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lang Oh rch lao Declares His People Would Rather Be Shattered Into
Fragments as a Piece of Jade Than to Hold Together
as a Piece of Brick"
as a Piece Of Brick

he right. there would be no danger
~ her reighh'r China1
adoption OF what was after al q
right course. This is why she to'dly
adopted thr only course possible and
made The declaration, Nevertheless.
a step as mild As this was sufficient
To rouse the wrath Of a great nation
- / cannot and do not try 70 cover
the fact that our diplomats are only
blind adherents Of principles OF law
and ignorant Of existing conditions
hence the weakness" ot Chinese d.
plonacy.
The question naturally arises. Is
China 20 be condemned for u all
The Classics say: The man - not
guilty in any other way. except thar
ne IS in possession ot a gem An
other passage says: III he * deter
mined 20 condemn a man, he will not
fail ~ ind an excuse Now China IL
in possession Of the richest latent re-
sources Of the world and yet she Sc
unwilling 70 let these sources be
taken from her without registering an
objection. Is she not, therefore.
guilty? She is unable 70 give orders
10 others, yet she declines 70 be or
dcred about. l. she not guilty? We
may ask II Belgium il guilty. Yes,
she is. The guilt of Belgium is that
81" refused to follow the example
OF L~uNemhurg. l. china guilty? Yes.
'h!na's gust IS hat she refuses 10
follow IN rhe footsteps Of Corea.
China being guilty Of such a serious
crime, 4 She Is nnt pardoued by Japan
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y c Impossible 'c- ne - sHIr1-ra.-
every incident : dHtaii. but ! s.oi.c
'.se - request those Fsrsicl.ed AVID
common sens. ~Iapan"s. - read over
:.e Japanese papers = pe-'od'-
81 : issued since 'r. Tim. q! the oU'-
Nrcah % n. European MAR. II t-.y
read them W.T. a COO mind they ".
ohsyrVe tho trend d: thought expressed
10y he men repress ming the powers
tina be- ard the talents - to Jap
aues@ Empire. There ara countless
articles written - provoke an
mostly and bitterness. The Japanese
constantly say thai tNr Ch.n"s" la'k
sincerity. But We do nov know VIVA,
they near. and II vha' way t'ey
want rs 20 show them sincerity. s'0'a
We have don" all 'cat les WITHIN or
power - pleas" t>om
T. 3, he sad tha, Japan desires to
destroy China a. an independent ma
tior, | d. not be,.ove mat sNe would
commit such a colossal h'unde- Tier"
Ccrea. Docs she eypec' ,na' o4r
Prcs.dcn. would 'oo,isc'y s!En a treaty
Ike III" one tina. King Ii O; Cores
set h.s hand u ny hat pope
would !np,ore co. an alliance. n Cd
the VI tGenS Association II Cnrea .
Ja1an m CIV better aNNer' an ocean
20 dry Wy or a rock 90 Trelt, and even
Z that Were b.. Nor oS'e'' -n-
gardirc the suhm.S IS on %: Ch.ra would
never No acconp. she'd Should Japan
sock T. conquer china by for" u
arms SO might succeed ~ hold nE
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, ask, 20 discover The reason why ia
pan should. for the purpose Of main
tanning The peace Of the Far Fast.
have chosen this particular
To present her demands and press for
immediate compliance. Apar, from
Japan, there are five other great ma
tons which may be said 10 have vital
and close relationship with the Far
East. They are Great Britain. Rus
S.a. France. Germany and the United
states Of America. I, = quite certain
that America has no Intention ~ dis
f-turh!ng the peace In ;h!s country.
Germany's fighting strength IN tho
Far a is completely shattered and
she IS, therefore, incapable of dts
turning the peaCe. ever II she wishes
To do -. As TO Great Britain. Rus
s!a ard France, they are Japan's Al
hes. Therefore, during the period OF
the European war, no nation can dts
tuTb the peace Of the Far East IL
Japan does not disturb the peace her
SELF and at the same time sees that
0thers do not disturb Il. Then what
argument a the Japanese advance %
support their view that II is necessary
u demand a number Of terms with
China betor" the peace OF the Far
East can be secured?
