Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-09
AMERICANS LEAVING CHINA
Experts Who Went to Help Out the
Government.
LEAVES YUAN SHY ON COUNSEL
soodnow, ROckbin and Adams Give
I'D Residence at Picking 20
Come HOme-Press bureau
TO he Established.

PBKING, Aug. 8-Although DR.. Frank
J. Goodnow, the American whose author
fly on constitutional law was sought by
President Yuan Shi-kal in framing the
new Chinese constitution, leaves Picking
In August to become President OF Johns
Hopkins university, he has agreed to
favor the Chinese president with further
advice whenever he may ask for It. He
intends to return to China during the
summer vacation OF 1915. but in the mean
time he has urged Yuan to engage a sub
stitute for him in this $4,000 post
VIII start Press bureau.
DR.. Goodnow's departure, together with
that of w. w. Rockhil1, who has already
left for the United States. and "A. c.
Adams, who is to leave as soon as he has
finished some special work in railway
accounting, will rob President Yuan of
the immediate counsel of three Ameri-
cans. 1t appears that all three have been
anxious to return TO the United States.
Or. Goodnow has obtained his release
after little over a years stay in Picking,
while his contract was for period of
three years Mr.. Rockhill was urged 90
remain in Picking, but he accepted his
recent appointment to Yuan's service
only upon condition that he would not
have to take up his residence here. In
the United States, at a salary OF $4,000
he is expected to act in Yuans behalf by
counteracting the publicity campaign
which Sun Yat-sen and his party OF rebels
is conducting abroad, and he will also be
called upon to exercise his diplomatic ex-
perience when required in behalf OF the
president and the people of China.
Professor Adams, who came out here
for one year only. to instruct the board
of communications in the unification of
railway accounts, will have completed his
work in August. II is not believed that
that Chinese board is yet capable of
profiting greatly by his instruction, and
it is feared that they will be unable to
continue the work successfully without
him. But Adams wishes to return to the
work from which he withdrew temper
arily in the United States.
Question as to Value.
The departure of these three Americans
brings up the question as to what real
service foreign advisers have been to
Yuan Shi-kai. He has had them from
all countries-Great Britain, France, Ger
many. Russia, Denmark, Sweden and
Japan. on almost every subject connected
with his government-on law, foreign af-
fairs, military matters, education, fl
nance; and. whenever a man might be
useful but had no particular line to
recommend him, he has been made an ad-
wiser in general. Most of these advisers
are seldom called upon to do any serious
work. II difficulty arises between the
Chinese government and the nation to
which one belongs, his services are like
ly to be employed as go-between. But as
to advice, though the Chinese often ask
it they seldom follow It. Indeed It is
difficult for them to do so; ideas and
conditions are still too different in China
and those which prevail abroad. And II
the government accepted all the advice
which 1t receives from its numerous ad-
visers. much OF It conflicting. the empire
might be in worse chaos than it is.
Only There for show.
II is understood in Peking that the
Chinese, while anxious to have men of
foreign reputation nominally in their SER
vice. desire 1t chiefly for what Is known