The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
FIGHTINGSPIRIT'
FOUND CHINA.
Cowed Celestials Waking
To War, Declares Y. M.
c. A. Worker. J
NEEDS HELP OF POWERS
Continued Progress of In
FAINT Republic Depends on
Treaty With League.

Hope for the continued progress
of China as a world power lies in
the Incorporation Of the league Of
nations in the peace treaty, plus a
discovery by the Celestial Republic
tnat II has a new fighting spirit"
These views on the Chinese prob
lem were set forth in a discussion
yesterday afternoon by DR.. Robert
M Galley. for twenty years a mis-
sionary worker among the Chinese.
IN connection with the Y. NJ. c. A.
at services at the Church of the
Covenant. He is spending a brief
visit here with frienus.
DR.. Galley feels failure of the
league OF nations will impose a
heavier burden on Chinese politics.
The Far-Eastern republic. he says,
has not yet sufficiently advanced as
great power to be altogether in
dependent of the nations with which
1t fought for world liberty.
The consciousness of fighting
spirit" is latent and needs develop
ment- Many of the modern school
of Chinese thought are Iaboring to
this end. DIR. Galley states.
ShRntunE n Heavy Cross.
In this connection. he says. arises
the ShantunS question: problem
that has faced the world as one of
the more important before the Peace
Conference.
China has a heavy cross to BEAR
In the REIMBURSEMENT of Shantung
Claims he said. she had no DOW
er. in 1915, to refuse to sign the ulti-
matum handed her by Japan. which
insisted that the latter deal directly
with the powers who eventually
were to settle the rights of German
concessions in Shantung China could
could not resist by force of arms,
but she could have fatty refused to
acquiesce in the matter"
The greatest effect of the World
War on China, said DR.. Galley. was
n consciousness of being one Of the
world powers. What China actually
did during the war may be measured
by her sending 125,OOO Iaborers to
France to aid IN the rear areas: the
sending OF an expeditionary force of
zoo into Siberia: the deportation of
Germans in China sparing neither
men, women or children. and notably
the raising of sums for allied well
fare work. he said
Aided Welfare Work.
The latter activity. he continued
vas a remarkable accomplishment for
China, and showed the allies the
Celestial Republic could be depended
on to aid in such practical matters. An
organized campaign for welfare work
was instituted almost overnight in
China, at the suggestion Of John Mott,
international secretary of the Y. NJ.
c. A One hundred thousand dollars
was raised at once.
Until China entered the war on the
side of the allies. said DR.. Galley,
there was a Iukewsrmness about the
sentiments Of the people in general.
Let them fight it out" was the way
they felt. he said.
But when China formally declared
war against Germany and Austria, it
electrified the DeoDle there. 1t was the
first time China ever formally had de-
Clared war against an European pow
er. 1t awakened the Chinese as moth
ing else could. And they entered into
the war, as far as they could, with
purpose and determination"
Think II Points Ideal.
"A more definite appreciation of
what America means to China is
now apparent there. No document
was ever read with more interest
and appreciation than was that set
ting forth the famous fourteen
points of President Wilson. These
points contained. for the Chinese,
the ideals for which America stands.
They are ready and willing to CO.
operate with America politically
The speaker briefly reviewed what
he termed the high spots in recent
Chinese history.
China came out of its secIusion.
10 said. in 1S9+-lSg5. during the
Chinese-Japanese war. Then in
1898. came the Boxer rebellion.
marked by the penetration of Eu-
rOpean powers into China.
Awakened by Jap Victory.
The Russo-Japanese conflict, in
19O4-O5 awakened China to a new
thought thought born of the fact
that an Oriental had vanquished
European power. In 1911 came the
overthrow Of the Manchu dynasty.
True" said DIR. Galley. China
shocks us by its revolutions. 1t has
As many As Mexico. but they are
insignificant. We must be patient
with China. She already has had
a number of presidents. and will
likely have several moro before sta
bility is attained. But our country.
America. had to wait thirteen years
before IT had a President"
DIR. Galley knows the intimate life
of the Chinese. He has spent a
large part of his life among them.
He speaks their language fuently.
His work has been largely that of
welfare among the younger Chinese.
impressing upon them the meaning
of Christianity.