The return of the remainder of the Boxer Indemnity to China by the United States, is, according to the preamble of the Bill passed by Congress, an act of friendship. The original bill goniumed the same phrase in its preamble, Friendship, however, is reciprocal. A. friend must be a friend to someone.. He must accept friendship from some-tone. A. stylite cannot be a friend, A hermit cannot have a friend, grouch does not encourage friend ship. A slap in the face does" not develop great friend~ ship. The United "States has returned -these funds which are hers by treaty as an act of friendship. The United States has not adhered to the letter of her in the matter. Because she wanted to be China's friend, wanted China to be her fri disregarded her rights. moment many questions pend between China and the United Stated which involve a possible lessening of that friendship. The illegal tax on American goods cannot make. for friendship. It cert of indicates that China does not want to be the friend of the United States, It is a nega tion of friendship. The sticking to the letter of agreements where the spirit, the intention, is so much bigger, the rond around the Setth ment, the refusal even to discuss the Trade Mark question, the petty difficulties American traders and missionaries meet in the interior, are not indications of a desire to be friendly. They indicate, in a way, that perhaps. the friendship in slightly one-sided, that the American people love, admire and respect the people of China, but that the of of China only utilize this affection to annoy the lover, This is of course not true of the Chinese poem ple. But how can those who do not live in China, who cannot distinguish between the will of the people and the doings of the officials, know they they are not one in spirit?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.