1UA T SUPERIORITY
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' Here is the most formidable
single hindeiance today to the
world-wide spread of the gospel
—I mean in addition to the
seldom tendencies of .the human
heart—this assumption of'.essen
i Lai superiority by * Christian
iace.s toward non-Christian rac
es. I refer m>l to workers ac
iually laboring in non-Christian
communities out of which these
workers come, especially when
the Christian communities be
long, as they generally do to, the
white race. We say much of the
economic imperialism, of rapa
cious extension of..-..territory, by
European powers, of war by
Europeans upon one another. I
doubt if any of these or ail of
them combined arenas weighty
op'* facies to the .conversion: of
the world to Chrifkianity its is
the fact that Christianity, being
a white man’s rdigion by the
ioico of historical causes, mail}
of which are, apparently, so of
fa carries with it the suggestion ;
,f the white race’s assumption
ox suporkrdty over all other rac
h. 7 * Is it conceivable that
Christianity can come to a de
ceive supremacy as a world re
ligion as long as this undisguis
Ible,,.though often unconscious
nr of superiority clings to the
white nations?” .✓ h
! This is a very interesting
! statement. and very serious, and
most of us imagine, will be in
clined to agree witli it. But it is
not my purpose to dwell upon it.:
implications here or even to
press its conclusions so much as
Cj call attention to a semi-hum
orous aspect of . this whole su
periority complex business. We
nil know that the white races
r.hink themselves superior in ev
ery w;iy to the yellow and ulacl
races. Every act proclaims oui
conviction: -We ’&iibjllgat'e them'
we try to force Western civiliza
nn upon them, we form pro
• ates yfover them, pwen make
t{, imigrat.ioh laws for Chinese
and Japanese based upon this
feeling that they are: ah inferior
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'people, we frown upon marriage
with Orientals, we refuse them
; social equality. But far more
our utterances express this con
viction in every word.
I wonder how many realise
chat when one gets into China
or India he hears just these
same claims of superiority from
me yellow and dark races? Last
j'jmmer I was on my way to
Geneva with a group of men
who were very much interested
in international goodwill. We
were talking about a conference
hat was to be held in Septem
ber of representatives of all the
races and religions to talk over
‘he possibility of getting togeth
er foi\ international peace. Ev
ery word spoken unconsciously
betrayed the superiority com
plex. Chinese, Hindus, Japan
ese, were spoken of unconscious
ly in patronizing terms. When I
(got to Geneva it so happened
hat almost the first speech I
leard Was by a highly-cultured
Chinese, president of a univers
•y and one of the leading ex
ponents of Confucianism. His
address was devoted to showing
how superior Chinese civilization
•vas to ours. He rather looked
' wn upon the white people and
had a decided “superiority com
plex.” The Western people di*.
-OL get nearly as much out of
life as the Chinese and had not
:ound true happiness as the
.•hinese people had. We sought
wealth; the Chinese sought con
tentment. We were feverish;
fife Chinese were full of calm
pnd repose. We made work the
chief end of life; the Chinese
made simple contentment the
end of life and work was only s
means for its attainment. We
were fretful and worried ovei
many things; the Chinese tool:
filings as they came and worry
vas practically unknown to
tliem. We burdened life with
possessions and luxuries and j
cares that came with them; the
Chinese were happy in the
simple life. The Western people
were always warring with one
another: the Chinese loved
peace and had had little to do
with war and arms until the
Western nations drove them tc
them. And so he went on. It
was very interesting and made
a member of the white race feel
very inferior.
To Be Continued
WILL STAGE CAPPY RICKS
Mr. Dodge who arrived in from
■Juneau today will stage “Cappy
Ricks,” a story by Peter B. Kyne;
using local talent. He is plan
ning to have the play in readi
ness for presentation during
Armistice week.
This play was staged in Ju
neau by that Legion Post recent
ly and is said to have been an
unqualified success.
Dr. W. E. Peterson, W. K.
Spaulding, L. S. Ferris, of Ket
chikan were duck hunters pass
ing through Petersburg during
rhe week.
The hunters did their hunt
ing down near Green Rocks. The
Commercial Club entertained
T.em at a luncheon at the Dev
il’s Thumb, Wednesday at the
regular weekly noon luncheon.
They expressed themselves as
being highly appreciative of the
courtesies extended them while
here. They departed for Ketchi
kan on the Admiral Evans.
A WORD TO THE WISE
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Judge George M. Bourqin of
Seattle last week ruled that the
owner of a property is respons
ible for any liquor violations up
on the premises and they should
see that the National Prohibi
tion Act is not violated. He laid
down this decision in the case
of;the Claire Rooms, 1927 y2 First
Avenue, abated as a common
nuisance.
The place was a notorious li
quor joint where a number of
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arrests had been made. The
owner declared he collected rent
but he had never seen any vio
lations there.
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PROBABLY GOOD ADVICE
Solomon Levitan, treasurer of
the State of Wisconsin, visiting
in Los Angeles, recently said.
If you are a poor man stay out
of politics. Campaign expenses,
election machinery and such
things drain the pocketbook
rapidly and it takes more than
the salary paid to keep out of
debt. “One may be paid, say
$5,000 but he finds” said Levitan
“that it is necessary to spend
much more than that, in many
cases to win an election.”
What the average Citizen can
not understand is How can a
man running for the office of
United States Senator expend
:hree-quarters of a million dol
lars to secure a position that at
most, cannot honestly return
him a hundred thousand dollars
after six years of service.
From which is deduced that
Mr. Ln.'itan is probably correct
and politics is not a game for
poor men to play. But, it is not
improbable, that if the poor men
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got back into the saddle the of
flee of United States Senator
would not come so high nor
would their be paid representa
tives of certain powerful inter
ests sitting in secret se :*.:icn of
the tariff committee as a sworn
servant of the senate.
I ROUGH WEATHER OUTSIDE
The weather on the ou
was reported as being very c
during the week. The Admir
al Evans was held up ten hour,.;
off Cape Hinchinbrook while the
; Alaska Liner Yukon had such a
| rough trip that she lost one of
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Theatrical of The Coming
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Post No. 14. American Legion
PRESENTS
Americas Best Comedy
“CAPPY RICKS”
With A Cast of Petersburg
Actors.
iWa'.ch And Wait For This Show
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