The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30

for actual and sober reforms in gov
eminent, and lastly. as to the rank
and file OF the revolutionary army,
how many Of them clearly under
stand on which side they are fighting?
Whichever party pays better will en-
list the greater number,
I.-As applied to the present sit
u~ation. | doubt, first OF Ill. whether
there is a leader in Ch n. to take the
responsibility Of an incipient repub-
lie. Political ethics is q little known
quantity in the Celestial Empire. DR..
u Yat Sen may be a conscientious
mamie evidently is q man OF ire
mendous resources. General Lii Yuan
Hung nay be 4 goud genera and
st~rategist. WI Ting Fang may be an
eloquent orator and a saoacious dip
lomat. They are all men Of marked
ability. and may be possessed of
qualities not yet fully recognized or
discovered; but to preside over the at
! fairs of 4 newly fledged republic four
times as pOpulOus as the United
States takes q man Of tho caliber of
a Washington or q Lincoln, and prob
ably a greater nan than either. I
can Imagine among the Chinese lead
ers men Of the type Of Jefferson or
even of Hamilton, but not such as
can sustain the weight OF imperial
republics and in whose guidance the
people will have implicit faith. A
political career in China has too long
been considered as a sort Of COM
Terclal calling. & post bv which to
get rich-and a tradition and custom
OF this sort cannot be forgotten in a
year or a decade. Disinterested pub
nc men have grown scantily on the
loess soil OF Chinese politics. I hone
there are many and promising shoots
among the rising generation.
POuticaj Education Neglected.
Inc CnlneSe as q people are honest,
Intelligent. law-abiding, long-sufer-
ing. hard-working, possessing the no.
tentlallt1es OF an altogether desirable
natlon, out 1t is their government that
mas Kept them abiect and has crushed
tneir public n patriotic spirit. All
thelr good qualities have been direct
ed in narrow lines of private business
enterprises, to the utter neglect Of
poIl'lcal education. 1t is scarcely ten
years s1nce constitutional study has
oeeh taken up seriously by the more
progressive OF the official and student
classes. In n word, what I am most
AFRAID OF, in case a republic is estab-
nShed, is that the nation will suffer
LOT want or the proper spirit among
it's leaders.
,.a prove OF no value
ana CHINA does find leaders. should
she not be congratulated? Whether
CH1NAS CHANCE-Galley Two
we congratulate her or wifi
ner depends upon what kind Of lead
ers n will find. If she chooses TIC
,Wisest and BEST" we'll and good. Rut
history shows that in revolutions The
scum so often floats to the top. Robes
tleire ana Marat were leaders and led
.o country much as the blind lead
the blind. South American renuh1;os
nave altogether too manv ~
ior leadership, each followed nv =
iarse Jealousy among the
i~heuiocrltv its striving for powor ;s
W. d slght less familiar in the nan
oIahaa or Chinese history than in thai
y! otner countries. There is q loo
usance 10 traverse in thought and ed
in time too-from ;,
1u . I courtiers vying foT
rnooyH haVor, or from a strife amone
rivalry between two political nar+;ae
Ih a Is China ready for anv
.n,ns IKE the last? She may have
many patriots" among her sons.
sincere fanatics who think donoas
a consists in catering to tho a.
n1and OF the mob: demogognea-thr
parasites OF democratic institutes as
NouIt tiers, the Parasites of on
Notwithstanding upon What ~ ~,
can ,public opinion" which, among =
people with little education. means ar
eapresslon OF popular freaks or a cr|
LOT bread. No country is free fror
such; but in republics, whethe,
french or American, both north and
soutn' they luxuriate, and their pres.
ehce clogs the whole machinerv -,
Personal jealousies and
aNair'es with consequent street fights
ana assassinations, engenderinp .
1eellns OF restlessness anon the non.
uIace and Of insecurity anon hold
eas OF property. are not peculiar t.
In monarchies: also. they
are a and frequent enough. In,
"nen theSe troubles take place in old
ane weil-established countries, he1
Are unlikely to usher in foreign com.
phcatlon: whereas, when they NAL
tae lncipient stages OF a nations
srowth. before it has passed its for.
nnatlte period. they are not regarded
d. matters of domestic concern oniv
l!.@Supposing a really great ~,