The Washington herald., 1913-03-07
CHINA'S FUTURE
IS Bright ONE
Austin Brown Writes Letter to
President Asking for Rec
ognition Of Republic.
WEALTH IS DESCRIBED
Stupendous Development Of Country |,
Prophesied if Empire Gets
a Chance.

Development uf China through the con-
struction OF thousands Of miles or rail-
ways, with i consequent increase in for
eign trad" "f which the United states
can reasonably expect I large share. Is
advocated hy Austin f.. Brown. of New
York VIII" is conducting campaign ior
the early recognition of the republic OF
China AMI has addressed letter 10
President Wilson on that srbject.
II am glad 10 learn that President
Wilson is taking an earnest interest IN
the matter Mr.. Brown said last night.
IF he reads my letter in full he Will
surely grant recognition without delay in
the interest of our own people. Tor the
development of our eminent sister re-
public on the lines set forth in my let
ter to him will create n world prosperity,
never before known and the people OF
the United States will be the greatest
benefciarieS. for We are better equipped
10 supply the machinery and material
that will =" necessary therefor than
any other naticn.
The following quotation from my LETT
ter to the President and my letter TO
Hon. William Sulzcr, referred TO therein,
Will give some idea of the proposed stu
pendous development of this great en-
plre.
Letter to suIzcr.
In the letter to Mr.. Sulzer l say, in
substance: That as this great and re-
sourceful Chinese Empire embraces an
area including that over which she eN-
ercise suzeraiuty. 4.27,l70 square miles.
and yet throughout this extensive and
populous domain the railroad mileage
open TO traffic on December 81. 1910. WAS
but 5217 miles, while the railroad mileage
Of the United States from the latest Off
cial data is %. 40c miles. the construction
cost Of which was nearly $4,000, o0o,00N and
it is the intention Of the learned and
able men who are now in control of gov
ernmcntal affairs in China to modcrnizc It
commercially. industriallv. and eduCa-
tionally, largely on American lines, II
stands to reason that in View of the
fact that China's area greater than
ours and her population NOR" than four
times as great. that the food consumed
and the clothing worn by the peopl"
must be correspondingly greater and all
other things used must hC greater in
like proportionatc ratio: therefore the
railroad traffic will surely be enormous
as soon as it can be availed OF.
Need 25O.OoO Miles.
a railroad system. therefore. cmhrac-
ing a length of 250.00o miles at least will
he required. which would have TO be
greatly augmented later, for 1t should ex
tend entirely across the empire several
times from east to west and north TO
south and into Mongolia. Tibet, and Tur
kestan. with many branch lines.
Then OUT new sister republic will
surely mOdeTniZc her commerce, par
tIcularly her internal commerce. and as
she possesses 80 rivers, some of which
are among the longest in the world. as
well that important commercial water !
way between the northern and southern
provinces, the Grand Canaf' from
Pekin to Canton, a distance Of 1000 /!
miles, completed by the great Grand |
Khan kublai in tho thirteenth century. |
and 16i lakes. the activity in this line |
will surely be very great Then the for |
eign and coastwise commerce will also |
be exploited on modern lines and navy !
constructed second to none in the world.
With all of this great railroad system /
and ships Of commerce upon the seas, !
rivers. and lakes throughout China and |
the world. owed by the government, as
well as all public utilities. the revenues
of our great sister republic will be enor-
nous, greater by far than the revenues