The vocond stream of difficulty is strictly foreign. Its source and volume lie in the spirit of aggression and superiority which has characterized 0 much of the dealings of westerners with Chinese, This statement denounces that spirit in no uncertain terms, goes further; it specifies the point at which the missionaries them-elves have exhibited that spirit. They have done so by insisting that the best and perhaps the only way build Christian institutions hina is by the use of methods and organizations, buildings and equipments, rituals and creeds, such Ihave been' successfully used in West. But these missionaries ha studied history and know that their religion has an almost uncanny power of making itself at home in terms of any culture or civilisation, "They therefore regret their own expressions of race pride oven when unconsciously exhibited, because they have prevented the Chinese from expressing the spirit of Jesus a completely indigenous way.
This statement joins in the demand for treaty revision with the ultimate object of elimination from China of all concessions, extrality, foreign tariff control and foreign gunboats, But it recognizes the need for a time element, and a gradual approach to that goal. These treaty discriminations against the Chinese are not regarded as fundamental causes, but as symptoms of the unfortunate race Pride 90 roundly condemned. The Shanghai affair is also treated as 'a symptom. Tt wag mot a cause, but the match which lighted the powder laid through long decades of misunderstanding and irritation, of usurpation on the one side, and regret that an impartial investigation was not made at once, and that Justice has not been done to all concerned.
Several weeks ago we sent a letter to the American Secretary of State regarding the unequal treaties. This letter approved the calling of an international conference inves extraterritoriality, foreign concessions, and foreign control of the tariff, and urged the elimination of these' discriminations as soon as reasonably possible, have noted that patriotic Chinese Christi have asserted that there are some serious internal problems affect the present situation. We realize something of the of these problems and wish to express our confidence in the ability of the Chinese people, actuated by the spirit of Jesus, to solve them. Furthermore, we would be happy to be of any possible service in these efforts, in so far as they do not lead us into interference with China's political affairs.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.