"CONFUCIAN LOGIC."

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1910, Page 7

"CONFUCIAN LOGIC."

— <► TROUBLE IN SYDNEY. PRESBYTERIAN STATEMLNTS. "STRING OF GROUNDLESS CHARGES." By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received May 13, 11.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A member of the committee of the Chinese • school here declares that the statements recently made at the Presbyterian Assembly regarding Confucianism were nothing less than a string of groundless charges. He publishes a copy of a lettei that was forwarded to the Moderator ot the Presbyterian Assembly on 26th March, embodying the findings of a committee of prominent Chinese, who had examined into the working of the school and the Rev. Mr. Young Wai's charges. The committee found that the children, in paying an obeisance to an image of Confucius, were not doing so to an idol, but to the founder of Chinese logic. The religious beliefs of the children were in no way prejudiced by the teacher, and idolatrous worship was absolutely forbidden. All the committee desired and asked was a simple apology from Mr. Young Wai. This is not forthcoming. [It was stated at the Presbyterian Assembly that the recent introduction of a Chinese teacher (Loo Yoh, a distinguished scholar in China) to Sydney had produced trouble among the Chinese. It, appeared that the teacher compelled the children to bow down each morning to an imago of Confucius. Parents, it was said, objected, and one of the strongest objectors was 'the Rev. "Young Wai, a Chinese Christian minister. As a result, the Confucians had met together in what was called a. 'court, and tried Young Wai, and had plotted in dstail his assassination. It was further stated that steps had been taken to protect Young Wai.]