e were so many
more Catholics massacred than Protestants in the recent uprising.

But why should the people have killed the Christians at all? Well, in
a time of anti-foreign uprising the people are easily misled. The
rioter, and those anxious to plunder would surely say: "The
Christians are just the same as the Catholics," so they killed them
to effect robbery.

It is also true that the missionaries, especially those of Catholic
faith, have often been, by ignorant people, charged with decoying
children into their missionary compound and then killing them in
order to gouge their eyes out and secure their hearts from which to
make medicines. And again, we have heard silly rumors like these: The
foreigners send their missionaries to China to first win the hearts
of the people, and then come with armies to take China for their own.
All these different rumors have had their origin in Buddhist and
Taoist priests, who have shown most bitter jealousy toward
Christianity and missionaries.

While these absurd rumors have done a great deal of mischief by
inciting the people in the recent outbreak, they are very
insignificant when compared with the bitter feeling aroused by the
greedy grabbing of Chinese territory by the different Powers. All
praise to the United States, for she is the only nation that does not
covet Chinese territory. The other Powers are all eager and are doing
their utmost to have China partitioned, so that they may each seize
upon the territory they covet. In fact Russia had already taken Port
Arthur, Newchang and other important places, and had practically
taken in possession the whole of Shen King Province and Manchuria,
and still they want the Pechili Province.

Germany had taken Kiachau and a large strip of valuable land from the
Shan Tung Province, and now she wants more; she wants that whole
Province, and God alone knows what else she is after.

Great Britain took Hong Kong and then Wei-hai-wei, and lately grabbed
Kowloon and for some time past her covetous eye has been firmly fixed
on the Yangtse valley.

France made seizure of Anam and Tong King several years ago and since
then she is scheming to extend her northern boundary line far into
the Quang Se and Yun Nan Provinces; she is planning soon to grab the
beautiful island of Hainan.

Japan has also become insatiable. She has already grabbed the Island
of Formosa and now she is waiting impatiently to take forcible
possession of the Foo Kien P