Politicians Tirade: Christianity' and Oppression Commander of the First Army in" Beat Shautuna.. The "epeeeh vers delivered at the closing exereices of the Yi Wem Mission School at Chef as' accidentally reached ws 30 after delivery (Jan. 10), bat is poor Gabi as time tonday as ever.
The first part of the speech was devoted: to showing that though Monarchism was a suitable form of mes because people of t it is impossible at the present time owing to the spread of knowledge and advancement of learning. He pointed out. that in Europe during the seventeenth and Gommerce received a great impetus owing to the discovery of America and the opening of communications. This Jed to the advent of capitalism which became corrupt during the nineteenth century so that it proved very injurious without any resuliant benefit. Th physical science we learn that two separate bodies cannot occupy the same space at, the same time and so in China we can only have one principle for the country, and that is the Sax Min (principle) You must not try to introduce any other principle into China; the Sax Min Chu is the principle of the Revolution, Secondly, you gentlemen have a belief in God, You must have the same belief in our saviour Sun Yat-/ son and unitedly, with all your strength forward the cause of the Revolution, with the object of procuring for our China liberty and equality. Then will follow social service. Do not seck for personal gain, Today the ethics of business men are destroyed and they think only of making money without any consideration for the misery the people, and so they are described as crafty merchants and seckers of gain, Gentlemen, as you pass through fife, strive to eliminate these corruptions, and 20 {introduee a new epoch in ' China's: conimerce. On mo account take the status of foreign slaves and com. pradores.
Missionaries and {mperialism 'Thirdly, you must awake to the: fact that the culture of the imerialistic countries, which has enfered our Jand, is a' most poisonous weapon for the deste of our national spirit. Christianity is the advance guard for the invasion of China by Imperialistic countries. By means of the flowery speech of the Bible they come and deceive Chin-exe, with the object of settings them in their power for ever, incapable of Tesistance. It was on' this account that after the Opium War, all countries promiscuously despatched missionaries to China, in onder to stir up trouble. Then they forced China into concluding unequal treaties. as for instance the Tientsin Treaty-made with France, the!
Treaty made with Germany through kiaochow was leased to it then the Treaty with France by which she obtained the lease of Kuangchowwan. Following these there the Treaty made with the Eight Powers in the year 1900. These were li made because of missionaries who were willing to give up their lives for Imperialism, Looked at from this point, we rational Chinese know full' well what Christianity is. What is the Tsinghua University? What is the Tsilu University? They are hut the legs to be used for the advance of the ame cause, There is yet another matter. The evlueational authority rests with the Government, and cannot be allowed to the foreigner. If foreigners are permitted to live in the interior for purposes of trade or teaching, then they must submit to the jurisdiefon of the Government. "At the present, foreigners establish schools they please. Rach entries out its own policy, with its own en asa standard, and the Chinese scholars who pose thromeh these schools gravitate toward those countries and lose their Chinese spirit, fu trac calls!
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