Furthermore, Japan ia not the only
nation that desires TO maintain the
peace ~ the Far East. The desire
* shared by the other nations OF
Europe and America. II the desire
= real and sincere on the part o.
Japan f"r the maintenance Of peace
IN IN" Far East, az We are led to
suppose from cer repeated
there = Yet time 20 wait until the
conclusion of tn European war, when
IA" diulpTatiC Intercourse # tho world
W, be once again resumed, and vital
questions pending settlement 1.-THE
question of the Far East not excepted)
VII come up for discussion. II Will
then be tim for Japan TO defend the
I righteous curse, Il shc 81 wishes.
Why, then, j. Japan IN such a hurry
20 negotiate terms with China as 4
she S"ar9 she would b. too late? Try
AS ii" may to convince the world OF
the purity ~ her motives, she cannot
' escape fr m two suspicious.
| tn" FIRST suspicion q, that the
Powers cann0t a"lp coming 70 the
conclusion that Japan is taking adj
vantag" II a time when they are un-
able 20 devote their attention 10 the
Fast hy forcib'y SEEING privileges so
that they will rot be- able % dispute a
fdit dccompli when tho time comes.
The second suspicion .s that we
Chinese. looking Al the matter rom
our W standpoint, cannot help
thinking that Japan Is taking ad-
vantage Of tho situation al a time
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the japanese have to DO IS first %
practls" T. themselves. | resided IN
Japan Z r not a 'it,'e tim" and believe
hat Japan has no design On Chinese
territory, This yiew. however. Is not
shared hy every Chinese. TIE ma
ior!ty % US, seeing the action OF Japan
IN recent days, ask ourselves whether
Japan really means 70 help China or
whether. IN view OF the repeated as
Of Japan To maintain the
territorial integrity az China, Il would
oe .H,udic!ous 10 suggest that she was
"onsp'ring To destroy Cc.na Conse-
qu"nt.y those who oppose my view
VIII IA doubt ask The japanese 70
pea:ed.y declared - the world MAT
thy Intended % preserve the i,teg-
ri'y ~ 'orea, and they even en-
bodied this In treaties. Now, where
- ,his Hermit, k~inrdomo' ! confess
that | am unahl" "a answer S'icN a
qu st.ou As a rule IN" more a per
son suffers from calamity e." more
he WI become sensitive. For tho ,aSt
'"w decades u nation has met with
disaster aftrr disaster ana Insult after
Insult therefore most az the people
Of this ouN;ry have become very SEN
s!,.vc and dare not p,ac too much
confidence in o,h,rs. T0ose who M
ierstani thoroughly orr ,iroum-
stances vii certainly svnpat- .ze
with us. II Japan sincerely hcl,ev. !
that h'r relation u Ch.na : Ike that
If "the ~ and top,h,' ;herr ire many
constitution, methods for nor 20 fu'-
iii her h nevolent desires
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
ARITY I'M CITY'S EMERGENCY WORKSHOPs
Good Work Of Mayors Committee in Helping the
Unemployed of New York--Brooklvn Call.
ing for Establishment Of Shops

and We are therefore recommending
It's continuance.
The Brooklyn Charities arc employ
ing about 200 women from the anne
class, but their funds are also giving
out and they are dreading the imme-
date necessity Of discontinuance.
They are also conducting an ernpioJ-
ment bureau and have succeeded In
placing 200 girls IN positions.
The desire Of this committee IS 20
continue the work In both the Y. W.
g. a. and the Hotel 81. George. with
the hope that We al also help out N
the United Charities work. al in
brooklyn. + funds are placed at our
disposal.
Eugene If. Jones Of the Nstiona!
