The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-11
CHINA IS FACING
THIRD REVOLUTION
This is the Belief Of Mrs. Paul Nc
Clintock. Who Spoke Yesterday
Before Westminster Read
Ing Circle.
COMPARES IT TO FRANCE
Conditions Are Similar to Those Pre-
cedine French Outbreak-opium
War 10 Being Waged
by Chinese.

War 10 Being Wased
by Chinese.
Mrs. Paul McClintock. a missionary
for the past twenty-five years In
Hainan, China, gave a most interest
ing talk yesterday afternoon on
Present Conditions in China" at the
Westminster Reading Circle at the
home of Mrs. N. T. Wilcox. A large
company Of women heard the adj
dress. Mrs. W. G. Howell introduced
Mrs. McClintock who spoke of the
Chinese conditions, being published
in English and American newspapers.
She said that for the past three
years China has been in spirit Of
unrest which has grown with every
month. "Those of us who have been
in China during these years." she
said, land have seen two revolutions,
believe that third revolution is i'm
minent, a more bloody revolution
than China has yet seen. The con-
ditions are like those preceding the
French revolution. The spirit Of
change began in 1900 when the
empress dowager took the power
away from the emperor and gave it
to the manchus. Everybody who
reads history will have to recognize
what wonderfully powerful woman
the empress dowager was. She was
not born to the purple, neither was
she the wife Of an emperor. She was
a concubine who lived in the house
hold of the emperor, upon whose
oh o6onfai 1iff1o hnU
years old and declared him emperor.
When we think of conditions in
China we must remember that China
is divided into two sections, the
northern provinces and the southern
provinces, united in no way, having
different languages and different
ideas in almost every line of thought.
Those of the north have the old con-
servative ideas, while the southern
men are the educated men and be-
lieve in a democratic form Of govern
ment In the south of China they
have society, the name for which
translated into English means so
ciety of people who are willing to
die for their country
Established the Democracy.
1.-THE uprising of this part Of China
was the cause of the establishment
Of the democracy. Their overthrow
was the cause of the restoration of
the monarchial form Of government.
So great is the unrest in China and
so unstable its government that the
missionaries scarcely know from
week to week whether or not their
work can continue. Everyone who
says a word against the emperor or
his government is killed. The en-
peror has the army with him and
they execute his will. One Of the
northern provinces has revolted and
joined the southern cantons; when
enough northern provinces join forces
with the south to give them the bal
ance of power, the revolution will
come"
Fight Against Opium.
In speaking of the opium crusade,
Mrs McClintock said the Chinese
have made the bravest fight possible
against the opium traffic. The mis-
sionaries have been able to help them
through the christian hospitals and
doctors and have helped hundreds Of
Cinnamon to give up the habit and to
be restored to a normal condition.
Nearly all who have been helped in
this way have accepted the christian
religion.
The medical missionaries do great
work in inoculating the Chinese
against the bubonic plague. At the
station where Mr.. and Mrs. McClin-
tack teach, between two and three
hundred have been inoculated within
the last year. which means the saw
ing of that many lives, for without
this treatment, the plague is always
fatal.
1.-THE result of the work of evange-
lization is wonderful" she said.
There is no place of which I know
where the returns are SO great for
the money and the time expended.
In the Presbyterian church in Amer
lea the rate Of increase is 4 percent
at our station in Hainan it is 40 per
cent. If anyone really wants to help
to bring His kingdom on the earth
this work certainly must appeal for
it is sorely needed and it does bear
fruit"
Many Personal Incidents.
Mrs. McClfntock told number OF
delightful stories and incidents of
their home life and incidents con-
nected with the work at their station,
all of which brought her hearers into
very close sympathy with the speaker
and with the work she and her hus-
band have been doing.
Mr.. McClintock returned to Amer
lea this time very much broken in
health and the length of their stay
in this country will be dependent
upon the time necessary for his re-
covery. Their Oldest son Donald. is
attending the Occidental college at
Los Angeles. Graham who spent two
years here with his aunt Mrs. w. G.
Blood. and attended the city schools,
is in the public school at Los An
geles. Mrs. McClintock left last
night for Philadelphia where she will
speak before the board of foreign mis-.
sions of the PreSbYterian church of