The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-15
IS 1T CHlNA'S AWAKENING?

Should the seriing Of young men 10
america Cor their technical training, as
indicated by the passage through this
city yesterday of q party of young men,
graduates of Tieti -Tsin University. be-
come the reform policy of the Chinese
Government, there may be Witnessed in
the Orient by the next generation the
birth OF modern ration, as To this
generation has i,een given the pTivi-
lege of seeing the unfolding OF the Jap
) 8anese Empire. Education, the <ralning
of the young ner to axe up the work
Of government on lines which alone VIII
rnean the life of the empire. must sup
plart the old policy Of exclusion. or
China will never take a place among
the powers.
AS was the case with Japan, China
seems to be starting right in the send
ing of her young men to the; Urited
States for their training. OF course tie
party is small there can be little COCO
come from such slight leavenirg, blit
policy once marked out will he follow"
ed and never abandoned until the
progress which has been so marked in
the island empire is repeated in the
yellow one. 1t is not a long call TO the
times when Japan began the opening of
the minds of her young men to Wes,-
ern ideas. The military and naval
schools of the American and European
Z nations were soon filled with the stu
dents of the Orient. In their eagerness
to learn there was something of the ia
2 taist, for they knew their mission and
chung to it alone with such steadfast-
ness that the excellence of their public
service has been remarked, ever since
the Carbohydrates war opened the
eyes of the world to an organization
which Is today unsurpassed
China has the elements of a greater
progress even than Japan. The mass
of the young men of classes other than
the field coolies are in a fairly good
state of education already, although it
is on Eastern lines. Their minds have
the habit of study and assimilation,
and are ready to give root and fruition
to the seed of knowledge, as the West
knows 1t. 1t is impossible to imagine
what may not be accomplished by a
student whose combination of perse-
verance and capacity for hard work
on little sleep and food, fits him for
the struggle to obtain all that uni
versity may offer The Chinese students
who have been received in the Ameri-
can and English universities have
shown that what is to others a hard
task under their systematic methods is
light exercise. 1t is said that to a
graduate of such university as that
of TienTsin, the undermining of
knowledge is only development.
With this capacity then there re-
mains only the means, the sending of
the youth to foreign capitals, and re-
suits will follow. 1t is not too much to
say that there are million eyes turned
ito Japan as an example, by the Chinese
.4who read the signs of the times. Twice
have the Japanese been before the
SChinese as conqueror. There Is no
question but the recent march to the
capital by the allied forces did much
{ to instil into the Chinese the belief that
the greatest of all nations Is the Jap
ssanese. 1t is but natural then that the
helping hand will be looked for to come
from the islands near the shore The
course of Japan, if followed will lead
to even greater results in China, for the
Unborn habit of study has had more
generations of growth on the mainland
The traditions are magnificent. the
awakening may be tremendous 1t Is
question If there is behind this move
ment policy or is it only a sporadic
attempt of an effete power, to catch the
breeze of progression. Ahead is the
way of life; to stand still now must
mean for the Empire, dismemberment.