Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
CHINA is STARTED
ON THE RIGHT ROAD
President Yuan Says Order Prevails
and That Traders Will BE Pro-
tected-Why He Re-established
Confucianism.
By YUAN sHr KAI


BY special arrangement with the Independent
President Yuan received william Fran
cts Monnir, representative Of the Tnde-
pendent at O'Clock IN the morning dt
hts prfvdte apartments IN the Forbidden
CitV. He smoked a small cheroot as he
talked, and spoke toith pride of the fact
that pipes had been bdnished He then die
tdted hts message to the American people.
T HAVE learned from Western newspaper
i men that there is much greater satlsfac-
tion, when one has a message to send to a
neighboring nation, in delivering It to the
press than there is In attempting to COM
muncate It through the regular mediums Of
! the foreign offices Would not much mis-
! understanding between nations be avoided,
even be sometimes averted, II one people
might thus directly speak It's mind to another
people with which II might have some slight
dispute?
1t is true that most nations OF the West
publish the reports of their consuls, and this
Is laudable from business point of view
Such reports unquestlonably assist in the pro-
motion of commerce and trade and these
things vital to the life and well-being of
the world today. But business is not always
friendship-often times 1t leads to the very
reverse, to war and cruelty and even the de-
struction of nations and the political and
racial disruption Of people. How poor China
has suffered because of business and trade!
What armies and navies what men and
money, have been used to back UP the recon-
mendations Of the consular and business
agents!
Will Protect Merchants and Traders 4,
Do not for a moment think that am speak,
in tn tbo
made by such officers. Not at all Indeed,
it is quite unnecessary for me to say that on
behalf of China welcome merchants and
traders to all our ports and markets-from
the coast to Tibet, and that they not only
will be given welcome in the usual sense of
that friendly word, but that they will be
given fullest protection in the prosecution of
all their legitimate enterprises
No, do not discourage or belittle the con-
sular reports, but it is my contention that
they do not go far enough toward the
cementing of real friendships between ma
tions Our foreign offices, according to opin-
ions long entertained by me, should be open
to the voices of the peoples by which they
are supported In times of national anger or
passion 1t would be we'll to close all avenues
of communication for the old Chinese prov
erb that 'if two women are allowed to talk
long enough there will eventually be hair
pulling" is more or less true when applied to
nations. But when there are messages of
good will and concord to be transmitted from
one people to another, believe 1t is the great
and sacred duty Of the foreign offices to re-
ceive, send and give widest publicity to such
peace-preserving and peace-attaining COM
municatlons.
Will Not Forget American Friendship
My great and illustrious friend, yiceroy
Ii Hung Chang, since departed to join the
glorious ancestors of our race did often
say to that while America was the
only country of the world which denied
admittance to our countrymen, 1t was also
the only nation which stood like the Great
Wall between China and dismemberment;
and 1t was the great Viceroy's hourly pleas
ure and Joy to repeat the words of Major
Conger. the American Minister, said at a
time when all of us thought the nation was
to be parceled out among the Powers:
do not worry Viceroy Uncle Sam will
not permit the despolation of your coun-
tryl"
Can we ever forget that Government and
that people? No, we do not forget and
hope the people of the United States will
know that we remember
It may be said to our American friends
that the new Republic of China Is now
fairly started on the right road. Discon-
tent and minor rebellion encouraged by dis
gruntled individuals who had imagined
themselves leaders of the Chinese people,
but who were repudiated by arms and bal
lots, are no longer occupying our attention.
A settled condition of affairs prevails in all
the provinces except two, and in these latter
the disturbances are not serious All de-
partments OF the new Government are work.
ing earnestly, diligently and in concord for
the betterment of the nation.
The finances are in the best condition they