League on Urban Conditions Among
Negroes has presented a vigorous APP
peal for workshops for colored women.
stating that they have a .arge number
q coiored families in the district in
which the father Of the family ~ dead
or has deserted and work has not been
plentiful for anybody. We would like
70 open a shop for coiore.l women IN
the re!Ehborhood % 1903 seventh ave-
nue.. = funds are available.
An Irish woman w-c < a very good
cook and n-eed.ewoman at the zane
,.mo could no. ind employment for
months lecausn of her extreme
poverty and urpresenteb.e appear
auce. In desperation she applied az
the Municipal, Employment Bureau
and .hev s-n. her - this committee
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an. Tenth avenue has heen instituted
for sixty unemployed N"
Compensation e 20 cents a day is
received hy Zach cir, or woman in
the scholarship classes.
Al the Unon settlement. 237 East
lo4'h street. there are 12s meu and
80 ONE in average daily attend
anc". 1t was organized 10y Gaylord
C. White. N~ational'i,s represented
ar. Irish. Jews. Americans. but mostly
Italians. Work done in this shop
consists II making woollen and ra-
rugs rolling ~ ~handages FOR Red
cross d~isperSar.es. CARPENTRY. cabinet
making. toys for children. conCrntc
worN and basketry ana weaving The
articles made are sold for sums eN-
cecding prevailing rates and the
money realized Is divided on a profit
sharing basis.
Tho records show that trade work.
ers represented ! this shop are mostly
labor-rs, next carpenters. drivers,
plasterers. tailOrs. brokkeepers. cpoNs.
cigar makers, iron workers. pedlers
and machine operators.
Shop workers receive 80 cents per
day and also their MONDAY meal.
which consists OF a heavy thick stew
with vegetables and meat. coffee and
rolls. and are also provided with a
reference.
During one week In the emergency
workshop. n the Department of Docks
Building, $500 yards II Cauze was
used. averaging 1.sSo yards "A day. an I
i.2ll yards OF u~nbleached muslin.
With this material We're made and
shipped to Roosevelt. Flower and New
York hospitals $50 dozen muslin han
dages. 92s dozen 2x2 gauze COM
presses. l.lo6 dozen AKA gatze COM
presses, 1888 dozen lxS gauze COM
presses, sos dozen M yard gauze
rolls. :. dozen Two yard gauzo rolls
and l25 large absorbent pads.
In Cobbi.ng and canning the total
men helped with shoes was 25s; av-
cost per man. II cents tsoles
and heels. l2S: general repairs. 1907
Thirty-eight c1airs were finished. one
of them leather. three waste baskets
and ono jardiniere.
There are i've hours o day work
and five days a week. from 10 % ;
These hours were chosen fu- the pur-
pose N enabling the men 20 look for
permanent positions before 10 In u"
morning and after 3 IN the afternoon.
They receiv" pay a. 10 cents an hour.
Records show lo5 different trades
repr5 scented ~ those in the workshop.
The average agc : 81 wears. Tho
average time out 4 work is 3 months
- days: married. 100; single. 3o7
voters. 347: $50. or 90 per rer:.. hav,
references.
or these men = worked a, =. Bar
tholomew'S relief workruom. N av-
erag- Of 532 mon per day work in
this shop. During one week there
were 2.sis workers. T1ey receive 80
cents per day and their lunch. con-
sist.ng OF cheese or beef bologna sand
w.ch. one cup Of coffee and Al apple
or a banana when they leave. Mis-
Chariot VI. Boyd started thu work
AZ y. bartholomew 200 Eas. For'N-
second street with ~ men on re
cetnber ?.
In the emergency wo-kroom at
Christ Church House. 344 West Thirty
sixth street. nearly 800 jubles> m-n.
the majority from Chelsea. are making
hospital dressings. on February II
tho shop opened with l0i men. but
four times that number are now en-
pioycd i've days a week. five hours a
l.=h: lunch. Trough the generosity
~ large hotels they receive soup every
day to take hou-.
