Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-09

hr nutod 90. because of thr r..at
arrival Of twins, ctc. ,t..
Ouc of these plrics % husky goo
pound follow about 80 yryr of age.
married and with wife aboard, Uaf
evidently a novice n lha business
for hc talked TO outsiders nr.ly "a
thing no old time missionary ia ever
guilty Of That does wen enough u
+ America, lut iu the East and more
especially around tGo foreign sct-
/ Elements iu ChM, the calling of a.
missionary lt invariably associated
+ with graft .ud beggaN LDI lhls
characterization bo Just or unjust, b.
/ is sin a fact--a belief entertained
ana outspolton hy nine Of ten forc.an
/ cis, both men ana women Of every
nationality.
/ Bat this fellow alluded 10 above.
gave his biography as follows l}oru
IN Ohio graduating from the best
college M that state; went to the Phil
7 ippincs as "A soldier In 1900, was dis
charged two years later, returned
home but finding nothing he could
do went back to the Philippines 10 fill
| q government position procured fro
him by an influential friend was dis.
missed after six months trial for be.
ing Independent and insuhordnatc.
filled thrce clerical positions within
the next six months for private parties
on the Islands, being discharged from
two and rcsigning one; sent home for
passage money and llo-boed 1t for
three months nearly starving to death
before the passage money arrived;
went back to ohio and lived "A year
with his people; afterwards tried his
hand 40 a little OF everything but hard
work. proving himself a failure in all
next went to work for a Y. NJ. c. \.
for his board and clothes, then went
on the road with n magic lantern
show and when that played out re-
turned home and married a lady who
had taken course of training for the
foreign missions, his entire capita
after the marriage ceremony was paid
for amounting to five dollars his wife
induced him to take a short course IN
foreign mission work; and eventually
She and friends succeeded I'm obtain
ing for him a mission in China at $l5U
per month and found, in the same
neighhorhood TO which she was APP
pointed at a Ike salary. Exceedingly
happy clatod ana self satisfied was
this fellow az he approached Shanghai
He was himself already returning
home ON furlough two years hence |
loaded down with money-moncy- !
scads Of money, But he is not the
only one who pretends to be carrying !
salvation to the Chinese but whose !
real obstensible purpose is to .a4quirc
that wealth, which they are too lazy |
witloss and worthless to earn at home, |
II is nothing short Of a crying shame, |
that American people neglect to APP |
point a committee Of fair minded !
business men to investigate the abuses,
graft and waste which are growing fat |
upon American contributions to the !
missions Of the East.
Upon our boat was another class, |
that one on the very lowest round of |
our social ladder, consisting of a party |
of women on their way from San
Francisco, to notorious resorts in |
Shanghai Their conduct and be-
havor was brazenly scandalous. There |
was hardly an hour of day or night |
but what from one to three Of them |
could be seen stfoling about the deck |
drunken and dishabille. Reports
among the passengers had It, and APP
parently reliable. that some Of the
ships officers joined these ladies in
orgies. as want only scanda-
lous as ever beastly Apatcho practic-
ed in the lowest dens of gay Paree.
Of this the writer has no personal
knowledge, but what he saw was suf
ficient to prepare him for believing
any report however incredible. He
saw these women wandering about
day and night in maudlin condition,
smoking and drinking in the caro-
rooms. or more properly speaking
gambling room. without any attempt
at hndrance from the authorities. In
fact some Of the officers appeared
to approve OF their behavior, for now
and again they paced the ships decks
with them arm in arm. There were
A number of Chinese students aboard,
returning home and one could not
help but wonder, what they thought
Of a people who sent missionaries
abroad, while on the same boat such
objects of total depravity told Of the
dire necessity of Christian ministra-
lions at home.
Ours being a large boat the trip
from Kobe to Nagasald required but
.hirty-siX hours 1t is not too much