The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-25

supported by the British government,
to Sun Vat Sen is this, Liberty? Rep
institutions? Rubbish! Get on with
your work" They simply laugh at
sun al Sens warnings, and are utter
ly ignorant of the s~tupandous, power
which he has behind him.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Diosy continued
earnestly, I can tell you something, and
| do not speak without knowledge and.
without a very real sense of the seri-
BUSINESS of the statement I am making.
Both houses Of the Chinese parliament
have refused their consent to this loan,
and when that time comes, as it must
come, when real democratic govern
ment once again holds the reins of
power, the Chinese parliament may re-
pudiate this loan.
Reputation Possibility.
1t may be objected that all the loans
of the corrupt Manchu government
have been taken over by the republic
without question. 1t is vel recognize
ed in European financial circles that a
Chinaman's word in such matters is as
good as his bond, and full advantage
has been taken of this fact. In the
case of the. Manchu loans, however,
the ~financiers acted In all good faith;
they had no warning, but it is not so
In the present instance. Young China
has warned the powers again and
SJaln against this loan. and when they
come into their own, they will most
likely repudiate it. Naturally the gov
ernments Of the five powers will hold
the Chinese, under whatever rule they
may be, to the fulfillment of the obli-
cations undertaken by Yuan Shih-kai.
II the Chinese refuse to carry these
out, the five powers will exact payment
by force of arms. China will resist
and a war flame will be kindled that
may envelop all Asia and Europe too.
Asked as to what, in his opinion,
would be the immediate result of the
floating of the loan, Mr.. Diosy said
that there would undoubtedly at first
be g, great China boom, that all the
news that got through from China
would tell Of increasing prosperity,
and that, as far as the f~1nanciers could
possibly secure it, only such news
would be allowed to get through, Just
as it has been until now their policy to
permit only pessimistic intelligence to
reach the western world. There would
be a great rush to make money out, of
China, but he would earnestly warn
all who cared to listen that the large
fortunes which would undoubtedly be
made would be made by the big capt.
talists, and that the small operators
stood no chance.
prospect seems Dreary. :
I a see it all, Mr.. Diosy continued,
and it is a dreary scene, the steady
cynical exploitation Of the country by
foreign capital; the miserable subter-
fuges; the Scrupulous adherence on the
surface to the official requirements;
the invariable appointment, to suit ma
tional susceptibilities, of a certain
number of Chinese to the board of ev-
cry company, and the careful securing
that they shall be men of straw, will
ing to sell their names for a sufficient
reward. The immediate prospect for
the Chinese is dark enough, but it can
not last.
Many years ago, Mr.. Diosy contin-
ued with a quiet enthusiasm, Sun Vat
Sen sat at that table which you see at
the end of the room, and drafted the
constitution of the republic of China.
Some of those standing around could
hardly restrain a smile. China Of all
countries a republic! If Sun Vat Sen
be a dreamer. as he has so often been
called, he is the kind of dreamer whose
dreams come true. He a see more
clearly than any man / know to the
ultimate of things, and it is this. and
this only, that really concerns him.
Present happenings, no matter how vi
client, are absolutely no concern to
him, except in SO far as they indicate
something WEich ne KNOWS a a place
in the ultimate solution Of the problem.
If he were sitting at this moment
where you are, and we were discussing
this question Of the loan, which seems
to destroy at one stroke SO much of
that for which he has labored and suf-
fered SO long, he would just smile and
say, Eyes, yes, now it is bad. but in
another twenty years time That
is the spirit Of Young China, Mr.. Diosy
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destroyed, and it must triumph in the
end.