The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
PICTURES GLORIOUS
FUTURE FOR China
DIR. NC PO0N CHEW. BRILLIANT
CHINESE STATESMAN, Lee
TURES HERE.
SAYS United States Has played Hnl-
portant Part In Changing Oldest.
Empire Into Republic.


Through tho Influence OF the mica
! States I glorious future is in store t"r
the now China. in tho opinion Of lrr. Ng
. l'non chow. brilliant Chinese orator and
! ylarcsnlaIi who lecturcd last night nj
Tho Chaula,iqul Using for his subject
! AN Awakening Nation" nr. Chew re-
! viewed tho past history Of tho Chinese
I uroplr described in an interesting man
-nrr the overthrow of the old regime ana
/ the process Of making a republic out OF
1nr oldest empire in tn" world and inld
! uf The important part the tinted St'''9
las played in this change.
DR., chew declared that China was III
darkness fnrty-livc centuries. only 10
awaken sixty years ago when MISSION
nricS from the United States began thcir
, lnbnrs there. Tho United States. he de-
clarrd, is the only nation that has trlch
10 aid China. that has stuck with emma
through thick and Thin.
He declared onr nf tho great draw
backs ~ China is the lack nf sufficient
railroads. With 4,j00.000 sanar" miles
Of territory and about onr-fourth Of the
rorulatlun Of III" world. china mas only
about 100 miles of railroad.
Had Little Opportunity.
China has been SO Isolated hn said.
and has had so littl" opportunity TO
see and understand the achievements
of other countries that she actually
thought that she was the strongest and
most civilized country In the world.
I7u, since the coming Of tho mission
aries 6n years ago China has come TO
see that there was western world.
and that she of NIL the nations was
the least advanced. Many Chinese
young men that have come 10 the
United States and have been educated
here. ! myself received my education
in California. And l. the same as the
rest Of them. when ! went back TO tn"
land that gave me- birth. was disGustcd.
disappointed. Rut now that we havH
been brought to ser our faults and our
blindness. the old regime will have to
give way TO tho trend Of progress: the
old order IS to go. never TO return. The
emperor that was placed upon the
throne. n mere child. In rule our vast
AREAS has been dcthroncd.
There Is coming a time when all the
governments Of the world will be utti-
matcly based on the principles Of de-
mocrary! All the kings and all the
kingIets are going to have tn give up
their Jobs forever and the world will be
II changed one.
"pn you realize that il took the Init
cd States A years to make and estab-
lish tho republic which you now have?
And to construct this republic. you had
the braInicsl men that ever lived. Wash
ington. Franklin. Lincoln. Webster. and
many others. and not least by far
Woodrow Wilson. And do you stop to
think that we nave $4,000. 900 people TO
change. while you had but between Two
and three million people TO convert:
only time can solve our political
problem. II takes years to rails" n new
crop Of mon. and those with a new
idea hut we will raise them. At pres
Ont. money Is the crying need In China.
Nothing can b" done without money. In
America you say that money talks In
China it does more than that--it acts.
You can buy anything In China with
moncy-Aven happiness. On the Amer
, lean dollar you have In God we trust.
We should have that on Chinese money.
but We should add one little word. max
ing 1t read. In this God we trust
Need Fighting Spirit.
ITO accomplish this mammoth under
/ taking Of making republic of China,
We need the nghtinG spirit We should
! infusc the lighting spirit in the coming
! generation. In tho past we worShipped
] the scholar as Il symbol Of tho highest
lIfe We dcspiscd the soldier as a relic
OF the past harharISm. The trouble with
! China is that 1t is lop-sidcd too many
Eryans and too few Rooscvclts. IF you
| are not going to send Teddy to Europe.
| send him TO China And the bigger his
| stick. the better Another thing we
need badly is q standing army. We have
never had a standing army. but we have
! come to realize that We need ono if we
are to become mighty nation.
! TIP to now China has been what one
might call community pie. Anyone that
wanted Il bite simply Ind TO demand it.;
and he would get it without force. For
| how could China have resisted 1t? Would
anyone ask Unclo Sam for bite Of his
pie? No. AS they know that they would
get bite OF his guns. The United
States is the only nation on Garth that
J that has stuck to China through thick
! and thin. the only nation that has tried
I" aid China. and not restrain her. And
we are grateful. more 40 than you can
/ imagine. And believe that there is n
| glorious future for this new China, that
! tho Chinese race shall sec the dawn Of
/ bright and glorious day. and all
through tho influence Of the nation that
has for It's emblem the Stars and
| Stripes"
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