The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-13
WUS PLEA FOR CHINA.
Enjoys Son Argues For
Conservatism Nations.
SAYS IT PRoIoEes THEIR LIVES.

seventeen-yean-oHa Chinese Youth
Declares In valeaictory Address
that the East, Though slow, Is
Thorough ana Not superaciaI-says
Nervous Energy Cannot BE Lasting
Any More rhan Motion Can Re Per.
petuaI.
The first Chinese valedictorian in
any school in New Jersey was the cen.
tral figure OF interest the other night
in tie commencement exercises Of tbs
Atlantic city High school, says tn.
New York Herald. He was WI Chaou
chu, the seventeen year-oid son of the
former minister plenipotentiary OF the
emperor Of China to the United States
Wu Thug Fang. IN his essay he took
for bis topic The Conservatism Of the
East and said in part;
Better fifty years OF Europe than
cycle Of Cathay Such was the com
ment Of Tennyson on the conservatism
OF the east, and such Is the voice Of
the west today That eastern conserva
tlsm impedes western progress, binders
modern civilization, blocks Christian
endeavors are facts 70 be lamented
for tile cause 81 eastern development
but conservatism Is by no means q
bitter enemy to progress. On the CON.
trary, it IS an element which helps tt
in the end.
"A nation which has no conserya
tism is OF course easily changed from
| its ancient customs and manners to the
new. Yes, but that which can be
changed easily once can be changed
/ just ais easily again and again. It car
also return 10 its old ways. It fiicker
with every wind. Its very progressive
ness IS in the end the arch enemy tC
progress. Note, for Instance, the DIFF
! ference between the revolutions ii
France and In England. From the lat
ter part Of the eighteenth century fol
almost a hundred years the French
have had innumerabIe revolutions, va
rylng IN bloodsIled and horror Yet the
result is not as radical or as effectual
as that accomplished In England rs
one rebellion
eThe east, though slow to begin, car
ries out the work once begun to tbs
end though slow to change, when once
| changed produces effectual results
This is because the east is not impul
siye. The japanese are known TO be
| progressive, like the occident, ana tht
/ Chinese are known to be conservative
typical OF the orient Missionaries re
| port that the former are easy prose
lytes, while the latter are hard to con
vert, but that some japanese converts
have returned to their old faith, where
as there are few such Chinese cases
| Conservatism Is also great benefit
to nation III that It prolongs the life
of nation. Is not the Oldest nation II
the world the one most conspicuous for
this traitg Why2 Because conservas
tism Is the result Of experience Is Il
not better to pursue a course which
has been previously successful than e
venture on some new rash scheme
] Edmund Burke thought 50 when he
objected to Lord Norths plan Of treat.
ment Of the American colonies. Fran
els Bacon thought SO when he said III
one Of bis essays that it is not good e
! try experiments In states,
Conservatism Is advantageous to d
nation also because it preserves the
foundation When the nation Is con
sentative 1t adheres not only to the old
civilization, but also to the old stand
ards Of morality The one is but d 81
| perficial defect, while the other IS OF
intrinsic value. Culture may reyoiu
tionize with time: virtue is immutabls
forever. Thus saith the Lord, stand
We Ii the ways and see and ask for the
old paths, where Is the good way. and
walk therein, and ye shall tind rest foi
| your souls
There IL yet another reason for con
seryatism prolonging nations namely
in conservatism there IS a reserve OF
energy The nation that Is burning
with activity nervous energy, is it &C.
cording TO nature that that nation
should last as long as another which Il
frugal Of its strengthg
Nervous energy cannot be lastlna
any more than motion can be perpet
uaL Progressiyeness Is mark Of
youth. and since nations have to grow
old they have to adopt conservatism
which Is mark Of age. The youth
may ridicule the aged for his eonserva
tism, but when the youth enters old
age he, too, shall be ridiculed In turr
by the rising generation. An American
Tennyson today Is Justified IA saying
Better fifty years of America than o
| cycle Of Europe
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