| Show CAUSE OF RIOTS The official Chinese a reports on tho the riots In that country against certain missionary i prove the utter lack Inck of regard for or the natives front from which some of ot tin the representatives of ot western civilization lira are Buffering suffering No Noless Noless less than eleven missionaries have havo been put jut ut to In death lentil In China by b mobs since last October During that month live American Presbyterians were ere killed nt itt and at ot only a n short time ago ak III French Francis Catholic priests were the victims On both hoth occasions the tho foreigners seem to have hll ve needlessly stirred up the tho fury fur of ot the Chinese e According to what Is III accepted as aH n a reliable report of or the Incident nt at a n festival was wall celebrated there thero by hy the populace near a II hospital connected with the American mission loll A platform pia 1111 the report built for tor forthe forthe the occasion happened to encroach slightly upon the ground belonging belonI to the tho American merl missionary society t Dr desired Its II removal and seized Helzel three consecrated cannon on the altar This act excited the lie Indignation of oe the village lIh o people and brought on a riot The other Mo side of this story may mar possibly b be that the tho Americans object objected ed cd to 10 the noise In III the vicinity of the hospital und onil hoped to 10 have the bly bl and the tho program whatever It was removed to sonic some more appropriate lo Ic location cation but Jut tIm Iho seizure of oC tho the conse consecrated consecrated crated cannon was nevertheless un ott unpardonable act of Indiscretion What would be tho the tate of ot any an Chinese In inthis this thU country who should enter u n achurch church hurch and nd seize any 1111 of ot the tho 1st property Ret Bet apart for Cor sacred ceremonies WH Wi fancy In iii some Mme localities their time those on onearth onearth earth would be he brief Indeed In tho the affair the tho French were more than Indiscreet creet The Cath Catholic aPe oik missionaries It Is III claimed Issued an lilt appeal for Cor subscriptions to their I church In III the form Corns and with the char characters characters I used for or documents The file authorities protested and anti the tho priests refused refu 1 to acknowledge that they th y had hod done anything wrong r nc ac account count says Serious blame attaches to 10 the French I Catholics Chinese 6 friendly to 1 tho missionaries object to torl priests rl Rt exercising civil functions These h se missionaries In other words en endeavored to raise money anti to give e their appeal to tho the public thc tha appear alice anco of or an 1111 document Imitated the tho form torm used by the regular author authorities What That was Wats an nn act of ot arrogance anti and trickery A Japanese J diplomat recently do de deplored the lack of nf tact act of or missIonaries he hud bud come comae In contact with and he ht it clearly knew whereof he wa waR speaking The Tho trouble Is that many of ot those mis lois missionaries do 1111 tb not K JI ge out to Urn the world as III of peace end and goodwill They The go cm as l of 0 r west western We t ecu ern civilization Its Us r and nial commercialism e lis tn not to say nay ltd ita prejudices prejudices dices and even oven vices ros Foreign mission missionaries missIonaries aries arles should be he men und anti women with I no other aim than this the establishment of or tho the kingdom of Und Gall upon earth ron Even then lieu they the might fall alt martyrs marins to tho the cause hut they the would be bo Innocent of offense and find their death would hour fruit tru It China will we WI presume be bo called to account for tor these thue mob murders It Il Is III IIII necessary I that the lie foreigners there are arc protected as All tar fur as possible Hut If full tull justice Is III to ci bo ho done the tho provocations provocations a to anger aner must be given due duo Weight I IJ J |
