The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-06
Oriental Scholar, DR.. Nc
Pooa Chew, Discusses the
CountTy's Condition At
Earlham College.
USES ENGLISH WELL
Declares Through American
Influence Opium Traffic
on Rapid Decline in ORR
entail Republic.

The presence Of Ng Poon Chew,
THE Mark Twain Of China" created
great interest in Richmond yesterday
and at his three meetings, the for
eigner spoke before big crowds. He
delivered lectures at Earlham chapel
in the morning, First Presbyterian
church in the afternoon and At the
First NJ. e. church at night.
Ng Poon Chew, who is known in
English as Mr.. Ng, pronounced
Ming" is highly educated man and
uses the English language fluently.
He was first educated in the language
in his native country but later stud
led extensively in this and other Eng
fish speaking nations.
The speaker used perfect English
and spoke with slight accent which
marked him plainly as a native OF
China. He is conversant with interna-
tional problems and is ION the inside
of Chinese politics.
He declared that the Chinese are
exceedingly grateful to the United
States, that this country stands fore
most Of the powers of the earth In the
eyes Of the common people and the
aristocrats as we'll.
HaS MdoC NO OSnbdnOS
Whereas every other power except
the United States has appropriated a
part Of China, this country has made
no demands on the yellow race for
either money or property and has
teachings. The American missionar-
les are Influential In the communities
in which they work to greater ex-
tent than representatives of other ma
lions.
Ng Poon Chew described the politi-
cal condition OF China as badly mud
died and declared there are two great
factions working for control of the
new republic. He believes within a
few years, this condition will have
ceased to exist and the Chinese gov
eminent will be conducted as a true
republic.
The chief need. he declared, is
money. He is familiar with the terms
Of the proposed international loan
and insinuated that the powers which
probably will partake in the advance
of funds, are doing SO to have a root
in the nation.
Ng Poon Chew does not believe,
however, that the United States Will
be one Of the nations which lends
China money and as result Of this
country refusing to assist in the nego-
tiations, many trying conditions will
be removed The speaker seemed to
believe, however, that the conditions
the United States would have imposed
would not have been detrimental to
the nation. He did not name them.
"Our government is at work organ
thing our military forces" he said.
with the present muddled condition
Of politics and the lack of funds, be-
sides many other backward influences
which confront a newly organized gov
eminent, 1t is difficult matter.
Moral Training Need.
I'VE will have no trouble securing
money from the powers of the earth
and they seem anxious to advance
more than we want. 1t was proposed
to borrow between $200,O0O,O0o and
$500, 900 900. but there seems to be
an inclination on their part to make
the loan $500,000,000 and make the
conditions more bindin gon our ma
ton
Ng Poon Chew declared that relig-
ious and moral training is really the
paramount need of the Chinese now.
With the aid Of missionaries from the
western hemisphere the work is pro-
crossing rapidly. The school system
has been greatly improved and the
Chinese are able to get more practi-
cal education than formerly
He declared that the opium traffic
was a product of civilization which
England's traders had brought to the
country Through American influence
this is gradually being wiped out A
great edict against it was issued
months ago as the result of the fight
OF the missionaries to have the use of
the narcotic stopped.
I'VE believe opium will not be used
in China after 1915" he said "Of
course, there may be some traffic In
the drug, but every country has that
to some extent. The use of opium in
the past few years has SO greatly di-
minished that its effect is no longer
nationally felt"