Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — THE FIRST STEP OF EMPIRE. [ARTICLE]

THE FIRST STEP OF EMPIRE.

Killing Missionaries a Profitable Matter for England. England makes good use of her missionaries who are abused and killed. It would not be surprising to see the recent riot at Ku-chong result in the acquisition of Chinese territory by Great Britain. She iufly observe that the only way in which her missionaries can be protected is by the extension of one of the many forms of government by which the great colonizer seizes and controls so much of the earth’s surface. Anthony Hope in one of his stories illustrates this In a few words. A party was assembled in a London drawing room, the most of whom were interested in a company which was land grabbing in Africa. “And how’s the great scheme?” asked some one., “We hope to get the money raised,” said the principal promoter. “Everything’s going on very well,” 6aid a funny man of the company. “They have killed a missionary.” “How dreadful,” said a lady. “Regrettable In itself, but the first step toward empire,” explained the funny man. How true it is. Later in the same book the suggestion is made that If 6ome of the traders would also be killed England would then take control of the whole country. It has been asserted before by some one that English missionaries gofirst into a country and are killed; English traders follow, and English red coats and marines are close behind them. “They liave killed a missionary” and “it’s the first step toward., empire” are expressions that are well to keep in mind while the English are settling with China for the Ku-eheng riots.