One of the feature of the situ: tion is the ultrapatriotic titude assumed by some of the Chinese Christian leaders who seem to advocate the removal of all foreigners from China, A violent letter headed "Faithful words to English missionaries" came from [Christians at Fenchowfu, that we were in China agents of Imperialism and that if we wished to avoid the contempt of the whole body of Chinese we had better quickly return home and eave the evangelization of China to those who were China's real friends. JAn effort hes been made to induce missionaries to denounce British action or failing that to lead them make some statement which could the used to. brand them as enemicn lot the Chinese people. There has been the usual amount of wild talk.
[One prominent Christian citizen told a foreigner that they had no ear about going to war with England, for England had no power to hurt' China. It. is impossible to reason with such people or to instruct them. We can only hope that, {in time there may be some reaction Nin favour of truth and some return to kindly feeling, "The people as 'a whole stil seem friendly and those who really know us donot believe that "we are as cruel as the [pamphlets picture us,
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