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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

l(yyvE want you to hear China's side
w The United States has always
W been kind TO me, and Will not
refuse to listen to what l say We are COM
ing closer 10 you, really; we have always been
closer TO you, in our form Of government
than you know. You ask me whether we
are to remain a republic. What does it mat
ter wha, We call it so long as we have the
tting2 Yuan Shi-Kai has been made Presi-
der, for ten years, of which only three have
passed He is doing wonderful things for
China it is the reconstruction period and
China is busy planting, for we are nation
tat feeds itself So there is no excitement
Ind the papers, which must talk about some
ning come out every now and then with the
euestion: Will he be made Emperor In
China we smile, because we know it is just
TAX; but here you take it seriously. Your
American idea of advertising convinces you
TIA, It makes a difference whether we call
ourselves a republic or a monarchy. 10 US
y does not matter. because we have democ-
acy"
She is tiny and gentle and modest, is DR..
Asmei Kin. yet she was the FIRST woman OF
a.' country 10 take a medical degree-at the
"omsns Medical College OF the New YORK
urinary for Women and Children-and,
a'er two years postgraduate work she re-
'a'ned to China and received PERMISSION TO
'Sund the FIRST modern hospital there But
nere was condition attached. that all ma
TRIALS and labor employed should be Chinese.
'nis made difficulties at the outset, ana they
were surmounted only when DR.. Kin herself
Ossgned the buildings, drew up the plans tor
"sntlns water supply and plumbing. and per-
'onally superintendent the actual work OF con-
'uuetion. For DR.. Kin, in her simple Chinese
"stume and her unhurried Oriental manner,
siull Of American 'hustle"-and. by the way,
:" plenty Of frank American humor.
Just now she has come to the United
S~'es 10 tel US what we do not know about
@"oeTn China, and that is very great deal
But represent no faction and hold no
,''a Tor the government" says DR.. Kin. i
s'e come to speak for the people OF China
"a'e come 10 say: You, the people OF inc
"eo States. you know that we do not hVe
nshtng. You know that modern war Is a
!" OF commerce, not OF killing. Fighting
N'a solves any problems; it destroys life
- breeds hate and the problems remain
@'0''ed-for after all. no matter how much
may kill, the market will go 70 the best
Soaueer in the end.
We always have had good deal more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
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prussian principle 70 a people 70 whom II IS
reougnant. and the broad result has oeeh
tina, the doctors. driven by deadly naste'
killed much quicker than they cured There has
been a great deal OF bombastic nonsense taiS-
ed in modern works on meaner wars, ABOUT inc
spread Of British justice and British order' ne
really patriotic Englishnan will not pretend iof
a moment to be superior to the other great ma
tons in these things But though the triumph
of English law has often been unreal, the de-
fence and defeat OF English freedom have been
very real indeed. The insurance act was the
real Prussian invasion OF England; very PROB
ably the only one that will ever happen. Ihere
are really many men OF the best class ana
culture of England who would be tramps, or
trespassers. or Of il comes 10 that burglars
rather than insured persons. We have broken
the great trinity Of political truth, but we
really have KEEP, third of it. We have loved
liberty, though scarcely equality and trater-
nifty.
But the greatest benefit Of this great battle
will remain what I have said II will break
for the English this false mirror OF Aattery and
fear 1t will destroy the magnetism OF this
second hand British Empire, in which we be
hold all that is bad about U.s. as il a man looked
into mirror and saw monkey. This war is
not. as is exaggeratively said the last war.
But il is the last mechanical conscript war. IL
is the last war based on this machinery OF
monkeysh imitation, by which all men must
fight and think and live and learn n the same
way. 1t is necessary for Europe, it is above
all necessary for England, that she should es-
cape from this empire OF apes. The odd coun-
try must and will re-emerge. English people
sometimes smile at the interest OF the cult
waited American in ivy or old oak as sort OF
solid solitude. such as is praised in many
tales CT Henry James. But the American is
right, immeasurably more right than the fool
ish Germans or Englishmen who, until lately.
were always visiting each others town halls
and tramway lines-which are much the same
in all countries Whereas there are real Ems
lish things that have been forgotten by every
body. especially the English.
The Prussans, having failed to capture the
ring of the forts of Paris, seem to be proceed
ing industrously and successfully with their
attack on the ring of the cathedrals. II they
wish to awaken our people as they have awak-
ened the other, they should drop shells on the
old inns OF South England they have
dropped them on the old churches OF North
France. There is one thing Lnearly
forgot We may rescue Shakespeare. He has
been captured by the Germans; arrested for
philosopher, or some such low fellow. But
through wall within wall of labyrinthinc
fortress of libraries I can hear him laughing
still.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

