The Washington times., 1922-05-13
SEEN !.
AS A PERIL TO.
CHINESE PEACE
Peking Professor Fears Situa.
ton Is Complicated by. =
Revivalistic Methods.


In the following article J. d.
Bush. noted authority on Chinese
affairs, points out the perils of IN
jectinS the religious issue into the
political troubles of Ching. In the
recent Chinese ciph 4odr the re-
ligious element played an tmpor-
tdnt part. : - -
BY J. d. BUSH, .
Former Professor OF English Literature
In the ,,i mniver;itS r.; y, Of % PskLx and Former
Copyright. 1922. by International News
service)
NEW YORK, May 13.-Chinese
students attending Columbia Uni
.versity have sent message to Gen
eral WI Pei-Fu urging him to re-
member the wrongs China has suf-
fered at the hands OF other, powers
end imploring him TO- be guided
only by motives worthy Of true
patriot Of China, it was learned TO-
day. General WI, who has van
Quished the Manchurian army Of
General Chang Tso-Lin, is now the
real power at Peking. .
Fear Religious Element. -'
However. Chinese residents of this
city. especially the younger pro-
gressive element, are anxious over
the injections of the religious 'ele-
ment into Chinese affairs, They be-
lieve that politics and religion
should be kept far apart. One of
the chief military leaders under,
General WI in the recent civil war
was General Feng Yu<HsisnE. who
is "a convert of the Christian religion
and who commanded an. army com
posed exclusively of Christianized
Chinese. One Of the Chinese students
at Columbia, VINO signed the message
TO General WI. remarked to, the
writer: ~- e..
1t would have been wise TO call
General Wu's attention to the fact
that he, SHOULD De discreet in lending
himself TO the revivalistic method
Of Christian propaganda that appears
10 bA' pouring into the United States
like n deluge from Chira."
II is fesred that the great move
n,enr OF CHRISTIAN prOpaga niia Tand
the Inclusion OF the question: in the
new political situation which has de.
yeloped since WuS victory will only
add flret TO The aitiLhrisaian move.
mert which is already gathering mo-
nrentum i'm northern CHINA. -
The Chinese people resent the
great revival OF evangelism that has
been carried on in China since May
by the National Christian Copser
ence sitting at Shanghai
Unfortunately some Of the antag-
onism against the new method of
ChristianiZing China has arisen from
the fact that Christianity has been
used in, the past to cloak "A multi
tude of, Sins OF imperialism and ag'
gressiOn. 80 &c"
A manifesto has been issued in
China, and widely circulated. attack.
ing RE Shanghai conference. No
names fappear upon ii, but At is
known TO come from the young
intellectual" group. They allege that
Christianity Is being used as a
weapon against China. The mani
festo says, in part:
THE capitalism OF the world has
gone through its period of develop
ment. and. having ripened, is now
coming 10 the stage of decay.
Therefore the capitalists OF all ma.
tions, no matter whether they are
English, American, Japanese or
French, all begin to feel scared, and
they are exhausting their cleVcrneis.
hoping to continue their dying breath
against the tO,000-to-l odds. They
are taking steps, one following the
other, TO rush into China to CARRY
out plans of economic exploitation.
And the. present-daY Christianity
land the Christian church. are, the
vanguard OF this exploit alton"