The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Poon Chew Has Long
Finger On The Pulse
from Saturdays Daily.

Chinese governmental AFFAIRS, del1V-
cred a lecture on THE Chinese Re-
public ard its Problems" in the Pres
byterian church last night. Mr..
Ng is of medium height, broad Shout
dered and well built, his features are
not very unlike American peoples
features, and although his speech is
somewhat peculiar, he Is easily UNI
derstood. His use of modern slang
phrases and English idioms is done
with as much surencss as an Amer
lean would display President c. Ii.
Cooper introduced the speaker
Ng Poon Chew came to America
thirty-four years ago, and in his adj
dress last night said that of all the
audiences he had addressed, Ameri-
can, English, French, German and
Russian-he liked the Americans best
because, he said, they are so SYM
pathetic, SO generous, SO responsive,
but above all, because they are so
handsome"
Sketched Nations History.
lie sketched the history of the
Chinese nation from centuries back
and told Of the overthrow of the
Ming rulers in the seventeenth GEN.
fury by the Manchus. He declared
that the Manchus were. the original
stand patters" of the worlds his
tory. having seized the throne OF
China in 1914 and staying right there
until 1911.
THE Manchus have never spent a
cent on sanitary conditions of the
country nor for the education of the
children, not for the upKeep OF a
strong standing army. They never
kept a strong armu because there
were comparatively fw Manchus in
China, and if Chinese were in the
army they would most certainly re-
volt against the government"
Territory That Was Lost.
"'One and quarter millions square
miles of Chinese territory was
lost by the Manchus during their
reign, and practically every good
port was given to- some European
nation. 1t was the Manchus who
first forced the Chinamen to wear
queues, making them the most re
markable members of the animal
kingdom.
During recent years the young
Chinese people have been coming to
America and have come to realize
that unless China became modern
lied it would perish and that the
imperial government of the ManChus
must be destroyed. They returned
to China and breathe the atmos
phere of liberty into the native PEG
pie.
When the overthrow of the Man.
chus was effected republic was
formed because there was no other
way out of it. There was no direct
descendant of any other royal family
in the country, and we could not
make any one else ruler with safety
When the flag Of the Chinese re
public was unfurled in Central China
on September II, 1911, the world
was amazed
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Many nations believed that China
should have a restricted monarchy
for q time at least, because the
Chinese ha no experience in gov
Crning themselves. But experience
never comes without experiment
and there must be a beginning. W.
thought we might as well start then
as any other old time. All the kings
and kingletS in the world must &c
eventually and earn their own liv
ing, all governments will b, re
publics
'The country has some stupendou
problems, the dense population, the
ignorance of the people, the poverty
and the deep rooted superstitions
1t will take time, to bring the ma
ton to real nationhood. American!
are accustomed to having thing.
done while you wait, but you canno
have a nation made while you wait
Great Problems of Finance.
Then there are the three grea
problems of finance, military, socia
educational. Money is the crying
need of China today. 1t will take
at least four years to establish
system of taxation, and AN appea
was made TO the western banker!
for the lean of $2O0.OO0.00D. Tht
bankers of America. England. France
Germany. japan and Russia formed
combination aud told China tina
they would lend $400,000,00O If the
bankers would be allowed to guide
the expenditure of the money. China
wouldn't accept this condition. The
group was dissolved and finally s125,
100000 was raised, which we believe
will solve the difficulty.
Scholar Rather Than Soldier.
The Chinese always worshippe,
the scholar rather than the soldier
and never believed in wars. So to
day it has been found necessar!
TO hire European officers to trail
Chinese soldiers. Sixty per cen
OF its money has been appropriate,
andfor he establishment and mainte
nance of a standing army. ! hop
that the day will come when tn,
people will not only believe in tn
Golden Rule, but will practice Il
There will be no need of a standin
army then.
''Tb3 political problem is an acut
one because there are SO many /,
norant people. The conservative ell