Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-08-31
ANCIENT CHINESE SOCIALISM,
Failure OF an Experiment. Centuries Ago n
the Common Ownership OF Land.

Failure OF an Experiment Centuries AGO ID
the Common Ownership OF Land.
NJ. Leon Caubert recently delivered
a lecture At the French Academy upon
an ancient experiment in socialism
made in China About the time when
Clovis. king Of France, vas baptized
and Christianity had only just begun
70 take root in western Europe, a great
( Chinese scholar named 0uang NSsm
Che WAS writing and preaching the
p~iucip,eS which unierlie modern 81
cislj>nn The FIRST necessity 70 perfect
Soral life >sd this ancien, father oi
Chinese socialism, = that the land and
sl wh5ch Il p0NirNc> shall NelcoS e
evs-vN&y The NNN>aa Necessity Is
,hS. the government authorities shall
~-s-& t ~ iaesr chief business ~
ns,e< S&Nsi ,As> happy result s.
s.CNS - NN~lSc
Caes HsEs:aSst same Aeeo 5cvas'
ass NJ >e@cSe foundations NASch
49, sNs >lsevs2e Survivors Ne~r clam
erts Sen ~N~ra il was th<S taSt
oasaS \ssn NA& e,sa; straight - the
susv~a- C>ssS U~No1 sa& to,5 The
no5s-cA tls3 a Ns> Ms 6aty - save
aa r,,u,A The ~NS5al prophet
s egausE Sd Tire caa-i IS
ne ry0g Sor 81 the age
INA su-VcN- >tgrc& with ;hs yea,
$ ~as or Ghs Snc5alIsijc prophet,
a1, Avs tx B nsc1f ii his unlimited
Ns~ ~ 5 Ncptca4e1i SaIocrSt aSo.-
se& 81 rN-ssl aecrce a. private
~ 4sn6 The great noalc>
rhe cNpte-r vg-o cogapol2e5 io re-
reuny -lva. hinge estates, The N.
, lsna> we-s EjSsaouteA among
nv hssa> a. fsm.l0s every fam s 70
~pc : mpsh lsn6 INT The p-oprie-
1n-~air q, 5hc land remained absolute
Ir gbt mower O.. the cmnera,.
-nt cu-r vssior ot bands was roEp.
lsfel Ny S-igi pjsu devised hv oua0r
N-sm .'hJ and maze obligatory ~ ihe
gmrc-or As EXPRESSIVE nro2pcs over
an6 shove fbul which each family
needed Jar -sllstcnsnce ana far seed wss
~Heg,s-cl "a he The u-o0c-tr % ios COM
nor wealth Tnosr 1hml-le> Hh1ca were
accunteE witt the h-eedr n. u cattle
vro-t -eCulret 70 present s.. iSsr
rnuns osJile % ne EHs2estac 81 ia$
common w0s.th whc hsa me rcat a
~tn1~'n"ist 5 certain gHap9F'so2 s.
n4 p,-.,r~.r ~ srs w.n-ls s4~7s,-,..
may p 1isl'a oIi-lr Inc F@2HTeT e2t'e
tnauc 1hs @&m.2es ia8i 1eS-sA them
arar 11rasis were i'a5t@a Is com
UuHE T-a7a'iT ana Shsa .SEii.y a q
-aEh 1hI & s ~>l-a,.tct 4IAAi1'y OF
ruae- t-1 ~ V''2
.us-v2r ue-i ws.. to- one -ene--
biaa- s 7s. 2 were happy and con-
iS-re- he sot-l. revolution, preached
2 NE6-- N-A1 C-e and enforced BY
- s-1r-c- Wa> 5 great success, So
a-- a. ~ sH.-a, reform was q novelty
here wzS -ss. e-cr-h for its mainte-
-a-eA a-S seemed to promise a rlori.
s. t----a
By: The rex: generation" saws NJ.
Ca-te~:. showed signs of backsliding.
he cid Adam asserted himself. The
farmers. instead Of sowing the seed
which the state had distributed among
them. found it more convenient to
grind il and live upon it, and so the
helds were implanted. and there came
wears in this or that district without
any harvest at all. The cattle breed.
ers lost their personal interest in the
production and nurture ofhorscs, oxe
and sheep. which they had to hand
over, at the end of all their pains. to
the inspector of the commonwealth.
The men who we're emnloved in the