The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-13
CHINA'S FUTURE


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branches of oue'uccriua and they are
looking toward America to supply /.
teacher.
English has been made the .ech-
.mc. training language DC the Amer .
leans uiaa to- supply this demand for
teachers. and desire to gain ioothold .
i'm China. they must exercise patience .
and do ao by % SOW, definite pro-
cess. Huatlrg methods won't work
Americans boast Of their alleged
superior intelligence and their versa.
duJg but they lack stability and have
100 r.dcucc They must not try to
make money fast and then return by
The next boat
American education has pro
found influence on China. The big
/ gast thing that We can do is to help
| Chinese education. At the present
time, there are six hundred and fifty
two Chinese students at our American
universities.
This is the best way that we can
help the Chinese. BY encouraging
their coming here we shall have thou
sands of Americans learning some
thing about China so that the ar
rangement will be of mutual benefit.
China is only a republic in name.
1t will take a long time for the people
to be educated up to the new form of
government We are one of the old
est republics and we must show them
how 20 avoid our mistakes.
Mistake of Universal Suffrage.
Our mistake in granting unlimited
suffrage was an unlimited mistake,
for why should ignorant and unedu-
Gated people have a vote. In China
they win have a limited suffrage ar
rangement with a property and educa-
tional qualification.
woman suffrage will be granted
for Chinese women are remarkable
, factors. Both the Chinese and Man
chu women are capable of the same
kind of thing and they will soon come
to the front.
Now that the Chinese women have
been released from the centuries of
bondage and suppression, they will
have an opportunity to allow their in
tellects to develop and then they will
show themselves the equals of their
Caucasian sisters.
l. h.. 10 think
yourselves so intelligent and advanced.
We have made many mistakes in our
development and we must expect the
same from China.
Their republic is nothing more
than an oligarchy, but what about the
United States? 1t is impossible for
the people to rule. They must he edu-
Gated up to the point where they can
intelligently choose the men that they
know will act for the best interests of
the community at large,
That is the idea of the commission
form of government The referendum
i is impractical, for the vast majority
are not intelligently informed on pub
lie matters.
Ability of President
THE Chinese will profit by our mis-
takes. Their president, Yuan Shin
Kai, has already shown a marvellous
fund of diplomacy and tact With
both Chinese and Manchus hostile to-
ward him he has managed to preserve
y peace.
Throughout the history of the Chin
csc nation there has been a profound
theoretical respect for the people.
Yuan used this argument in convinc-
ing the Manchus to abdicate. He said,
why should one family hold out
against the entire nation? In ancient
times, the Emperor Yao retired in
favor of Shun because it was the peo-
PIES will, and you must do as Yao
did.
Yuan is loyal to the Manchu
dynasty and after persuading them to
20 bloodlessly, allowed them large an
nuities, permitted them to keep their
. tllleSi ana 10 Holu IuSlI pllNau0 piNP
+ erty. He is without doubt a most able
{ man, and has wiped out the Manchu
u dynasty"
Dr. Smith will speak at the Central
Union church tomorrow night on 'The
j. New Republic" and deliver an address
s before the Mems League on Monday
u night. He leaves for the Orient on
u Tuesday via the Mongolia.
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