The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-29
COOPERATION WITH JAPAN IN CHINA
Wall Street and Toxic Should Unite in Financing Public
Works-Island Empire Has Already Become Selling
Agency in the Orient for American Firms

States generally backed UP one or the
other OF the political groups in Chi
. ma The outs" usually accuse the
ms" in China Of being dominated by
I Japan IT Is a fundamental principle
in Chinese politics. OF course. the
reason for extending this propaganda
to the United States is to use the
United States to check Japan's iniu-
/ ence in China.
German Propa gal da.
II Is known that Germany. since
the FAN Of Using Tau. has used the in
stallments OF the Boxer indemnity TO
/ promote an auti-Tapancse propaganda
in China and the United states. \
group Of English correspondents in
Picking, aided hv at least one Ameri-
can. has fallen In with this view. They
claim TO have been the driving mower
in the late political upheaval, though
there Is now little visible TO support
the claim They have, in word,
elected themselves the anti-Jananese
directors of China. Their single sue
I cess has heen securing the support OF
the correspondent of a widely-read
American weekly. who incidentally
gives picture of the mplacent self
! Importance of the group, while at the
same time presenting their outward
malRnancies. Whatever ia their real
motive, certainly they would obstruct
! every effort OF Japan to help China.
| every union OF Japanese brains and
pital with American brains and
! capital
| 1t is. Of course. difficult 70 conceive
! Of any great movement for promoting
the trade Of China without fairly
strong Chinese government. The fu-
ture Of things governmental in China
is hard to predict, but undouhtedly
tar 90 10 I'd a
government In some form. The trouble
is that the people. except In the south
tern provinces-and onl to a surpris-
inglv limited extent there have no
{ clear idea OF what the republican
leaders expect of them. The govern
mcnt Of the eighteen provinces is in
the bands of the office holding class,
Of whom tho greater part are reac-
tionary. having been reared IN the
old school Of ahso'utsm and graft
They may he expected to start many
tre9ctionarv movements for long
time to come. BY way of showing how
deeply inErained the grating tenden-
Cv is in the office holding class, l may
say that when ! was In Pekng the
minister of communications. the min
lister of finance. and the head of a
large hank were IN Jail charged. in
: the case Of the two first mentioned.
with varying degrees of treasury roh-
hing and in the case Of the last mon
tened with the issuance Of forged
banknotes
Parliament and the People.
The parliament represents Eener-
ally the republican leaders, not the
: people President ii IIuan Hung,
when | visited him last May in Pc
king In the forbidden city, seemed
. entirely secure After a progress in
'rcksha and on foot through the vast
guarded compounds. run In a mo-
: tor boat over q small lake and q short
? trip in an automobile. found quiet
faced gentleman in the empress dow
: ayers palace reminding nae somehow
! of General L. s Grant. All looked
! solid and real around him H. spoke
hopefully. Yet in a little while he was
a fugitive, his premier also In flight
and now, after a brief inter}ude. with
} the little eleven year-old Manchu en-
peror on the throne for a week. anf
q battle, Premier Yuan is again bach
in power but III Huan-Hung Is re
= fusing the offer of the presidency
< When one reflects that for four pre-
g Carious years he was, as vice-presi
= dent living In that forbidden cit.
! practically prisoner. while Yuan Sht
g kal was alive, and when one recalls
. recent events, the poor man is litth
! to be blamed for his decision.
l Unless, however, Japan and th'
81 United States wish to sacrifice a Frea
Q opportunity. the work Of building III
y China and helping her to her fee
= rshoutd not be delayed. The great pub
Q lie works necessary to her prGgre
+ should he financed from Wall stree
f and Toxic. and the trade, rights al
ready recognized should be used t
give impetus to the new cooperative
movement The situation invites II
r our financiers and great mercantile
4 houses should begin IT. Toxic is ready
1 whenever Wall street Is.