Evening journal., 1916-01-03

jority of the American cOIOnsts de-
cided that they would not bc ruled
by any one man Just because he hap.
pened to be born in a palace, and
y as the son of man and woman
who called themselves King and
Queen. They also decided that the
only people that had right to man
age a nation were the people them
selves. OF course there were some
people here in America at that time
who had lived so long under a King
that they liked having a ruler and
they didn't see how they could get
along without one. They were what
are called Tories These Tories
made a lot of trouble for the young
United States and several times they
came very near up setting our gov
ernment and rejoining England. But
the European countries from which
the American cOlOnists came. old as
they were. we're young compared with
China, which is thousands of years
old and which has always had En-
perors and such rulers until 1872
Just four years ago. when DR.. Sun
Vat Sen, who had studied and trav-
eled a great deal i'm America and
Europe started revolution which
succeeded in upsetting the empire
and establishing the Chinese Repub-
lie. Besides there were many people
in Europe who felt just as the Ameri-
can colonists felt and did a great
deal to help the young States. So it
was not so hard for the Americans to
win. But China is still, in many
ways, shut off from the outside world
and many of the people are poor and
( Ignorant and are easily scared by men
who are trying to deceive them.
Now, Joe, I'm getting to the point
where / can answer your question.
/ Dr. Sun Vat Sen served as president
I for a while and then there was an
electiOn-although all the men in
China were not allowed to vote-and
Yuan Shi Kai was chosen president.
But there we're Tories in China,
many of them, and they are there to-
day, and things have not been going
smoothly in the great country. These
Chinese Tories are saying, just as the
American E'Ories said, that the peO-
pie do not know how to run their
country They are saying that there
should be an Emperor who has the
power to decide all important ques-
tiOns, instead of a Congress composed
of representatives elected by the peo-
pie
Remember boys, that China has
been ruled by EmperOrs for thou
sands of years and that while Dr.
Sun Vat Sen made a good start at
awakening the Chinese people, he had
on his hands about as big a job as
one man. or a group of men, has ever
attempted. President Yuan Shi Kai
was an army officer under the old
empire and soon after he became
president the Tories began spread
ing the idea among the people that
after all China would be better off
under an Emperor Until today many
of the Chinese people who believed in
republic two or three years ago,
have about decided that maybe they
made a mistake"
Aren't there any Chinese who still
want the republic?' asked Joe.
20. yes, many" said Uncle Harry.
, There are thousands of republican
Chinese in the southern part of the
country. around Canton. and when
/ President Yuan Shi Kai and the Tor
: les in northern China. around Pekin
set a date for changing the govern
r ment from a republic to an empire,
} wouldn't be surprised If another reyo-
3 luton started. Wen watch the papers
e for news from China; there may be
startling things happening soon.'
81 guess the Chinese people aren't
very smart. are they?' asked Jimmy
"Not in matters of government