November 17, 1906.}
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
In the story about the liberation of the prisoner the Bishop is greatly deceived. There was no attack upon the yamed. The man had been apprehended simply to ple to the French priest who refused to accept of the magistrate's decis an unless a Protestant wi: made prisoner. the Roman Catholics pointed ont the man they wanted and he was apprehended about midnight on Sunday. The Protestant pastor from this city, acco upanied by the aimen preacher, went at once to the magistrat · and told him that the man was not a Protestant and that they did not think it was right to apprehend him.
The man was set free about twenty minutes after his arrest. There was no demonstration or use of force such as the Bishop describ38".
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HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
Article 8 of the Treaty of Tientsin did not with repeating rifles. The Protestant ) of China"; but, if we accept the teachings confer upon them "any right of intervention | Missionary earnestly denies this; an at Taichow as defining genuine Christianity, on behalf of native Christians". Sir referring to some struggle over the prisoner it is clear he does not quite know what it ERNEST SATOW said he had reason to know or prisoners, goes on:
meins, for the purport of his circular was that this view was shared by the managing
that the aid of the Consul should be invoke 1 bodies of British Missionary Societies
in all disputes. At Taichow, it is admitted, working in China, and for the most part
thy invokel the aid of the Militia. How acted upon.
This relieves us of the onus
can any rally impartial observer approve of distinguishing between rival sects, for
of either side? except when one or the other appears to be acting wrongfully, we respect both im. partially. In this spirit we now proceed to unfold the interesting story already mentioned, promising that, if it should be wrongly coloured in any way, the bias is not to be imputed to us. Somewhere in the province of Chekiang, there is a place where the natives are being advised to abandon their own faith, and to embrace one of the two which are offered. We gather that a Chinese pond-keeper named KY'IU had elected to be a Protestant; and that at a certain season, by official permission, he plauted waterchestnuts for bis own use. Another Chinaman, who had become
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But although there wore no armed Protestants (according to this witness) | there was quite a formidable mob of pseudo-Catholics (also according to this
witness). He continues:
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Ha [the Bishop] says The Catholics, who Roman Catholic acolyte, began
are very numerons in Haimer, obeyed their missionary'. Doss he mein the members of gather Kr'iu's crop, and it is even
the Roman Catholic church are numerons in alleged that he persist in dgarding Haimen? I do not think he can man this. Keiu's protests. This seems very wrong The Bishop must surely know that there are wat indeed, but it may be mentioned that a hundred Rom in Catholic members am ing th
Roman Catholic Bishop is written gura residents of Haim30. What das be to say the said chestants **
mean? were wild, and
Probably he means those scores of whoever wished to gather them kould do so,
armed man who marched from the surrounding for they belonged to no one'
country to invest the town, cow the magistra'es,' Whereupon
and if necessary kill the Protestants. If this be a Protestant Missionary rejons that they so the Bishop has supplied the information that were nothing of the kind. We have", he 1 wanted. Does he know that among thos writes, “two very distinct varieties of armed men who were quartered in the Roman waterchestnuts here. Que kind grows wild, Catholic premises aud in the acolyte's house, has small leaves and a small insignificant and in Nyun's compound, there were about forty nut. The cultivated variety has a fine large, Will the Bishop in his next letter explain how desperadoes, robbers, pirates and lawless meu? leaf and grows a large well rounded nui
it is that these men by paying their twenty. about the size of a pigeon's egg, with a large forty, or oe handed dollars a head, to tus kernel. I brought honte some plants from Romau Catholic Church, ar term d pin ia the Haimen poud. They are not wild, but and are protected by his church from the civil are beautiful specimens of a cultivated power? variety". As impartial judges, we should point out that both witnesses are obviously prejudiced in favour of their respective clients; but, assuming that neither reverend gentleman could be guilty of deceit, we hit upon the theory that on the same fond there may have been growing both kinds. Unless some such opening for a mistake is made, it follows, as the night the day, that oue of these two reverend gentlemen has committed breach of the commandment forbidding the bearing of false witness. This is indeed an alarming possibility, for the Chinese have a great regard, it only academic, for truth; and it is obvious that if they find one teacher false, they will suspect all. We have not the least idea which was the worse culprit; but the Pro- testant Missionary deposes as follows:
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There are grave, not to say unchuritable, charges in the foregoing extract. We have given some the emphasis of italics. We hope that no Sunday-school children will be permitted to read about this, for to the ingenuous mind of a child, such things must b most disconverting.
