...shall get nothing important out of the Chinese unless we stand in a menacing attitude before them. They would grant- nothing unless fear stimulated their sense of justice, for they are among ihe most craven of people, cruel and selfish as heathenism can make men, so we must be backed by force...

...scruples in wrenching these concessions by the force of threat and war vessels. The Chinese, he said, " would grant nothing unless fear stimulated their sense...men, so we must be backed by force if we wish them to listen to reason." His own nation, however, had had no wars with China, and has had none since. Elsewhere...

...shall" get nothing important out of the Chinese unless we stand in a menacing attitude before them. They would grant nothing unless fear stimulated their sense...of people, cruel and selfish as heathenism can make them, and we must be backed by force if we wish them to listen to reason. In this as[)ect, I sometimes...

...the US Legation, the Reverend Samuel Wells Williams supported violence because the Chinese, he said, "would grant nothing unless fear stimulated their...so we must be backed by force, if we wish them to listen." 6 In the United States, most Chinese-language newspapers were founded by well-meaning white...

...useful knowledge they now require to realize their own helplessness," one missionary wrote in 1858. "They are among the most craven of people, cruel and selfish as heathenism can make men." 2 Not all missionaries were so unsympathetic, but even those who weren't tended to view Asians as inferiors....

...Chinese" (Frederick Williams 191 1, 93). Justifying the foreign use of force against the Chinese, he said, "They are among the most craven of people, cruel and selfish as heathenism can make them, and we must be backed by force if we wish them to listen to reason" (pp. 64-65, from his journal...