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Show An Indignant Protest From a Mis- sionary in China. CathoDc Mission, Ning Po, China. 1 Sept. 18, 1006. Dear Sirs: China is being flooded yvith dirty pic-turtes pic-turtes enclosed in cigarette packages. Is It not a pity to assist in the corruption corrup-tion of this people, many of whom are stIB modest and moral? The Chinese didj not go in search of these Dictures, it ,peing against their time-honored ctfctom to represent yvomen in naked oil half-naked condition; their yvomen ahcrvgirls are always decently clothed both Vummer and yvinter, I am sure you are nJLt-aware of their modesty or else you ijvould not have sent amongst them Isuch indecent, lustful pictures. We missionaries leave father and mother , and native land to come here and spend our lives in reclaiming the Chinese from vice, and you, on the contrary, con-trary, by scattering these pictures broadcast over the land, into every town and hamlet and homestead, are thyvart-ing thyvart-ing our every move. Indeed, you are making jmore proselytes than yve; you gain a hundred Chinese to our one. It is d. pity that English-speaking people, Kvho spend millions to found and support missions in China, should also sen i amongst the Chinese these devil-inv mted obscenities to form one of the g eatest obstacles to their conversion. con-version. Vhat is the use of our trying to convei t the Chinese if you are doing all in yo nr poyver to pervert them. What res pect can the Chinese have for foreigner: ; yvhen they see such quantities quanti-ties of 1 lthy, immoral pictures coming com-ing from hem? Indeed, on your account they are inclined ,to put all foreigners in the sa me category, manufacturers, merchant; and missionaries, and think ill of then i all, to the great prejudice of missionar - yvork among them. , This cir ulation of wicked, sin-enticing pictui s is a two-edged syvord, which hurts both the Chinese and foreigners for-eigners tl e Chinese, inasmuch as it takes ayva - the morality they still have and reduc s them to the level of the brute the foreigners (leaving the great sin and tc rible judgment aside) inasmuch inas-much as i loyvers them in the eyes of uie unines '. x What th n has to be done? First of all, cease o publish such pictures or at least k pp them for yourselves and do not du ip the filth in cartloads in the midst )f the Chinese; and then, if pictures yo i must have, circulate those of an elev iting character. You know better thai I. what yvould take best but if I ai allowed to igve an opinion, opin-ion, I yvoul recommend pictures of public builo ings, steamships, etc. Such pictures wi' iild raise the opinion that the Chines i! have of foreigners. You can take n y yvord for it, . no matter yvhat sort bf a picture you issue so long as it i, colored yvill be acceptable to the Chi aman; but do not think for a momht that the Chinese yvant immoral pi !.ures. They positively do ' not; these Bitter are being forced on , them again:Ht their will and are altogether alto-gether uncal ed for. -. Hoping yo l will help us in the con- version of hina by at least not put- ', ting obstacl s in the yvay, I remain . Yours truly. (SU ned) J. M. FRASER, Apostolic Missionary. . |