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The central committee On scholar
ships is a cooperative committee with
representatives from various civic aud
philanthropic Hge1ces, Each agency
supplies girls for tho various scholar
ship classes. and helps tho girls . ind
positions. The Vacation War Relic
Committee. one u the a~serc!es CO
operating with The central committee
on scholarships, started two big classes.
ore is for Office workers az 3S5 Fourth
avenue and the ether for dresSnakers
and sewers a; the Manhattan Trade
school.
office class AZ 3e5 Fourth
Started February .. enrolment 10.
more than hall under -. One-tenth
of enrolment placed zach week.
Girls taught st~enography and tyne
writing. use ~ Office u~ontrilanceS.
such IS adding machines, Mes.
switchboard. cash register. &c; Eng
li~h. spelling ard bookkeeping Bus
ness firms have contributed much u
fue equipment. ~ noon hour MIL;
j. sold FOR one cent a glass. y phoa'-
graph Is supplied for dancing G.r.-
s.t physical exercises, lessons In by
giene. care n hair. nails. sc.
Tho Manhattan Trade Schoo. Work
rocm-Star;ed February !. enrolment
80. tor hene:i, - skilled workers In
dressmakinc or sew.Hg The girls aye
placed through the placement depar..
'n.H- II the trade schoA. About nfty
have been placed already. Gi-ls
brushed mp or weak points and also
taught new trade processes.
Girls are paid so cents n day
while attending classes % the central
c.mnit;ce. in THIS connection Mr.
william ~t'e.lowes Morgan. chairman.
say:
The scholarship committee aims
- capitalize he t!m. : The gi-l while
ste j. va Z work AMI 20 proy.d. her
with uch training as she nay need -
make her a more efficient worker. II
such training cannot - given her the
committee vii, ~ least find out
wae'her or r,- the cir! has chosen the
right KIND ~ Work and whether her
training has been adequate Il IS the
work-oom .dea u emergency relief.
IUt il has an educational twist. Il
secs the ahSIrdity OF putting a ste
uoErapher into = sewing room or -
ask Erls - perform morotonous
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uha, rLI., !. 49,, ..,o-r ,ro-
49,. 60 .. ..., -
49,. - o,,.s,s.
L'a - 49,. a 49,,
.n", ~ ,,
nns 49,. ,-. 49,, :, ,..ar.
,n
10 ST. - ,w.,n .,s,,a I, ~,
- au,..
-.
~ ~ lfhposS!oIe 10 say ~ '''s Jun
lure "Hether japan vi" succeed IN
r'a''Hlhs "e7 oes''e' Nn Us ASSUME
81" succeeds Feop.e WI" non ash'
no" oih japan suc'eN; lhe rep'F
WI" ne japan succe"d"n '-''uSe
O." peopl" 'f Europ" ana America
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Manufacturing children's toys.

tasks for an emergency doe. While
out u work lie; the girl a. least 70
put 70 work in -he lire OF her previous
ocupatiou that she may be more ef-
fiC.en- when she eturn 20 her Job"
Mrs James Speyer - chairman z
the Mayors Subcommittee On une'n-
ployment mons women She reports
that the subcommittee on workshops
has succeeded In opening tour rooms
az follows: Tompkins square. III
women. l54 Hester street. 9"j. 20
Mo;t street. 2ss: 81 East Br Hdway
,openei February IL. IS. Tpta.. s.
workers benefited.
The kind OF work done by these
people Is tn. making OK ch.ldren's
ana wpmen's garments Of a., kinds IT,
Guiding boys and girls waists. petit
coats. d-a wers. h.ouses. small dresses
and women's kimo-os. The product =
given 20 the Children's Aid Society To-.
distribution This - done IN me .irl.
- :ae fact ina. ali overhead chars, IS
- date have been mot ny :he children -
Ala Society This society has also
furnished. - a great extent, al the
material thus Ear used.
The Tompkins square workshop mas
q capacity Of 100 and We are taking
III.
Hester street has n capacity o.
200 and We arc taking are ~ COS
women
Mot: street has a capacity Of 900
and We are a; present taking car "
90. with Tie prospcc. OF adding loo
az the date - this writing.
