I. S. Williams

“ Nothing in the world is holy to a Chinaman but his family; a single glance from 'the Western devil' at the wife of any man who does not belong to the lowest class is regardad as an irretrievable disgrace, and a European may live for a quarter of a century in China without seeing any more of a Chinese house than the antechamber. ”

“ The complaints of the Chinese Government against England are very frequent, and no Chinese comes in contact with the brusque and arrogant "fair-haired barbarians" without wishing in his heart that he may live to see them humiliated. Still more disliked, however, are the French, who for many years have behaved in China even more arrogantly than the British. No other nation sent so numerous an army of 'blacks' into the country, or supported the often unfair and insulting demands of the missionaries with such unscrupulousness as the French. ”

“ Germany never landed a soldier on Chinese territory, never threatened China with war, and never bombarded either Pekin or Canton; her sons only looked after their trade, and never took possession of a foot of Chinese soil. The Americans are also popular, though last year the foolish expedition to Corea somewhat diminished their influence. The British, on the other hand, are very unpopular, and it is only by their gunboats that they maintain their influence, which has already reached its zenith. ”