Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-21
SUNDAY AT Y. M. G. A.
BISHOP ROOT ASKS FOR FAIR
PLAY FOR THE CHINESE.

Bishop L. H. Roots, head Of the Episco-
pal Church in China, made a plea for
fair play for the Chinese In short ad-
dress to several hundred young men in
the gymnasium Of the Y. N. c. A. build
ing yesterday afternoon. He declared that
the Chinese race is physically. mentally
and morally strong: that 1t IS not fair
play to restrict the Chinese alone. OF all
nations of the world. from American
shores. and that they feel keenly the
American prejudice against them.
The message which am sure your
representative in China, Mr.. Brockman.
would desire me to say to you is: Give
the Chinese fair play" the speaker stated.
We Americans have learned the value of
fair play. of square dealing between stu
dent and teacher. between capital and
labor, and we ought to be striving for 1t
between white and black races, between
the American race and every race with
which Its comes in contact. But there Is
great danger In the dealings with the
Chinese. even with those in this country.
We don't give fair play. 1t is our bust
ness to deal with them fairly. That does
not mean to pamper them, but to give
them the square deal in international in
tercOurSe.
Sturdy and Mentally Strong.
1--WE know enough of them to admire
them. There Is not race of better stock
than the Chinese. They are as sturdy as
we are. They are mentally strong, with
capacity for work which We might well
envy. and with an intellectual culture any
nation might be proud of. They have
morality that has kept out of their tenn
pies what has crept into the temples Of
every other race except Christians Re-
member this. please. when you meet a
single Chinese In this country.
When / addressed an audience recently
in China l told them that in the next
treaty the Americans would allow the
Chinese to exclude from their country the
same class OF Americans that the Ameri-
cans exclude of Chinese from the United
ment. They know the prejudice. If that
Is carried out in the next treaty there
VIII not be another boycott such as the
one about year ago."
VIII the speaker tell us just how we
have not treated the Chinese fairly?" one
Of the members of the audience asked
Because you have singled out the
Chinese from all the nations of the world
and caning them heather, have excluded
only them from your Shores" the bishop
replied.
Taking the Chinese In San Francisco
as examples. do you want such people in
this country the questioner persisted.
Race Prejudice Is Wrong.
The Chinese are as moral as any peo-
pie that i've" the speaker replied. when
the Chinese get to learn our vices they sus-
pect US Of more than we suspect them Of
Race prejudice Is wrong There may be
bad Chinese. but they should be put
down as you put down any mean man
alongside Of you from every country"
The -Four Faces was the subject of
the principal address of the afternoon,
which was by Rev. Charles Guthrie the
new pastor of the Hamline M. E. Church
He based his remarks on the biblical
statement of Ezekiel that he saw a man
with four faces. those of man, a lion,
an OK and an eagle. The speaker dis
cussed the significance of the four faces
After the service in the gymnasium
about 200 young men attended meetings
OF the three clubs, led by Commissioner
II. B. F. Macfarland, DR.. Merrill E. Gates
and DR.. Maurice Miller