East Broadway has a capacity ~
800 and we have opened &, with go
women. which vil, he added % IN
groups % 80 until the maximum Is
reached.
We w.sh - speak further about the
Mott stree. not kshop. TIE fact thst
his ~vorkroon has not been running
during the past ten days 20 lie FUN
capacity has not been fo- lack ~
workers The doors have been storyned
ia y. We have. however. been r
such extreme doubt as 20 the amount
OF ono We are 20 receive that ..
was not possible 20 take the wonen
IN AMI then a. TIE end ~ ne week
be unable 20 nee; Tho responsibility
~ paving them. The money nov
seeming - 20 a certain factor, ue
shall. .~nmed!a'e,y Al The building %
- fun capacity. Even then We shall
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b~ forced n tuna hundreds from the
door.
The women have bee. receiving II
cents an hour for Ave hours a day.
six days a week. II Is to be remem-
ber.d thai the women employed are
IN mos, cases the only persons in
their families who have had any work
a: az. T. also mus; be recognized
bv a.. that thu experiences u n"
unemployed orne are much more
bitter than those % the unemployed
mon. Very few can be induced even
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CHI \ESE
nv ItA>G CH'I-CN'It0.

T r has long been felt hy q Gear
sighted people II me word that
law Is not made for the weak
and tile doctrine % might j.
right has more than al any other
time received aburdau: illustration
since the outbreak Of the war. II is
therefore. however, hopeless 10 base
our arguments on Legal principles al
The present moment.
II will he remembered doubtless.
that when Austria annexed the prov
noes If Bosnia and HERZEGOVINA IN
1908, the Russian Duma asked their
Foreign Minister, Iswolsky, why Rus
sa failed % protest. In reply the
Russian Minister said
"Do you not know that n
sequences follow a diplJmatic pro-
test %
In sh0r'. unless 4, IS intended 20 re-
SORT 20 tu~.e ~ arms, diplomats should
avoid making vain protests. Now
the sovereignty + the states OF Bosnia
and Herzegovina was plainly laid
down in the 25th Article ~ the Treaty
OF Berlin. TO which Russia was one OF
the sisna,ories, Russia would have
done what wa legally right Il she had
protested aCa.rsr ;he arbitrary de-
cision and y.Ola'.p. up tho part - tho
A
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Italian women setting up looms for weaving rag rugs.

conduct. ng an exceilen. vorkroom, but
IS forced to stop i for lack OF funds.
Mrs William Tumbr!dge is conduct
ing ar admirable Tork-oom for women
on one ~ the upr.- floors ~ the -
George Hotel. supported ~ private
funds. which nave now ceased - come
n. she has been conducting this shop
fo- three months, with sixty women a
day. ana a capacity - twenty more,
or eighty IN AZ. Lunch Nas been con-
t-!huted by ~" -. George Ho'". -"
= perfectly equipped for ~" work
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- chairman of the Mayor,
l. Committee on Unemployment.
SAYS
The emergency workshops are IN
no SENSE charitable institutions. for
the men and women employed in them
earn more than :hey receive. Fry
or sixty cents "A day for five hours
work for ahlctDsiied workers l. de-
tullly not a wage. Gut it does tide
over many ii worker who would other
wise te compelled To- do with less.
AT the same time, those who are
employed have the Consciousness ~
helping others in a. IN poverty, for
everything that : made IN these shops
IS given way 10 those who are even
more unfortunate than are the work
ers themselves. This at once dignl-
fos the work and the workers-it
'akes away the sting " direct char
ity. which is often 80 repugnant 70
the self%--espectine w~orkirgman.
charity Is necessary in many IN
me but thos- who contribute
toward the relief of the poor should
no fee themselves superior TO the
honest toiler who through force q
circumstances ar temporarily out Of
work.
nos :" ~ u"euip,o "r-
teduY "htoe sIos."n''a. 'l~s''ouI.on
.oNdIu $500
t"'ousH WIN taI''tL.' "'"e WI"
"ViN Wa p.e''"'' 80 - ~
b'aUa for the present Industrial de-
preston.
