The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-06-01

Inc t1aaE mo poetal system nave
bro't the ead Il tAe En- lire to-
gether: aade possible the nanional
cireal.escn Of the population: and
by establishing m interchange of ideas,
sympathies and charities among the
separate provinces. have laid the basis
for = conscious siprit Of n.tionaiism.
Again. We can imagine the look Of
horror on the faces of the astonished
dlgnitaries. who first beheid their
thunder god transformed into our use
full servant. Electricity" Now. they
have ceased to marvel 1t this innc vatiOn
and no Improvement have been so
unanimously adopted as the telephone,
telegraph and other electrical appii-
ances.
Many and varied are the other eco
nomic reform, such rs new man
fractures. industrial expOsitions, and
increasing number of ports, all of
which changes imply, within measur
able period, new manufacturing, in
dustrial and commercial China.
And now AS true to historical preced-
ents. close on the heels of educational,
social. and economic reforms, follow
political and governmental changes.
Let any people learn what their rights
should be and they are soon striving
for them.
We will readily recall that the
former government of China was an
absolute despotic monarchy. There
has been no House of Commons to act
AS check on the unlimited power of
the emperor. This ancient absolute
system seems to have called forth
few complaints. previous to the or
ssnt, tt, Al ,,t
Assemblies in which the voice of the
people was represented and they were
gwen taste power. This desire for
taking part in the government gained
by the provincials, was soon to be
gratiiied by their being allowed the
National Assembly. the first delibera-
tive body of its kind in the history of
China.
In view of the fact that it was fully
expected to prove mere echo of the
royal wishes, this National Assembly
has fallen far short of the expectations
os the Regent. for it was scarcely in
session before demands Were being
made for hastened date of constitu-
tional government. The Regent at
length was forced to yield to the per-
sistency of the popular wish and every
Chinese reformer is enthusiastic over
the idea Of an early Parliament. Already
on the site of the former examination
halls, Chinese carpenters are busily
constructing the building to accomodate
the new Parliament which is fully ex-
pected in the course of year
1t is significant. to note in this con-
nection that the force with which China
expects to protect this prestige she is
acqiring is being formulated in the in
crease of an army and navy. Indeed.
this military power will be the last
addition needful to raising Chira to an
eminent position among the nations of
the world.
Finally. Sir John Jordan. British
Minister 10 China, says that in a
European sense China has made greater
progress in the last ten years
than in the preceding ten CEN
turies. As a result in the advance the
dragon Empire" viii become with
her four hundred million people, one Of
the mighuest powers of the world.
Indeed. WI Ting Fang says in a re-
cent address in New York, When
China wakes, she will move like an
avalanche" And we must remember
that the mighty force, carefully guided,
quickening China, as is seen, in its in
tellectual. moral. material and national
life. is a matter of profound import
ance not only as regards the amiliora-
ton of the yellow Race but also be-
cause of its reac.ing influence on the
future civilization of the world.
The drift of humanity from the be-
ginning of history has been toward or
ganization for common effort and ac-
complishment: toward a federated
world: China comes now as a new mems
Der into the Brotherhood of nations and
she comes not empty-kanded but with
a great inheritance: not Europeanize6
but with her originality syolutonized.
Quoting Bluntscheli: "Unconouer-
able time itself works on increasingly.
bringing the nations nearer to one
another. awakening a universal con-
sciousness of the community of man
kind and China has made her prepara-
ton for entering the common organiza-
tiop ,f %h.,