St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-03-14

'Np'Il'n't tNWN 10 We Inht gave 10
me such thoughts When / was ~
great flood came into my province.
Our family ruled the province Of
Changmong-nn estate, IL you WILL of
II square miles. In IL Is the city of
Chingting, with about 1000 inhabit
country was covered The people
screamed aud fought and starved and
drowned. was not afraid; / stayed
In the palace aud played. did not
know what was going on without the
palace walls. Nor did care.
al looked out aud saw the great
flood. | got a board aud n paddle and
padded off across the water. II was
wonderful; | had never done anything
like that before and / was n boy. TO
whom novelty aud excitement are twin
necessities Of life. ! padded and pad.
died and then found couldn Z make
my way back. Then I was swept out
into the river itself I saw people
drown; I saw homes destroyed. | saw
other men aud other boys padding like
myself. II was all very new TO mo.
"Thcn II began 20 get dark. Soon II
was night and still floatcd down the
river In the midst Of tho people. Early
In the morning | saw n merchant junk
with great wings coming toward me.
How, | yelled and bawlcdl They saw
mo and picked me up. They took mo
20 the city Of Ticntsin. was taken TO
the captains home, where l lived
week until my father came for mo aud
took me back TO the palace. In that
week | was changed. | studied tho
people; learned 20 love them; said
would spend my life working for
them. They had saved me; l would
save them.
al asked my mother 20 lot me travel.
She told me | was too young. | waited
until was l6 aud then / set out, with
five servants 10 watch over me. When
/ reached England sent them home
They were too much bother aud ex
pense. Aftcrward ! always travelled
alone. | wanted education and I went
20 oxford, have studied aud travelled
ever since, / want no more degrees, |
want to get % work | have learned
for others and now / want 10 do for
Others"
His plan Is not complicated. After
he has studied farming and manufac-
turing, schools and the press In the
United States, he will return 10 China.
There he will organize society. lle
will call upon other Chinese with ex.
perienee aud education won abroad but
whose talents have not been in service,
because Of "A lack OF direction. With
the help of these men, he will writo
books, plays, pamphlets, papers-any-
thing that will serve toward a popular
education lie expects 20 start a daily
newspaper in one of China's large
cities and he will use this paper to pave
the way for the building of factories,
~ shall put the people 10 work, " says
Prince Changmong, "and teach them
how TO work, "
He plans 10 erect modern buildings
and 20 teach scientific agriculture
Already he has learned how Yankee
farmers grow more rice ON a given ter
Titory than do Chinese farmers, though
the latter have centuries of experience
in raising rice,
lie does not intend 20 ask the govern
ment for help, although he says that
the government is welcome to assist IT
il 50 wishes lie believes that a great
/ educational wave will sweep all China
aud he thinks himself called TO direct
that wave into proper channels. Prince
Changmong has the instincts of the
builder Of commercial empires aud he
has trained long aud assiduously 10 fit
himself for such work. He sees a won
derful future for China and ne sees
the need of master mind, Of a real
man. lie believes that he is the man
and that the moment for his usefulness
has come. IL is not often that the
crisis OF a people finds its leader
presciently prepared, as Prince Chang
mong thinks he is. Yet, il is true that
every crisis has developed its leader,
its master mind, its real man. Such
are the men who have written their
names large on the pages of the
world 5 records aud the Manchu prince
who floated away from the palace of
contempt for the common people into
the river Of understanding and love of
the common people may live TO hear
men call him blessed. He is unselfish
and the unselfish men are the ones who
accomplish really great things, for self
ishness 10 the greatest bar TO accom-
plishment. SO, the world may we'll
watch VITA interest Prince Changmong
and his idea and his ideal.