Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
CHINA CAN TAKE
CARE OF HERSELF,
DECLARES SAVANT

Under the title, China Can Take
! Care OF Herself" Berthold Laufer,
Ph.D., an authority on conditions in
China, the author OF a number. of
works dealing with the country and
its history, has the following to say
in the Oriental Review:
AS a believer in Chinese ideals
and as champion of China's rights,
MY opinion briefly is-The Chinese
were able to govern themselves be-
fore the Six Powers came into exist
ence. China has tremendous intel
lectual resources and can perfectly
take care of herself. Most powers
could learn great deal. from her in
matters of practical ethics, economic
principles and state wisdom; not to
speak of art, art-industrial skill, and
the great art of living. The powers
should mind their own business at
home and mend the holes in their own
stockings. China for the Chinese, and
leave her alone.
Il hope to live to the day when the
white peril will be wiped out from
Asia and Africa. There is no shadow
of a doubt that the Chinese republic
will establish itself with success and
will rank as tie second greatest re-
public of the world. The Chinese are
born democrats gifted with a keen
sense of decency, justice and equal
ity, and with a marvellous talent for
organization. The present period may
certainly be one of transition, butzw
must give the new government a
chance and fair play, and suspend
definite judgment for several years.
eff the republic should fail, China
will always remain China. For
over twenty years have had I'M
bounded confidence in China's future
and shall never lose this confidence.
should rather be tempted to the be-
lief that any of the Six Powers might
crumble to pieces than China China
will always exist, either in this or
some other form Of governmental con-
stitution, and will take a lead in the
history of the world as an influential,
civilizing agency China is the land
of the future, and the future is hers.
1t may be that the future will even
impart to the world at large a higher
and broader conception of life ema-
mating from a rejuyenated China.
The best solution of the Chinese
situation will come from China her
self, as long as the powers keep their
hands off. Japan should not be hos
tile, to the new republic, but welcome
it heartily and enter with it into a
close alliance and amity: The ag-
gressive anti Chinese. policy followed
by Japan in Manchuria for the last
years was a gloss blunder. Japan
thus forgot her own historical role
and incurred the luminosity of all Ash
attic peoples. Japan must stand up
for the integrity of China and join
hands with her against the white
mans depredatory aggressiveness.
Learn from the Panislamic Movement
and the Arabs! The powers rule the
world not by means of the intellectual
and moral superiority, which they by
no means possess, but because of the
discord among the nations of Asia and
Africa The storm-center for the
peace of the world is not China, but
Europe The best means for the pres
ervation of UNIVERSAL peace must be
sought in counterpoise against the
white peril, in a common understand
ing and federation of all native races
Of Asia and Africa against the insane
encroachments Of the infidels. Peo-
pies of Asia and Africa, guard your
most sacred ideals!