Yo the Editor of the "Nomi Cuma Dany News"
Su—Speaking In generalities it must be In fairness admitted that ate. Cus, W, Rankuy is not without some fustifeation for the complaints con~ {tained in his letter published in your issue of the 16th instant and I con~ sider it exceedingly generous of your correspondent "Anazaicay MissioNany" to issue so emphatic a dissociation {for himself and on behalf of some of his esteemed colleagues, in your issue for to-day.
Animosity towards the missions Jcortainly does exist to some extent among elements of the Chinese: populace but the antagonists Christians "in China are. composed. entirely of Chinese who ore not at} all acquainted with the true nature of the missions, their motives and activities and what is worse still they ever entertained the slightest desire to got acquainted and see for themselves the truth. Some of these Jantagonists are even under the selt-evident erroneous impression that the fnisslonaries are the paid agents of foreign imperialism.
Unfortunately an organized and bigoted minority will-frequently over~ rule the desires of the preponderant unorganized majority and so in the present instance certain measures were forced through the competent Chinese government organs to late" the missions. These regul: ions fostered by extreme nationalists and. launched forth some twelve years ago at the swell of the tide of national consciousness which swept the Chinese people off their fect could not be equitable nor conducive to mission activities and indeed they were neither.
Although it was stipulated by the Fegulations that a Chinese shall appointed to head the various mission Institutions mo dispossession has taken place for the Chinese appointees have always exercised their prerogatives with extreme discretion and {tke affairs of the missions and their affiliated institutes are always dis posed of only with the advice and consent of their foreign and Chinese feonforees. Thus the missions were Able to carry on as usual and in perfect harmony. The only change Drought about by the regulative and restrictive measures was the nominal control of the Chinese chiefs, Space precludes the recapitulation lof the multitudinous things, the mis sions have done for the Chinese nation, bringing into the country millions and millions of dollars of vestment for which no return is made liner ever expected. The other day T happened to meet on alumna of the Yenching University and was greatly strike by her education and refine ment. It suddenly dawned on me what the missions have done in the emancipation of some two hundred million Chinese women, For were it not for the missions this all-round developed charming young lady would the hobbling about on small feet, probably could neither read nor write fand her chief accomplishment would be needle work.
It the missions have done nothing' for us except the elevation of Chinese women to the righteous place they' Would' have accomplished plenty. [Mtsstonaries are our friends and may they always be with us, sympathetic in our sorrow and rejoice in our gladness, T may be permitted to urge Mr, Raxxiw and other missionaries who have some grievance to be patient for amende honorable will be made in the course of time as more and more Chinese realize what the missions have done for us, ovtrnment attitudes. to" Christian shanghai, Nov: 20 your issue of Noy. 10 dosing With Kuo Kwos. that ug come tu ate tion, Dinteallyt dlssocinte: myself with ate tobsionery, oat
nearly" everything that Mr, Rankin says, If T am correctly informed: he is an independent missionary and speaks for himself only. I belong to a mission with a hundred members, and am an offeial of an organization ith" which over 500 missionaries fare connected. Nine out of ten of these would disagree as emphatically: with Mr, Rakin as T do. strange proceeding for anyone who cannot help feeling that itis, 9 Considers himself a friend of China to bring up matters like this at this time. T hope that our Chinese friends will believe that very large numbers of missionaries do not hold their hearts the sort of attitude which Mu, Rawkix seems to have,
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