Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-10
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

amounts to not less than the proposed
addition; in fact owing to the rapa-
ciousneSs and deceit of the provincial
collectors, its extortion exceeds all the
proposed addition. Nevertheless. the
reform would tend TO correct the abuses
of the local grafters and add to the
prestige and dignity of the central gov
eminent After 1929. China will be at
liberty to fix her tariffs according TO
her own ideas of tariff for revenue
only" or "for protection to infant indus
tries" in young and growing nation.
whose first laws were promulgated onlf
$500 years BIC.
The supposed generosity OF the West
In contemplating an early surrender of
extraterritoriality also has its question
mark. Will America dare to expose
American citizens in China to the
practices of Chinese Justice?
Great Britain was the first to claim
the right to try her own citizens, since
1902: the United States followed In 1908.
At the Washington conference in 1921.
DR. Wang. representing China. pleaded
for a revocation of that concession, on
the ground that in 1908 there were but
5 ports open to foreign commerce,
while today there are so open. Then,
there we're but few foreigners then.
while today the so ports are crowded
with them. and they taunt and tor
ment the native police. with their i'm
munity to Chinese authorities. Wash
ington has seen some of the same spirit.
perhaps. among young attaches WIN
are exempt from our liquor and trsf
laws. and cannot be arrested in Americs
no matter what they do.
On the other hand. the following
description OF Chinese jailS and methods
gives vivid picture of what a foreigner
will face II the defense of his home
government be taken away. An Anieri-
can ofilciai writes:
Prisoners we're lodged in dark rooms
with only an opening In the ceiling
10 inches square. for light and venti-
lation. The floor reeked with dirt and
Nth OF years, and rs I CROPPED my way
in the semi-darkness stumbled over
the PROSTATE form of man chained
to a stake in the ground, Striking
match. ] beheld creature, dirty and
begrimed. In the last stages of degra-
dation. confined in q hole worse than
kennel. Others were chained together
TO board secured by stakes to this black
hole No tendance Of any kind was
given the prisoners. the state having
distinctly limited interest In thosS
committed to gaol.
In the West, too. some of the pun.
ishments are ingenious and cruel, be,
ing awarded according 10 the natur-
of the crime, For serious offenSeS
which We might term manslaughter.
the criminal may be placed In a cage
with his head through an opening in
the top, He stands on a layer OF bricks,
which are just high enough to sup
port him without straining the head,
These are gradually removed. one every
day. until his toes barely touch the
ground. and he Is left thus to die by
slow Stranguiation.
ITO force a confession, the accused
is made to kneei ON broken crockery
or thinly spread maize tcorn>."
During the war. practically all mis-
were withdrawn According
to a report at a recent Methodist board
meeting, the accomplishments of the
Christian missionaries, up 20 the time
Of withdrawal, amounted to the follow
ing:
Organized churches. ,... 5000
............. 40O. 900
Christian community ,, 500 900
Native preachers and workers, $4,000
schools .s....,,....t.,s@ 5000
Colleges and universities. . "a
Students In colleges. 1000
Theological institutions. ~ las
theological students, ,,,,.... 1000
Medical schools. ..,ss...s.. IL
Medical students. ,,st..,s,. 500
All Of this work by the foreign
devils" Is suspended by war,
Some non-rellgionist critics discount
the converts by termlne them "riee
Christians" who pretend conversion
because II gives them living" de-
elArlng thMt they are moi rnnnincnd