Show Are We W e Civilized 1 I Mob Mel law 11 seems to prevail over decency decency decency de de- de- de and justice in various districts of the United St States tes and scarcely a n aday aday day passes without an outrage being perpetrated says the Salt Lake Tri Tri- bune In Iu recent dispatches we find findan findan findan an account pf of how a woman was stripped tarred and feathered in j Texas and another account of the tarring and feathering of ot a minister in Florida There have been numerous numerous numerous numer numer- I ous and in this country since the first of the year ear and these disgraceful occurrences have become known throughout the world All this time our missionaries in heathen lands have been bo boasting boast t- t lug fug of our western civilization and urging the nations to follow our lead But the people of far-distant far countries are n not t so so- simple-minded simple as we like to believe them They listen to the missionaries unmoved because they know that the American Ameri Ameri- can people do not live up to their professions of faith This is on one of the chief reasons wh why the heathen continues to rage Japan Is one of the countries where missionary work is s most difficult dif dlf- A cult and where good res results are are Aleast least apparent Japan has become at least partly civilized since the days of Commodore Perry and Is now re- re regarded as one of the first-class first powers There is less crime in Japan than than In the United States and we are not at t all surprised to find tho the following following following fol fol- lowing comment upon the burning alive of a negro in Arkansas in the Asian Review published at Tokio Ameri Americans ans vociferously claim to be I 1 IJ Ia J a I i the champions o of justice and humanity humanIty human human- human human- Ity yet they do dG not hesitate to tram tram- pie pIe- upon these very principles and perpetrate the foulest deed ever con con- It Is an indelible stain on the name of at America that in this enlightened enlightened enlightened en- en lightened age such crimes should take place publicly and the offenders go unpunished It goes to demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demon- demon strate the utter callousness of the i J hearts of the American public Lynching Is possible in the United States because the spirit of America is in favor of it If this were not true this foul crime would never have grown to its present proportions proportions proportions proportions' nor nor would any of the more thaw J three thousand during the this p past st two thirty-two years have taken place Comment of oC this nature Is enough to to tomake make us bow our heads in shame sham But the editorial goes farther and urges the creation of a strong public opinion throughout the world in order order or- or der der to Zo bring sufficient pr pressure ure to i bear on the American government to adopt effective measures at once so j I jas as to make It i impossible for the r i j American mobs to resort to these i 7 lt barbarous excesses j ji Enforcement of the law without i j I fear or faVor taVor is all that Is 13 n necessary j to to prevent a great majority of such j crimes Recent outrages have resulted result- result ed fn tn the awakening of public sentiment Whether the awakening will bear satisfactory fruit remains to be seen If not then tIle the mIssIonaries missionaries missionaries mission mIssIon- aries should b be recalled from the th i v t foreign fields for the purpose of reclaiming re reclaiming reclaiming re re- the American heathen i claiming I J- J t i. i Jt 1 I |