THE CHINESE QUESTION.
(To the Editor).
Sir,—My failure to affix my name to my letter was due to a natural modesty which I am unable to overcome. I have neither time nor inclination to reply to my critics. Some of them are far from being the equals of the Chinese in politeness; perhaps they are below our yellow brothers in other respects. My offence is that I regard John Chinaman as a man and a brother. To my assailants he is neither a brother nor a man. They are very superior persons—■ made of superior clay. But they do not know themselves. "The proper study of mankind is man." Let my .critics and all the slanderers of our yellow brothers study themselves, and they will have a higher opinion of the yellow people, many of whom are, perhaps, far above them in intellect and in morals. It would be an easy thing to answer Mr Hornsby. He has given me opportunities of scoring heavily; but I have no desire to take advantage of them. So far as I am concerned, I am content to let the case, stand where it is.—Yours, etc., B.A.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8387, 23 March 1907, Page 5
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193THE CHINESE QUESTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8387, 23 March 1907, Page 5
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