Evening star., 1919-07-27

young man." which was so we'll taker
and so well eventuated, is echoed II
Mr.. Arnold's report to the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, bu'
with the added njunction-and keeE
on going until you reach the east
He feels that the United States ha:
too long neglected to provide facili-
ties for oriental studies and that now
small army Of college men should
be intensively trained in the Ian
guage and the literature and annals
of the far east-frst, China. Japar
and Russia-with special schools es
tablished by the United States gov
ernment at Peking, Toxic and Pc.
trograd. 1t is urged that Congress:
should provide funds for the mainte
nance of these schools for 100 men a
a time, on a two-year schedule o,
of one year for twenty-five selec
students-and that Congress shoulc
offer scholarships carrying $1,000 {
year exclusive of travelling expense.
for American graduates of higher
schools Of learning. including techni.
cal schools, and so arranged as to in
clude men of varied talents and train.
ing from all parts of this country. Ir
ten years there would be a trained
army of 1.500 Americans capable ol
interpreting China, Japan and Rus
sia to the people of the United States
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Men thus. or similarly. trained are
needed in the far east to represen
American diplomat,
Trained Men and commercial in
r terests; they are alst
needed in America
with first-hand information and {
sympathetic understanding of thu
peoples and institutions of the fa1
east. From the commercial viewpoin
American manufacturers and mer
chants will make real headway il
Asiatic markets, where they have theil
greatest opportunities, only wher
they follow the methods which hav.
contributed so substantially to theil
success at home. and this include.
sending their representatives out tt
cultivate the friendship of those will
whom they would seek business
Take China, which is the great.
est single factor in the far east
possessing territory more extensive
than that of the United States ant
population nearly four times a.
great. Just by way of contrast, the
entire population of South America
is only one-seventh that of China
whose people are homogeneous ant
civilized. In China business is done
over the teacup rather than over the
telephone. Friendship counts fol
much. America. fortunately, .possesse:
marvellous asset in the friendship
of the Chinese people, due to a jus
and sympathetic attitude during The
entire 140 years of their relations
The Boxer indemnity fund returned
by the United States to China. ant
under the provisions of which 10(
Chinese students are being sent tt
best this country has to offer in the
way of educational facilities. has beer
of living and spreading value in pro.
noting mutual understanding ani
the al1-essential good will" in trade
Americans. however, fail to realize
on this asset of Chinese friendship
because the individual American
people. In United States business ir
China are needed hundreds of mer
able to converse with the Chinese ir
their own language.
This is much easier of accomplish
iHCIAS CLoh 10 6CAAOi any CupPoSSop OC-
cause three-fifths Of
Matter of the Chimes people
speak the Mandarin
Language. dialect and the othe,
two -fifths are becoming familiar with
it. Railways and modern public
schools are eliminating dialect differ
ences. The old dependence Of foreign
business men in China on their COM
pradors and interpreters, so that they
had little direct contact with other
eign firm in China is now employing
men of it's own nationality to deal
directly with the Chinese in thei1
own language, and these foreigners
are travelling more into the interior
and buying and selling more directly
with the natives.
Germany. before the war had al
ready made great f1eadway in Chinese
and ingratiating trade relations. Ger
man buyers of hides in central China
were able to purchase their goods Ii
per cent cheaper than buyers of Other
purchasing through mid.
dlemen. German dye manufacturer.
speaking Chinese hastenet
the substitution by the Chinese o.
synthetic indigo for the natural dye
creating a trade in this one com
modify worth $10,000.000 year. Chi
nese trade is well worth such study
for it now aggregates about $1,000.
O0O, 900 a year, and when it equals the
present per capita foreign trade OF
it will be equivalent to $685.
OO0, 100000 year. It's resources in mer
and materials make this quite pos.
sible.
the United States occupies on the Pa.
cific this natior
A Responsibility is bound to de.
of Our Position. ata u,tp NOR. ,..i. in.'.
with the people Of Asia. 1t is one OF
the responsibilities which attaches tc
our position and it is one of the OBJ.
legations that has grown more i'm
perative in the aftermath of the war
There are disturbing elements in the
atmosphere of the far east. Whethe,
the United States wishes to take ad-
of these disturbing elements
or not in commerce, their effect will
be felt in this country The peace OF
Asia is even more a concern of the
United States than is the peace OF
for America will have to
stand much of the brunt of any seri
GUS dislocation of International re.
lations in the far east.
So that, while the opportunities ol
the United States on the Pacific are
limit. responsibilities are
equally as large. There is one course
of conduct to meet these opportunities
and responsibilities in a truly Ameri-
can way and that is by an intelligen:
and sympathetic understanding of the
peoples of Asia and the present proc
lens confronting them in their rela-
tions with one another and with the
world. The United States will