The sun., 1910-05-12
CHINA COMING ALONG FAST
STRIDES BEING MADE ~ THE
FIELD OF EDUCATION.
rhe Rev. FredcFick ilrOwn af Ticntsin
Tells OG the PrOgress og mat Guy
Missionaries Movement strength.
eRed by Boxers opium Dens Ciosed.

Telts % the PrOgreas ng That Ctil
Missionaries Movement strength
eRed by Boxers Opium Dens Closed
Missionaries of various religious sect,
who are wording In north China get along
harmoniously much better than tho
various seois anywhere else according
10 the Rev. FredericE Brown of Tientsin
who ls at tho Continental ON his way
20 the Worlds sunday School Convention
In Washington Mr. Brown has been
living In China for twenty eight years
and the last time he was In this country
was In 1901. lie Is Fellow of tho Royal
Geographical Society
Il was presiding elder Of the 1ientsin
district OF The Methodist Episcopal Church
when the Boxer troubles of 1870 arose. >
said Mr.. Brown Yesterday. and long
before the railroads came into the Coun-
try my work as a preacher had led me
across that part Of the country In every
, direction. was commandeered into the
/ intelligence department OF the Allied
ForCea which went TO the relief Of PekiL
and was present in every hattie. Queen
Victoria gave me the China medal with the
Pekin clasp. and several commanders
gave me letters thanking me for the aid
| gave in the famous march You see.
the scouts employed wcrc all native
Christians. and il was quite likely that
missionary could manage them hettor
than anybody else because he knew the
I language.
-Iientsin is now the most progressive
city IN the Chinese Empire II Is thera
that the great Viceroy Nuan Shih kai
held ofice until be was called 20 pekin.
There are eight different local govern
ments In tho place. In addition 70 the
Chinese there are the British, German.
japanese. Russian. Italian, French and
Austrian. all ~ which last ara outside
the Chinese city on territory assigned
% them. There was a piece assigned
10 the United States. but TINS reverted
10 the British when the Americans Do
clined 10 take o. Each section has its
own municipal council. with a chairman,
though ] believe the Consul IN each case
has the power - veto There are about
$500 japanese and about .OOO fore gners
altogether. Zach section resembles a
modern town and thres and four story
buildings are numerous
The old Chinese city was ons of the
diTtiest In the empire IL 10 now the
Cleanest | think Tientsin is the only
city IN the whole country IN which the
electric str eet cars are operated by the
Government They run on the site Of
the old city wall. which was torn down
by tire allied forces.
The nan gets on best in Tentsin who
can speak the most languages. Tientsin
was the storm centre Of the Boxer re-
bellion. but missionary work IN all the
affected districts has proapered wonder
fully IN the last ten years One would
suppose that the Chinese would have been
shy about embracing Christianity after
- many converts had hesn slain. but
since 1870 not only have the PLACES u the
fallen been filed but there have heen
many more converts besides The out
side Chinaman did not understand how
men could die for the sake OF their re-
lgiun and the behavior Of the native
Christians az the time q the massacre
spread a desire 10 know more about the
religion they praCtised
Up % 1870 there vas not a single
modern school IN Tieutsin except one
missionary school Nov there are / 500
schools in the country ut every sort. in
cluding manual training and a university.
Most of them are owned by the Govern
ment and English h taught IN tho ma
iority of them. The horizon of the
Chinese has greatly broadened with
modern education However oar present
NloerOy. thuu. who h a NanChu I fear b.
not very progressive
-Ona great advance ma = by Teni@in .
wl- hen every opium den ir tho place
rln-"I uu fh" strength ot a proclamation
by W. Shh haI three yCIrs AK. The .
result has been widespread Ore cannot .
compare the Thurman uf tho ODD o. aius
With tle new tguamHU There has been
"a Tremendous increase in tho Z. Iher Ut
new .pauar- sine. iguU some Uf the D.u,s
cn1'arIng a large number ln 1ienrs'n
We have ,EH English AMI one German
7aiiy
The different natfanaltias IN T.ents.n
get along very we'll together. and among
the various religious s.gfs who are dDiHg
missionary work in TIrufsin there b.
M antag1nism. Each has he own dis
iuor. We have had many aymen coming
out 20 49, what wora Is u-.uR done. and
some oi taCm have returned O. this C0uu-
try impressed with mo noel and the
effect Ivenczs ~ the Work ] was IoCfur-
ing ln q small town one night when / 4,
had the pleasure Ot meeting Nr Fair t
banks, th" former Vice President
The policing n Tentsn - nerfect
The present system WIS instituted hy
Yuan ShIh kai H. had around MIN r
nuWhsr of enlightened on Gals some Of .
whom had been educated at Yale.
Chinese are not adopting foreign
clothes T. any great extent EXCEPT that
most II them DO this when they are going
abroad, Tor Cnnvenience's sake. Neither
ara they cutting "a the queue 70 any
great extent Some travellers do.
-Ot the educational W0rk that ia being
done In China by missiona riss, ~ per
cent is being done hy American mis- .
sionary societies. Nothing makes more .
Tor the enlightenment II China than
taking care Of the youth ~ the country .
T. d. Gamwell. an engineer. who during
the siege Of Pekin built the harricadss 4
around the American legation and who .
spent tho last nine ysaus in tho United .
states, has now gone hack % China. and |
"a dong missionary work there
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