THE AWAKENING OF CHINA.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 836, 7 May 1910, Page 3

THE AWAKENING OF CHINA.

INTERESTING INTERVIEW. Sydnky, May 6. Captain Varawa, a Russian merchant at Shanghai, at present visiting Australia, says the biggest question just now in China is the change iu public opinion respecting military service. The best assomething beneath them,but now families looked on military service they are actively participating in the formation of volunteer companies. There is a steadily growing feeling of China for the Chinese. The outbreak against the missionaries was a small sectional uprising against missionaries only because of interference with family matters. The Chinese acknowledge that the missionaries do good to the sick and poor and teach them good lessons, but the point is that they also break up families. When one or two of the sons are taken away from the family to be made Christians, the family honour is affected. If whole families were proselytised it would be all right, but to proselytise a portion of a family is unwise. No one recognises what family life means to the Chinese unless he has lived there. It was the belief amongst the Chinese that China would pass through its greatest struggle from 1907 till 1917 and the seers expect a great war then, probably with Japan.