How Rome Makes Mischief

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 20, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 12.

How Rome Makes Mischief.

An English missionary, in a letter from China, throws an interesting light on the methods employed by the priests. He says: “The policy of the Roman mission is to defend their converts, try cases themselves, inflict punishments, demand the heads of assailants from the Chinese Government, ask for enormous compensation for damage to property in riots, and, whenever possible, have a French gunboat at hand. Our policy is to avoid interference as far as possible, and so we tell our men that if they get into rows, we shall not try to get them out. I am convinced that our system is right, but on account of the constant miscarriage of justice in the Chinese courts, it is very difficult.”—Selected.