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ACTIONS AND REACTIONS

IN CHINA.

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to redress the balance is readily intelligible. The danger and difficulty of this position is realized by missionaries themselves; thus, an African missionary writes,Many a little Protestant Pope in the lonely bush is forced by his self

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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

The most recent statistics (1911) show that there are 12 Societies working in Ching Core connection with the Roman The natural climax to these pretensions Church with 2,176 priests (701 of whom are Chinese) and 1,383,697 baptized con- to political influence on the part of the Catholic missionaries was the grant to verts The unfortunate friction and them of official status. On March 15th, strife that, especially in Kaangtung and 1889, the Tsunghi Tamen addressed & Chokiang, arises between the converts of Memorial to the Throne, recommending the Roman Church and those of the Pro- rules for the transaction by the bishops testant Missions must be mentioned, and priests of international business though, in view of the assurance with relating to tho affairs of the Church, which charge and countercharge are and assigning their comparative ranks brought, it may be wise to reserve judg All this applies, of course, equally (Bishops to rank on a footing of absolute ment. In many places, too, perfectly Governors General and harmonious and friendly relations exist between the missionaries of the Reformed Churches and the Roman Catholics, and it is at least significant that in the very regions where inter-convert strife is commonest, clan feuds and tribal quarrels re a recognized part of the social scheme,

quarrels under the cloak of religion

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wharves delivery may be obtained. that their real cause is to be found.

equality with

Roman missionaries and to those of the Reformed Churches, and, though cases of political uction and of interference in Governors; Provicaires and Head Priests judicial proceedings are by no means u

with Treasurers, Judges, and Taotais; known among the latter, they are far and other priests with Prefects or Magi. wore numerous among the former, with stratos.) The Imperial assent was given whom they might almost be aid to form to these proposals the same day, and the part of an established policy. This has functionaries of the Roman Church in

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quently developed to a degree unknown this usurpation of temporal power, and in other non-Christian countries. Equal-it is sometimes cited as one of the main ly certain is it that the aspirations to iramediate causes of the Boxer outbreak political power of the Roman priests has this, however, is scarcely demonstrable. been one of the leading causes of the ill-though there can be little question fant will and suspicion with which the Chine the action of the Roman Church in this often regard foreign missionaries, and connection added a few drops more to even of overt anti-missionary and anti-the cap of anti-foreign sentiment thats foreign disturbances. The causes underly was poured out in 1900.

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ing the Boxer rising are too complex to It was at ones urged that, under the be assorted in due order of importanes most-favoured-nation

clauses, mission- were every denomination aspirations of misionaries was automatically vested with the doubtedly one of them; an even more exact case in point is that of the Nan. Privileges. It seems open to doubt whe the straight-down, boyish figure will give SAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LIMITED, Fri

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ch'aug massacre in February, 1008, when could be interpreted so as to operate in amper and following the natural lines disagreement between the Roman priests this way-it seems more a case for the Already signs of the change are visible NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. which two English missionaries and their operation of a most-favoured-sets clause, did such exist, for though these privileges little girl were killed. The evils of this would inure to the benefit of an English aystem of interference in political affairs were pointed out by Sir Rutherford missionary of the Roman Church, they could not be clamed by a French Alcock (sometime British Minister at Protestant missionary. Be that as it Peking) in a lotter to the Times, it is probable that at that time the

Writing under (September 13th, 1886).

Chinese Government would have needed the title France, China, and the Vatican," he attributes to this inter little or no pressure to grant similar rank and powers to Protestant missionaries,

ference "the perennial hostility towards but these latter absolutely refused to Christianity and its teachers in every form which now pervades the whole participate in this adoption of civil

authority. nation, rulers and people, from the highest to the lowest," and proceeds: This grant of official rank to the "When asked by Pope Pius IX. u Rome, dignitaries and officers of the Roman on my return home, soon after the mas Church in China was resumed on April Bacre at Tientsin, how I accounted for the 10th, 1908, and the incident is not e persistent hatred manifested against the closed book. On February 28th, 1912, the missionaries and their converts, I felt Bishop in Peking, it is true, had an audience with the President on ecclesiasti- constrained to answer: “Ib was not a

cal matters, but this was but the natural- question of religion with them, but of

| sequel to the deputation of Chiner

civil jurisdiction, and I was pot sur Christiane from other missions that the

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