having been allowed the rights Of citizens or
even the common rations OF men.
But it is Of the nature Of imperialism that
II hates history. II the Germans prevail OF
course there will never be any history any
more There will only be one enormous fable
eating up all the facts. When, for instance,
one of the accepted and admired historians OF
a nation can talk seriously about the per-
feet religious tolerance Of the Goths' then
that nation is an uneducated nation, though
it had a thousand universities One might
as we'll talk of the equal respect paid by the
Bengal tiger to Moslems and Hindus when
they came into Bengal. But if we decide on
CONSUMPTION as an ultimate solution we must
do it in the light Of memory and confession;
we must realize the glories we have gained
through few poor Englishmen abroad, and
also the infamies we have inflicted on the
great mass Of Englishmen at home.
There are many other ways in which this war
may be the deveralce OF this country from
its peculiar nialades. Merely because it is a
war, it must eventually year down that weak
and depraved patience which we call respect
of persons. Sooner or later it will be found
that some really big blunder was made by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

said to have asked What are Keats" but no
ore in those days asked Who are Kipling?'
Men knew all about the English colonies, but
nothing about the English counties. 1t was
the fashion to glorify the British navy, be
cause it was large; but rather to sheer az the
British army (Which has appeared once or
twice in history, because it was small. The
Kaiscr's strange and feminine outbreak about
French's ridiculous little army is not without
parallels among many of the old lingo jour
nalists of England, who could not see that
small specialist army has advantages as well
as disadvantages. Had these imperialists
known any history they would have known
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
The T irst Chinese Woman Physician Comes
to Tell the United States What AG Does
Not Know A bout China-Eor Japan
She Asserts, Has Lied 10 America
About Her Country.

democracy than other nations realized. We
have no hereditary nobility, for example
man receives title when he has done some
thing memorable; but unless his does
something memorable, too, the sons rank
is less than the fathers so that man fifteen
generations descended from reignins prince
may be a commoner. And over the door OF
every school there is written: Remember
that the prime minister is made, not born
THE dynasties, you know, were afraid OF
dcspotism because they knew the people would
rebel, so they relinquished gradually most
of the power of direct government to the
heads OF provinces, reserving what amounted
to little more than the right Of absolute veto;
for every time there was change of dynasty
the country ran with blood This time-be-
cause we are, like you, peaceful people-the
dynasty resigned; and they said We, re-
firing because we believe it is the wish OF the
people that we should retire, delegate to you,
our people the prime minister who has aided
US in order that in turn he may aid you
And that" says DR.. Kin, was Yuan Shi-
Kai. From the start the power was his, Tor
no reason except that he is just and sane and
that mis- motto has been not to involve the
HELPLESS common people in bloodshed. OF
course. the southern provinces were not loyal.
They wanted TO rule. But the south should
not rule. 1t is not in history, it is not in nature
that the people of hot countries should rule.
"However. in order to avoid bloodshed, Yuan
Shi-Ka arbitrated with them. he was only
dissuaded too, from going to treat with them
in person when plot to murder HIM resulted
in the death OF some OF his attendants. Even
then he was willing to arbirate, and so he let
Sun Yat-Sen become leader IL was only
necessary that Sun Yat-Scn should have
enough rope for him to hang himself he
hogan with his ridiculous plan to duplicate
.v.rv railroad in existence in China-literally
~ run other systems parallel to those which
we had--instead OF building new ones IN other
d;,ections And that fell through. And otner
plans of his fell through, while Yuan Shi-hai
iook.d On But when Sun Yat-Sen planned
20 raise an army OF Japanese to conquer the
d;sIoval provinces. at last Yuan Shi-kai put
his foot down 1t was the right moment ior
neople had seen for themselves that ne was
lust no good And now they say IN |hind'
.Sur Watson. we have no use for you!
But we have a great deal OF use TOR Yuan
Sb-Kai AT first the people did not under
stand him. for he discouraged them when they
resented the insults OF the Japanese Ana
thew accuse him OF suppressing news OF NAM
tanning an arbitrary censorship over the press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Ry Gilbert K. Chesterton.

