The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13
CHINA FOR CHINESE
KEYNOTE OF REVOLT
Delivers Notable
in Celestial
Distinguished Methodist Missionary
Address Explaining Conditions
Empire To-Day.

s,Ias received / q Suggestion from this
source, 1t has served Chine for a thou
4 s;ihtl years. yet, tlilsjyen THO Dowager
Empress. the suptc ruler III china, pro-
|mulgatrd n dccree,6u iinatoly and abso-
tlutcly nbolislilng tllfsSgrea system, which
Ehas characterized Chinese civilization Tor
~ thousand years. t3
THE people are also demanding a uni
5vcrsal system. somewhat after the Aincrl-
can common schOOliBystCn. terminating
IN the Imperial University at pekin. Tho
most significant fact, however, is the
women IRE invited 10 como IN and share
the privilege Of this general education.
IS ''rho great worship OF China is not
Buddhism, not Confucinnsm,9it, is ances
trail worship You may snyathis system
is bound up IN theeethIcs and politics Of
Confusanism. this,hncestral worship
Us bound to go because when these young
women come to our schools. they become
cdt,cnted. and revolt against the betrotlinl
system in vogue Now the young women
nre demanding to know the young men
who are to be their husbands. They are
beginning to advertise their ideals. The
other day IllHaw infn newspaper some
thing like this: "A young woman was
writing from one ofFour schools writing
to the daily paper, describing an idcnl h,is-
band, a husband such as she would like
to marry. a young man from one Of
our colleges replied>o the description,
and he described Il woman he would like
for n wife and the terms were like this:
II want IL womanswith natural feet.
want her to be able to walk. Secondly.
want her educated. ! want her 10 speak
atleast one foreign language. which would
be Il English.sI want; her to be able to
entertain guests. hold receptions. to have
a knowledge Of domestic affairs and to
know how to cook (applallSp). Ns+NGttE5
Want More Freedom.
"a MOTT significant state OF affairs
however. Is. when they marry they want
to set up for themselves. Now you know
In China they have a Joint family system.
! This system requires that when son
takes Il wife, If there be three or five or
ten sons. they must all bring them home
to the ancestral roof, and they all come
under the hand and ban of the
,nothcr-in-law. Rather than go into this
Joint family life. our girls, some Of them.
have even run away from school. assisted
BY their brothers and friends when only
half way through their education, and
gone into other provinces to finish their
educa ion. f F&4ttat xiii
"rhe women are al!og demanding to
come forth into the streets and see what
the show windows have din them. They
want to see what is going on in the
world. They have been shut up all these
ages and never allowed TO- see or be
\ abroad rs other women. They are now
demanding to mingleIn mixed society, to
have the privilege Of going to a public
meeting, and even Of. ddressing public
meetings. it Is g. matter that con
Germs them. s4 .,s VI
.For instance when '{hey meet to dis
cuss feet binding these girls and married
women come and stand in their place ami
bear testimony to the torture and suf-
fering through which they have gone
and beg that It shall n tobe perpetuate:l
There is now an atmosphere that demands