The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-06
Or. SUN x T SEN ..,..,.,
Declares Japanese Thoughts Are on
World Dominion, While China's
Struggle Is on the Side of De-
mocracy-Contradicts Ishii's
Statements on Situation
-Contradicts Is

tional budget 8. Election Of a nav
parliament. 4. Extensive reconstruction
programme; that is. reconstruction
in economical, industrial, educational,
political and social lines.
China is awake, her mind may be
only yet cropping over this vast pro-
gramme and 1t may need prophetic
power to say when all these mighty
changes shall become effective. They
are started, and that is much. They
are started. also not merely among
the educated classes, but among the
people who dimly see a light With
the sweep OF education and religion as
the Constituencies see 1t on its way
this light cannot fail to grow brighter
and brighter. 1t will penetrate to
every dark corner in China.
1T may be necessary that explain
an apparent contradiction. ! have
said that a modern army is needed
in China and that 1t can be gathered
and equipped, and yet the object OF
the peace conference at Shanghai is to
dissolve the army. Both are true.
The existing army is held together on
| false basis; to say no more than
this should be enough, it is not ma
tional. There should be an army on a
peace footing such as your great
America will surely have after you
have brought your soldiers from Eu-
| rope.
Finances u Pressing Problem.
I'VE stood, and stand, in admiration
OF what the United States has done
| A peaceful republic, such as China
| hopes to become, when the necessity
! arose these States called the young
| men and they responded by hordes,
! were quickly drilled and stood success
fully before the hardened soldiers of
Europe. 1t was magnificent China
watched the rapid process as II 1t
were attending a show OF magic. Then
| what you did, because you are one
people with one ideal, China can do
when she Is one people with one high
ideal.
But to train, TO reconstruct to edu-
cate China must have money, much
! money. Where will she borrow it7
The nations OF Europe have no money
to lend. Two nations have money to
lend TO safe borrower, America and
Japan. Japan made lots of money
out OF the war; she Is rich; she can
| lend. SO can these United States. and
believing in their friendship for China
1t should seem that the United States
would constitute China's safest credi
| tor.
| That is the hope Of the Chinese
people, that. backed by their rrea,
riches bestowed by nature, backed by
their tremendous power of manufac-
ture, they may naturally seek a loan
from the United States, and vould
gladly do so because the Chinese are
convinced that IL they have any friend
in this world It is America. This Is thu
hour when help will truly help, when
friend in need will prove a friend in
deed Therefore the young Chinese
i'jpuolic turns to America for CO.
operation. for assistance and for sup
port 1t will ask for material support
only. Spiritual support America has
always freely given to China.
Had 1t not been for America for
her preachers and teachers, for the
education and religion she has given
us. China to-day would not be where
she Is. She would be sleeping stilI
passive under an ignorant superstI-
tious autocracy. She is awake. she
stirs, and would take her place among
free nations. The very desire TO do
this came from your country and was
not intuitional. This puts kind OF
obligation on America, as a similar
state OF things would do in individual
cases. man who has raised another
from bad state is obligated to helm
him stay in the better state, and in
that sense man is really his brothers
keeper. With nations in that ira
mendous federation of the world--still
! admit. a dream-the obligation is as
binding"
DIR. Yui paid visit to this country
in 1915, few years after his taking
his masters degree of Harvard. in the
capacity of secretary to a committee OF
the Chinese Board OF Trade which
held sessions in New York from June
to June OF that year. He returns
this time as a representative, very
highly placed, OF the Y. NJ. c. A,