CHINESE TROUBLE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 10, 9 December 1926, Page 8

CHINESE TROUBLE

MISSIONARIES BLAMED.

SPEECH BY LORD INCHCAPE.

PROTEST BY CLERGYMEN

CBy Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright.) Received December 9, 12.20 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 8. Lord Incbcape, addressing the shareholders at the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s meeting x in mentioning the losses of the company through the Chinese trouble expressed the opinion that missionaries were largely responsible for the antagonisms. He asked how we would regard the Chinese if they studded Britain with Buddhist missionaries. ' Christian missions were justifiable among cruel and uncivilised peoples, but not attempts to break down China’s ancient faiths. The sooner we gave up the Indian and Chinese missions the bettor.

Rev. Mr Hoare, a shareholder, protested that the missionaries did not disparage the Chinese religion, but merely tried to show that their teachings were fulfilled by Christianity. The missions were in nowise responsible for the unrest. Those acknowledging tho supremacy of the head of the Church must continue the missions even if they conflicted with the Peninsular Company’s or other interests. Lord Inchcape did not reply.—A. and N.Z. cable.

POSITION EXPLAINED

IDENTICAL TREATY PROVISIONS

Received December 9, 1.10 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 8. “J. wonder if Lord Inchcape is aware that missionaries work in China under exactly tho same treaty provisions as comnTercial men,” said Rev. T. Barclay, secretary of the Church Missionary Society, adding: “If the Chinese dislike tho missionaries what about business men ? The P. and 0. officers possess the same right, but no more right than the missionary organisations. The Chinese probably realise that tho P. and 0. Company, operates in China for their own profit, whereas the missionary aims are altruistic. Letters from our people in Western China, where there is considerable anti-foreign feeling, show that they are well treated.” —A. and N.Z. cable.