The Washington herald., 1918-07-22
us. ANDCHINA
TO BE FRIENDS
IN PEACE TIME
Building American Ships
There VIII Insure Good
Relations.

The United States Is looking far
ahead In its war preparations and
making good friends the world around.
The strength of the nation, as shown
by the mobilization Of its resources
for war, has astounded the world.
Some of the nations are wondering
IL the United States Is to emerge from
the war with such giant strength that
she viii endeaVor to master the world.
This Is the false conception that
can not be permitted to exist and
the government will use all its force
of diplomacy to combat II. Acts of
friendship. open-handed generosity
and real aid for the small nations
will soon give the right impression,
and that Is that the United States
entered the war to make the world
safe for democracy and to make
lasting peace possible. and that the
government has no Interior motive.
Remarkable Results.
r. B. Mauchan. a noted Scotch EN-
gineer who has lived in China for the
last thirty years, and who for four
teen years has been in the govern
ment service as head of the great
shipyard at Shanghai, believes that
the letting of contracts for ships in
China was a master stroke Of dlplo-
macy. and will have a far-reaching
effect
The action Of the United States
Shipping Board in awarding a huge
contract to the Shanghai yard will
produce remarkable results for Amer
ica in China said Mr.. Mauchan
yesterday.
Chairman Hurley is blazing the
way for big things in China There
can be no doubt of the effect of this
innovation. know China l know
what she thinks OF America. 1 know
her people venerate American InstItu-
tioDs. They look to America as a
child does to its parents. China has
n high regard for the United States
for what it has done for her pesople
This country should now make the
most of that feeling. The Shipping
Board has taken a long step in the
right direction
Appeal to Young Men.
DO you realize the effect that the
building Of American ships in China
will have upon the young men of
China, and the appeal 1t will make
90 them7 Closer commercial rela-
tious must result. Another phase
certain to follow the action OF the
IN this way:
First. a development of the vast
opportunities for commercial rela-
tiOnS between China and America
SEIpbuilding in China is not a new
venture. II goes back hundreds of
years But building American ships
there Is new and novel.
Outlet After War.
After the war, America must have
an outlet for its surplus steel and ma
chine tools, machinery and agricuf-
tural implements. Without a large
export business built up with coun-
tries like China, America will be in
a disadyantageous position. But the
development of shipbuilding in China
will in no wise handicap America
The reciprocal relations WIN more
than balance
For several years China has been
building an average Of eighty steel
vessels a year.
The Kiangnan Dock and Engineer
ing Works at Shanghai employ from
:, DO to l 800 men.
The yard has twelve ways, is fitted
with modern equipment for construc-
tion and has a dry dock capable OF
handling vessels up to 544 feet in
length In Shanghai there are about
5000 men engaged in the work OF
shipbuilding. and in Hong Kong there
are twice that number. The Chinese
workmen are not nearly so fast as
the American shipbuilders but their
work is equally dependable