The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-08

realize the immensely of China. Some !
thing of an idea can be gained OF us
size by remembering that 1t spfeaoS
from a. point in the North correspond
ing TO the latitude of Southern cana
da to a point as far South as the
Southern part of Mexico and that the
distance across It from East to west ,
is as great as from New York to san
Francisco. Tt is also interesting TO
remember that it is twice as lar
from San Francisco to China as from
San Francisco to New York.
The above statement was mace by
Mr.. George c. Hanson United States
Consul at Foochow, China, Win
whom I was discussing his eieVeh
wears experience in that country.
~In such a vast country" he con-
tinued "there is of course eNI;y var
iety of climate. In Tients1n, Wh1cn Is
in the same latitude as washington
ID. c.. the thermometer ranges from
a degrees Fahrenheit in the winter 10
100 in the summer. Shanghai IS op-
posite a point between New Orleans
ara Santiago, while Canton is about
the same latitude as Havana, CUBA,
ripbt on the tropic of Cancer. In
general It can be said that CHINA mas
two principal seasons, summer ano
winter and in addition short spring
and autumn :.
"In the southern part OL OAih,A~ e~-A
the foreigners wear sun helmets, keep
indoors during the middle Of the day
and MANY of them send their wives
and children to Summer resorts IN
China or Japan during the worst OF
the hot season
s<In this great region are sOO,eoo,-
600 Chinese. This population IS not
evenly distributed, however. Tor 1t Is
densest along the river baslns. In
the richest part of the whole Empire,
there are 200,OO0,000 or two-thirds
of the population in one third of the
area
ITO get an idea of how th1ck1y
China is populated some comparisons
will be helpful. In China proper there
ars 1,5ss,O00 square miles with a pop
utation of 219 to the square 1nlie.
Manchuria with $4,000 square m1les
has but Al to the square mile Mon
xolia. with 100000 square miles has
only to the square mile, and Tibet
with 100000 square miles has IA to
the mile. South America has 3d..
900 900 people scattered over e,Soo,-
600 square miles or an average OF D..
The United States exclusive OF de-
pendencies) has 3,62o,0oo square
miles with some 33 to the square
mile Continental France has 15O
while the fU,UOu,OoV odPNA
tucked into an area so small that there
are 27o to the square mile. Is 1t any
wonder they want to expand!
This great population, so th1ckfy
settled in places, is an old race, ana
II is no uncommon thing to find men
who can trace their family TACK Tor
a. Thousand years Not until you go
+ forffer back than that does IL De-
come an occasion for comment Nat
IL. I,<,x
to us peculiar, customs but IL Is
nevertheless one of the most demo-
cratic countries in the world and the
| lowest -'c1,offe' can rise to the msheSl
/ r,ositior in the reoublic If he has the
| ability and opportunity for there Is
I no caste in China There Is an IN
! teresting story, by the way concern
ing the origin of that word coohe
| which simply means a common labor
or. 1t is said to be derived from
Ku. meaning bitter, and Ii meaning
! strength Literally one who lives by
! bitter strength l. e. bitter labor
--rhe Chinese is naturally very indus
| trious and very patient and gwen &c
uuipding his own business He likes &c
be let alone. In the family ne Is
very much attached to his wife and
cbiidrep and hunlors and spoils the
latter They live simply, are content
ed with little, and save what money
they can and put it into real estate
He Is wonderfully s+fffful at any
thing which requires infinite patienct
and great manual dexterity. I tthni
he has the most beautiful hands o1
any race have ever seem
'sTvhe Chinese look on the soldier az
the lowest type of humanity and the1
have an old proyerSb which runs:
.P1 eyung hao itch tso ting
Pu yung f1aojen tso ping
the effect that:
Good metal is not used for maxine
nails;
Good men are not used for nnaizins
soldiers
ION the other hand the bushes
man has always been respected 70
the Chinese have been traders for cen
turtles.
1~Tha larger Der cent. OF the Chimes
are Intelligent, kindly disposed an
civilized. They have a keen sense O
t1rrnor and have often stopped an
ta1foed with some old farmer in tn
| fields who would joke as keenfy as a
American. 1t has frequently hap
pened that one has gone some dis
lance to show me the right turn t
make in order that I should not go o
the wrong road IN all my travel
around China, even away back in tn
interior of the country. I have neve
carried a revolver and I have neve
been interfered with.
white women are not naofested b
the Chinese. It would be much eafe
for a white womal to walk adon
through the toughest part of a Chimes
city in the night than for her to do tn
same thing in an American city.
fact I think it would be safer ft
either a man or woman. have ofte
walked through the Sums of SShangh'
in the night alone and no attentio
paid to me. would not dare to &
the same thing in New York and {
not know as I would care to wal
alone in the middle of the nigl
through all sections OF Bridgeport.
"Foot-binding is being done avn