The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

widespread JEALOUSY Of the south
against north. with the tremend GUS
difficulty of uniting the Chinese and
the Manchus and the Monaghan and
the Mohammedan. with the dangers
of foreign Intervention. with the law
Iessness which attaches to every great
transition in government. with the
recurring suffering from famine. the
mode widespread suffering from foot
binding, with the dark shadows Of
slavery and polygamy still lingering
over the land. and with the hopeless
ness and helplessness of the Pagan
faiths. only those living in a foors
paradise. and asleep in that, can
imagine that the proclamation of a
republic VIII be accompanied by the
inauguration Of the millennium.
We plead for large patience and
generous hope in our attitude toward
the Chinese. We fought seven years
to win our political independence and
then took six years longer to frame
our constitution. and we so compro-
missed over our form of government
and over slavery that it took a four
years struggle to transform the states
INTO nation and the blood of 500
WV Whlte men to cover the stain Of
hundred millions in China to com
piete In few weeks tasks which
western nations required decades to
accomplish. "
Guild government and still more
the government by village elders and
ny the heads of families and clans
nave provided China valuable pre-
paration for law and order under the
republic. The family. and often an
entire clan and sometimes street Of
city and community and entire city
Is held responsible for the crime Of
any individual member. I recall a
city in north China in which an entire
family was put to death for breeding
a son wicked enough to slay his IA
ther: and not only was the whole
family annihilated, but corner of
.ne city wall was torn down and the
entire city left defenseless for har-
boring family hich could nourish
such son.
western nations marvel that so
great a revolution in China could
nave occurred with so little blood
shed: Probably not more than 30, 900
people in all lost their lives in the
transfer of 100000. 900 from an ori-
entai despotism to a modern repub-
nc nc , but we submit whether the reign
OF kwang HSu, the last regency If
the dowager empress and the regency
OF Prince Hun were not providential
preparation for a revolution, while
the events of the last eight months
constitute in form one of the most
tremendous revolutions of human his
tory, We submit whether these events
are not In substance an evolution.
rathen than a REVOLUTIONARY evol,I, !,
.ion which hundreds Of years of local
self-government have prepared the
way for. and which the three last
relgns of the house divided against
itself have made inevitable.
IF ever a nave, lent in human his
tory had provsdential preparat ton
and a gradual development. the pres-
ent revolution in China reveals com
olnation of natural forces under the
hand of the Almighty. Abraham Lin
coin once said. God must have loved
the common people. He makes So
many Of them Surely God must love
the Chinese. He makes so many Of
them, He has kept them alive So long
ana He has given them such proyid en-
tlal preparation for their great task
In the Pacific basin.
Let us be patient with the Chi
nese; four hundred million people
nave begun to move. The muititude
Is great and the journey is long one.
PROBABLY they must have .encamp.
ments along the way. But let not en-
throned pride and prejudice dream
that the Chinese people will march
back again to the bondage of Egypt.
IheN have caught a glimpse of ca =
naan; they are on the road: they will
not rest finally until they have reach
ed the promised land"