Show CAUSE OP CHimBSE iDIOTSI < An article ot profound interest Is S contributed to the August number of I the North American Review by Dr S Gcorgp B Smyth president of the Anglo An-glo lncse college at Foo Chow The present disturbances he attributes to the resentment felt by the people on t1 account of ruceht appropriations ter w rlloiy by European nations and the fear of the natives that they portend I the seizure of the entire empire But tho circumstances which arc responsible IS responsi-ble for the deopBeatod hatred 0 the f S foreign devils are varied some being related to the conduct of Europeans toward China In the past and some arising out of Influences thao art at iJI work today Dr Smyths article should be read by every one who Is interested t in-terested in tho present Chinese situation situa-tion From the bitterness of the prejudice preju-dice against the missionaries Dr Smyth draws the following conclusion J Two lessons at least may be learned from this namely the tremendous tremen-dous rcsposibllity which our missionary tI mission-ary societies incur In sending missionaries mission-aries to China and the solemn obligation obli-gation under which such responsibility puts them to send to that distant difficult dif-ficult and dangerous field only the ii choicest men and women they can find There Is no service for which the selection 1 selec-tion of candidates should be so carefully care-fully made The ordinary qualifications it qualifica-tions are not sufficient Zeal alone will 1 not do Besides the passion for humanity 1 hu-manity of which every missionary should bo possessed he should have in i addition the Treat virtues of intellectual il intellec-tual sympathy the power of appreciating appreciat-ing anothers position tho ability to e see the truth where It exists and tact which IB unfailing With such qualities ties as these the missionaries mayS may-S liope in time to overcome prejudice S make their positIon clear and win an 1 acceptance for the great message I which they preach In that message 1 nly Is Chinas salvation for in it alone are the promise and the power to effect tho moral regeneration which la her supreme need |