The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-29
Rev. DR.. Williams Was Not
Zone Of the Best Friends
That China Has Ever Had
BY ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

THE Rev. Dr. A. Edwin Kegwin, pastor of the West
4 End Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn, devoted his
Sunday sermon to the death of the Rev. DR.. John E
Williams the lone American killed in the much exploited
massacre that supposed to have taken place last
Thursday when the Peoples Army took Marking
In fact this massacre took place only the pages OF
the world imperiast press.
The Rev. Dr. Kelgwin is reported to have said that
"The who shot to death the Rev. DR.. John Will
Hams, Vice President of Marking University, shot
of the best friends China had"
The New York Times publishes more than column
report of the 1t is difficult to discover from
this report how Williams had befriended the Chinese
people. No attempt is made to dfferentate between
him and other missionaries to show that he did not also
try to keep the eyes of the Chinese workers and
ants promised happy future in the sky, while the
profteers were going thru their pockets picking them
clean of the necessary wherewthal for providing food
clothing and shelter on earth
In fact the sermon conclusive testimony proving
that Williams an excellent agent of Imperialism
the kind that Cecil Rhodes glad to invite into South
Africa to make native labor feel content under the
worst conditions imposed them in the diamond mines
owned by Britains ruthless capitalist overload.
It Sir Frederick Lugard one of England's fore
most "empire builders who wrote in 1905 euogizine
the part played consciously unconsciously by mis-
sionares in preparing the way for capitalist develop
ment of the so-called backward" elements among the
peoples of the earth Sir Frederick spoke especially
the heather of South Africa but what he had to say
is equally applicable to similar efforts in China It is
applicable to Williams. Sir Frederick said:
"There is agency which has done more, perhaps
than any other for the development of British
sions. This is the pioneer work of the missionaries
of such men Livingstone and Moffatt. put aside
the spiritual aspect of such work and looking
at its economic advantages to State.
Missionaries usually active agents in teaching
industrial work among the natives and in creating within
them new habits and desires, all of which tend to the
increase of In missionary enterprises of to-
day the necessity of teaching the native industry
whereby he obtain his living after conversion, is
more and more recognized.
81 feel convinced that that government is wise that
will foster and encourage missionary effort for the
sake, not only of spiritual advantages but also of
poral
Under these conditions the best type of missionary is
one who has two qualites
First;-He does not interfere with or question the
nature of the profit social system that he serves
cialy as it exploits the subject peoples with whom he
comes directly in contact.
Second:He does not concern himself with the poll
tics OF the government to which he gives his allegiance
In other words he is perfectly servile chrstianlie
in his non-resstanee, with hands clasped meeky and
eyes turned solemnly heavenward.
If what the Rev. Dr. Kelgwin said is to be believed
then the Rev. DR. Williams such missionary of i'm
peralism. Kelgwin said
First. williams allowed himself to be entan-
gled in the commercial structure in China
Imperialism could not want a more abject slave.
China's whole struggle grows out of the efforts of
other nations to dominate it politically, in order that
the commercial interests of the various capitalist states
may be advanced satisfactorily.
According to his friend KeIgwin, whose church pro-
v1ded Williams with the necessary funds to carry his
work in the Orient Williams had nothing to say about
the bludgeoning Of China by The Powers" these many
years. The opium to him a matter of no con-
cern The ruthless suppression of the so-caled Boxer
Uprising concerned somebody else If the bayonet of
the mperast soldiers drpped the blood of the Chinese
workers, Williams evidently felt his hands were clean
because he turned his face the other way It was not
pOIicn offb Tho onita 1s&
state
Similarly, Williams held aloof, it is claimed from the
commercial structure Business might be sordid af-
fair. But Williams would not say Women and chill
dren might be ensaved in industry crushed in the capt.
talist industrial machine. Williams did not allow him
self to become entangled" The striking Shanghai tex
tile workers might be slaughtered in the streets But
that to the Reverend Doctor except that
he might offer up a prayer to the christian god in
whose name the murders originally committed the
military and naval forces being well supplied with god
fearing chaplains.
Thus Williams was the best type of tool of imperial
ism in the Orient He helped give the footing of the
bandit profeers a respectable face that fooled
some Chinese workers and peasants.
1t is possible be neutral in the class strug-
gle in Shanghai Marking Canton than it is to insti-
tute "class peace" in New York. Chicago San Fran
CISCO
When Williams did not attack the imperiast system
for the piage of subject peoples he supported it
svey which is the less effectively which is the
mission of the missionary.
Williams good" missionary In addition he
had ability This plainly shown by the fact that
he repeatedly offered positions director of
camille agencies at fabulous salaries according to Ke
gwin
Big business seeking profits in foreign land does
pick those its servants who criticise it, who diff
fer with its policies who hostile to the capitalist
state at home that protects it, with army and navy
20 waging Of war The Commercial structure" had
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