“The attitude of the United States that she was not warring with
China in 1900 and that she recognized no spoils of war; the
attitude that made her give back to China the large quantity
of silver which fell into her possession at Tien-Tsin; that
made her give over to the Chinese Government, unmolested, the
treasury and its treasures in the Forbidden City; that caused
her, without compulsion, to cancel the Boxer indemnity fund, is
an attitude too deep, too broad, too high for word expression.
Does not this attitude reveal a strong current of sisterly
good will, when it is able to sweep away the heavy weights of
financial gain? This attitude is not one of spontaneity; the
seed was brought over in the _Mayflower_; it was planted
in the virgin soil of liberty, where it rooted, and was watered
with treasured dew-drops; was nourished into being in love’s
tenderness; was sustained in truth’s fortitude. This is the
story of our country’s attitude.”--“Letters from China.”
(86)
=Amity=--See KINDNESS.