Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-25
(H|NA'S FUTURE IN
| STUDENTS HANDS
uccess Of Idealist Movement Is
Only Hope for Celestial
Empire.
lllTARISM THREATENS
etormers Hurl Philippines
Against Moral Code Urg-
ing Single Standard.
IllTAR is M THREATENS
Hf JOSEPH TIMMONS,
Ncrshi service Special COrrc-
spondcnt. Who iIns just Returned
From Trip to the Orient

"P"nnch'' Who inS just Returned
From Trip to the Orient.
pr. ihcalistic and inspirationai
,sts in the world today than the
ndcnt movement In China.
IL Is not cSaSgcra'ion to say that
Pre- remarkable manifestation OF
Die aspirations. In II alone lies
nope OF that unhappy land.
for the future IL gives promise of
nment administered by officials
nc TO the principle Of service OF
For the present and in a practical
~ IL has through The boycott
rowh up II hulwark of unarnrd
sistancc to Japanese aggression
at bids fair To thwart tho pro-
an am ,"r exploitation and conquest
heinc Of the miiitaris;s of Japan.
has nut fear ana caution into tho
arts OF the Chimes" mili,a-ists who
I've been the shameless tools or the
pancsc plottcrs.
I he most radical element Of the
udcnt movement are in closc com
unichtion with the extreme intel
:tual radicals Of Japan. Revolution
either country probably will bring
"oiution In the other.
Movement lIns Brondenrd.
Though IN" students are III" dem.
StratiNe wing which has given the
P'eIn"nt ITS name. the movement is
UGH more inclusive. Broadly speak
s. the entire merchant class is In
SO Is IN" younger official class
pa the older liberals and intcllcc-
ais of all professions and stations
nc. And. finally. the agricultural
AIS ana the coolies or the cities. the
81 uneducated masses. have been
rgcly drawn into allegiance. Many
We been given vivid conception Of
meaning. the great majority Of
~ H. IT,,
II 20 great is tn. respect OF the
itcratc Chinese for tho student
al they VIII 20 far in cspous!ng the
use without understanding IL with
v degree Of clearncss.
What has bccom. known as the
cnaissancc' began In Ickinr ia the
ring OF 1917, Late IN 1916 'rsai
ien-pct became chancellor Of The
oppressive. iinerai man OF modern
lturc and was one OF the rcvolu.
mary leaders Hc encouraged ;he
ideals OF the faculty and various
,nal and social reform became fused
to one movement.
Killing Dead Language.
FIRST. The retorine.s sought 10 sub
AIRY Chinese In education and 1T
nturc. Literary Chinese Involves
c use OF some $4,000 characters
ono knows anything like this
The group Of Younger educators
W that education could not be
read 10 the masses and unity Of
ought given 10 new problems until
spoken or vernHcular Chinese be-
me the language OF education. lIu
III. professor OF philosophy. wrote
g FIRST treatise In the VcruaCular.
- raining o: students in writing the
:rnacular began. a student publi-
ltion Was established. and school
-ohlcms were discussed in IT in the
'rnAcuiar.
The "renaissancc' was wider than
is. IL developed the spirit OF crit
= ism. II held that China WAS wrong
so on forever accepting customs
I'd Institutions and teachings as
NC and correct and wise because
~ had come down from the am
stors. The rcformers and their
udcn,s began questioning every
ing. They attacked supcrstitions.
,cy showed the sophjs;ry of many
lat was revolutionary. They did
IT hesitate 10 compare Confuci:.n-
~ with other PHILOSOPHERS and re-
Eions and To discuss it's strength
I'd It's Weaknesses.
Ncw Stains for Woman.
They advocated new status FOR
oman. and they buried philippics
;ninst concn5inaEc and contcndrd
omen. How brave that was can
,ly ihe realized II We kEow that
oSt of the old officials and miiitar-
Is who arc running the government
I've not only secondary wives. hut
,ncIhincs and inistrcSscs galore.
~ only So hut many OF the emf
mt Chinese We have known in Eu
Pc and America have lived there
,dary wives. while the frs, wife
yed at home in ohscurity.
nc .o, Lenaissance srread to lead ADJ
% r >-ypb n fa nn to-
.hicles was the student publication.
udent thought began 10 be alive,
tai.
Rage Over ShnntunE.
ached China that shantnng had
ZEN given TO Japan by the Yer
allies conference. Rage and dis
ay swept through the colleges. In
ekinG 4 mass meeting OF protest
az called for Nay ~ but knowledge
at the government was preparing
nsc students and police TO pre-
:nt II caused the students TO spring
great surprise demonstration May
That was the occasion on which
q demonstration became a riot and
pc studrnts- burned the house OF
$40 Ju-lin. presiden; OF the Bank
s nagrantly corrupt tool OF ia
an, Chang Chung -hsianR, minister
Japan. Japanese educated. and said
nc a tool OF Japan. CHANGED to be
Inc mouse. anu lie was DCatEn
most to death.
RcIcnse Student Leaders.
Thirty-two StudeEt.ieaders we're ar
sted. but the frightened government
leased them May &. The militarists
reatcrcd to burn the university and
ssa ssinatc the chancellor. who fled
om Peking May .. Immediately the
udents went on strike. and student
all the colleges In China followed
ut. China was near revolution. and
e government gave in. Tsao Ju-lin
Id two other officials active in ne
,tiatinE Japan's secret loans to
hina were dismissed. Chang was in
@ hospital, and to this day the gov
nment has been unable TO induce
ny man to take his place as min
ter at Tokyo.
The new crusade. which became
hown at once as the student move
ent, turned to the boycott as n
eapon for their unarmed forces. In
G Renaissance" movement they
und a sort of organization ready
ade for their purposes. and newt
ply the two movements we're fused.
ew student publications were estab-
shed, many Of them daifies, until
ere are more than 400 Of these. All
them arc preaching the doctrine of
tw China, In the vernacular. The
udents meet and discuss the prob
ms and train each other to go out
nong the masses and talk to them
Under pressure OF militariats. said
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