Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-09
China viii Remain a Repub-
lie at whatever Cost
or Sacrifice" 4

America their own. do not believe
that am stating this too forcibly. Il
90, l have not read, history nor studied
men and nations intelligently.
"And feel that we have just suct
, enemies abroad as the American re
public had and that at certain capitals
the most welcome announcement that
could be made would be that of q re
bellion in China against the constitut
Cd authorities. w..
A Unit For the Republic.
However. foreign i'll wishers ma,
- we'll understand first and last-per
haps better now-that the men who
are at the forefront of Chinese affairs
are unit for the republic as estab
nshed and cannot be brought, individ
ually or In factions, to oppose the on
ward march of the Chinese nation
Neither fattery, fear, intrigue nor gold
has power to make the leaders of the
new China. nor any one of them, turn
back the hopes, wishes and aspirations
Of our people.
II believe l am voicing the senti.
ment Of united and unanimous PEG.
pie when l warn trouble makers, at
home or abroad, that the Chinese ma.
ton has Joined the great family of re-
publics, to remain q member thereof
at whatever cost or sacrifice.
Let not one word which l have ut.
tered be construed as being even re-
motely hint that the China of the
new order is opposed to foreigners OF
to legitimate outside interest in the
country's welfare. The very opposite
is the case, for we welcome the mis-,
sionaries, the men Of trade and the
capitalists and scientists of the other
nations.
I'm proof of this it may be cited that
President Yuan Shih Kai has already
selected three eminent foreigners to
aid him in his work, one jurist, the
second a journalist, the other a college
professor. Another eminent man, an
American diplomat and one of China 8
foremost friends, is desired for high
post at the capital, and a formal re-
quest has already been made both to
the United States government and to
the gentleman concerned.
"Why are these men desired? Sim.
ply because they are men of wisdom,
who have shown in the past that un-
self1shly they have the interests OF
China at heart.
mo man because of his nativity OF
creed will be barred from service under
the republic. Now, above all times.
my country needs the assistance of the
worlds best brains. But enemies to
the state will not be tolerated. and
upon this point the Chinese people,
high and low, are a unit.
China's Need Of Finances.
"Perhaps 1t is almost superfluous fol-
me to say that the most pressing need
Of China today is her establishment
upon a sound financial basis. The
country is in need of large sum in
order that the wheels Of government
machinery may revolve without fric-
ton. Alarmists have said because the
proposed loan has not been quickly
negotiated that the republic was in dire
danger of collapse. There Is not q
shadow Of reason for this assertion.
It is but a question of time-six or
eight years perhaps-that, even with
out a great national loan, the affairs
Of the country will be upon satisfac.
tory financial basis.
1T must be remembered that while
China has millions Of very poor peo-
pie land hundreds of thousands who
are constantly but few days removed
from possible starvation) there are
also millions of people capable of pay
ing taxes in amounts greater or less,
and that when the new system of tax
alton is put into operation in all parts
Of the country the various govern
ments. city. provincial and national,
will be we'll supported.
'Now that the country is again at
peace, excepting in certain remote and
unimportant districts, look for big
increase in commerce, domestic and
foreign, with consequent well being in
agriculture, manufacturing and the va
rious- other industries. With the peo-
pie everywhere working, with peace at
north, south, east and west, the coun-
try Is bound to be prosperous and the
government stable and substantial.
1T should be remembered also that
China, in spite of her reputation for
poverty and famine, is really a very
rich country in natural resources.
Tradition, belief and superstition
through the centuries have conserved
the minerals Of the country, the great
quarries of granite, marble and onyx
and the vast forests of valuable woods
In the south and southwest. Experts
have made reports and have told me
personally that the coal lands still IN
touched are of value quite unfgura-
bic, while the iron, copper and zinc
hills are pronounced by French experts
to be the most promising ever operated
anywhere.
when 1t is understood that all these
properties, as well as over hundred
millions Of acres of fertile agricultural
lands are the unquestioned property of
the government, it can readily be seen
that, except for immediate and tran
silent needs, the country Is far from
being In state of insolvency. -4zz1s
Mrs. ]. S. Ball spent Sunday in The
twin cities. ~-s&.~s=.. s1 = n. :.