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The members of the Methodist Rpiscopal Missions in Central China, by large majority votes, have taken' a variety of actions oon-cerning the dificu international followed the May 30 affair in Shanghai. First, they called" upon the American people, through their Steretary of State, to work for the abolition of all. discriminations against the Chinese as soon ay reasonably posible, Second, they faced the actual questions and doubts of Chinese" pastors, "teachers, and physicians, of farmers, artisans, and merchants, and have issued a Statement in Chinese to their fellow workers touching all the most. im: portant. issues. Third, they have Teturned to their churches, schools and. hospitals, determined to demonstrate in' personal and group contacts the principles advocated in the resolutions.
The statement to their Chinese ce-labourers is herewith given english translation. Tt" promises 1 be w highly successful attempt to see all sides of a very complex problem, Tt recognizes that two main streams of baffling difficulties have recently united in a mad Whirlpool of boisterous students, striking coolies, hot-headed police-mon, excited mobs, scurrying gunboats, exasperated officials, furious business men, mystified evangelists, and disillusioned educators. clearly affirms that one stream is solely Chinese and one is entirely foreign.
{The Chinese Causes The purely Chinese causes of theye recent disturbances may not Years of wides-weakness on the other. Nevertheless, this incident should have been dealt with promptly and justly in the light of the facts.
'A Race Problem Perhaps the strongest feature of this pronouncement is its treatment of the difficulties as a race problem of the first magnitude. It assumes that the white and yellow races will continue to have intimate and increasingly complex contacts. It points out the only way in which race problems can be solved. Each group must recognize that they have more numerous and more significant points in common than in opposition. Each must recognize that every racial group has a distinct contribution to make toward the welfare of the whole, Westerners will live peacefully together with Chinese in China when each group endeavours to serve the other in the spirit of love. This ig the Christian solution of China's present international problems.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.