SUGGESTED that TINS was uHiNoi'd'
u.r Of liberation. end to show there was
~ malice began by considering IT as
~ German Liberation. But this is the worst
= III times for any nation TO ignore its own
&c neslgenoes and ignoranoes. and wish
o;,, ont here in what way the war may
-. ,he English from many institutions
- ;,,oositions that have made them less
g, ., home and less respected abroad than
rev should have been.
II, modern German Empire is artificial, be
..rse il is initiative. AS have already said, in
-. eighteenth century il copied France-or
,,,,,r he French monarchy. Similarly, in the
-....,,rth century it copied England-or
,,,bsr the British Empire Its naval and
.,,o,ial ambitions Of late were in no way ma
80, 20 that great inland country with its noble
:-i,rd river. In spite OF the song about the
p.,re II was not upon that or anything like
!. "a, the Prussisn lords and their servants
Ven, the most vigilant eye. Fast stands and
80. ,he watch on Folkestone. Haylins Island
..d probably Hammersmith Broadway, but
Germans had been watching to copy US long
t,iore they watched to destroy US. | am not
s,ying they were not wise for practical reasons
!, aiming at a large feet and string OF
,,lonies though there is much more to be said
AGAINST this pattern of policy (made in Eng
,,,O than the shallower imperialism Of Prus
81, seems 20 have realized But here | only
COAX OF instructive ease and naturaness in the
,,oducts OF the people OF whether they draw
from the populace and smack OF the soil And
81. sc obxiOirc that 4 for Ger
rany is about as natural as harbor for
Rutland.
Nor is il clear that the idea OF colonies comes
Neutral 10 German instincts. however much it
nav 10 German ambitions. OF course, the
pvssians dismiss the doubt, as they dismiss all
others. by simply saying that they are the best
e5onsts in the world, and that it is shame
ma, they have never had any colonies. Similar
w. they say they are the best soldiers in the
world though so simple an operation as mark
ing on 2 map the number Of great cities the
French have taken and comparing it with its
Prussian parallel will show that the Prussians'
dam largely begins and ends with the fact
that they once took Paris. and do not seem
able 10 do it twice Similarly the catalogue OF
English colonies is an objective fact, not a
subjective theory; they are copying what we
lave done even if they think, for some mystical
reason that they could do it better. The en-
,husiasu for colonies in Germany is largely an
cHicsl campaign, but it is a very strenuous
o-e have sometimes fanced that the Ger
nsn habit Of describing tea, coffee sugar, etc,
IS Colonial goods" may have been meant to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

that the practice of lending good professional
troops to our Allies on the Continent had sue
ceeded many times before the successful re-
treat from Mons or the successful charge
across the Marine. In strict history there is
much more scholarship and accuracy in the
music hall song which said
Our army may be little
But they've learnt before to-day
That little British army
Goes a damned long way
than there was in mere blind demands for the
instant drilling OF destitute millions, who were
to be taught the duties OF soldiers without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
French Artists Spur
ON am American Art

