attacks on Buddhism, which I have read, has just appeared in four leaders, i the Canton Times" daring four consecutive days It is well known to thave conversant with Ohinese affairs, and even t+ those who have only s smattering thereof, that recently Japanevo Buddhist s have been making determined efforts to obtain a footing in China. The ostensible i assigned to be 8 desire to the decayed {Buddhism of this country, which course, in their opinion, is " laudable ambition. Lately a Buddhist temple has beea opened: in Canton,.near the by, Japanese priests. Morewver these east gate, which is, I believe.' peopled
priests have, through the mediation of their Consul, attempted to secure from land to their doctrines. This, the the mandarins permission to in.
officials have been unwilling to sanction. These are in brief the facts, supposed to be current property. The editor has, therefore opened fire on the whole pack and tribe of the Buddhist cult, neither sparing the ancient, Emperors who. encouraged it, nor the modern gang of bonzes who flourish on it. It is interesting, perhaps, to Western readers, and will be specially 80 to missionaries, to notice that these latter, both Roman Catholic and Protestant alike, when] oth compared with the Buddhist priests, are shown to possess a marked superiority. Missionaries, though they do not produce wealth in the ordinary acceptation of the term, yet spend their time in improving others. Buddhist priests, on the other hand, not only do not produce wealth, but live on the superstition of those who worship in the. temples and make no attempt to do anything in return.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.