CANDID VIEW OF EAST AND WEST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1109, 24 April 1911, Page 6

CANDID VIEW OF EAST AND WEST.

MR. HWANG OUTSPOKEN. *WE CAN ACQUIRE YOUR STRONG ;■■" " " POINTS." "Your civilisation and your forms of government we may gain in a few years, tut the good qualities, in which wo are superior to you, you cannot gain in hundreds of years." These words were spoken last evening by Mr. Yung Liang Hwang (Chinese Consul) in the course of an address which ho delivered at the Central Mission service in the King's Theatre. Taking as his principal topics "The Yellow Peril" and "The White Peril," Mr. Hwang, in the course of a somewhat striking address,' dealt ' with the outlook and potentialities of the white and yellow races. The Eastern nations, said the speaker, viewed the .Western nations as a "White Penr' just,.as' the.Western people viewed those of the'East'as a "Yellow Peril." Personally, he saw no peril, either white or yellow. The .white nations showed superiority in' their great ambition for lordship over ' others.- This, said -Mr. Hwang, he regarded as a good quality, • and not one ■that' constituted a peril. By their organising and executive ability, the w.hite races had conquered tho world.'commercially.- Their armies and navies were splendidly arid thoroughly . organised. Their genius.for invention-was a third factor that had assisted .to raise the white races to an unequalled standard of civilisation. These qualities, Mr. Hwang declared, he regarded not as giving rise to any peril, but as points in which the .Western nations were superior, to those of the East. •■• ■ Turning next to points in which the yellow nations were superior, Mr. Hwang etated it as his own opinion that they must bo credited with au unsurpassed initegrity and good faith in commercial dealings, both local and international. The yellow races excelled, not by sword 'or bv Dreadnought, tut by that ingrained quality of integrity born ini their citizens. Secondly, the yellow races excelled in family love. "God,' said Mr. Hwang, "has multiplied our numbers because tho Chinese love their parents. It is a sacred thing for a man and a woman to marry and have a home." A modesty in ambition for "the almighty dollar" was cited' by the speaker as still another instance in which the yellow races were superior to their white brethren. Confucius had said: "Conquer others by righteousness rather than by force."; This was the Chinese intention. Civilisation, forms of government, and other, matters'akin were easily gained, but ,the Eastern races ■possessed qualities that other races could not gain in hundreds of years. Speaking .of religious doubt, Mr. Hwang expressed the opinion that it was better to be a follower of some religion, even of an inferior one, than" to have bo religion at all. Every human being in the world needed a constant guide and helper. We should believe what was pood in any religion. Mr. Hwang spoke from personal experience of the kindly Christian influences that Teigned in the great American universities, and declared'that:'days spent in' these institutions ■were remembered as the happiest of his life. '■■,:,-. The soloist of the evening was Miss Muriel Bennett. Musical selections were played by the Mission' Silver Band. Next Sunday evening tho mission.congregation mil celebrate the Tercentenary Anniversary of tho Authorised Version of the Scriptures. There will be a special "rally"--and Miss Dorothy Clark is to contribute a solo.