of suggestion. To ME the execution OF the king
is very much more masculine than that OF the
queen. Motion, you will observe, is supplied by
a procession Of rapidly moving nudes. u
course, both of these pictures are fruit o. IN
epoch in my life which is past. There is
nothing static about my manner OF working
am never deceived myself into thinking that
have at length hit upon the ultimate expression
In the midst of each epoch fully realize that
a new epoch will dawn.
Regarding the attitude of the public toward
my work, and, indeed, to all the work OF this
genre l think it is more the execution than
the spirit which is misunderstood and not COM
pretended. At the bottom, we are all working
toward the same goal. Mere details OF exc
cution do not constitute the real spirit OF art.
Every artist has his own way OF working with
TIE materials at hand. For my part, the fact
that my ideals reflect period OF growtns
proves that the spirit OF art may be approached
from many angles. Until all have been tried II
is impossible to affirm. with any degree Of
veracity. that the manner has been achieved.
Art is all a matter of personality
The Nude Descending the Stair" in the
finished state, with which the public is Ia
miliar, did not spring into being without inter
mediate steps. Marcel Duchamp has in his
studio a photograph Of an earlier treatment
OF the same theme, which affords an interest
ing comparison. Ranging the two studies side
by side makes very apparent the expenditure OF
much thought between the conception OF the
idea in the first place and its ultimate treat
ment. The latter is much more powerful and
moving. Also i, is worked out more subtly.
expanding. in a number Of salient directions.
WHIT the earlier study rather limited than ex.
pressed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

on in both of US. Why not be tolerant and try
to understand how it is going on in them'
individuals learn to live without violence.
There is no more duelling among individuals.
Why should there be fighting between nations'
Japan has lied to you and we want you to
hear our side. We want you to hear about the
treaty she made with US which sounded so
liberal to you, but by the terms OF which she
secured control OF the maritime customs, OF
taxes, of large tracts OF land; we want you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

not be war" says DR.. Kin. I'VE Chinese are
a peaceful people. We rise only when our
wrongs become intolerable.
Japan says to US that we must join her to
make war upon the white race. When they
made that proposition to me / told them that
the time was past when foreigners could be
kept on the other side of the Caucasus. The
white race is here on earth TO stay. Why waste
our energy in fighting thern' Why not learn
20 get along2 They have made mistakes. and
SO have we. The process OF evolution is going
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
There is No More Duelling Among Individ-
uals,S Why Should There Still BE Fight
ing Between Nations, Yarnei Hin
Wishes to Know as She Pleads
for Tnaerracial Tolerance.

to know of the soldiers sent by Japan to help
the government, who changed their uniforms
in broad daylight and went over to the other
side when the insurgents seemed successful
and more.
"And when you have heard all this want
to say to the United States: You, too, are
peaceful people. Will you help China to make
war in the peaceful Oriental way-to make
war of commerce by making war with COM
merce and not with human livesF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Continued from second page.

He shrugged his shoulders. That cannot
say. Pioneers must always expect to be mis-
understood It is matter of great ndffer-
ence to me what criticism is printed IN the
papers and the magazines. / am simply work
ing out my own ideas in my own way. Those
who do not understand what it is we are at
tempting to portray simply cannot be shown
! cannot explain my paintings. Either one
grasps their purport or one doesn't. To any
one admitting an incapacity to understand this
art. say: Study all the paintings OF the genre
you can. 1t is only through constant observa-
ton that the plan becomes clear"
Monsieur Duchamp expressed himself as de-
lighted with America.
81 adore New York" he said There is
much about i, which is like the Paris of the
old days. Many artists have come over. and
think many more will come. AS | said. l can
paint wherever chance sets me down. am
perfectly emancipated in that regard But
must admit the atmosphere OF Paris just now
is not such as to inspire artists
Among the more noted OF this artists work
is a study of chess players and of king and
queen. These are highly interesting paint
ings and exemplify some OF Duchamps
strongly individual ideals.
You will observe, in the picture Of the
chess players" he remarked that very in
tense absorption in tire game is evinced. This
is produced by technique which must be
visoned TO be understood. The impression OF
watchers, who form the background, is con-
veyed in the same manner With this king
and queen" he continued. turning to the other
picture, sex is established by the same method
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

