The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-11
Fletcher Brockman, Return
ed Y. M. C. A. Worker,
Tells Business Men of
Opening in New Republic.
LAND NEEDS LEADERS
Government Wants Ameri-
cans to Organize Railroads,
Open Mines and Conduct
Business Activities.

III the United States would simply
sell every Chinaman fountain pen
this year, the trade income would be
twice that of our entire trade with Ger
many in year." said Fletcher S.
Brockman. speaking before an audi
ence of sixty-five business meen at the
Y. M. c. A. last night.
Mr.. Brockman. who is at the head of
the Y. M. c. A. in China, sharply criti-
cised the attitude of many of our citi-
zens In regarding the growth and ex-
pansion of China as the yellow peril"
"The Chinese he said. honor and
admire everything American. The pa.
tron saint Of China today is George
Washington, and you will find his pic
ture hanging on the walls of coolie
huts far back in the interior.
when the Chinese changed their
system of education they adopted the
American plan. When the form OF
government was changed they adopted
republican form, modelled after our
own.
Picture Two Republics.
'The Chinese have a picture of two
republics. One in the east and one in
the west; the United States and Chi
ma; two powers united together. whose
power will stop war forever. This is
the sincere hope of every Intelligent
Chinese citizen"
Mr. Brockman told OF. the attitude
of the former Manchu governmsnttt,
which was opposed to all outside inter
course, and had always maintained a
stand against the opening of trade
with foreign powers. This had been
brought on, he said, through the fear
of European powers. Under the new
republic, there has been a desire to ex-,
pand. The Chinese are welcoming for
eign companies. He said that the presi-
dent of the Republic was a shrewd bus
mess man who knew when to top and
VIXEN to open up trade.
Transportation Primitive.
"One of the great drawbacks to the
of China has been the
lack of transportation facilities" he
said. Tea has been carried one thou
sand mile on mems backs. They want
American business men to come over
there and build railroads. and open
up mines and equip the new buildings
with machinery"
He said the coal fields which have
recently been discovered in China are
said to be large enough to supply the
world with coal for one thousand years
and that it .is of better grade that the
best Pennsylvania anthracite.
'The great need at the present time
in China is better trained labor and
machinery to increase the output OF
the laborers." said Mr.. Brockman.
China has 4o0,0o0,OOO laborers, and
they are the most peaceful and patient
workers in the world, but it takes four
hundred men to do the work that is
done by one American in the rice
fields
To illustrate the trade possibilities,
he said, IF we could sell each Chinese
as much as we sell each Cuban in
year. the income of the United States
would be $1O,750.000'
China Needs Men.
He said there was need for an aver
age of three or four Y. M. c. A. secre-
taries in each of the larger cities. By
placing these men he said 1t would be
easy to capture the great cities and
rule the larger provinces, because of
the influence of the Y. NJ. C. A. 1--WE
are on the verge of marvellous awak-
ening in China" he said in conclusion.
J. NJ. Clinton, of Tokyo, Japan, spoke
briefly on the possibilities which have
been developed in the east after the
of the Chinese republic. He
had charge of colony of Chinese stu
dents who came to Japan to study,
and was a factor in organizing the
first Y. M. c. A. among them. He said
America has the confidence Of the
Chinese citizens, and that China
should never be regarded as a menace
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