New Britain herald., 1918-07-12
James M. Yard, Missionary, to Attend Plainyille Camp Meeting
 CORNING SAFELY OVERSEAS
PIainyille Soldier Writes for His Mother Not to worry, As He Is An Himself.

James M. Yard, Methodist mission- 1 ary from China, who is temporarily detained in this country by the Joint Centenary Committee, will speak at l the Plainville camp meeting to be ] held in Forestville, July 26-27 Nr 1 Yard will speak on the world centen-, ! ary program of the Methodist Eps- l copal church. This program was ad- 1 Vised by the Methodist Episcopal l church with the purpose of conserv- 1 ing the results of the war. In re 1 cent interview MT. Yard said Flour l from Spokane, meat from Chicago, l butter from Denmark, cheese from l England, and Ford cars''-so runs the 1 cosmopolitan taste am. the Chinese consumer. MT. Yard is an 'enthusias- l tic believer in the potential shreWd- ness and ability of the Chinese man.
 Individually" said MT. Yard, he is 1 as shrewd a judge of character and as l capable a manager as you will meet. l He is the business man par excellence l of the Orient.
 l Tt is as a nation that the Chinese people have fallen down so far. They l are conspicuously lacking in patriot l ism Collectively they have no power, 1 no cohesion This Chinese republic , thev have declared does not amount l to anything. It is not republic, but an .oligarchy trying to work along in the forms of a republic. Their forms are not organized to express the will of the people. This keen develop ment individually and utter failure to coordinate collectively is to be at
 tributed to their religion of Confu-
 cianism. 1t is based on ancestor wor-
 ship-the supremacy of the individ-
 ual ancestor, the individual parent
 the individual home. The Chinese wall that surrounds China, and the smaller walls around ach city and village, are symholical of Chinese civ
 ilization. Every Chinese home of any importance is also surrounded by a ! wall, Only those who are blood kin
 have any claim within that wall. There is no sense of social responsi-
 bility as we understand it.
 t7The. Japanese people furnish a striking antitfesis to the iTldibidual- ssisnne of theSf 44iproSe Their strength Issd collective rather, than 7indivfduaE sss a nation, the Japanese are vastly ahead in prestige and power. Here again the1reHgiQn is responsible. Shin
 toisnl fs1ebased on the worship of fac
 Erupefor% The EmperoT% fheYnation, l the conlmon welfare are of Supreme importance. From his earliest school
 days patriotism issinstilled in the Jap
 anese child by ceremonials, and by
 holiday expedtions to the national shrnes and places of historic inter- est ..
 MT. Yards mission lies in 8 partic-
 ularly inaccessible district of West 1o ney.'' he calls it with a whimsical smile. And it is six weeks steady
 going, 1,500 miles up the Yangtse river, through bandit country, as far
 as from New York to Texas. Yet a New Yorker can travel to Japan and
 back again while missionary is making the trip from Shanghai to
 Chengtu, MT. Yards headquarters.
 'Two-thirds of the cargo and pas-
 sengers make their way through"
 said MT Yard. Robbers and rapids
 get the rest. The boats are pulled along by tow lines. At times tie ] shore is so rocky that the boat has to be kept half mile out in the stream with men swimming alongside to keep it clear of the rocks. Shut away from the rest of the world by this long difficult journey, lies the garden spot of China. The rich Black soil pro- duces five crops a year. There are.i valuable iron, coal and Other mines and salt wells that have been used for generations. Natural. gas has been used in this district for 1900 years, whereas in benighted New York, the use of gas became general only about 50 years ago.
 "Chengtu has electric lights, a wa ter system, paved street, a modern ar senaE an active police force. A rail way from French Indo-China is more than half completed. Surveys for railroads from three other directions have been made, so that the Chengtu commuter will soon be leaning back hxuriously in uphost "red car seats, while in many other ! is of China, they are still travelling ln sedan chairs and wheelbarrOWS."
 Funeral of Charles Ncale
 The funeral of Charles Neale, who died at sanitarjum in Northampton on Wednesday, was held this morn ing at the chapel ih Oak Hill ceme- 1 tery, Southington. Rev R. H. Burton, 1 pastor of the church of Our Savior off1ciated. Several from this town at 1 tended Mir. Neale w2s president of the Neal club and was also president of the Order of Railroad Conductors 1 and was also a member of the New Haven lodge, I. o. o. F. He is sur yived by one son Clarence who is thought to be "Somewhere in France' l :, Surgical Dressings Notes. - The. Surgical dressings rooms, : which have heer closed for the mast