The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
ey George A. Dors y. Ph. D.. LID

and. having established our r.ghjc- ousness to our own satisfaction. condemn other nations tu proportion as they differ.
 The East Is the land of peace. and has given rhe w.rld the great teachers of peace Europe and America are militant. If China We're victorious in a bloody and cost y war. she would gain immeasur- ably in our estimation We have the sympathy for China that We have Tor flock If sheep-and for about the same reason.
 For a hundred years China has been bulldozcd by every bandit rha. owned or borrowed d gun Au4 when the world drives China to arms. as il is doing as fast as i, can. and We have China militant instead Of Japan helHe.reut. then well. may the best man win.
 And the Chinese is inherently the best man There ls ua,hiue he cm- not do. nothing h, may decide not to do. Give him rapid transit. That will solidiiy and unity China and Ia tilitatc free exchange or ideas. Les the Chinese cuf of his queue and he will the easier think in terms of the big stick and Jha mailed fist.
 There are many Europeans ill China who To and ae, Hk. b,u,es. and they are d. ignorant as they are brutal China k afraid of tAem for she is helpless But every at- tack on the foreigner during tae last century has been preceded by an act of aggression ou the part of the foreigner The Chinese are the most peaceful people iu th, NorId. they are the Quakers of tuc Eas. and the easiest to gel along with They are rAe most free listed peo- pie on earth. Europeans are tight when compared with them.
 We charge il agaius. them that they remain isolated. China was a mighty nation Whsu Europe was a savage brat. Now. that she has. Il that she is awake" what doe- il mean: That she hates Europe and seeks 10 discover how if is rHaf Europe can bulIyrag her. She is sick of being bullied by every dog that barks
 One has 10 soak mp the Chinese point of view in order [. appreciate certain rhings-f0r instance. that hollow mookery, the open door in China, for the dor is held open by people who close their own. WhaI a ghastly joke for us of the United States to talk of tHe open dor iu Manchuria, We, who make a specially of tariff walls. exclude the Chinese not only from our own shores but from the Philippines.
 En n,rmous difficulties confront these laW-abiding Well-behavcd Chin ese. Real difficulties, such as would stagger any nation which had gain ed happiness and conteutmenr ill ignorance ot agriculture, philosophy. cricket fights and singing birds They have found that il does hot bay to be fair-minded and reliable in com mercial dealings. Did ever na- tion have its pocket picked so often and pay, pay, pay so cheeriully or. at least, with such a bland child like smile?
 Not even China's strong sense of right and justice has saved her. Nor will it save her. Nothing will save her but guns and more guns, with which 10 regain her rights from Christian nations and Christian taught Japan Politeness and punctiliousness China developed; but better than those qualities are war ships on the Mexican coast and arm ies in Manchuria.
 China is up against a pushing, advertising crowd that is not con tent with well doing That is why China's tea exports fell from l26.- 000,0 to S.00OO00 pounds betweer 1879 and 1910. while Ceylou's eX- port increased from nil to 7S,O0Q. 900 Part of England's brains wanted to get rich and tea did the rest. And opium. Wonder what difference it will make in the Chinese-this sub stitution of the cheap cigarette for expensive opium.
 Now consciousness grows daily that the nominal rulers are Manchus and have been protected and favored by privileges: CD Manchus have had their own courts, i. e. extra territor- iality; @ Intermarriage was forbid den by law; (3) Pensions, that they might not have to work; (4) Separate and favored residence quarters with in walled cities; (5) Garrisons; (6) Language-every official document must be published in Manchu and Chinese, although Mancu has become a classical tongue, and less than 10 per cent of Manchus are able to sneak if Ter alone write or road