Because of hie knowledzs and experience the foreigner ix always aman of importance in China There have been times, ax for example when Marco Polo' was official, when the country was more less under the control of fore ers, And tony even the humble missionary ix n friend of Governors, 'Tupans, Generals, Magistrates, in fa way' that shows him to be a person of special distinction granted to few among the Chinese themselves. There are no foreign coolies, no foreign servants—all are taipans, or managers, or at, the east clerks, in ull foreign business houses. Truly x royal people if] there was ever one!
Viewed from thi angle one has very great sympathy for the Chinese. Have we been too persistent in our propaganda? Has our zeal consumed us? It is useless for us to contend that we have done it all for love of the Chinese. They do not desire so to be-loved. And as love is always. selfish we aust admit that our best efforts have been tainted with a desire to promote our programme, to put through cur schemes, to organize our resources to the best advantage. And thus we are misunderstood. It is a satisfaction to know that there are thousands of Chinese who appreciate the presence of the forcizner in his land. Hundreds are a to testify to the unselfish helpfulness of missionaries ani others. But they do not represent the rank and file of the Chinese who are still suspicious.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.