nephew OF a Cabi-
net Minister; that
some solidly ca
lamitous betrayal
was made by the
brother of a mill
ionaire. Sooner or
later the English
will realize that
such nephews must
be sacked. that
such brothers must
be shot. Again, it
will make impossi-
BILE forever the sort
of social reform
that has been Dor
rowed from Ger
many; and which
rests entirely on a
notion of rapid
org a n izati o n
which comes with
the Prussians and
which is utterly
alien to the Eng
lish. But after 1870
it was vaguely felt
that as the Prus-
sian soldiers could
kill people SO
quickly, the Prus-
sian doctors must
be able to cure
them as quickly. In
the insurance act
we applied til e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

II is true that he does this-but It is because
he does not wish the newspapers TO inhame
the people against the Japanese Ihis is no
time for us to 60 to war with Japan wheh
all Europe is at war. We must STAND aiohe'
we must feed ourselves. we must keep oui
ceople alive Who in Europe would listen 70
us now? So we say to the people: III the
Japanese insult you do not hear' Tend your
crops-and buy nothing of Japan Your time
will come! -,
"Ru, when our time comes hope there will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

vision. II is a
pity I h at tn
German Emperor
give up his Eng
lish admiral's uni
form, for it was
the pattern from
which he cut out
all his other coats.
Now it is COM
mon human ex-
perience that imi-
tations OF that
sort react on the
thing initiated. If
| find Gas is I'M
likely that the
whole fashionable
world in my town
admires and imi-
tates my hat, it is
not impossible that
| may come to pay
more attention to
my hat than to my
head. And when
the Germans went
in, not for envying
English SUPERIOR
ties, but for envy
ing English inferi-
critics, it had a
very bad effect up
on England itself.
Kipling was more
important t h a n
Keats. A man is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

The British Paradoxist Ties New String o.
Paradoxes AboWtthe Neck of His Country
--Emgland, He Says Must Escape From
hePresemt Empire Of Apes-oThe War
Will Break the False English Mirror
Of Flattery and Fear.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-30

William Lighton, Thomas Elmo-e
Lucey. Frank Parrish and Maurice
Smiley.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-30

They will live on Mr.. Palmer's farm,
near Sturgeon.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-30
FOOD AND FOLKS

Do we choose our food, does it
choose us or do we have it thrust upon
us? Is there an instinct which tells Us
we should cook pork with our beans
and that We should fog our lazy di-
gestive tract with orange juice in the
morning, or is it because it really
isn't done" otherwise that everybody
eats fruit for breakfast and cake and
cheese for dinner?
The mSn who said whatever is, is
right" may not have been thinking
about bacon and eggs for breakfast,
but if "is" makes right then bacon and
eggs are all right together, because
they are always right there at the
breakfast table, the campfire supper or
the rainy Sunday night tea after you
have done a nine-mile tramp to en-
courage an English wild rose complex
ion. Small matter If the bacon and
eggs destroy the work Of the mist and
the walk, they are too good to be re-
sisted.
Some food we are born to like, such
as milk: some of it we learn to like,
as olives. pawpaws and-pretzels--
and some of it we are forced to like.
Into the latter class fall the break
fast foods.
The mashed potatoes we have always
with US, the Thanksgiving turkey wh"n
we may. If we were raised in New Eng
land we will lean toward boiled din
ners, and if south of the Mason-Dixon
line we will show in our choice of food
that that line is no more clearly de-
fined than the grease line of the south
ern cook. But we'll eat biscuits and
fried apples with great gusto and then
wonder why we have dark circles un-
der our eyes when we rise in the
morning.