to suit themselves, and have entered into open rebellion against the custom of marriage through brokers and go- betweens. Woman, during the last few years, he continued, has made great advances. The idea of false chastity and false modesty hase become obnox- ious to tho woman of today, and they are clamoring for the freedom of their sisters In more enlightened countries. They demand that they be permitted to the streets without disgrace. and claim the privilege of being free.
 One feature in the national life of China, which has become noticeable to students of Chinese life. he said, is a growing feeling of national unity and
 solidarity. There is an increasing ten-
 dency toward cohesion. If the differ
 ent parts of the Empire could De
 brought to study q language comnlen-
 surate with the needs of the country,
 China would be the greatest empire of the north of China. going to the south- ern part of the country. so far as Ian guage is concerned, is as foreign as | though he were in America.
 Dr. Allen said that he had lectured | In Pekin before coming to the United l States, on the subject, Be Chinamen. l In his lecture, he pleaded for the adop- Al Fn. GAts hA Empire, and he advised that the lam guage chosen be the English. Then, he declared, the people of China could go anywhere, and talk with the peoples of all nations.
 The speaker referred to the misun- derstanding in the minds of many peo- pie in this country as to the nature of the work of foreign missionaries. and of the erroneous ideas that money is sent there to be given to people. The
 object of foreign missions. he said, IS
 simply to pay the expenses necessary to send people there, and to help them study the languages of the Chinese, and to translate the Bible into the many different dialects, so that 1t may be in available form to reach the people. The unrest, the upheaval, the overturn- ing that Is going on in China, he de- clared is the outcome of the missiona- ries of the Protestant church. We, as missionaries in the church." he said in conclusion. 'are doing a good work in llberating a nation of 400, 1000, ,000 people, who are without hope, without God, and without power to free themselves. China looks to you. for the pittance to help set her free, and emancipate her before the world.
 The foreign mission movement Is born
 of the Great Commission. and 1t de-
 wolves upon us not as a charity work.
 but as a duty to send the Gospel"