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Christian's cloak be taken, we underst in I he is expartel to offer the thief his cout also. The Protestant Missionary quoted had this in mind; he concludes by assuring the Catholic Bishop that Taichow Protestants do not fight; their kingdom is not of this world; "they are taught", he alds, "to suffering for Christ's sake, and to look for their reward in the next world". To hear suffering, aud to want no reward here below-that is indeed consistent with our idea of their teaching; but bow, may we
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the Protestant Missionary's own statements (in our first extract of his deposition) that the loss of chestnuts was not borne for any persisted in taking chestnuts from the pud, an
sake, but that an appeal was made; that appal was made to the Haimen gentry, and it it was a Protestaut preacher who caused the was admitted that the waterchestants belonged militia to be called out; and that the old to the pond-keeper Ky'iu. Lite, when the acolyte gathered a crowd of his associates and pond-keeper, instead of waiting for the made an attack on a company of Protestants 10
future reward he is taught to wait for, has keep them from interfering with his coolies as accepted compensation f his witer- they picked the waterchestants, the Militia | chestnuts? These be puzzling things, and took one of these coolies prisoner. It was in
The proclamation of District Magistrate Wang orders Ky'in to plant waterchestnuts for his own use and forbids anyone to steal them. When the Roman Catholic acolyt
compliance with a request from the 'rotestant | side ou the evidence. To bind both parties we certainly cannot give judgment for either
preacher that the Militia were called out, v hen the magistrate Siao gave judgment at Him-n. he ordered that the pond-keeper be recompensed for the waterchestouts taken from the poud. The pond has now been cleared of waterchest- nuts, and the officials have promised to pay the old pond-keeper for them, deducting the cost of labour."
The Catholic Bishop was informed that of the Protestant brawlers were scoundrels hired by the day, and armed
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over to keep the pace, under pulty of expulsion from China, seems the nearest thing to justice; and, as they wou'd be sure to fail to keep it, this solution would doubt- less be welcomed by the Chinese and the foreign diplomats as well. Sir ERNEST SATOW, it is worth noting, evidently in 1903 regarded the Catholics as the chief offenders. His last werds obliquely prayed for “a spread of a genuine Christianity among the people
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on November 13th at the Barl Rom The Hon Dr. J. M. Atkinson (president) presided and there were als present Lint. Ćiɔnal ‚Ï. offer of Health, Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin, M. Reid, R.A.M. J., Dr. F. Clark. Modical
Registrar General, Hon. Mr. F. J Bidley, Captain Superintendout of Police. Ноп. Mr. E. A. Hawatt, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. Lau Chn-pak, Mr. Fung Wa-chun and Mr. G. A. Woodoook (secretary).
A NEW MEMBER.
The PRESIDENT-I have to inform the meeting that the new P.M.O. Colonel Roid takes his seat for the first time this afternoon in place of Colonel Joslin.
PROPOSED ALTERATION OF MEETING HOUR.
The PRESIDENT, who had, given notice of his intentiou to more that th• tims of tha meating of the Bird by changed from $15 p.m. to 2.30 p.m., said --Although the cast asry 4 hours notice was given concrning this motion, ther has scarcely han tima to cirenlate it among the members. 1 think it will be preferable to adjourn it till next me-ting.
Hou. Mr. Hawer I may say that I am altogether opposed to the motion, xal shall vota against it
GENERAL CLEANSING,
was subm tisl relativa by
Correspondence euer il cleansing.
This dealt with the question of usiur crude Phenyl for the destruction of varmin atte honzes had been washed with soft soap. Toe mitter was bought forward at last moting when the President proposed a resolution complaints in connection with general cleansing, appointing & select committes to cousiter all but as members were of opinion they had not ha tim to consider the question, it was atj›urned.
With regard to the question raised by Mr: Hoper as to the use of liquid fusi, av used in Bombay as an insecticide, the Medical Of 19r of Health said he was sure the Fir. Insuranc Companies and the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade would object to its hare in the house to house cleansing.
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The PRESIDENT minute I-R»ciren'a'e all the papers in connection with this subject as quic ly as practicable and I will summa special meeting to consider the question as soou ax all the members have seen the papers. I io- tended that these should be circulatel ou thi
23.1ultimo, but you (Secretary) informed me that the delay was occasioned by the translation of the letter which it is proposed to serv, bafore th cleansing is put in hand at the Registrar General's office.
The ACTING SECRETARY thought that as thosi papirs containsi a letter from Mr. Lau
Chu-pk they should be susidered enidentially
-Mr. SHELTON HOOPER minuted. I see no reason why this matter should by discussed confidentially On the cutrary I think th greatest publicity should be given to it. It seems curiou that the authritis ia latis should not have found out the danger of using quid fuel" on account of its reported influm.
publicly so that everybody may know what is
ability, if such a danger exists.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK-Why not discuss this going to take place?
If the new procɔdarə is
a lopted, soma alterations will have to be mide in the wording of the Chinese notics, which is not quite accurate, As regards the disinfection of spare clothing, it should be made clear that it is not compulsory. It would also be batter to have the notice so worded as to say that the Sanitary Department in destroying fleas Chinese are desired to co-op rate with the by allowing their disinfected, bat the Sanitary Departmut shall spice clothing to be
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