But there is that in the psychology of the Chinese that intensifies this normal reaction till it appears not only alarming and dangerous, but factually obnoxious. We speak now of the rank and file of the people fand not of those few who are notable exceptions to the rule. When itis remembered that the adherents of all foreign missions, and the employees of all foreign firms, are to be numbered by the hundreds of thousands while the nation asa whole, is numbered by the hundreds of millions, we begin to realize how largely China is "untouched" by foreign influence. "In the nature of the esce—langely because itis known that foreign governments are strong and because foreigners in China Fepresent wealth, position "and fedueation; and because some of the Chinese remember the results of Boxer uprising; and because there are gun-boats on the Yangtze, and in other places in China; and because foreigners ax a whole have been benefit to China—for these, and other reasons, we are tolerated and often get the idea that we have Won our way into the hearts of the Chinece. But that great mass of people that is the real "China" has never been reconciled and definitely antagonistic because we are looked nace. ing only to the person of narrow vision, and. the fatuous who refuse to admit that wat they considered their to China has not introduced the millennium they so confidently expected to inaugurate when they arrived in this land 10, 20 or 30 years ago. This statenient is not intended to apply to the missionary only; others in business and diplomatic life need to be disillusioned quite as much, if not more. But to the man of larger vision, who is, prepared to' admit. mistakes, and who does not approach China. in the spirit of, "truly we are the people and wisdom will die wit us)" every outbreak of the ant foreign spirit only fills him with fresh enthusiasm to attack anew the! citadel of ignorance and superstition that holds us away from the Chin. ese. Ho realizes that his is a man's job. That it is a job that will require all he can put into it, and hich may even demand the supreme sacrifice if he is to carry on in this warfare. To one who is unable to this statement, it is necessary explain that this is not a plea to ye up our so-called "rights" which we az foreigners enjoy in according to treaties, till China is in shape to make that possible. Some day thit will also come, but, resent, the giving up of those ights" would mean the certain removal of practically every foreigner from Inland China, The "right" we mention hero is the right to resent the presence of the Intruder no matter under what pre= text he may come. In private life any land the meddler does so, to his own hurt though the neigh dourly interference be given with the best intention in the world, Now these things we admit, but we come to a land like this in the spirit that we have made grave sacrifices (and to help, these poor, deluded Chine: but we'd so with such an attitude of pity condescension, an)gance and national pride that we repel, where we had expected to win, It seems incredible to many Chinese that the very ones who have come to preach n Gospel of Peace exe hibit an attitude that to them anything but peaceful, We do not say that the Chinese are right in feeling as they do about it, we only mention that this is true of many Chinese. And if this be true it is our duty to inquire og to its eau to how far it is duc to the jinese attitude and how far we fave to blame in the matter; and then to do own best in a humble, earnest effort to meet the issue in the proper way. Nothing will gained by i this subject, by or minimizing it unduly, nor by treating it in' the attitude of hopelessness as if it could not be cured. The mors light we throw concerned, 1 upon the subject the better for all
What is Intrusion?
It may not be possible for us to decide just what constitutes trusion," but there are certain standards which we, as civilized beings, have made for ourselves. So we admit that, in private life at least, an English gentleman has a perfect right to his own opinions on the subject as to what constitutes intrusion. No being on earth is more sedulous in his determination to guard his seclusion, though his standard may be entirely mise apprehended by people of other nations. We cannot arbitrarily, force our own opinions upon the other man, Nor have we the right to declare that the host must accept our presence on our own terms. "Here am I!" "What are you going to do about it?" Boorish in tt extreme! But is not this what the attitude of Europe toward the rest of the world has often been?
Now China, consistent with these standards of' what we have called vila has built walls, literally well as figure: tively, around herself pout the intruder, The need for these walls has seemed very apparent to them; and Chin from the standards of civilization has had great need of her wall However it came about, the mor civilized farmers in the' valleys of China were surrounded on nearly ides by wild nomads and fierce we they were there and they were 'a_menace to the peace of China. So. she called herself "Chungkuch," the "Middle Kingdom"? and all beyond that was "Outside." We are the outsiders. We come from across the sea (Yang jen), from beyond the walls. take such a philosophic view of the next few years China has. little "call" to remain among us in any connexion whatever.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.