The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-23

once the home of Madame Butterfly, to
Shanghai, China and az you approach
one ~ the world, you do so on road
of yellow water, that is as clearly de-
fined by the Yangtse river as though IL
We're painted on a huge green board. As
mysterious land you wonder how it has
been so nearly kept intact for thousands
Of years. When our forefathers were sew
ages. China had her songs and literature
of years. When our fOrefathers were saw
eral hundred thousand volumes
China is a democratic nation, for near
iy all the Chinese families eat chow out
Of the same bowl She has an immense
France, Germany, Holland, Belgium,
Korea, Japan and the United States COM
Dined Three hundred millions speak the
Mandarin language, while the balance has
SO many. that it would be difficult to name
them all.
"Confucius is their ideal and nearly all
look to his teachings for their guidance
That he was great scholar is the rea-
son given. In the little country village
il is not the soldier. the farmer, or the
wealthy landowner that is the big man,
but the scholar. If there is a youth in
the town who has good habits and is
really anxious to gain an education, a
purse is collected and presented to him.
everyone down to the humblest peasant
being willing to contribute to the cause
of education.
III lIle times gone DN most Oh lle SUI
dents were sent to the Examination hall
Canton. They took many weary weeks
and very often months before their time
TO be passed on by the Chinese profess
sOrs. II is different now; the barriers
are broken down. Many are sent to the
United States and to other great centers
of learning. Toxic alone at the present
time has over 5000 Chinese students in
her universities.
"'The young Chinese are for education;
they want their nation to become great
as o,Hsr nations are great. China is
awakening from her long sleep of CEN
turtles. The great nations Of the world
are quarrellng among themselves as to
who shall buy her bonds, which are rated
Al. The high-Class Chinese are men of
honor and integrity. They can also be
relied on, they do not say one than and
mean another.
Perfect electric car systems are run
ming in Shanghai, HUngkOng and Picking
Railroads are being built and Just as
soon as they reach a city the cars are
crowded with passengers.
he Chinese are the shOpkeepers and
bankers of the Orient. They have a chain
of ships that extends from Honolulu to
India.
Her weakness in the past has been
the lack of factories. On a thousand
mile trip, from Hankow to Canton. only
two smoke stacks were seen Millions of
dollars are being spent annually by the
United States Great Britain. Germany
and other nations in trying to Christian
ize the Chinese.
In Shanghai I met missionaries that
were dressed the same as the Chinese.
even to the queue. 1t does not seem 10
me just the right thing to do but if
was explained that in the interior they
met with much better results. as foreign
clothes created too much curiosity.
The question is often asked What will
the result be when China aWakpnS AMI
desires to take her place among the great
nations of the world. VIII she be an
other Japan on a gigantic scale? Tfms
alone viii solve the problem, whether the
yellow race of the Orient or the white
race of the Ocei1ent shall dominate