The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-01
IAPANSREL|G|ON
NAY Be TAUGHT
TO THE CHINESE
Empire Will Insist On Right To
Send Missionaries Into
~ {, Republic 49,
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Native Monks Already Conducting
REVEALS With Off
cial Aid

PEKING, September 10 Correspond
enee of the Associated Press - China
agrees that japanese subjects shall
have the right Of missionary propa-
ganda in China. F." ,.
This apparently simple statement,
which was article seven OF group Ave
in the recent demands Japan made
upon China, has created much commo.
ton in China, and is the subject of
hot discussion in the press.
All of the demands made under group
five were waived temporarily by japan.
Mr.. Hioki, the Japanese minister, said:
Gas relates to the question Of the right
Of missionary propaganda, the same
shall be taken up again for negotiation
in future" ..F ~ f-r..
The missionary propaganda referred
to in the treaty was the preaching Of
Buddhism, and the announcement in
Chinese papers that Japanese Buddhists
win probably soon send delegations to
China to press their claim for pernis.
sion to preach Japanese Buddhism to
the Chinese is causing uneasiness,
Movement Called Political atgts3
Chinese newspapers frankly say the
movement is purely political, and Il at
the Japanese hope to send so-called r.
ligious leaders who win extend japan =
influence. There are more than forty
Chinese treaty ports where Japanese
missionaries could carry on their work
without interference, and the papjrs
are pointing out that Japanese Bad
dhists should first 60 to these PLACES
and demonstrate their good intent ons,
Just as Catholic and Protestant mis-.
sions have. Furthermore, there are
many inland cities open to interna-
tional trade where the Chinese papers
say there would be no. objection to ia
panese missionary work. I.
"To come and preach Buddhism In
china is like carrying GOALS to New"a'-
tie, saws the China Coast Post. .''The e
Is no town or village so small that it
hasn't Buddhist temple. TlIey are
even in the lonely places among the
hills, where no visitor ~ seen from
month s end TO month 3 end. JapHn
received her Buddhism from China, but
the imparting of it in, no way dimin-
ished the home supply. II is not
claimed that the Japanese have 50 I'm
proved tho faith as toqmakes II new
one. From the native point OF view
there is no more need for this partic.
ular kind Of missionilgq than there
would be for Japanese toseome here to
teach the Chinese people how TO read
| their own classics and write their own
characters, both of which Japan adopt
ed from China" 81
ATTEMPT Buddhist Revival
Buddhist monks are making earnest
effort in many parts Of China to revi e
| interest in Buddhism. This was an
parent even before the Jananese sought
permission to have their religious work
ers enter China, but the Japanese re-
quest has probably assisted the move
ment among Chinese monks. At pres
ent two celebrated Buddhists from
South China (Ti-Yen and Shenn-Tsu)
are holding revivals in Picking, which
will continue for fifty days. A number
of government officials Of considerable
| rank have lent their assistance to t g
movement, which is commanding mreh
space in the local papers.
1t is the desire of the two Buddhists
leaders to establish college in Picking
and standardize the priests and nuns
throughout the country by having thH
government Issue certificates to worthy
leaders. By this means they hope to
subvent the imposition Of unworthy
persons who pose as religious leaders