Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-12
ub Forum
Is TO Missionaries.

Editor OF the Albuquerque Journal;
Your editorial On Changing condi
| tons" appearing in this morning
edition Of the Journal. seems 10 me 4
invite comment. Il may not hay'
been your intention to d%erogate tn
wisdom Of the foreign missionary en-
terprise. but such. 1 fear, viii be ~
influence Of your article.
The popular demonstrations occur
Ing now and then against missionaries
throughout the eighteen provinces q
china are moi religious in their ma.
ture, but a~nti-foreign. The American
mobs that bounded Cinnamon from
Tacoma several years g could mo-
IN any be accused Of d%efendins
the faith of their fathers No NOR,
can the mobs IN Human. Contra
China. when they try to expel tbs
yang-gwe-tze, or foreign devils" You
may recall the boycott erected severa.
years ago by Chinese tradesmer
against American goods; il was also
an a~nti-foreign demonstration.
That American merchants are now
being well received IN parts of China.
tx because they meet only the intel
ligent classes. The missionary goes
far out into the interior. where racial
antipathy makes the white man a
strange and baneful presence in the
eyes Of tho ignorant and british cool
les and their representative mandar-
ms. or his religion they know moth
ing: IL Is not in consideration. The
foreigners hideous clothing, his
CHASTITY white face. his rude western
ways. his %outlandish speech are what
they hate. They + ready to be-
lieve all sorts Of rumors that the
foreign devils make medicine u Of
ohildren's eyes; that they appoint
horrible orgies 70 bewitch the peo-
pie.
To these are added animositits aris-
ing from political aggression of Europ-
cans; the Infamous opium" wars OF
England; foreign elements entering
into the great Tapping rebellion; the
l~and-erabbing Of England, France,
Germany. and Russia; the Interior
once OF France in demanding man
DARN rank for all Roman Catholic
missionaries; the arrogance of rail
road syndicntes in Decorating the
graves Of the people, etc. Then there
are merchants in the Orient who have
no more consideration for the ORR
entail than do the hoodlums OF San
Francisco and Tacoma. For an Amer
lean merchant TO Kick q native SER
want downstairs may become as much
u cause for an a~nti-foreign demon
stration as for q patent to die in n
missionary hospital. The merchant
escapes; the missionary must suffer
and bear the blame.
But the missionaries must expect
10 be hated until they are understood
They are pioneers; as a religion, so,
Just as truly Of civilization and uni
Versal brotherhood. They are also
without design, the most efficient adj
vance agents of international COM
merce. The banquet OF American
merchants. TO which you refer, would
hardly have been possible before the
missionaries had dispelled prejudice
by their kindly presence in the
Try and their unselfish behavior.
American merchants would not
now find Oriental trade so promi'-
ing were it not for missionary work
ers widely scattered throughout
once visited a station 1T
Chu Chico. In the Yangtse valley,
where the missionary was making II
a part Of hls religious work 20 in-ro-
seeds and tools from America,
ana thus improve the condition Of
poorer c. sEes. Al liau'tow the
London Missionary society i instruct
even the hlind in civilized crafts.
The Presbyterian Mission prcss at
Shanghai taught their apprentices -
thoroughly that now these nae fc1hl-
ed a native publishing house equip
ped according TO the most improved
modern standards. Presi li}nt Head
land SAYS that when he last LETT Pc
kin he saw on the bund at Tieu'sin
a rick OF American flour. sixty ieei
wide. forty feet high and three-duar-
of g mile long-an importation
made profitable by the presence and
civilizing Influence Of American mis-
sionaries in that district
These are hut Instances. Manliness,
culture. thrift are prominent ends in
the Christian propaganda. As you eN-
all the DELICIOUS ideals of a barbar-
GUS people. YOU also improve their
conditions. and make them
more competent both to produce aud
to buy the staples of the worlds CONF
merce. American merchants ar"
profiting financially from the efforts
of Christian propagandists in CHINA
as well as i'm America. That is wei
But is il good business TO shame
the goose that lays the golden egg
Truly,
UERMON r. WILLIAMS.