The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Berlin TO BaSdaQ was the cream
of the Kaiser. The British are go
ing further. They plan to bridge
the Bosphorus and have not only
an all-rail route from Calais to In
dia and Persia, but an all-rail route
from Calais to the Cape of Good
Hope.
The Kaiser was all right in
dreaming. but the British. what
ever they may lack in imagination.
are not slow in taking up the ideas
of others and pushing them to
achievement. They are getting moro
out of the war than all the other
nations combined and are preparing
to take fullest advantage of all the
opportunities offered.
Thomas Ainscough. one of the
British commissioners readjusting
the affairs of Persia, predicts the
all-rail route will be a reality In
five years. II he is right. Africa,
the Near East and the Middle East
are in for a great development.
We may hear more of the Dover
Calais tunnel if the British pro-
gram is as Mr.. Ainscough outlines.
1t is not likely that the British
would leave such a weak link as
the ferry over the Channel if they
plan on the scale the commissioner
outlines.
In spite of many handicaps, DR..
Hsich says. China is forging ahead.
Trade is booming and the people
arc fast becoming conscious of the
intcrnationalism that brings with
it national consciousness.
I'VE in China" he says. are
eager to learn from others. and
even profit by the mistakes of
others. Our labor is going to prove
one of the greatest factors OF the
world. Our leaders of men are
ready for the working out of con-
structive policies based on the
principle that there shall be no eX-
ploitation of the backward class of
our follow men or of the natural
resources of the very land they in
habit. The more advanced among
us are coming forth at the oppor-
tune time as guides and unseIfsh
leaders
Capital and labor without brains
cannot stand any more than can
three-legged stool when one leg
is taken from it."
What of the women of China?
DR.. Hsieh has four sisters and
should be in position to speak by
the card.
He says the higher class women
of China will wear nothing these
days that is not popular in the
United States. They study the
late styles as they appear in the
American magazines that cater to
femininity. He says this passion for
American dress is quite beyond him,
especially as. from shoes to hats,
the American garb Is not So COM
Portable as the loose, flowing
Chinese garments.
But women. he says, will have
their way. and it is not only in
dress, but in dancing. talking and
department they are following their
American sisters. What women Of
other climes do is not the right
thing at all If it differs from the
And with desire for the
styles Of the American girl has
come the awakening of a sense OF
independence. This goes so far
that many Chinese girls are chang
ing their oriental first names to
purely Anglo-SaSon ones. such as
Ada. Violet, Rose, etc.
Surely China is awakening.
Thomas J. MacNamara. British
Minister cf l.ator. says tncra were
1413 strikes or Iockouts in Great
Britain in 1913, and that 24,s3O. 900
working da%s were lost as u conse-
quence.
II the American figures have been
computed. the Secretary of Labor
has not given them out. It is
probable that Americas total doub-
led that OF Great Britain. IL so. i'm
agine what 6SS60.000 days work
would moan in nralu,t;an A.