Tn" Ma'orS Committee on nem-
ployncnt Appeals 10 the pubic 70
sympatntze with lnem ny NJ I"ast
hc'i'"e 10 SNPP''' we NoiNH""PS 80
Nj 49, "HaS ''H
eHu"-' o. No. LAY Wv -
'nu al ''" same ''"e "l''i'a'" 'He'f
SlSpe'''
"F1fte" emergency reI'ef Workshopt
are no" being Conducted IN Mdnhdt-
tan r Brooklyn 10y a voluntary COM
mittee OF citizens appointed by Mayor
Mitchell. ari their supper; must como
entirely from the mon and women IN
this CITY VINO n-ileV" N enconraginc
those who are age 20 help them
selves
The committee on Scholarships has
received an a~ppropr.atton from the
Mayors committee amounting TO
5000. Mrs. william Feilowes Nor
gan Is tie chairman oc his commit
tee. II conducts new classes for office
workers a; 29j Fourth avenue. which
we're originally instituted by the Naca-
lion War Relief Committee. ore hun
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The author o. This authoritative. expos tor OF re Chlna-Iapan SIT
IN charge % 'me reformation Y Caras currency system. He uni
lie story reads Ike a romance.
The r-eud and principal Lieutenant Oft ne hero c reform ltade- X arg
Yu"ei Lang ch.-chiao took a !eadinS part N the brief sensational
effort % he late Emperor kuarC IiG 10 govern Ch!us along progressive
Ines and .. escape from ne yoke imposed ~ the strong minded Empress
DoSaGer Tu lis. When the Gilman came in the fall % 1875 the Emperor
being seized and imprisoned a1 the Empress IowaRer -esum.g 'he gov
eminent ot Ch-a by the strong hand, kaag escaped 20 : rglpore and
l. anc Chi-chIao to Toxic heavy p-r~s being placed uyon --e- heads
Lang had started the FIRST Chinese daily paper. a modest anaI- in
Pckn. In Toxic nc continued publishing this paper ard MS pen became
the chief strength OF the refugee retormers ard their allies IN - ma. HIS
writings attracted International attention. and 4 is said thai no mas
words more ,rongly moved Chras 400 600 100 than hose in vhicN Lang
OF the trunphar: revouuonares "a to secure the recall o; Kagg and
Lang 70 China Ksng declined office. He ives quietly IN Fekr as te
president Of II. Confucian Society. Lang became " mister q Justice IN
the Cabinet OF Hsiung HIS sizing September II, 1913 \ year ago Ne was
selected by Fresiden, Yuan Shil-ka a Comptroller OF Chras currency
and director ~ the Department OF Currency Reform retaining his place
In The Cabinet
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with q ietter ass NJ - she - put
20 work n one OF our Shops. ~ TO
time shc presented the ,etter We could
no. take on another applicant. and
:oli her SO The ona broke down
and ,earfIi.v SO Z that ~" simply
could not e. ny >, f'!.ty-;hird street
without, @ penny. TNat sre ami her
husband had not eaten FOR days. and
thar she would 20 anything under me
SUI
Under ,ro c.-rums;ac,"s 80 mar
was AZ once provided V.'a re.et MONEY
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under strenuous suffering. TO go to a
Municipa. Lodging House. None IF
the many places open 10 men for
the night IS possible to the women.
partly on account OF the fact that
they do not. want women and further
the women cannot bear to 20 to such
places. Many Of them also are Wild
ows with young children 20 feed.
Brooklyn Is calling loudly for one
or two workshops. TIE Young Won-
ems Christian Association has been
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Ex- Judge Gary. Chairman of Com.
mittee. Says Men and Women
Earn More Than They Receive

r X-JTDGE EBERT II GARY
- chairman W the vi yor
l. Committee on Unemployment,
saws
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T r has ioaE ne"u felt hy the Gear
sighted people IF the word that
\ law !. 70. made for The NeAk: