The Washington times., 1912-12-01
TURNING DOWN DEMOCRACY.

Unless the United States of America proceeds
to formally recognize the Republic of China the high
name Of this country will be diminished In the
thoughts Of the plain people Of the civilized world
There has been great fight won in China. II
'as fight so great that most Of US have failed so
,ar to understand its magnitude.
Out Of the ashes Of that mysterious Empire Re.
ublic has arisen; Republic that stands bruised and
bleeding STILL but with confident hand outstretched
or the welcome Of civilization.
And our country has refused to extend to this
attest daughter Of Liberty the good friendship Of q
erecting
1t may be that dollar diplomacy has tied our
ands behind US. 1t may be that the "hoodoo" Of the
resent Administration is merely getting in more
# its deadly work. 1t may be that any one of a
nousand other things is responsible for this delay
But the actual cause of the delay is Of no interest
comparison with the duty that lies upon US in this
natter and the recent history Of the struggles of the
Chinese Republic for recognition is something that
honest men who love liberty can only read with
5hame.
The Chinese Republic is not myth 1t is a
TACT accomplished. The Emperor has formally abdi-
:ated. The battle Of the Republic has been won
But the new Republic needs money for its re.
Mobilization. 1t needs money to reform its currency
q
provision for all the elementary things of the civz.
ing kind.
And the official recognition of the Republic is
apparently, being delayed until the Republic con.
cedes the terms demanded by the combination OF
oankers who have been asked to underwrte the loan
The bankers Of England, France Germany, the
nited States, Russia, and Japan have been applied
70 for that money. They stipulated conditions and a
kind Of supervision that no self-respectng nation
:ould agree to- When the Chinese Republic. at
tempted to float the loan independently this six.
>ower combination blocked it.
And unless the United States gives its official
ecogniton to the Chinese Republic the fruits of q
Great movement will perish and page will be
nrinen in our history that one day we will want to
obliterate in shame.
1t has never been our way to act in this manner
ind had we received from others powers in the past
the treatment that we are now measuring out to the
teadfast and brave people who have fought for free
1om in China, our own story might have been diff
ferent.
France gave official recognition to this Republic
in l77s, even when tine Continental Congress hat
oeen driven out of Philadelphia. .'.
During the first struggles Of the Confederation
when the success Of the Revolution was by no mean:
secure we were helped materially by the ofHcia
recognition of France, Holland, Sweden, Prussia
and Spain.
On our part we recognized the new powers o.
Latin-America as far back 1922. We prepared our
selves to recognize the Republic of Hungary in s4s
We were quick to recognize the Republic Of Portu
gal. We did not hesitate to recognize the French
Empire under Louis Napoleon. ,n
We have always been quite unconventional,
ready to extend our national greeting to Liberty il
whatever guise it came. But today the new Chimes,
Republic stands waiting at our gates, and eithe
dollar diplomacy" or Department Of State af
hicted with the tired feeling, is too greedy or to-
lazy to let US welcome the unexpected stranger. '
Which is not quite creditable to our democracy.