The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-13
CHINA'S CASE.
Alan, Similarities Between China's
Troubles and Those Of Other
Countries

About six years ago China In a quiet
.s.ut decisive move. br0ko away from the
.i,ragpn regime which has held her In
its teeth for nearly three hundred years
and entered upon the untried road oa
.rcr,,bticanism. That republican China
hi. mt made as much heatlway in these
six years as may be- tlesicod Is. u tse ad
~nAled. II Ia also true that during this
y,eriea there has been a constant stcag'
gtc t.eswesu the ae~ asssh nj, c,a Cfsiaa
and that the country has been threat
enel with more than one attempt to
sct back the hand OF the clock and re-
sto-c the old regime. Much valuable
time which should have been devoted
so constructive program has thus
ssea wasted in quarreis and disputes
'iscinpcn the different political factions.
Or who reads only these happenings
An ttG news dispatches is likely to feel
.aaiser rcssimistic about the future OF
Shr young republic.
~ one. however. will only stop and
srnect. ne will find that the situation
sa China is not so bad as certain prop
agandists would have us believe. They
$faye told us that the Republic of Chi
na IL the least stable government In the
world. and that it may be stamped out
nj a moments notice. Yet the republic
alas weathered more than one storm.
s~bifh. instead of showing its weakness.
has demonstrated its strength and sta
i,jl5fy. These hired spokesmen have
Also proclaimed that China has been
in a semi-bankrupt state and that her
financial affairs are going from bad to
zyprse. But. in spite OF their pessimistic
Atterances. the financial state OF China
rs today better than 1t has been for
many years. For long time prior to
the war. China had been depending on
zopsigR loans to meet her annual de
-irisA But since the war she has SO re
adjsstod herself that the government
yas ieeh, with a little assistance in the
way ri loans Irpua her own people. self
supporting.
Ieepabicas Oiaina may not have ac
eompiisned se much as might be desir
ed. but really much has been dOHe In
1iese six ynGrs. Again. we must mol
hrgez the circumstances under which
fss-s 42s had to labor. For nearly thre,
Centuries she had been under the rult
sf n selfish and corrupt court. To ex
yeni China "a sweep away these cen
tusssS OF conservatism, with their Off
cttidom OF deep-seated corruption, ant
install a brand new and perfectly eff
rieDt government without struggle, 4
;s expect nothing short OF a miracle
TITO reformation OF China is a hug,
task historically as well as geographi
eziiiy, China, has not oniyqto breal
away from her hundreds OF years O
ss~seiuiism and mlsgoyernment. but aIst
t. Esner In her administration q terri
tpry ss extensive as the whole continen
~ +snu'pe. In view Of these facts
yslng China has really done wonders
" Is common thing to hear peopl,
-ay that conditions in China are un
led that "the government is un
.,,n In popular usage. the wor.
-.....-,[.s.. 1T" may either mean In,
So, - III. as a'recutsic or mon
"a, a.. ne I'm. ing authority. as thl
fsAsnet. In EnsiandS :, ,a
= tioa In this country. N w
fsrmer. then the governmens " chini
~ apparently far more stable than - ~
government Of France from THE
revolution 60 the establishment
=. -, sent republic: IL the latter
,hso " ',,n '-,.,,n,r Of China is as stable
..,s 'a,,, 49, VI, ~ 90. ernment could be
sses -.s.s,,on OF the Manchu mon
r.seo' ,rs es,ablishment OF neS