The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-08

| VANCOUVER. y. G., Aug T. 03y
United prcss) Charles W. Wood. a
New York newspaper man. IL rchcd.
uled 20 sail today on the Empress
of Ruasia on ono Of the most remark.
able assignments since Jason set out
to ind the Golden Fleece.
Visit every country on earth and
| find out what the people want" This
commission was given Wood by the
centenary committee of the Metho.
/ dist Episcopal church II may take
him 20 years. IL probably viii.
Wood was on the Sunday editorial
stan OF the New York World when
given his sailing order. Twelve years
ago. at 81. he was "a locomotive FIRE
man ana began his newspaper career
no a cub reporter on the Syracuse
Journal IN 1908. His wartimc inter
Views In tho New York World were
later put together in a book, "The
Great Change"
Woods first stop on his trip viii be
at Shanghai. China. From there he
viii go up the Yang Tae Kiang river
to interior China. His mission ~ not
merely 10 write up the missions. ="
but 10 interpret the needs OF each
country as expressed BY It's leaders
IN every walk OF life
Il don't know where I'm going.
but I'm on my way" IN literally true
OF Wood. lie has never been In any
foreign country before and speaks no
language except English. lie has no
guide. no schedule and no dcnritc
orders. He IL accompanied only by
his wife. who Is equally unacquainted
with foreign lands. Their immediate
deHtina ton. however. In Chcng TIA In
Western China, which IL about aH
thoroiy foreign a city as any white
folks ever visit There. rather than
In the cities familiar to American
tourists. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood will bc
GIN 90 look az the problems OF earth.
as far an u II Manhattanly possible.
thru thoroiy Oriental eyes
II don't know anything about
China" said Wood. before starting
on his Unprecedented Journey. and
I have been doing my best not 10
learn anything about II until get
there | have heard that Il had 400.
900 900 people. and / have taken IL
for granted that they all run laun.
dries. suppose ! was selected for
the Job because they couldn't think
Of any one else who would have 80
little TO unlearn"
DO YOU feel confident" he was
asked. that sou can actually get the
Chinese way o. looking at things
across 10 American rcaderrT"
II don't know" he said. 81 don't
know whether there Ii any Chinese
way Of looking az things. Maybe the
Chinese people are human. Maybe
they love and hate and aspire like
other human beings. Maybe they
have human differences and human
traditions and human prejudiccn IL
II possible that they live on the same
planet that Americans have b eel
customarily inhahitinE and that their
problems may turn out 10 be our
| problems. too.
II am most anxious 10 learn" he
added. what the people OF al these
countries want. and don't know
~ any better way OF finding cut than
10 aak them. Most Americans that [
have met seem TO so on the assump-
tion that we have certain advantages
here which the people ~ the orient
do not posseas. II that IN true. we
have wonderful opportunity TO be
~ service 10 them. am not "a mis-.
sionary. ! am not a churchman. But
I happen 20 agree with Jesus that
Il Il more blessed 20 give than to
receive: and ] may be able TO dis